2020 Shanghai Dragons season

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.

2020 Shanghai Dragons season
Asia Region champions
Head coachMoon Byung-chul
General managerYang Van
OwnerNetEase
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionAsia
Results
Record19–2 (.905)
Place
May MeleeChampions
Summer ShowdownFinals
Countdown CupChampions
Season PlayoffsGF Lower Finals
Total Earnings$595,000

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 21 diem   Bae Min-seong  South Korea 
Damage 31 DDing  Yang Jin-hyeok  South Korea 
Damage 1 Fleta  Kim Byung-sun  South Korea 
Damage 87 Diya (2W)  Lu Weida  China 
Damage 70 LIP  Lee Jae-won  South Korea 
Tank 17 Stand1  Seo Ji-won  South Korea 
Tank 8 Fearless  Lee Eui-seok  South Korea 
Tank 57 Void  Kang Jun-woo  South Korea 
Tank 96 Geguri  Kim Se-yeon  South Korea 
Support 2 LeeJaeGon  Lee Jae-gon  South Korea 
Support 66 Luffy  Yang Sung-hyeon  South Korea 
Support 22 Izayaki  Kim Min-chul  South Korea 
Head coach
  • Moon Byung-chul
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: January 19, 2020.

Standings
2020 Overwatch League Asia standings
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD STK
Playoffs
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC 19 8 2 .905 21 59–15–1 +44
2 Guangzhou Charge PAC 14 4 7 .667 21 44–39–1 +5
Play-ins
3 New York Excelsior ATL 13 3 8 .619 21 50–30–2 +20
4 Hangzhou Spark PAC 10 2 11 .476 21 36–40–2 -4
5 Seoul Dynasty PAC 9 3 12 .429 21 33–40–2 -7
6 Chengdu Hunters PAC 7 1 14 .333 21 33–47–1 -14
7 London Spitfire ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 27–51–0 -24

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log (Regular season record: 19–2)
February–April: 8–1
May Melee qualifiers: 3–1
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 4–0
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 3–0
August: 1–0

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 3–0
Summer Showdown: 1–1
Countdown Cup: 2–0
Bonus wins awarded: 8

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
Asia Bracket: 2–0
Grand Finals Bracket: 1–2
Upper Round 1 October 08 Shanghai Dragons 3 – 2 Seoul Dynasty Online
11:00 am UTC    
Upper Finals October 09 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
9:00 am UTC    
Lower Finals October 09 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Online
1:00 pm UTC    

References
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  10. Samples, Rachel (November 8, 2019). "Shanghai Dragons part ways with CoMa, re-sign 7 players". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
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