5 Most Likely Teams to Join OWL

I've been thinking what new cities could join OWL for season 2, mostly because they want to stick with an odd number of teams, thats why there is no Chicago this year. As a neat idea, I asked 8 of the best professionals and minds of Overwatch ( not giving any names) what they thought were the 5 most likely teams to join OWL were. The only rule was no repeat cities, like no second San Francisco or Boston team. Here were the results.
1.Paris (6)
2.Sydney (4)

2. Busan (4)
   4.Chicago (3)
   4.Toronto (3)
   4.Beijing (3)
   7.Stockholm (2)
   7.Tokyo (2)
   7.Denver (2)
   7.Las Vegas (2)
   11.Madrid (1)
   11.Montreal (1)
   11.Phoenix (1)
   11.Katowice (1)
   11.Taipei (1)
   11.Washington D.C (1)
   11.Cologne (1)
   11.Berlin (1)
   You can put who u think are the 5 most likely cities to join OWL Season 2 are in the comments below. If this thread becomes popular, I'll think about doing another one conting all of your guy's. Have a good one

P.S The pros I asked said these aren't confirmed cities, so don't go speculating what all the new teams will be.

lets not judge to early
owl still needs to be a success mayb we wont even get so a season2 .

imho blizzard should really think about getting less people and cities from outside esport
they should go for more established esport centers like cologne katowice for example

The Tokyo team should be called the Tokyo Drifters

trashplayer [#2]

lets not judge to early
owl still needs to be a success mayb we wont even get so a season2 .

too many people invested too much even if it will totally fail it will still go on for few years at least

Give me Seattle

CommanderX [#4]

The Tokyo team should be called the Tokyo Drifters

10/10

I'd love to see a northern English city get a franchise, Manchester would probably be the most likely destination. Liverpool would be even better for me but I don't ever see that happening.

In reality the US/KR franchise we have in London will have to do :/

remiska [#5]

too many people invested too much even if it will totally fail it will still go on for few years at least

ye, but then no other team will join i guess

Wombat [#8]

I'd love to see a northern English city get a franchise, Manchester would probably be the most likely destination. Liverpool would be even better for me but I don't ever see that happening.

In reality the US/KR franchise we have in London will have to do :/

some of the players told me they want to to expand the league more in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, not the US, China, and SK

I think Chicago was basically confirmed although theu have to wait for next season because Blizzard doesn't want an odd number in the league. I heard Mosaic Esports are trying to get a spot in Phoenix but I heard that they have strict laws on this kind of Thing. Also, it is possible that Salt Lake City is still looking to cash in on OWL even after not negotiating a good deal with eUnited, they are looking for more deals and talented players like AKM (although only speculation due to his tweet). It is also possible that NY might get another OWL team just because LA has 2 teams too. It's always been like that in American sports (most of the time).

Now What Are 5 Cities That Should Be In OWL?

NA:

1. Atlanta - This city is literally an Esports city itself and has a huge scene for video games in general
2. Seattle - Another esport city that needs to be part of OWL itself
3. Toronto - One Canadian team would be really great
4. Las Vegas - Again, another esports city not taken advantage off.
5. Austin, Texas - Yeah I know that will make it 3 Texas teams, but out of all the cities in Texas overall, Austin leads the Esports scene. So many opportunities for a league there.

Asia:

1. Tokyo - I really want Japan to be represented in OWL, but Idk how good they are considering what we saw in Team Japan and Libalent Supreme's performance in OPC. Not saying Team Japan is bad just point out the highlights. Also, I bet out of all the countries, Japan might be the hardest to invest due to PC gaming not being really big there.
2. Busan - I think another Korean team is fine, this will make for some good rivalry
3. Bangkok - One of the biggest Asian Esports teams in SEA is Thailand. Majority of the best SAE teams come from Thailand in OW.
4. Singapore - Could be a really great hub for Esports
5. Taiwan - Another great Esports scene with great players like Zonda and Baconjack

EU:

1. Stockholm - EU's leading Esport city
2. Cologne - One of the greater hubs for an EU OWL team
3. Paris - France has a great Esports scene, there's great opportunity there.
4. Helsinki - For the Finnish scene
5. Madrid - This city would be great for building and developing players from Spain, Portugal, and maybe even France

Other Cities:

1. Sao Paulo - Brazil is one of the biggest OW scenes countries out there
2. Buenos Aires - Argentinans also lead the way for big OW scene countries like Brazil
3. Sydney - Overwatch must have at least one Aussie team
4. Dubai - At one point, UAE had an OW scene would be nice, however I think there were regulations and strict rules put out on esports.
5. Johannesburg - idk I thought about and I don't think it is a bad idea.

Awesome list!