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

hymzi - Kalle Honkala

kyynel - Antti Kinnunen

mafu - Lauri Rasi

Zuppehw - Aleksi Kuntsi

zappis - Joonas Alakurtti Helsinki REDS Ruape - Roope Kurkela

Exceed - Jani Kosonen

Woomera - Eemeli Ikonen

BBR - Miika Tekoniemi

prettyWise - Ville Mikkonen

Effix - Toni Hurme ENCE eSports SKYTRiXSHA - Mikael Silvennoinen

BAITO - Samuli Karppinen

Desperado - Ville Palmu

lhcloudy - Roni Tiihonen

Trickwide - Ville Saastamoinen

Ripa - Riku Toivanen SkitLite Talisman - Veikka Laine

Julletin - Julius Jokila

Dragonce - Miikka Kumpula

Kryma - Kaapo Laine

Celne - Otto Laine

Cali - Kalle Puuska

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.

Assembly is open to community streams to cover the event in different languages. If you are interested, please send us an application.

Broadcast Talent

Jokke “Puuppi” Saarinen - Commentator

Tomi "Tombha" Rinne - Commentator

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.