2020 Chengdu Hunters season

The 2020 Chengdu Hunters season was the second season of Chengdu Hunters's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first without head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui. The Hunters planned to host two back-to-back homestand weekends at the Wuliangye Chengdu Performing Arts Centre,[1] but all homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Chengdu Hunters season
Head coach
  • Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua
  • Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing
OwnerHuya
ConferencePacific
DivisionEast
RegionAsia
Results
Record7–14 (.333)
Place
May MeleeQuarterfinals
Summer ShowdownQuarterfinals
Countdown CupSemifinals
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$15,000

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On November 16, head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui announced that he would be stepping down from his position due to health issues.[2] On January 14, the team announced that Hunters' assistant coach Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua and LGE.Huya head coach Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing would serve as the Hunters' co-head coaches. Additionally, former Hunters support player Li "Garry" Guan was added as an assistant coach.[3]

Roster changes

The Hunters enter the new season with all ten of their players under contract.[4] 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.[5]

The Hunters' first offseason change was announced on December 27 with the departures of DPS Zhihao "YangXiaoLong" Zhang and main tank Yansong "Jiqiren" Wei.[6] On January 14, the Hunters revealed the signing of main tank player Chen "ATing" Shao-Hua and promotions of support players He "Molly" Chengzhi and Chen "Lengsa" Jingyi from their academy team LGE.Huya.[3]

Roster
2020 Chengdu Hunters roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 24 JinMu  Yi Hu  China 
Damage 74 Baconjack  Lo Tzu-Heng  Taiwan 
Damage 23 leave  Huang Xin  China 
Tank 5 Ameng  Ding Menghan  China 
Tank 53 ATing  Chen Shao-Hua  Taiwan 
Tank 3 Elsa  Luo Wenjie  China 
Tank 64 LateYoung  Ma Tianban  China 
Support 29 Yveltal  Li Xianyao  China 
Support 28 Lengsa  Chen Jingyi  China 
Support 7 Kyo (C)  Kong Chunting  China 
Support 66 Molly  He Chengzhi  China 
Head coach
  • Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua
  • Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: January 15, 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: 7–14)
February–April: 3–7
May Melee qualifiers: 1–3
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 0–4
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 3–0

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

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
Asia Play-ins: 1–1
Round 1 September 04 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 1 London Spitfire Online
9:00 am UTC    
Round 2 September 05 Chengdu Hunters 2 – 3 New York Excelsior Online
9:00 am UTC    

References
  1. Hayward, Andrew (August 21, 2019). "Update: Five More OWL Teams Confirm Homestand Venues". The Esports Observer. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. McHale, Violet (November 17, 2019). "Chengdu Hunters Head Coach Announces Departure". The Game Haus. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. "Hunters officially add Leave in revealing 2020 roster". Reuters. January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  6. Samples, Rachel (December 27, 2019). "Chengdu Hunters part ways with YangXiaoLong and Jiqiren ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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