- Sept. 30, 2019
- Signing window opens for teams to exercise team options on existing player contracts, negotiate extensions with currently signed players, or sign players from their affiliated academy team competing in Contenders.
- Oct. 7, 2019
- Teams that have completed exercising (or declining) all existing contract options may submit free-agent player contracts to the League Office for approval. Teams may also submit player trades for approval.
- Nov. 11, 2019
- 2019 season agreements officially end. Any players not under contract into the 2020 season become free agents. In order to facilitate these players signing with new teams before the initial roster deadline, those players set to become free agents in November are permitted to discuss contracts with other teams before their 2019 contracts formally expire.
- Nov. 15, 2019
- Deadline for all teams to have a minimum of eight players under contract. Teams may sign or trade players until June 15, 2020, at 5 p.m. PT.
- Players who were born on or before June 15, 2002, are eligible to sign Overwatch League contracts for the 2020 season.
- Regular Season - Begins February 2020
- All 20 teams will play 28 matches across a total of 52 homestand weekend events hosted at venues across the world. Wins and losses will count towards teams' full-season records and all-important seeding for the postseason.
- Postseason (Playoffs)
- At the conclusion of the season, the best teams will play together for an epic tournament to crown a champion at the Grand Finals.
- All-Star
- The 2020 All-Star Weekend will take place in the middle of the Overwatch League Regular Season.
Are there going to be new teams?
No, because the move to the homestand format is fairly complex no new teams will be added to OWL in 2020.
What is the homestand format?
Each team will host a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 events in their home city similar to the homestands that were held during the 2019 season. Homestands will occur on Saturday and Sunday and feature 3-4 games each day. You can check the 2020 schedule below.
Handy Links
Schedule PDF
OWL Transfers
Dates: October 9th to 13th
Where to watch: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatchcontenders
Format:
- Group Stage:(Double Elimination)
- Eight of the ten teams are split in two groups of four.
- Champions of North America (as decided by a tiebreaker) and Korea will bypass Group Stage.
- Each group is a double elimination bracket.
- Top three (3) teams of each group advance to Finals.
- Bottom team of each group is eliminated.
- All matches are first-to-3.
- Eight of the ten teams are split in two groups of four.
- Finals:(Double Elimination)
- 8 teams (champions of North America and Korea, as well as top three of each group) in a double elimination bracket.
- All matches are first-to-3, except for winners' finals, losers' finals and Gauntlet finals, which are first-to-4.
North America: ATL Academy, Gladiators Legion, Team Envy, XL2 Academy
Korean: RunAway, Element Mystic, Gen. G esports
China: LinGan e-Sports & Huya
Pacific: Talon Esports
Europe: HSL Esports
Why are there 4 NA teams?
Poorly thought out tournament structure.
Where is the reigning NA champs Fusion University?
They wanted to show that they could take on Korean contenders and got knock out in the first stage of KR contender playoffs.
Where are Australia and South America contender Regions?
They lost their spots during the Pacific/Atlantic Showdown by finishing bottom 2.
Team Rosters
Dates: November 1st-2nd
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