Overwatch Contenders 2019: The Gauntlet

Overwatch Contenders 2019: The Gauntlet

location: Seoul, South Korea
prize pool: $250,000 USD
start: October 8, 2019
end: October 12, 2019

Prize Distribution

Place Prize Team
1st
$100,000
Element Mystic
South Korea
2nd
$45,000
ATL Academy
United States
3rd
$25,000
RunAway
South Korea
4th
$20,000
Gen.G Esports
South Korea
5th–6th
$12,500
Talon Esports
Taiwan
5th–6th
$12,500
XL2 Academy
United States
7th–8th
$10,000
Gladiators Legion
United States
7th–8th
$10,000
Team Envy
United States
9th–10th
$7,500
HSL Esports
Italy
9th–10th
$7,500
LGE.Huya
China

Bracket

Participating Teams

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HSL Esports
         
Talon Esports
         
XL2 Academy
         
Gladiators Legion
         
LGE.Huya
         
Team Envy
         
Gen.G Esports
         
Element Mystic
         

Group B

Participating Teams

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ATL Academy
         
RunAway
         
Element Mystic
         
Talon Esports
         
XL2 Academy
         
Team Envy
         
Gladiators Legion
         
Gen.G Esports
         

About

The culmination of the Contenders season is an international LAN featuring the best of Contenders! The teams invited are:

The top 3 teams from Korea

The Champions and runner-up of NA East and NA West (4 teams from NA in total)

The Champions of China, Pacific, and Europe

The first part of the gauntlet is the group stage. Eight of the ten teams will be put into two groups of four. The two exempt teams are the champions of Korea and North America (NA determined by tiebreaker). Said groups will be decided by a double-elimination bracket. The bottom placing teams from each bracket will be eliminated

The six remaining teams, along with the two exempted teams will be placed in another double-elimination bracket to determine the overall winner.