The Overwatch League was an esports league created by Blizzard Entertainment for professional Overwatch competition. It was announced on November 4, 2016 at BlizzCon 2016.
Seasons[ | ]
| Season | Date | Prize Pool | Champion | Runner-Up | Regular Season Winner |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-10 - 2018-07-28 | $3,500,000 | London Spitfire | Philidelphia Fusion | New York Excelsior |
| 2019 | 2019-02-14 - 2019-09-29 | $5,000,000 | San Francisco Shock | Vancouver Titans | Vancouver Titans |
| 2020 | 2020-02-08 - 2020-10-10 | $4,775,000 | San Francisco Shock | Seoul Dynasty | Shanghai Dragons |
| 2021 | 2021-04-16 - 2021-09-25 | $4,100,000 | Shanghai Dragons | Atlanta Reign | Shanghai Dragons |
| 2022 | 2022-05-05 - 2022-11-04 | $4,210,000 | Dallas Fuel | San Francisco Shock | Dallas Fuel |
| 2023 | 2023-04-27 - 2023-10-01 | $2,950,000 | Florida Mayhem | Houston Outlaws | Atlanta Reign |
Teams[ | ]
East[ | ]
- Chengdu Hunters
- Dallas Fuel
- Guangzhou Charge
- Hangzhou Spark
- Seoul Dynasty
- Seoul Infernal
- Shanghai Dragons
West[ | ]
- Atlanta Reign
- Boston Uprising
- Florida Mayhem
- Houston Outlaws
- London Spitfire
- Los Angeles Gladiators
- Los Angeles Valiant
- New York Excelsior
- San Francisco Shock
- Toronto Defiant
- Vancouver Titans
- Vegas Eternal
- Washington Justice
Former[ | ]
Cosmetics[ | ]
Team Skins[ | ]
Each hero has a themed skin for each Overwatch League team. Unlike regular cosmetics in the game, which are unlockable with Credits 
or Coins 
, Overwatch League skins are unlocked with League Tokens 
, a purchasable in-game currency. League Tokens could also be earned by watching League streams through the official site, Twitch, or MLG.com.[1]
Overwatch 2 brought a new set of OWL teams cosmetics for the 2023 season. To see all Teams skins for all heroes, see this page.
Player Icons[ | ]
Overwatch League
London Spitfire
Los Angeles Gladiators
Los Angeles Gladiators (2023)
New York Excelsior
New York Excelsior (2023)
Philadelphia Fusion
Seoul Infernal
Boston Uprising (2018)
Houston Outlaws
Seoul Dynasty
Paris Eternal
Vegas Eternal
Toronto Defiant
Vancouver Titans
Dallas Fuel
Shanghai Dragons
Washington Justice
Guangzhou Charge
Hangzhou Spark
Chengdu Hunters
Atlanta Reign
Florida Mayhem (2018)
Florida Mayhem
Los Angeles Valiant (2018)
Los Angeles Valiant
San Francisco Shock (2018)
San Francisco Shock
All-Star Pacific 2018
All-Star Atlantic 2018
All-Star Pacific 2019
All-Star Atlantic 2019
All-Star Pacific 2020
All-Star Atlantic 2020
Inaugural Season
Grand Finals 2019
OWL Turns 5
Verified OWL Member
Twitch exclusive items[ | ]
Through a partnership with Twitch, the League offered unlockable skins and Twitch emotes through Cheering. Cheering is done through the Twitch chat with Twitch's purchasable items known as Bits. Cheering had an individual unlock system where you could cheer bits and unlock skins, team and hero emotes. There was also universal goals for unlocking certain skins after the goal was met, they could be claimed by cheering a certain amount of bits. All progress for these goals were viewable at the League's Twitch page.
Skins[ | ]
These are all the skins that could be unlocked without the All-Access Pass, or by simply cheering a certain amount of bits, either with or without a universal unlock goal.
| Hero | Universal Unlock Goal | Personal Unlock Goal | Skin Preview |
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| Junkrat | 25,000,000 | 50 bits |  |
| Tracer | 40,000,000 | 100 bits |  |
| Widowmaker | 45,000,000 | 200 bits |  |
| Hanzo | 50,000,000 | 300 bits |  |
| Mercy | None | 1,300 bits |  |
| D.Va | None | 1,800 bits |  |
| Genji | None | 2,600 bits |  |
Character Emotes[ | ]
These are character emotes for Twitch that could be randomly be unlocked with a cheering of 100 bits.
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| OWLAna | 
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| OWLBastion | 
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| OWLDoomfist | 
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| OWLDVa | 
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| OWLGenji | 
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| OWLHanzo | 
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| OWLJunkrat | 
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| OWLLucio | 
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| OWLMcCree | 
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| OWLMei | 
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| OWLMercy | 
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| OWLMoira | 
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| OWLOrisa | 
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| OWLPharah | 
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| OWLReaper | 
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| OWLReinhardt | 
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| OWLRoadhog | 
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| OWLSoldier76 | 
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| OWLSombra | 
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| OWLSymmetra | 
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| OWLTorbjorn | 
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| OWLTracer | 
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| OWLWidowmaker | 
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| OWLWinston | 
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| OWLZarya | 
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| OWLZenyatta | 
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Team Emotes[ | ]
These are twitch emotes that would show up when you would cheer the amount shown below, these could only be seen when cheering.
An emote was unlocked when you would cheer 150 or more to a specific team, this could be used after cheering.
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Other Emotes[ | ]
Unlocked 5 emotes by cheering 250 bits or more! Cheering 500 bits or more would unlock the other 5 and trigger a shower of gifts for others in Chat.
| Emote Name | Emote |
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| OWLgg | 
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| OWLcheers | 
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| OWLteamkill | 
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| OWLgetonpoint | 
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| OWLhammerdown | 
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| OWLboop | 
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| OWLnerfthis | 
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| OWLitshighnoon | 
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| OWLpotg | 
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| OWLonfire | 
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The Overwatch League All-Access Experience[ | ]
The Overwatch League All-Access Experience could be attained through the $29.99 purchase (or $19.99 purchase with Twitch Prime) of an All Access Pass on Twitch.
Rewards Included:
Exclusive Command Center livestream[ | ]
| “ | This game-changing stream shows you alternate camera angles, live stats, player POVs, and team facecams all on one multiviewer overlay. Try it for free until Stage 4. | „ |
| ~ Overwatch League |
Exclusive Q&A Sessions[ | ]
| “ | After Overwatch League match day broadcasts, enjoy an interactive player Q&A session by submitting your questions in Passholder-only chat. Selected questions will be answered by players live on the Command Center stream. | „ |
| ~ Overwatch League |
Behind the Screens: Match analysis by players[ | ]
| “ | Top players from each team will walk you through their thoughts on a match and explain what they did and why in an exclusive video every week, starting April 6th! | „ |
| ~ Overwatch League |
Exclusive skins[ | ]
A preview of Overwatch League Away skins which were made available May 16, 2018 at the start of the 4th stage of season 1 of the Overwatch League, with the Overwatch League All-Access Pass.
Exclusive Emote[ | ]
An exclusive Lúcio Legendary emote was revealed on July 14, 2018, along with at that time unreleased Overwatch League Gray skin. The emote was made available July 24, 2018
Exclusive Spray[ | ]
Exclusive Player Icons[ | ]
Exclusive Twitch Emotes[ | ]
| Twitch Emote Name | Emote |
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| OWLselfdestruct | 
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| OWLzzz | 
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| OWLfireinthehole | 
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| OWLnice | 
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| OWLhugeres | 
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| OWLheadshot | 
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| OWLfireatwill | 
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| OWLdragonblade | 
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| OWLdiediedie | 
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| OWLdeadeye | 
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| OWLgold | 
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| OWLFLAg | 
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| OWLSEOg | 
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| OWLPHIg | 
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| OWLNYEg | 
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| OWLSFSg | 
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Exclusive Twitch Badges[ | ]
All Access Passholder
OWL Global Badge
Videos[ | ]
Trivia[ | ]
- Tracer appears as the silhouette for the logo, making this the second time she appears as an icon for Overwatch (the first being the cover to the game itself).
- The Overwatch League logo is comparable in design to the logos of sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB).
External Links[ | ]
References[ | ]
- ↑ 2018-02-21, Watch Overwatch League, Get League Tokens overawatchleague.com. Accessed on 2018-03-12