World Cup: Chinese Taipei vs. Russia (now live)

General Discussion
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INCHEON GROUP STAGE

VS.
Chinese Taipei
  
Russia
1-2 (-2)
  
2-1 (+5)

Playoff Implications

  • Russia must win to remain in contention for World Cup finals
  • Chinese Taipei must win to remain in contention for World Cup finals

Final Score

 
 
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Victory!
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Overwatch 2018 World Cup Rules

  • Match plays a minimum of four maps. A fifth map is played if the match is tied at the end of the forth map.
  • The initial Control Map is predetemined in advance by the tournament. Second Map is Hybrid. Third Map is Assault. Fourth Map is Escort. Fifth (tiebreaker) Map is Control.
  • In succeeding maps, the losing team of the previous map selects the map. Winning team selects the side.
  • All maps currently available in Overwatch is eligible to select from.
  • Overwatch World Cup group stages will be played on version 1.26 (Wrecking Ball Release) and all heroes are eligible for use.
  • Top two teams from each group stage with the highest match record with map differential will advance to the World Cup finals at BlizzCon 2018

Incheon Group Stage Schedule

  • Thursday August 16th, 8:00 PM PDT - Russia vs. Hong Kong - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD
  • Thursday August 16th, 9:45 PM PDT - South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei - Forum Thread -Twitch VOD
  • Thursday August 16th, 11:30 PM PDT - Hong Kong vs. Finland - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD
  • Friday August 17th, 1:15 AM PDT - Russia vs. Japan - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD
  • Friday August 17th, 3:00 AM PDT - Finland vs. South Korea - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD

  • Friday August 17th, 8:00 PM PDT - Hong Kong vs. South Korea - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD
  • Friday August 17th, 9:45 PM PDT - Japan vs. Chinese Taipei - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD
  • Friday August 17th, 11:30 PM PDT - Russia vs. Finland - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD
  • Saturday August 18th, 1:15 AM PDT - Chinese Taipei vs. Hong Kong - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD
  • Saturday August 18th, 3:00 AM PDT - South Korea vs. Japan - Forum Thread - Twitch VOD

  • Saturday August 18th, 8:00 PM PDT - Finland vs. Japan
  • Saturday August 18th, 9:45 PM PDT - Russia vs. Chinese Taipei
  • Saturday August 18th, 11:30 PM PDT - Japan vs. Hong Kong
  • Sunday August 19th, 1:15 AM PDT - Russia vs. South Korea
  • Sunday August 19th, 3:00 AM PDT - Chinese Taipei vs. Finland

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Standings after the Japan/Finland Match

Country P W L MD
4 4 0 +13
4 3 1 +8
3 2 1 +5
3 1 2 -2
4 1 3 -8 ELIMINATED
4 0 4 -16 ELIMINATED
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Just realized that my boy Mistakes is on team Russia, so now I have a team to root for.

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Russia wins their first of the mandatory 8 maps they need tonight.

After Map 1

 
 
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Shadowburn oh my god

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And that is why Shadowburn is famous for playing Genji.

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Now Kant knows what I felt like in my first three months of playing Overwatch.

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Those traps were 9000 IQ.

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Russia now has 2 of 8 needed wins tonight…

After Map 2

 
 
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Only three teams now remain alive in this group stage.

After Map 3

 
 
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Russia gets the much-needed 4-0 but now they face the greatest challenge of their lives in less than two hours.

Final Score

 
 
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Victory!
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STANDINGS AFTER THIS MATCH

Country P W L MD
4 4 0 +13
4 3 1 +9
4 3 1 +8
4 1 3 -6 ELIMINATED
4 1 3 -8 ELIMINATED
4 0 4 -16 ELIMINATED

NEXT MATCH THREAD HERE