2020 Seoul Dynasty season

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2020   Seoul Dynasty season
Head coachPark Chang-geun
General managerLee Ho-cheol
OwnerKevin Chou
ConferencePacific
DivisionEast
RegionAsia
Results
Record9–12 (.429)
Place
May Melee Finals
Summer Showdown Semifinals
Countdown Cup Quarterfinals
Season Playoffs Grand Finals
Total Earnings$795,000

The 2020 Seoul Dynasty season was the third season of the Seoul Dynasty's existence in the Overwatch League. The Dynasty planned to hold two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled.

Contents

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In October 2019, head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun's contract expired, and he did not re-sign with the team. [1] Later that month, Seoul promoted assistant coach Park "changoon" Chang-geun to head coach and brought up Mun "MMA" Seong-won from Gen.G Esports as an assistant coach. [2] The team released assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyeop in early November. [3] On November 8, Seoul signed former Washington Justice head coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok as a strategic coach. [4]

Roster changes

Free agents
RolePlayerContract
status		Date signed2020 team
HandleName
Support Ryujehong Je-Hong RyuFree agentNovember 27 Vancouver Titans [5]
Support TobiJin-Mo YangFree agentOctober 29Seoul Dynasty [6]
Tank ZunbaJoon-Hyeok KimFree agent––
Legend
  Re-signed/Retained by the Dynasty.
  Departed from the Dynasty.

The Dynasty enter the new season with three free agents, one player which they have the option to retain for another year, and six players under contract. [7] 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. [8]

Acquisitions

The Dynasty's first acquisition of the offseason was on October 22, when they agreed to acquire tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee and DPS Park "Profit" Joon-yeong from the London Spitfire. [9] A week later, support Kim "Creative" Young-wan was promoted from Seoul's academy team Gen.G Esports. [6] On January 12, the Dynasty announced the signing of former London Spitfire support player Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae. [10]

Departures

The first player to depart from the Dynasty was main support Lee "Jecse" Seung-soo, as he was released from the team on November 1. [3] Two weeks later, it was announced that Seoul transferred DPS Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun to the Shanghai Dragons. [11] On November 23, it was announced that support Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok had been signed to the London Spitfire. [12] On November 27, veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong was signed to the Vancouver Titans, [5] and three weeks later, Seoul parted ways with off-tank Kim "zunba" Joon-hyeok. [13]

Homestand events

In December 2019, the Dynasty announced that they would hold two homestand events; both were to be held the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. [14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the league cancelled the Dynasty's March homestand event that was initially set to be held from March 7 to 8. The game will be made up, with exact dates and times to be announced later. [15]

Roster

2020 Seoul Dynasty roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage  1FITS Kim Dong-eun South Korea 
Damage  21ILLICIT Park Jae-min South Korea 
Damage  13 Profit  Park Joon-yeong South Korea 
Tank  7Gesture Hong Jae-hee South Korea 
Tank  11Marve1 Hwang Min-seo South Korea 
Tank  99Michelle Choi Min-hyuk South Korea 
Tank  6Toyou (2W) Lim Hyun-woo South Korea 
Support  10Bdosin Choi Seung-tae South Korea 
Support  20Creative Kim Young-wan South Korea 
Support  4tobi Yang Jin-mo South Korea 
Support  28SLIME Kim Sung-jun South Korea 
Head coach
  • Park "changoon" Chang-geun
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: August 6, 2020.

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: 9–12)
February–April: 3–1
1March 28Seoul Dynasty3–0 Los Angeles Valiant Online
10:00 pm UTC    
2March 29Seoul Dynasty3–0 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
10:00 pm UTC    
3April 25Seoul Dynasty3–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
4April 26Seoul Dynasty0–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
9:30 am UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 1–3
5May 02Seoul Dynasty0–3 Guangzhou Charge Online
8:00 am UTC    
6May 03Seoul Dynasty0–3 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
7May 09Seoul Dynasty3–2 Shanghai Dragons Online
8:00 am UTC    
8May 16Seoul Dynasty0–3 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 1–3
9June 13Seoul Dynasty0–3 New York Excelsior Online
9:30 am UTC    
10June 20Seoul Dynasty2–3 Guangzhou Charge Online
8:00 am UTC    
11June 27Seoul Dynasty1–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
10:00 am UTC    
12June 28Seoul Dynasty3–0 Chengdu Hunters Online
10:00 am UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4
13July 18Seoul Dynasty0–3 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
14July 25Seoul Dynasty2–3 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
15July 26Seoul Dynasty0–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
10:00 am UTC    
16August 01Seoul Dynasty1–3 Guangzhou Charge Online
8:00 am UTC    

August: 4–1
17August 14Seoul Dynasty3–0 London Spitfire Online
8:00 am UTC    
18August 15Seoul Dynasty3–0 New York Excelsior Online
8:00 am UTC    
19August 16Seoul Dynasty3–0 London Spitfire Online
8:00 am UTC    
20August 22Seoul Dynasty0–3 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
21August 23Seoul Dynasty3–2 London Spitfire Online
8:00 am UTC    

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 2–1
QuarterfinalsMay 23Seoul Dynasty3–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
SemifinalsMay 24Seoul Dynasty3–2 Guangzhou Charge Online
8:00 am UTC    
FinalsMay 24Seoul Dynasty3–4 Shanghai Dragons Online
11:30 am UTC    

Summer Showdown: 1–1
QuarterfinalsJuly 04Seoul Dynasty3–1 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    
SemifinalsJuly 05Seoul Dynasty0–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
8:00 am UTC    

Countdown Cup: 0–1
QuarterfinalsAugust 08Seoul Dynasty2–3 Hangzhou Spark Online
10:00 am UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 3

Postseason

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


Round 2September 05Seoul Dynasty3–0 Hangzhou Spark Online
11:00 am UTC    

Asia Bracket: 2–1
Upper Round 1September 06Seoul Dynasty3–0 Guangzhou Charge Online
11:00 am UTC    
Upper FinalsSeptember 12Seoul Dynasty2–3 Shanghai Dragons Online
11:00 am UTC    
Lower FinalsSeptember 13Seoul Dynasty3–0 New York Excelsior Online
9:00 am UTC    

Grand Finals Bracket: 2–2
Upper Round 1October 08Seoul Dynasty2–3 San Francisco Shock Online
11:00 am UTC    
Lower Round 1October 09Seoul Dynasty3–0 Philadelphia Fusion Online
11:00 am UTC    
Lower FinalsOctober 09Seoul Dynasty3–2 Shanghai Dragons Online
1:00 pm UTC    
Grand Finals October 10Seoul Dynasty2–4 San Francisco Shock Online
1:00 pm UTC    

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