Hangzhou Spark is a Chinese esports team founded in 2018 that competes in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Spark began playing competitive Overwatch in the 2019 season.
All rostered players during the OWL season (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance.
Handle | Name | Role | Country | Seasons | Ref. |
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Ado | Chon Gi-hyeon | Damage | South Korea | 2020 | [1] [2] |
Adora | Jaehwan Kang | Damage | South Korea | 2019–2020 | [3] [2] |
AlphaYi | Jun Kim | Damage | South Korea | 2022–present | [4] |
Architect | Minho Park | Damage | South Korea | 2020–present | [5] |
Bazzi | Junki Park | Damage | South Korea | 2019–2020 | [3] [6] |
BeBe | Huichang Yoon | Support | South Korea | 2019–2020 | [3] [2] |
Bernar | Shin Se-won | Tank | South Korea | 2021–present | [7] |
ColdEst | Tong Xiaodong | Support | China | 2020–2021 | [8] [9] |
GodsB | Kyeongbo Kim | Damage | South Korea | 2019–2021 | [3] [10] |
guxue | Qiulin Xu | Tank | China | 2019–present | [3] |
iDK | Hojin Park | Support | South Korea | 2019–2021 | [3] [9] |
irony | Hyeongwoo Kim | Support | South Korea | 2022–present | [11] |
Krystal | Shilong Cai | Damage | China | 2019 | [3] [12] |
LiGe | Chengjie Jia | Tank | China | 2021–present | [13] |
M1ka | Jiming Liu | Support | China | 2020–2021 | [8] [9] |
MCD | Jeongho Lee | Support | South Korea | 2021 | [14] [15] |
NoSmite | Daun Jeong | Tank | South Korea | 2019 | [3] [16] |
Pineapple | Li Zhuo | Damage | China | 2022–present | [17] |
QoQ | Seungjun Yu | Tank | South Korea | 2020 | [18] [19] |
Revenge | Hyeonggeun An | Support | South Korea | 2019 | [3] [20] |
Ria | Sungwook Park | Tank | South Korea | 2019–2020 | [3] [2] |
SASIN | Sanghyun Song | Flex | South Korea | 2019–2020 | [21] [2] |
SeoMinSoo | Minsoo Seo | Damage | South Korea | 2021 | [14] [9] |
Shy | Yangjie Zheng | Damage | China | 2021–present | [22] |
Superich | Wu Gengtuo | Support | China | 2022–present | [23] |
Takoyaki | Younghyun Lee | Tank | South Korea | 2021 | [24] [25] |
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