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2020 Guangzhou Charge season

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2020 Guangzhou Charge season
Head coachCho Hyo-Jin
General managerI-Ting Liu
OwnerZhong Naixiong
ConferencePacific
DivisionEast
RegionAsia
Results
Record14–7 (.667)
Place
May MeleeSemifinals
Summer ShowdownChampions
Countdown CupQuarterfinals
Season PlayoffsAsia Lower Round 1
Total Earnings$145,000

The 2020 Guangzhou Charge season was the second season of Guangzhou Charge's existence in the Overwatch League. The Charge planned to hold a league-high five homestands in the 2020 season; the firth three homestands were to be held at be held at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, with the final two at Tianhe Gymnasium. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled.

Preceding offseason

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Roster changes

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Free agents
Role Player Contract
status
Date signed 2020 team
Handle Name
Tank Bischu Aaron Kim Free agent November 15 Los Angeles Gladiators[1]
Tank Fragi Joona Laine Free agent
Tank Hotba Hong-Jun Choi Free agent November 15 New York Excelsior[2]
Legend
  Re-signed/Retained by the Charge.
  Departed from the Charge.

The Charge enter the new season with three free agents, six 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]

On November 11, the Charge announced the departure of several players. The team did not re-sign free agents Choi "HOTBA" Hong-jun, Joona "fragi" Laine, and Kim "Bischu" Hyung-seok. Additionally, they released Lizhen "OnlyWish" Chen, and Lee "Rise" Won-jae retired from professional Overwatch.[5] The Charge's first acquisitions of the season were announced on November 14 with the signings of former Philadelphia Fusion support Alberto "neptuNo" González and off-tank Nam "Cr0ng" Ki-cheol, along with the promotion of Qi "Wya" Haomiao from their academy team T1w.GZA.[6]

Organizational changes

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On October 30, the Charge announced that they had parted ways with assistant coach Rohit "Curryshot" Nathani.[7]

Homestand events

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In August 2019, the Charge announced that they would hold a league-high five homestand events; the events would take place at Tianhe Gymnasium and the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center.[8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Charge 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 Charge's first three homestands; all were to at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center from February 22 to 23, March 14 to 15, and March 21 to 22.[9] 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.[10]

Roster

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2020 Guangzhou Charge roster
Players Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality
Damage 0 Eileen Ou Yiliang China
Damage 20 Happy Lee Jeong-woo South Korea
Damage 7 Krystal (2W) Cai Shilong China
Damage 42 nero Zwarg, Charlie United States
Tank 14 Rio Oh Seung-pyo South Korea
Tank 10 Cr0ng Nam Ki-cheol South Korea
Support 11 Wya (2W) Qi Haomiao China
Support 1 shu Kim Jin-seo South Korea
Support 3 Chara (C) Kim Jung-yeon South Korea
Support 27 neptuNo González, Alberto Spain
Head coach
  • Cho Hyo-Jin

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: July 14, 2020.

Standings

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Pos Con Team Pld W BW L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 PAC Shanghai Dragons 21 19 8 2 0.905 59 15 1 +44 Advance to playoffs
2 PAC Guangzhou Charge 21 14 4 7 0.667 44 39 1 +5
3 ATL New York Excelsior 21 13 3 8 0.619 50 30 2 +20 Advance to play-ins
4 PAC Hangzhou Spark 21 10 2 11 0.476 36 40 2 −4
5 PAC Seoul Dynasty 21 9 3 12 0.429 33 40 2 −7
6 PAC Chengdu Hunters 21 7 1 14 0.333 33 47 1 −14
7 ATL London Spitfire 21 6 0 15 0.286 27 51 0 −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

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Regular season

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2020 game log (Regular season record: 14–7)
February–April: 4–6
1 March 28 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 Shanghai Dragons Online
8:00 am UTC    
2 March 29 Guangzhou Charge 3 2 Hangzhou Spark Online
10:00 am UTC    
3 April 05 Guangzhou Charge 3 2 Chengdu Hunters Online
10:00 am UTC    
4 April 06 Guangzhou Charge 2 3 Hangzhou Spark Online
10:00 am UTC    
5 April 11 Guangzhou Charge 3 0 Vancouver Titans Online
10:00 am UTC    
6 April 12 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 Shanghai Dragons Online
10:00 am UTC    
7 April 18 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
8 April 19 Guangzhou Charge 3 1 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
9 April 25 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 Shanghai Dragons Online
9:00 am UTC    
10 April 26 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 New York Excelsior Online
10:30 am UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 4–0
11 May 02 Guangzhou Charge 3 0 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    
12 May 09 Guangzhou Charge 3 1 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    
13 May 10 Guangzhou Charge 3 1 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    
14 May 17 Guangzhou Charge 3 2 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 4–0
15 June 20 Guangzhou Charge 3 2 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    
16 June 21 Guangzhou Charge 3 2 Hangzhou Spark Online
8:00 am UTC    
17 June 27 Guangzhou Charge 3 1 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
18 June 28 Guangzhou Charge 3 2 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 2–1
19 July 18 Guangzhou Charge 3 1 London Spitfire Online
10:00 am UTC    
20 July 25 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    
21 August 01 Guangzhou Charge 3 1 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    

Midseason tournaments

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2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 0–1
Quarterfinals   First-round bye  


Semifinals May 24 Guangzhou Charge 2 3 Seoul Dynasty Online
8:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown: 3–0
Quarterfinals July 04 Guangzhou Charge 3 0 Chengdu Hunters Online
8:00 am UTC    
Semifinals July 05 Guangzhou Charge 3 0 New York Excelsior Online
10:00 am UTC    
Finals July 05 Guangzhou Charge 4 2 Shanghai Dragons Online
12:00 noon UTC    

Countdown Cup: 0–1
Quarterfinals August 08 Guangzhou Charge 2 3 New York Excelsior Online
12:00 noon UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 4

Postseason

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2020 playoff game log
Asia Bracket: 0–2
Upper Round 1 September 06 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 Seoul Dynasty Online
11:00 am UTC    
Lower Round 1 September 12 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 New York Excelsior Online
9:00 am UTC    

References

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  1. ^ Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "Bischu returns to the Los Angeles Gladiators". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "New York Excelsior add HOTBA". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  5. ^ Samples, Rachel (November 11, 2019). "Guangzhou Charge release 5 players heading into 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  6. ^ O'Dwyer, Samuel (November 14, 2019). "Guangzhou Charge sign 3 new players for 2020". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  7. ^ Scrubasaurus (October 30, 2019). "Charge split with Curryshot". Over.gg. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  8. ^ Richardson, Liz (20 August 2019). "Here is the full Overwatch League 2020 season schedule". Dot Esport. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  9. ^ Amenabar, Teddy; Hume, Mike (January 29, 2020). "Overwatch League cancels China matches for February, March due to coronavirus". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Richardson, Liz (February 24, 2020). "Overwatch League cancels Seoul Dynasty homestand, studio games due to coronavirus". Dot Esports. Retrieved February 28, 2020.