{"id":1073,"date":"2016-08-23T18:57:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T18:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2016-08-23T18:57:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T18:57:52","slug":"faceit-eleague-reveal-teams-schedule-overwatch-open-north-american-european-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/08\/23\/faceit-eleague-reveal-teams-schedule-overwatch-open-north-american-european-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"FACEIT and ELEAGUE Reveal Teams and Schedule for Overwatch Open North American and European Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Playoffs to Begin on August 24; Top Eight Teams from Each Region to Qualify for North American and European Finals in Atlanta<\/p>\n<p>LONDON and ATLANTA &#8211; August 22, 2016 &#8211; ELEAGUE and FACEIT today revealed the 32 teams that will compete in the North American and European Playoffs for the Overwatch \u00ae Open,  an international tournament featuring Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s blockbuster team-based shooter. FACEIT, the leading independent competitive gaming platform and ELEAGUE, the professional eSports organization formed by Turner and WME | IMG, will launch the Overwatch Open playoffs round beginning August 24  with live streaming coverage available through the event&#8217;s official Twitch channel, www.twitch.tv\/overwatchopen .<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen teams will compete in each regional playoff, with four teams entering by winning open qualifier rounds, and another 12 teams making the cut through points earned in the qualifiers. Teams will be seeded into groups and compete over a week-long, action-packed set of matches for a chance to qualify for the North American and European Finals, set to take place at the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta.<br \/>\nFans can tune in to the first battle on August 24 at 8:30 a.m. PST\/6:30 p.m. BST, with a fierce match between Misfits and BBE kicking off the playoffs. Matches will conclude on August 28 at 10:30 p.m. PST\/6:30 a.m. BST. A full list of all the qualifying teams for the playoffs is available below.<\/p>\n<p>European Teams<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf      Misfits<br \/>\n\u25cf      Rogue<br \/>\n\u25cf      REUNITED<br \/>\n\u25cf      Luminosity Gaming<br \/>\n\u25cf      Team Dignitas<br \/>\n\u25cf      Ninjas in Pyjamas<br \/>\n\u25cf      ANOX<br \/>\n\u25cf      FaZe<br \/>\n\u25cf      Melty<br \/>\n\u25cf      Prets<br \/>\n\u25cf      Bringos<br \/>\n\u25cf      OWKings<br \/>\n\u25cf      NNY<br \/>\n\u25cf      bfly<br \/>\n\u25cf      The Gatekeepers<br \/>\n\u25cf      BBE<\/p>\n<p>North American Teams<br \/>\n\u25cf      EnVyUs<br \/>\n\u25cf      Cloud9<br \/>\n\u25cf      Fnatic<br \/>\n\u25cf      compLexity Gaming<br \/>\n\u25cf      NRG eSports<br \/>\n\u25cf      Team Liquid<br \/>\n\u25cf      Sodipop<br \/>\n\u25cf      Splyce<br \/>\n\u25cf      Selfless<br \/>\n\u25cf      Colorado Clutch<br \/>\n\u25cf      Sea Algae<br \/>\n\u25cf      Method<br \/>\n\u25cf      Northern Gaming<br \/>\n\u25cf      Geckofox<br \/>\n\u25cf      MONO<br \/>\n\u25cf      I\u2019m Your Huckleberry<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Overwatch Open, including information on teams and the tournament\u2019s full schedule, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overwatchopen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">visit www.overwatchopen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?channel=overwatchopen\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"378\" width=\"620\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/overwatchopen?tt_medium=live_embed&#038;tt_content=text_link\" style=\"padding:2px 0px 4px; display:block; width:345px; font-weight:normal; font-size:10px;text-decoration:underline;\">Watch live video from overwatchopen on www.twitch.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/overwatchopen\/chat?popout=\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"500\" width=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playoffs to Begin on August 24; Top Eight Teams from Each Region to Qualify for North American and European Finals in Atlanta LONDON and ATLANTA &#8211; August 22, 2016 &#8211; ELEAGUE and FACEIT today revealed the 32 teams that will compete in the North American and European Playoffs for the Overwatch \u00ae Open, an international &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/08\/23\/faceit-eleague-reveal-teams-schedule-overwatch-open-north-american-european-playoffs\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esports-news","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}