Florida Mayhem and Toronto Defiant have won the Playins in the Overwatch League Countdown Cup tournament. They are the last teams in the West region to advance to the playoffs.

Both teams were already fighting for the first playoff place in the final of the winning round. Florida Mayhem's experimental character choice was subject to Toronto Defiant's dominant meta-composition on the first map. Florida Mayhem then took over, winning three rounds in a row and thus the game.

"We are confident that we can go far and beat any team. Accordingly, we thought: We will defeat Toronto Defiant like this," Jeong-wan "Someone" Ham explained the bumpy start in an interview after the match. "Obviously we were wrong.»

The fact that Toronto Defiant should not be laughed at was shown again by the losing round. A quick three-nil win over Boston Uprising sent the team on its way to the championship title.

The 2023 Overwatch League playoffs will begin on October 30 and will take place in Anaheim, California. In the opening match, London Spitfire will face Philadelphia Fusion.