Last updated on November 5, 2017

Going into the Overwatch World Cup we all knew South Korea would be the favorite to win. But team Canada kept up pretty well and prevented a sweep by winning on Junkertown. The championship match was very close, with Canada losing by a close margin on the matches they lost. Below you will find details about this match-up including which heroes were played on each round, and when they swapped.

Match Details

Match Notes

• There were 71 hero swaps in total with South Korea switching 30 times to Canada’s 41.
• 19 of the 30 hero swaps for South Korea occurred during the Junkertown match.
• The least amount of hero swaps occurred during the first match, on Oasis (Control)
• Total play time for the World Cup Final was 1:12:44
• The only round without any hero swaps was during Match 1 – Round 2.
• During Match 3 – Round 2 (Hanamura) you can see Surefour’s struggle to decide if he wants to fight FL0W3R’s Widowmaker with his own Widowmaker. Surefour switches between Widowmaker and Tracer multiple times over the course of 2-3 minutes.

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Matchups & Timeline

• Match One
• Round One
• Round Two
• Round Three
• Match Two
• Round One
• Round Two
• Match Three
• Round One
• Round Two
• Round Three
• Round Four
• Round Five
• Match Four
• Round One
• Round Two
• Match Five
• Round One
• Round Two
• Round Three
• Round Four

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Match One – Round One

• Map: Oasis: University
• Type: Control
• Round Time: 2:54
• Result: Canada Wins 100% to 0%

Match One – Round Two

• Map: Oasis: Gardens
• Type: Control
• Round Time: 5:23
• Result: South Korea Wins 100% to 88%

Match One – Round Three

• Map: Oasis: City Center
• Type: Control
• Round Time: 3:34
• Result: South Korea Wins 100% to 88%

Match Two – Round One

• Map: King’s Row
• Type: Hybrid
• Attacking: Canada
• Round Time: 6:35
• Result: Canada 1 – Payload Stopped at 107.04m

Match Two – Round Two

• Map: King’s Row
• Type: Hybrid
• Attacking: South Korea
• Round Time: 4:05
• Result: South Korea Wins Match

Match Three – Round One

• Map: Hanamura
• Type: Assault
• Attacking: Canada
• Round Time: 7:54
• Result: Canada takes point B at 7:54

Match Three – Round Two

• Map: Hanamura
• Type: Assault
• Attacking: South Korea
• Round Time: 4:29
• Result: South Korea takes point B at 4:29

Match Three – Round Three

• Map: Hanamura
• Type: Assault
• Attacking: Canada
• Round Time: 2:27
• Result: Canada takes point B at 2:27 in Overtime

Match Three – Round Four

• Map: Hanamura
• Type: Assault
• Attacking: South Korea
• Round Time: 2:36
• Result: South Korea takes point B at 2:27

Match Three – Round Five

• Map: Hanamura
• Type: Assault
• Attacking: South Korea
• Round Time: 1:47
• Result: South Korea gets 1 tick at 1:47

Match Four – Round One

• Map: Junkertown
• Type: Escort
• Attacking: Canada
• Round Time: 7:13
• Result: Canada Takes Point 3 at 7:13

Match Four – Round Two

• Map: Junkertown
• Type: Escort
• Attacking: South Korea
• Round Time: 8:00
• Result: Runs out of Time Getting to Point 3 – 40.19m

Match Five – Round One

• Map: Numbani
• Type: Hybrid
• Attacking: South Korea
• Round Time: 5:04
• Result: Takes Point 2 at 5:04

Match Five – Round Two

• Map: Numbani
• Type: Hybrid
• Attacking: Canada
• Round Time: 7:05
• Result: Takes Point 2 at 7:05

Match Five – Round Three

• Map: Numbani
• Type: Hybrid
• Attacking: Canada
• Round Time: 1:46
• Result: Runs out of time getting to point 1 – 23.56m

Match Five – Round Four

• Map: Numbani
• Type: Hybrid
• Attacking: South Korea
• Round Time: 1:52
• Result: Reaches Point 1