2020 San Francisco Shock season

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2020   San Francisco Shock season
Overwatch League champions
Head coachPark "Crusty" Dae-hee
General managerChris "thugnasty" Chung
Owner Andy Miller
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionNorth America
Results
Record18–3 (.857)
Place
May Melee Champions
Summer Showdown Semifinals
Countdown Cup Champions
Season Playoffs Champions
Total Earnings$2,850,000

The 2020 San Francisco Shock season was the third season of the San Francisco Shock's existence in the Overwatch League and their second under head coach Park "Crusty" Dae-hee. The team entered the season as the defending Overwatch League champions, after winning the 2019 Grand Finals. The Shock planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley and the San Jose Civic in downtown San Jose, [1] [2] but both were cancelled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

The Shock ended the regular season with 18 wins, 7 bonus wins, and 3 losses. San Francisco faced the eighth-seeded Washington Justice on September 5 in the first round of the 2020 North America playoffs bracket, and after falling 0–2 in the match, the Shock won three straight maps to move on to the second round of the upper bracket. [3] The team next defeated the seventh-seeded Atlanta Reign by a score of 3–1. [4] Moving on to the upper bracket finals, the Shock faced the top-seeded Philadelphia Fusion. Despite keeping the maps close, the Shock came out with a 3–1 victory and advanced to the Grand Finals bracket. [5] As the top North America seed in the Grand Finals bracket, the Shock faced Asia's second-seeded Seoul Dynasty in the bracket's first round on October 8. After the Shock came out with a quick 2–0 lead, the Dynasty evened up the score, winning the following two maps; however, San Francisco won the final map of the match and moved on to the Upper Bracket finals. [6] The team faced Asia's top-seeded Shanghai Dragons in the upper finals, where, again, the Shock started the match with a 2–0 lead, but the Dragons tied up the series after four maps. The Shock won the final map of the match to advance to the Grand Finals match. [7] In the Grand Finals match, the Shock defeated the Seoul Dynasty by a score of 4–2 to win their second consecutive OWL championship. [8]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On October 18, it was announced that assistant coach Kim "NineK" Beom-hoon had signed with the Paris Eternal as a coach. [9] The Shock signed Talon Esports head coach Lee "Arachne" Ji-won as a coach a month later. [10]

Roster changes

The Shock enter the new season with one free agent, no players which they have the option to retain for another year, and nine players under contract. [11] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7. [12]

On October 9, the Shock announce that they would not re-sign their only free agent off-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017. [13] On December 23, the team picked up sniper specialist Lee "ANS" Seon-chang, who had been retired since January 2019. [14]

Roster

2020 San Francisco Shock roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 7 Striker Kwon Nam-jooSouth Korea
Damage 27RascalKim Dong-junSouth Korea
Damage 47ta1yoHenderson, Sean TaiyoJapan
Damage 10ANSLee Seon-changSouth Korea
Tank 1 super DeLisi, MatthewUnited States
Tank 5smurfYoo Myeong-hwanSouth Korea
Tank 11 ChoiHyoBin Choi Hyo-binSouth Korea
Support 64MothEspe, GrantUnited States
Support 17Viol2tPark Min-kiSouth Korea
Support 13TwilightLee Joo-seokSouth Korea
Head coach
  • Park Dae-hee
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: July 21, 2020.

Transactions

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

Standings

2020 Overwatch League North America standings
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Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL1952.9052159–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC1873.8572156–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL1546.7142150–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL1437.6672148–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC11110.5242141–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC11010.5242143–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL10011.4762143–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC9012.4292135–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL7114.3332132–48–0 -16
10 [lower-alpha 1] Houston Outlaws ATL6015.2862132–50–3 -18
11 [lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Titans PAC6015.2862123–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL4017.1902121–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL2019.0952114–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers
  1. 1 2 Houston placed ahead of Vancouver based on map differential.

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 18–3)
February–March: 5–2
1February 09San Francisco Shock3–1 Dallas Fuel Arlington, TX
4:00 pm PST     Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by the Dallas Fuel
2 Oasis 1
3 Eichenwalde 2
0 Horizon Lunar Colony 1
3 Havana 0
2March 28San Francisco Shock1–3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
11:00 pm UTC    
3March 30San Francisco Shock1–3 Los Angeles Valiant Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
4April 05San Francisco Shock3–1 Los Angeles Valiant Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
5April 13San Francisco Shock3–0 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
6April 18San Francisco Shock3–2 Dallas Fuel Online
2:00 am UTC    
7April 25San Francisco Shock3–0 Los Angeles Valiant Online
10:00 pm UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 3–0
8May 02San Francisco Shock3–0 Houston Outlaws Online
11:00 pm UTC    
9May 10San Francisco Shock3–1 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    
10May 17San Francisco Shock3–0 Atlanta Reign Online
1:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 3–0
11June 20San Francisco Shock3–0 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    
12June 21San Francisco Shock3–0 Washington Justice Online
10:25 pm UTC    
13June 28San Francisco Shock3–0 Philadelphia Fusion Online
11:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 4–0
14July 18San Francisco Shock3–0 Boston Uprising Online
10:00 pm UTC    
15July 24San Francisco Shock3–1 Florida Mayhem Online
9:00 pm UTC    
16July 25San Francisco Shock3–0 Vancouver Titans Online
7:00 pm UTC    
17August 01San Francisco Shock3–0 Houston Outlaws Online
11:00 pm UTC    

August: 3–1
18August 16San Francisco Shock0–3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
1:00 am UTC    
19August 16San Francisco Shock3–0 Toronto Defiant Online
7:00 pm UTC    
20August 22San Francisco Shock3–0 Washington Justice Online
7:00 pm UTC    
21August 23San Francisco Shock3–2 Atlanta Reign Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 3–0
QuarterfinalsMay 23San Francisco Shock3–1 Dallas Fuel Online
7:00 pm UTC    
SemifinalsMay 24San Francisco Shock3–0 Los Angeles Valiant Online
7:00 pm UTC    
FinalsMay 24San Francisco Shock4–2 Florida Mayhem Online
11:00 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown: 1–1
QuarterfinalsJuly 04San Francisco Shock3–0 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    
SemifinalsJuly 05San Francisco Shock2–3 Paris Eternal Online
9:20 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup: 3–0
QuarterfinalsAugust 08San Francisco Shock3–0 Dallas Fuel Online
7:00 pm UTC    
SemifinalsAugust 09San Francisco Shock3–1 Florida Mayhem Online
5:00 pm UTC    
FinalsAugust 09San Francisco Shock4–2 Philadelphia Fusion Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 7

Postseason

2020 playoff game log
North America Bracket: 3–0
Upper Round 1September 05San Francisco Shock3–2 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    
Upper Round 2September 07San Francisco Shock3–1 Atlanta Reign Online
1:00 am UTC    
Upper FinalsSeptember 12San Francisco Shock3–1 Philadelphia Fusion Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Grand Finals Bracket: 3–0
Upper Round 1October 08San Francisco Shock3–2 Seoul Dynasty Online
11:00 am UTC    
Upper Round 2October 09San Francisco Shock3–2 Shanghai Dragons Online
9:00 am UTC    
Grand Finals October 10San Francisco Shock4–2 Seoul Dynasty Online
1:00 pm UTC    

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