List of Hangzhou Spark players

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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.

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All rostered players during the OWL season (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance.

All-time roster

As of December 15, 2021
HandleNameRoleCountrySeasonsRef.
AdoChon Gi-hyeonDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2020 [1] [2]
AdoraJaehwan KangDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019–2020 [3] [2]
AlphaYiJun KimDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2022–present [4]
ArchitectMinho ParkDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2020–present [5]
BazziJunki ParkDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019–2020 [3] [6]
BeBeHuichang YoonSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019–2020 [3] [2]
BernarShin Se-wonTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2021–present [7]
ColdEstTong XiaodongSupportFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2020–2021 [8] [9]
GodsBKyeongbo KimDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019–2021 [3] [10]
guxueQiulin XuTankFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2019–present [3]
iDKHojin ParkSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019–2021 [3] [9]
ironyHyeongwoo KimSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2022–present [11]
KrystalShilong CaiDamageFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2019 [3] [12]
LiGeChengjie JiaTankFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021–present [13]
M1kaJiming LiuSupportFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2020–2021 [8] [9]
MCDJeongho LeeSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2021 [14] [15]
NoSmiteDaun JeongTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019 [3] [16]
PineappleLi ZhuoDamageFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2022–present [17]
QoQSeungjun YuTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2020 [18] [19]
RevengeHyeonggeun AnSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019 [3] [20]
RiaSungwook ParkTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019–2020 [3] [2]
SASINSanghyun SongFlexFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019–2020 [21] [2]
SeoMinSooMinsoo SeoDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2021 [14] [9]
ShyYangjie ZhengDamageFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021–present [22]
SuperichWu GengtuoSupportFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2022–present [23]
TakoyakiYounghyun LeeTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2021 [24] [25]

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