2020 Hangzhou Spark season

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2020   Hangzhou Spark season
Head coach
  • Lee "Mask" Mu-ho
    (Released 31 July)
  • Hwang "paJion" Ji-sub
General managerSaisai Huang
Owner Rui Chen
ConferencePacific
DivisionEast
RegionAsia
Results
Record10–11 (.476)
Place
May Melee Quarterfinals
Summer Showdown Quarterfinals
Countdown Cup Finals
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$35,000

The 2020 Hangzhou Spark season was the second season of Hangzhou Spark's existence in the Overwatch League and their second season under head coach Lee "Mask" Mu-ho. The Spark planned on hosting two homestand events in the 2020 season, taking place at the Hangzhou Grand Theatre and Wuzhen Grand Theatre; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled by the league.

Contents

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In late October, the Spark announced that they had parted ways with assistant coach Han "Sup7eme" Seung-jun. [1] The team signed former Florida Mayhem assistant coach Jung "yeah" Young-su as an assistant coach in mid-November. [2]

Roster changes

The Spark enter the new season with no free agents, four players which they have the option to retain for another year, and eight players under contract. [3] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option was November 11, after which any players not retained became a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7. [4] The Spark's first departure of the offseason was on November 11, when the team released flex support An "Revenge" Hyeong-Geun. [5] On November 23, it was announced that tank player Jeong "NoSmite" Da-Un had signed to the Paris Eternal. [6] The Spark promoted support players Liu "M1ka" Jiming and Tong "Coldest" Xiaodong from their academy team Bilibili Gaming on January 14. [7]

Homestand events

In August 2019, the Spark announced that they would hold two homestand events, with the first at the Hangzhou Theatre from February 29 to March 1, 2020, and the second at the Wuzhen Grand Theatre from June 21 to 22, 2020. [8] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league cancelled all February and March matches planned in China, which cancelled the Spark's first homestand at the Hangzhou Theatre. [9] The Overwatch League announced that the cancelled homestand events in China would be rescheduled for Weeks 5 through 7 in a studio in Seoul, South Korea; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, these matches were cancelled as well. [10]

Roster

2020 Hangzhou Spark roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage  17Ado Chon Gi-hyeon South Korea 
Damage  1Adora Kang Jae-hwan South Korea 
Damage  21Architect Park Min-ho South Korea 
Damage  10GodsB Kim Kyeong-bo South Korea 
Damage  20SASIN Song Sang-hyun South Korea 
Tank  8guxue Xu Qiulin China 
Tank  QoQ Yu Sung-jun South Korea 
Tank  11Ria (I) Park Seong-wook South Korea 
Support  23BeBe Yoon Hui-chang South Korea 
Support  37iDK Park Ho-jin South Korea 
Support  14Coldest Tong Xiaodong China 
Support  13M1ka Liu Jiming China 
Head coach
  • Lee "Mask" Mu-ho
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: June 18, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

Standings

2020 Overwatch League Asia standings
#TeamConferenceWBWLPCTPMRMD
Playoffs
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC1982.9052159–15–1 +44
2 Guangzhou Charge PAC1447.6672144–39–1 +5
Play-ins
3 New York Excelsior ATL1338.6192150–30–2 +20
4 Hangzhou Spark PAC10211.4762136–40–2 -4
5 Seoul Dynasty PAC9312.4292133–40–2 -7
6 Chengdu Hunters PAC7114.3332133–47–1 -14
7 London Spitfire ATL6015.2862127–51–0 -24

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 10–11)
February–March: 4–5
1March 28Hangzhou Spark3–2 Chengdu Hunters Online
9:30 am UTC    
2March 29Hangzhou Spark2–3 Guangzhou Charge Online
10:00 am UTC    
3April 05Hangzhou Spark0–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
8:00 am UTC    
4April 06Hangzhou Spark3–2 Guangzhou Charge Online
10:00 am UTC    
5April 11Hangzhou Spark3–0 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
6April 18Hangzhou Spark0–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
10:00 am UTC    
7April 19Hangzhou Spark1–3 Guangzhou Charge Online
8:00 am UTC    
8April 25Hangzhou Spark0–3 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    
9April 26Hangzhou Spark3–1 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 2–2
10May 03Hangzhou Spark3–0 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    
11May 10Hangzhou Spark0–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
8:00 am UTC    
12May 16Hangzhou Spark1–3 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    
13May 17Hangzhou Spark3–0 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 1–3
14June 20Hangzhou Spark3–2 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    
15June 21Hangzhou Spark2–3 Guangzhou Charge Online
8:00 am UTC    
16June 27Hangzhou Spark0–3 London Spitfire Online
12:00 noon UTC    
17June 28Hangzhou Spark0–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
8:00 am UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 2–1
18July 18Hangzhou Spark3–0 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    
19July 26Hangzhou Spark0–3 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
20August 01Hangzhou Spark3–0 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    

August: 1–0
21August 22Hangzhou Spark3–0 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 0–1
QuarterfinalsMay 23Hangzhou Spark0–3 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown: 0–1
QuarterfinalsJuly 04Hangzhou Spark0–3 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    

Countdown Cup: 2–1
QuarterfinalsAugust 08Hangzhou Spark3–2 Seoul Dynasty Online
10:00 am UTC    
SemifinalsAugust 09Hangzhou Spark3–1 Chengdu Hunters Online
10:00 am UTC    
FinalsAugust 09Hangzhou Spark0–4 Shanghai Dragons Online
12:00 noon UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 2

Postseason

2020 playoff game log
Asia Play-ins: 0–1
Round 1  First-round bye  


Round 2September 05Hangzhou Spark0–3 Seoul Dynasty Online
11:00 am UTC    

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