2018 Overwatch League season
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The 2018 Overwatch League season was the inaugural professional esports season of Blizzard Entertainment’s city-based Overwatch League, featuring franchised teams competing in a structured regular season and playoffs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2018 Overwatch League season canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11225700 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2018 Overwatch League season Context triple: [Overwatch League, hasSeason, 2018 Overwatch League season]
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A.
Overwatch League
The Overwatch League is a professional global esports league featuring city-based teams competing in Blizzard Entertainment’s hero shooter game Overwatch.
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B.
Call of Duty League
Call of Duty League is a professional franchised esports league featuring city-based teams competing in the Call of Duty video game series.
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C.
C9 League
The C9 League is an elite alliance of nine top Chinese universities recognized for their leading roles in research, education, and academic excellence.
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D.
Challenger Pro League
The Challenger Pro League is Belgium's second-tier professional football division, serving as the primary competition below the Belgian Pro League.
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E.
D3 Pro League
The D3 Pro League was a former third-division professional soccer league in the United States that operated under the United Soccer Leagues (USL) structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2018 Overwatch League season Target entity description: The 2018 Overwatch League season was the inaugural professional esports season of Blizzard Entertainment’s city-based Overwatch League, featuring franchised teams competing in a structured regular season and playoffs.
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A.
Overwatch League
The Overwatch League is a professional global esports league featuring city-based teams competing in Blizzard Entertainment’s hero shooter game Overwatch.
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B.
Call of Duty League
Call of Duty League is a professional franchised esports league featuring city-based teams competing in the Call of Duty video game series.
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C.
C9 League
The C9 League is an elite alliance of nine top Chinese universities recognized for their leading roles in research, education, and academic excellence.
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D.
Challenger Pro League
The Challenger Pro League is Belgium's second-tier professional football division, serving as the primary competition below the Belgian Pro League.
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E.
D3 Pro League
The D3 Pro League was a former third-division professional soccer league in the United States that operated under the United Soccer Leagues (USL) structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Overwatch League season
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esports league season ⓘ |
| basedOn | Overwatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
MLG.tv
NERFINISHED
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OverwatchLeague.com NERFINISHED ⓘ Twitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | London Spitfire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | 2018-07-28 ⓘ |
| format |
franchised city-based league
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regular season and playoffs ⓘ |
| gamePublisher | Blizzard Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandFinalsCity | Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandFinalsLocation | Barclays Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
2018 Overwatch League playoffs
NERFINISHED
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Stage 1 ⓘ Stage 2 ⓘ Stage 3 ⓘ Stage 4 ⓘ |
| hasTeam |
Boston Uprising
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dallas Fuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida Mayhem NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Outlaws NERFINISHED ⓘ London Spitfire NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Gladiators NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Valiant NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Excelsior NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia Fusion NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Shock NERFINISHED ⓘ Seoul Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai Dragons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2018 ⓘ |
| isFirstSeasonOf | Overwatch League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Burbank, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer |
Bang Sung-hyeon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jjonak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayerTeam | New York Excelsior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 12 ⓘ |
| organizer | Blizzard Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Overwatch League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playoffsCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playoffsLocation | Barclays Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Philadelphia Fusion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| sport | Overwatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageWinner |
London Spitfire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles Valiant NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Excelsior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2018-01-10 ⓘ |
| venue | Blizzard Arena Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | London Spitfire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2018 Overwatch League season Description of subject: The 2018 Overwatch League season was the inaugural professional esports season of Blizzard Entertainment’s city-based Overwatch League, featuring franchised teams competing in a structured regular season and playoffs.
Referenced by (1)
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