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Overwatch League – Spitfire Bring Home The First Stage Finals

NYXL just couldn’t put a stop to the barrage from London

The first stage of the inaugural season of the Overwatch League is complete, with the London Spitfire defeating the New York Excelsior in a thrilling five-game match at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles in front of a sold-out crowd. The Spitfire won the series, 3-2 – coming back after being down two games for only the third reverse sweep by any team of the stage – and will take home a $100,000 USD bonus. The Excelsior earn a $25,000 USD bonus as the runner-up.

Following Sunday’s regularly scheduled three-game slate, the league’s top three teams squared off in the Stage 1 semifinals and finals. The semifinals match featured the second-seeded Houston Outlaws against third-seeded London, with the Spitfire winning 3-1 and earning a chance to play top-seeded New York in the stage final.

All teams are now on a short break until the start of Stage 2, which begins Thursday, 22 February AEDT/NZDT. At the start of Stage 2, each team will have a fresh record for the stage and another shot at the stage finals. Overall standings for the season carry over for end-of-season playoff seeding purposes.

 

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Written By Trent Saunders

Although he has been gaming since the Sega Mega Drive launched in 1990, he still sucks at most games. When not being trash he watches French horror films, drinks herbal tea and secretly loves the music of Taylor Swift.

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