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British Hurricane was a British esports team for the video game Overwatch competing in Overwatch Contenders (OWC) and an academy team for the London Spitfire of the Overwatch League (OWL). The team was based in London, United Kingdom and played in the Europe region of OWC. Since inception, Hurricane won two regional and one interregional championships. In December 2021, the team announced that they would not be competing in future Contenders seasons.

Franchise history

On 15 February 2018, the London Spitfire formally announced that their academy team for Overwatch Contenders Europe would be called the British Hurricane and revealed their all-European 2018 Season 1 squad.[1] Cloud9 owner Jack Etienne worked with Code Red Esports owner Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner and popular Overwatch YouTuber Tom "Stylosa" Stewart on helping them target the British demographic for their roster.[2]

In their first season, the Hurricane took home the 2018 Season 1 European championship after defeating Team Gigantti 4–3 in the European Overwatch Contenders Grand Finals. Following, the team defeated North America Contenders Champions Fusion University in the 2018 Atlantic Showdown by a score of 3–1.[3] Hurricane struggled in 2018 Season 2 – only amassing one win – and was dropped down to Contenders Trials for Season 3, where they finished atop the rankings and joined Contenders 2018 Season 3.[4] They were able to qualify for the Season 3 playoffs but fell to Team Gigantti in the quarterfinals.[5]

British Hurricane had a dominant performance in 2019 Season 1, as the team went a perfect 7–0 in the European region, and made it to the Europe Grand Finals for the second time in two years.[6] However, they fell to the German-based team Angry Titans in the finals by a score of 1–4.[7] Due to their performance in Season 1, the team qualified for the 2019 Atlantic Showdown – a double-elimination interregional tournament. After defeating Lowkey Esports in Round 1 and losing to Team Envy in the bottom-half bracket, the team was eliminated by ATL Academy by a score of 0–3, placing 5th in the tournament.[8]

On 17 December 2021, Cloud9 announced that British Hurricane would cease operations at the end of 2021.[9]

Seasons overview

Year Season Region OWC regular season Regional playoffs Interregional events
FinishШаблон:Efn Wins Losses Win %
British Hurricane
2018 1 Europe 1st 4 1 Шаблон:Winpct Winners Atlantic Showdown – Winners
2 Europe 5th 1 4 Шаблон:Winpct None held
3 Europe 3rd 3 2 Шаблон:Winpct Quarterfinals
2019 1 Europe 1st 7 0 Шаблон:Winpct Runners-up Atlantic Showdown – Lower Round 1
2 Europe 4th 3 4 Шаблон:Winpct Semifinals Did not qualify
2020 1 Europe 1st 12 0 Шаблон:Winpct Winners None held
Regular season record 30 11 Шаблон:Winpct
Playoff record 9 3 Шаблон:Winpct

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OWL buyouts and promotions

All Overwatch Contenders players are eligible to be promoted by their affiliated Overwatch League team or signed to any other Overwatch League during specified non-blackout periods.[10]

2018

2021

  • Tank Ilari "Vestola" Vestola was signed by Paris Eternal as their new starting off-tank on 2 June.[12]
  • Support Oliver "Admiral" Vahar was promoted to the London Spitfire on 9 December.[13]

References

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Шаблон:Overwatch League academy teams Шаблон:London Spitfire