Los Angeles Valiant Beats New York Excelsior to become Overwatch League Stage 4 Champions

The Overwatch League’s regular season concluded tonight, with the Los Angeles Valiant (27-13) defeating the New York Excelsior (34-6) at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles. The Valiant won the best-of-five series 3-1 and earns a $100,000 USD bonus. New York will take home a $25,000 USD bonus as the runner-up.

Stage 4’s best teams squared off in a bracket-style format, with the top-seeded Los Angeles Gladiators (25-15) having the opportunity to select their first round opponent. The Gladiators chose their crosstown rivals, but the Valiant escaped with a narrow 3-2 win. The other semifinals match featured New York against the resurgent Dallas Fuel, with the Excelsior winning a 3-2 thriller.

The top six teams advance to the playoffs. The New York Excelsior and Los Angeles Valiant – as winners of the Atlantic and Pacific Divisions, respectively – earn a first-round bye.

Quarterfinals games take place on July 11, 13 and 14. Third-seeded Boston Uprising (26-14) takes on the sixth-seeded Philadelphia Fusion (24-16), and the fourth-seeded Gladiators play the fifth-seeded London Spitfire (24-16) in best-of-three series. Semifinals matchups are played the following week in the same format.

The semifinals winners will advance to the league’s Grand Finals, which will be played on July 27 and 28 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

For a full recap of the day’s action, visit OverwatchLeague.com/news.#

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