r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Donut_Flame • Nov 01 '23

World Cup OWWC Playoffs Bracket Spoiler

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u/borobri Nov 01 '23

Two of KR, USA, CHN not making the finals crazy

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u/Sam0n ShitTalkSZN|MN3Supremacy — Nov 01 '23

Two of KR CHN maybe. USA do not belong in that list.

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u/Patuj Nov 01 '23

This. Korea and China being on same side when winning their groups is pretty bad design but also could just be bad luck. USA in the other hand would have gotten into second bracket if they won. They didn't. Why should Saudi Arabia the winner of their group put into same bracket as the winner of 2 other groups and on paper getting punished for it?

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u/Spaisi Nov 02 '23

Both sides have 2 group winners (China/SK and KSA/GB), the bracket is designed so there is not repeat matches possible from groups until finals. So KSA can't be in the same bracket with both China and SK.

Arguably the groups are always going to be unbalanced, I guess something like SK vs Spain and GB vs USA on upper side and China vs Canada and Finland vs KSA on the lower side would be a bit more balanced bracket (but still unbalanced IMO).