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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Game | Overwatch |
| Dates | September 21–25, 2021 |
| Administrator | Activision-Blizzard |
| Venue | Online |
| Teams | 8 |
| Purse | $3,200,000 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Grand Finals | |
| Dates | September 25 |
| Venue | Online |
| Champion | Shanghai Dragons |
| Runner-up | Atlanta Reign |
| Finals MVP | Lee "LIP" Jae-won |
The 2021 Overwatch League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the 2021 Overwatch League regular season. The tournament began on September 21 and concluded with the 2021 Grand Finals, the fourth championship match of the Overwatch League (OWL) on September 25.
Eight teams contested the OWL playoffs, a double-elimination tournament, with the final two teams remaining in the tournament advancing to the Grand Finals. Each playoff match was originally planned take place at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas, aside from the final at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. However, due to increasing threat of COVID-19 and the delta variant, the matches were shifted to be played online.
The defending OWL champions were the San Francisco Shock, who won the title against the Seoul Dynasty in the 2020 OWL Grand Finals. The Shanghai Dragons swept the Atlanta Reign in the Grand Finals to win their first OWL championship.