2020 Overwatch League season | |
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League | Overwatch League |
Sport | Overwatch |
Duration | February 8 – August 23 September 3 – October 10 (Playoffs) |
Number of matches | 21 |
Number of teams | 20 |
TV partner(s) | |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Shanghai Dragons (A) Philadelphia Fusion (NA) |
Season MVP | Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun |
Midseason tournament champions | |
May Melee | Shanghai Dragons (A) San Francisco Shock (NA) |
Summer Showdown | Guangzhou Charge (A) Paris Eternal (NA) |
Countdown Cup | Shanghai Dragons (A) San Francisco Shock (NA) |
Grand Finals | |
Venue | Online |
Champions | San Francisco Shock |
Runners-up | Seoul Dynasty |
Finals MVP | Kwon "Striker" Nam-joo |
The 2020 Overwatch League season is the third season of the Overwatch League (OWL), a professional esports league for the video game Overwatch. The regular season began on February 8, 2020, and concluded on August 23. It was the first season that the league implemented a city-based, home-and-away format, with teams traveling between the global home venues to play regular season matches, making the OWL the first major esports league to feature such a format. However, this format was abandoned on March 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and all matches were thereafter played online, with the league introducing three midseason tournaments.
An expanded 20-team postseason began on September 3. The Grand Finals bracket began on October 8, with the Grand Finals occurring on October 10. The San Francisco Shock won the Grand Finals over the Seoul Dynasty to win their second straight OWL championship.