2021 Overwatch League season
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The 2021 Overwatch League season was the fourth year of Blizzard’s professional Overwatch esports league, featuring global city-based teams competing in a structured regular season and playoffs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2021 Overwatch League season canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11225703 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2021 Overwatch League season Context triple: [Overwatch League, hasSeason, 2021 Overwatch League season]
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A.
2020 Overwatch League season
The 2020 Overwatch League season was the third year of Blizzard’s global city-based professional Overwatch esports league, notable for its shift to online play and format changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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B.
2019 Overwatch League season
The 2019 Overwatch League season was the second year of Blizzard’s global city-based professional Overwatch competition, featuring expanded teams, a longer schedule, and culminating in the Grand Finals to crown the league champion.
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C.
2018 Overwatch League season
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: 2021 Overwatch League season Target entity description: The 2021 Overwatch League season was the fourth year of Blizzard’s professional Overwatch esports league, featuring global city-based teams competing in a structured regular season and playoffs.
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A.
2020 Overwatch League season
The 2020 Overwatch League season was the third year of Blizzard’s global city-based professional Overwatch esports league, notable for its shift to online play and format changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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B.
2019 Overwatch League season
The 2019 Overwatch League season was the second year of Blizzard’s global city-based professional Overwatch competition, featuring expanded teams, a longer schedule, and culminating in the Grand Finals to crown the league champion.
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C.
2018 Overwatch League season
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Overwatch League season
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Overwatch competition ⓘ esports league season ⓘ |
| broadcastPlatform | YouTube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | Shanghai Dragons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachOfTheYear | Moon Byung-chul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachOfTheYearTeam | Shanghai Dragons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionType | professional esports league ⓘ |
| covid19Impact |
limited live events
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matches played online ⓘ |
| currencyOfPrizePool | USD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 2021-09-25 ⓘ |
| featuredGameMode | 6v6 team-based shooter GENERATED ⓘ |
| format | regular season and playoffs ⓘ |
| grandFinalDate | 2021-09-25 ⓘ |
| grandFinalFormat | best-of-seven series ⓘ |
| grandFinalMVP | Lee "LIP" Jae-won NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandFinalMVPTeam | Shanghai Dragons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandFinalScore | 4–0 ⓘ |
| grandFinalVenue | online ⓘ |
| hasConference |
East Region
NERFINISHED
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West Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedFormatElement |
regional tournaments
ⓘ
tournament cycles ⓘ |
| league | Overwatch League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mvp | Kim "Leave" Hyeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mvpTeam | Chengdu Hunters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSeason | 2022 Overwatch League season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableChampionAchievement | first Overwatch League title for Shanghai Dragons ⓘ |
| numberOfRegularSeasonMatches | over 400 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 20 ⓘ |
| organizer |
Activision Blizzard Esports
NERFINISHED
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Blizzard Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | PC ⓘ |
| previousSeason | 2020 Overwatch League season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Global ⓘ |
| rookieOfTheYear | Kim "Pelican" Young-han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rookieOfTheYearTeam | Atlanta Reign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Atlanta Reign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| sport | Overwatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 2021-04-16 ⓘ |
| teamStructure | city-based franchises ⓘ |
| tournament |
Countdown Cup
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June Joust NERFINISHED ⓘ May Melee NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer Showdown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| videoGame | Overwatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2021 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2021 Overwatch League season Description of subject: The 2021 Overwatch League season was the fourth year of Blizzard’s professional Overwatch esports league, featuring global city-based teams competing in a structured regular season and playoffs.
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