Hunters, Gladiators advance to OWL's Countdown Cup final

The Los Angeles Gladiators and Chengdu Hunters advanced to the Overwatch League's Countdown Cup finals with series sweeps on Friday.

The Gladiators dominated the upper-bracket final with a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Reign. That result dropped the Reign into the lower-bracket final, where they fell 3-0 to the Hunters.

Earlier Friday, Chengdu stayed alive with a 3-0 win over the Seoul Dynasty in the first round of the l