Assembly Winter 2017 will feature a professional Overwatch tournament on February 3-4, 2017 with four teams competing in the newest Blizzard game for €5000 EUR.
The first ever professional Overwatch tournament in Finland will be held at Assembly Winter 2017. Overwatch is the newest game from Blizzard Entertainment and it has been getting bigger and bigger since its launch in May 2016. Now it's time to set the ball rolling in Finland too as we gather four professional Overwatch teams in Helsinki to compete in front of a live audience for cash and glory on February 3-4, 2017.
Quick Facts
Time: Fri-Sat, Feb 3-4, 2017
Place: Helsinki Convention & Exhibition Centre, Finland
Teams: 4
Prizes: €5000
Format: Double elimination playoffs
Participation: Invites
Tickets: tickets.assembly.org
Twitter: @assemblyparty
Teams
Ninjas in Pyjamas Fragi - Joona Laine |
Helsinki REDS Ruape - Roope Kurkela |
ENCE eSports SKYTRiXSHA - Mikael Silvennoinen |
SkitLite Talisman - Veikka Laine |
Prizes
€5000 will be spread among the top three teams as follows:
1. €3,000
2. €1,400
3. €600
Streams
All the matches will be played on the dedicated Overwatch stage which has a spacious audience stand. The action will be streamed and commented in Finnish.
You can watch the stream in your preferred language over at:
English - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_overwatch
Finnish - https://www.twitch.tv/assemblyow
French - https://www.twitch.tv/ogamingoverwatch
Broadcast Talent
Jokke “Puuppi” Saarinen - Commentator, Finnish
Tomi "Tombha" Rinne - Commentator, Finnish
Schedule
All times in local time EET / CET+1.
- Friday, Feb 3
- 14:00 NiP-SkitLite
- 17:00 REDS-ENCE
- 20:00 WB Final
- Saturday, Feb 4
- 12:00 LB Match #1
- 15:00 LB Final
- 19:00 Grand Final
Format
The tournament will be played with a double elimination playoffs format with each match being a best-of-5.
Rules
You can read the full rules here.