New York Excelsior are the Overwatch League Stage 3 Champions.
The Excelsior beat Boston Uprising in the finals to claim back-to-back stage titles, having also won the Stage 2 playoffs.
NYXL had a third consecutive stage with a 9-1 record in the regular season matches, but this time it wasn’t enough to take the top seed as Boston Uprising finished undefeated at 10-0.
New York consequently face LA Valiant in the semi-finals, while Boston Uprising had their pick of the playoff teams and chose LA Gladiators for their own semi-final match-up. Both teams won their semi-final matches with convincing 3-0 sweeps.
In the end, the final was another 3-0 for New York, although the score-line is a little deceptive as it included a draw in the third map, Volskaya, forcing a fourth map in the series before the Excelsior claimed the victory, also taking revenge for their loss to Boston in the regular season.
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As well as the stage title, New York Excelsior claimed a $100,000 bonus prize for the win, while Boston Uprising will receive $25,000 for their second-place finish.
New York and Boston are also the first- and second-place teams in the overall regular season standings, which will determine the qualifying teams and seeding for the $1.5million season playoffs after Stage 4 of the regular season.
The Stage 3 playoff placements:
- 1st – New York Excelsior – $100,000
- 2nd – Boston Uprising – $25,000
- 3rd/4th – LA Valiant
- 3rd/4th – LA Gladiators
Stage 4 of the Overwatch League begins on May 16th, the last five-week stage offering teams the final chance to lock in a spot in the end-of-season playoffs.