2020 Guangzhou Charge season

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.

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

Preceding offseason

Roster changes
Free agents
RolePlayerContract
status		Date signed2020 team
HandleName
TankBischuAaron KimFree agentNovember 15Los Angeles Gladiators[1]
TankFragiJoona LaineFree agent––
TankHotbaHong-Jun ChoiFree agentNovember 15New 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

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

Homestand events

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
2020 Guangzhou Charge roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: July 14, 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: 14–7)
February–April: 4–6
May Melee qualifiers: 4–0
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 4–0
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 2–1

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 0–1
Summer Showdown: 3–0
Countdown Cup: 0–1
Bonus wins awarded: 4

Postseason
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
  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.
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