2020 Shanghai Dragons season

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2020   Shanghai Dragons season
Asia Region champions
Head coachMoon Byung-chul
General managerYang Van
Owner NetEase
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionAsia
Results
Record19–2 (.905)
Place
May Melee Champions
Summer Showdown Finals
Countdown Cup Champions
Season Playoffs GF Lower Finals
Total Earnings$595,000

The 2020 Shanghai Dragons season was the third season of the Shanghai Dragons's existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Moon Byung-chul. The Dragons planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at XinYeFang Studio in Shanghai's Jing'an District. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the all homestand events were cancelled by the league.

Contents

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In September 2019, the Dragons parted ways with head coach We "BlueHaS" Seong-hwan and assistant coach Jeong "Levi" Chung-Hyeok. The team promoted Moon Byung-chul, who was the head coach of the Dragons' academy team Team CC, to the head coach of the Dragons. [1] In November, it was announced that the Dragons signed Dong-soo "Dongsu" Shin and former London Spitfire coach former Los Angeles Valiant coach Jeong-min "Jfeel" Kim as assistant coaches. [2]

Roster changes

The Dragons enter the new season with one free agent, seven players which they have the option to retain for another year, and two players under contract. [3] 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. [4]

Acquisitions

The Dragon's first pick up of the offseason was announced on November 12 with the acquisition of DPS Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun from the Seoul Dynasty. [5] The team announced their full roster on November 26, which included the additions of main tank Seo "Stand1" Ji-won from Gladiators Legion, former Los Angeles Gladiators off-tank Kang "Void" Jun-woo, support Lee "LeeJaeGon" Jae-gon from RunAway, and DPS Lee "LIP" Jae-won from Blossom. [6] The team promoted tank player Lee "Fearless" Eui-seok from their academy team Team CC on January 19. [7]

Departures

The Dragon's first departure was on October 23, when they chose not to exercise their option to retain DPS Jin "YOUNGJIN" Young-jin. [8] Shanghai announced that they would not re-sign their only free agent, Noh "Gamsu" Young-jin, on November 4. [9] Four days later, support Son "CoMa" Kyung-woo was released from the team. [10] The Dragons announced on January 19 that off-tank player Lee "Envy" Kang-jae was released from the team. [7]

Homestand events

In August 2019, the Dragons announced that they would hold two homestand events; both were to be held at XinYeFang Studio in Shanghai's Jing'an District. [11] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dragons decided to relocate their team to South Korea with no specific return time. Additionally, the league cancelled all February and March matches planned in China, which cancelled the Dragons's first homestand on February 15 to 16. The cancelled matches will be rescheduled for later in the season. [12] 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. [13]

Roster

2020 Shanghai Dragons roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 21diem Cruz Roja.svgBae Min-seongSouth Korea
Damage 31DDingYang Jin-hyeokSouth Korea
Damage 1 Fleta Kim Byung-sunSouth Korea
Damage 87Diya (2W)Lu WeidaChina
Damage 70LIPLee Jae-wonSouth Korea
Tank 17Stand1Seo Ji-wonSouth Korea
Tank 8 Fearless Lee Eui-seokSouth Korea
Tank 57VoidKang Jun-wooSouth Korea
Tank 96 Geguri Kim Se-yeonSouth Korea
Support 2LeeJaeGonLee Jae-gonSouth Korea
Support 66LuffyYang Sung-hyeonSouth Korea
Support 22IzayakiKim Min-chulSouth Korea
Head coach
  • Moon Byung-chul
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: January 19, 2020.

Standings

PosConTeam
PldWBWLPCTMWMLMTMDQualification
1PAC Shanghai Dragons 2119820.9059151+44Advance to playoffs
2PAC Guangzhou Charge 2114470.6744391+5
3ATL New York Excelsior 2113380.6250302+20Advance to play-ins
4PAC Hangzhou Spark 21102110.4836402−4
5PAC Seoul Dynasty 2193120.4333402−7
6PAC Chengdu Hunters 2171140.3333471−14
7ATL London Spitfire 2160150.2927510−24
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) Wins plus bonus wins 2) winning percentage (excluding bonus wins); 3) map differential; 4) head-to-head record; 5) head-to-head map differential

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 19–2)
February–April: 8–1
1March 28Shanghai Dragons3–0 Guangzhou Charge Online
8:00 am UTC    
2March 29Shanghai Dragons0–3 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
3April 05Shanghai Dragons3–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
4April 06Shanghai Dragons3–1 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
5April 12Shanghai Dragons3–0 Guangzhou Charge Online
10:00 am UTC    
6April 18Shanghai Dragons3–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
10:00 am UTC    
7April 19Shanghai Dragons3–0 Chengdu Hunters Online
10:00 am UTC    
8April 25Shanghai Dragons3–0 Guangzhou Charge Online
9:00 am UTC    
9April 26Shanghai Dragons3–0 Seoul Dynasty Online
9:30 am UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 3–1
10May 02Shanghai Dragons3–2 New York Excelsior Online
9:15 am UTC    
11May 09Shanghai Dragons2–3 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    
12May 10Shanghai Dragons3–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
13May 16Shanghai Dragons3–0 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 4–0
14June 13Shanghai Dragons3–0 London Spitfire Online
8:00 am UTC    
15June 21Shanghai Dragons3–2 Chengdu Hunters Online
10:00 am UTC    
16June 27Shanghai Dragons3–1 Seoul Dynasty Online
10:00 am UTC    
17June 28Shanghai Dragons3–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 3–0
18July 25Shanghai Dragons3–2 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    
19July 26Shanghai Dragons3–0 Seoul Dynasty Online
10:00 am UTC    
20August 01Shanghai Dragons3–1 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    

August: 1–0
21August 15Shanghai Dragons3–0 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 3–0
QuarterfinalsMay 23Shanghai Dragons3–2 London Spitfire Online
11:30 am UTC    
SemifinalsMay 24Shanghai Dragons3–0 New York Excelsior Online
10:00 am UTC    
FinalsMay 24Shanghai Dragons4–3 Seoul Dynasty Online
11:30 am UTC    

Summer Showdown: 1–1
Quarterfinals  First-round bye  


SemifinalsJuly 05Shanghai Dragons3–0 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    
FinalsJuly 05Shanghai Dragons2–4 Guangzhou Charge Online
12:00 noon UTC    

Countdown Cup: 2–0
Quarterfinals  First-round bye  


SemifinalsAugust 09Shanghai Dragons3–0 New York Excelsior Online
8:00 am UTC    
FinalsAugust 09Shanghai Dragons4–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
12:00 noon UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 8

Postseason

2020 playoff game log
Asia Bracket: 2–0
Upper Round 1September 06Shanghai Dragons3–1 New York Excelsior Online
9:00 am UTC    
Upper FinalsSeptember 12Shanghai Dragons3–2 Seoul Dynasty Online
11:00 am UTC    

Grand Finals Bracket: 1–2
Upper Round 1October 8Shanghai Dragons3–0 Philadelphia Fusion Online
1:00 pm UTC    
Upper FinalsOctober 09Shanghai Dragons2–3 San Francisco Shock Online
9:00 am UTC    
Lower FinalsOctober 09Shanghai Dragons2–3 Seoul Dynasty Online
1:00 pm UTC    

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