The 2019 Overwatch League playoffs were the postseason tournament of the 2019 Overwatch League regular season, beginning on September 5, and concluded with the 2019 Grand Finals, the second championship match of the Overwatch League (OWL), on September 29.

Eight teams competed in the OWL Playoffs – a double-elimination tournament. The winner of each round of the Playoffs were determined by a single-match, where each match winner was determined by which team wins four maps. The final two teams remaining in the tournament advanced to the Grand Finals, which took place at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The defending OWL champions were the London Spitfire, who won the title against the Philadelphia Fusion in the 2018 OWL Grand Finals, but they fell in the first round of the lower bracket. The San Francisco Shock defeated the Vancouver Titans in the finals to claim their first OWL Championship.

Map pool The postseason map pool consisted of twelve maps evenly distributed across the four map types.

Control Assault Hybrid Escort Pool Lijiang Tower Horizon Lunar Colony Numbani Dorado Ilios Temple of Anubis Eichenwalde Watchpoint: Gibraltar Busan Hanamura King's Row Rialto

Participants Eight teams qualified for the Season Playoffs. The two division leaders from the regular season were awarded the top two seeds, the following top four teams, based on regular season standings, were awarded seeds three through six, and the top two teams from the Play-In Tournament were awarded seeds seven and eight. Seed Team Division Record 1 Vancouver Titans PAC 25–3 89–28–0 +61 2 New York Excelsior ATL 22–6 78–38–3 +40 3 San Francisco Shock PAC 23–5 92–26–0 +66 4 Hangzhou Spark PAC 18–10 64–52–4 +12 5 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 17–11 67–48–3 +19 6 Atlanta Reign ATL 16–12 69–50–1 +19 7 London Spitfire ATL 16–12 58–52–6 +6 8 Seoul Dynasty PAC 15–13 64–50–3 +14

Bracket

Matches First Round

Losers Round 1

Winners Round 1

Losers Round 2

Winners Round 2

Losers Round 3

Losers Round 4

Grand Finals

Winnings Teams in the Season Playoffs competed for a total prize pool of , with the payout division detailed below. Team 1 San Francisco Shock $1,100,000 2 Vancouver Titans $600,000 3 New York Excelsior $450,000 4 Hangzhou Spark $350,000 5 Los Angeles Gladiators $300,000 6 Atlanta Reign $300,000 7 London Spitfire $200,000 8 Seoul Dynasty $200,000

Broadcast and viewership All matches of the playoffs were live-streamed on Twitch, the Overwatch League website, and the ESPN app.

Telecast schedule Match # Game Date Matchup Network(s) 1 First Round Thu, September 5, 4:00 p.m. PDT Seoul Dynasty 2–4 Vancouver Titans Disney XD/ESPNews 2 First Round Thu, September 5, 7:00 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Gladiators 4–3 Hangzhou Spark ESPNews 3 First Round Fri, September 6, 4:00 p.m. PDT London Spitfire 1–4 New York Excelsior ESPNews 4 First Round Fri, September 6, 7:00 p.m. PDT Atlanta Reign 4–3 San Francisco Shock ESPNews 5 Losers Round 1 Sat, September 7, 6:00 p.m. PDT Seoul Dynasty 1–4 Hangzhou Spark Disney XD 6 Losers Round 1 Sat, September 7, 9:00 p.m. PDT London Spitfire 0–4 San Francisco Shock ESPNews 7 Winners Round 1 Sun, September 8, 12:00 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Gladiators 2–4 Vancouver Titans Disney XD 8 Winners Round 1 Sun, September 8, 3:00 p.m. PDT Atlanta Reign 2–4 New York Excelsior ESPNews 9 Losers Round 2 Thu, September 12, 4:00 p.m. PDT Atlanta Reign 0–4 Hangzhou Spark Disney XD 10 Losers Round 2 Thu, September 12, 7:00 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Gladiators 0–4 San Francisco Shock Disney XD 11 Winners Round 2 Fri, September 13, 4:00 p.m. PDT New York Excelsior 3–4 Vancouver Titans Disney XD/ESPNews 12 Losers Round 3 Sat, September 14, 12:00 p.m. PDT Hangzhou Spark 0–4 San Francisco Shock Disney XD 13 Losers Round 4 Sun, September 15, 12:00 p.m. PDT San Francisco Shock 4–0 New York Excelsior Disney XD 14 Grand Finals Sun, September 29, 12:00 p.m. PDT San Francisco Shock 4–0 Vancouver Titans ABC Source:

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