After an explosive Summer Shodown, the teams have no respite as they begin the qualifying weeks for the Countdown Cup tournament!
The broadcast of the competition is available on the channel Youtube of the competition, but also on our television channel MGG. All you have to do is connect to Canal+ 159/169 | Orange 142 | Bouygues 68 | Free 91 | SFR 120 | Videofuture 61 | Molotov or Amazon Prime to watch the competition from your couch.
Week 21 results
Houston Outlaws | 1 – 3 |  Boston Uprising |
 Dallas Fuel | 3 – 1 |  washington justice |
 Atlanta Reign | 3 – 2 |  Toronto Defiant |
 Hangzhou Spark | 12 p.m. |  Chengdu Hunters |
 Seoul Dynasty | 1:30 p.m. |  Los Angeles Valiant |
 Paris Eternal | 9 p.m. |  London Spitfire |
 Florida Mayhem | 10:30 p.m. |  Los Angeles Gladiators |
Saturday September 24 | ||
 Toronto Defiant | midnight |  New York Excelsior |
 Shanghai Dragons | 12 p.m. |  Seoul Dynasty |
 Chengdu Hunters | 1:30 p.m. |  Guangzhou Charge |
 Philadelphia Fusion | 3 p.m. |  Los Angeles Valiant |
 Vancouver Titans | 9 p.m. |  London Spitfire |
 San Francisco Shock | 10:30 p.m. |  washington justice |
Sunday September 25 | ||
 Florida Mayhem | 12 p.m. |  Boston Uprising |
 Guangzhou Charge | 1:30 p.m. |  Shanghai Dragons |
 Hangzhou Spark | 3 p.m. |  Philadelphia Fusion |
 New York Excelsior | 9 p.m. |  Atlanta Reign |
 Paris Eternal | 10:30 p.m. |  Dallas Fuel |
 Houston Outlaws | midnight |  San Francisco Shock |
 Los Angeles Gladiators | 1h30 |  Vancouver Titans |
The format of the competition throughout the year
The 2022 Overwatch League season won’t be much different from other years; it will consist of four phases (Kickoff Clash, Midseason Madness, Summer Showdown and Countdown Cup) to then give way to the Playoffs. Teams will have to play six games in each phase, so players will have to prove themselves through 24 games for the full season. Each cycle, teams will play six placement matches to determine seeding for the tournament proper. The Kickoff Clash and Summer Showdown will be regional tournaments, Midseason Madness will be a global venue event, and the Countdown Cup, which will serve as the post-season play-off tournament, is also set to be a global venue event.
League Points are also making a comeback, meaning qualifying matches and wins in each tournament can be a deciding factor in the knockout stages. Regarding the elimination stages, the play-ins of the Countdown Cup will allow to finish the teams which will qualify for the championships through these league points.
Clearly, qualifying for the tournaments, as well as the 2022 playoffs, will be based on each team’s total league points. Teams can earn league points through their results in placement matches and tournaments. Each win in placement matches is worth 1 league point, as is each tournament appearance. But, the latter can obtain additional points:
- The second-placed team in each regional tournament gets 2 league points, and the tournament champion team gets 3 league points.
- In the Midseason Madness Global Tournament, the third-placed team will get 2 league points, the second-placed team 3 league points, and the champion 4 league points.
Did you miss the April 27 Twitch Drop and are sure you won’t have a chance in the draw to get an invite to the Overwatch 2 Closed Beta? Don’t panic, a second wave of key drops is planned for Overwatch players, but this time on YouTube with the OWL.