2020 Vancouver Titans season

The 2020 Vancouver Titans season was the second season of Vancouver Titans's existence in the Overwatch League. The team entered the season as the defending Pacific Conference (previously titled Pacific Division) champions looking to bounce back after their 2019 Grand Finals loss to the San Francisco Shock. The Titans planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Rogers Arena in Downtown Vancouver, [1] but all homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Vancouver Titans season
Head coachHwang Ji-sub (rel. April 30)
Steven Coronel
OwnerFrancesco Aquilini
Arena(s)Rogers Arena
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionNorth America
Results
Record6–15 (.286)
Place
May MeleeDid not qualify
Summer ShowdownQuarterfinals
Countdown CupKnockouts
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$0

On April 30, the Titans parted ways with head coach Hwang "paJion" Ji-sub.[2] Vancouver released its entire roster and coaching staff on May 6. Two days later, the Titans announced the hiring of Steven "Flubby" Coronel and revealed their new roster. The team struggled throughout the season, amassing a 6–15 regular season record. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice in the North America play-in tournament on September 3 ended the team's season.[3]

Preceding offseason

Roster changes

The Titans enter the new season with no free agents, two players which they have the option to retain for another year, and eight 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]

Acquisitions

On November 26, it was announced that main tank Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung had come out of retirement and signed with the Titans.[6] A day later, Vancouver announced the signing of veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong.[7]

Departures

The Titan's first offseason roster change was on November 12, when the team released tank Hwang "TiZi" Jang-hyeon.[8] Two days later, the team announced the departure of flex support Kim "Rapel" Jung-geun.[9] On November 18, the team parted ways with DPS Lee "Hooreg" Dong-eun, as he looked to begin a coaching career in professional Overwatch.[10] The following week, Vancouver released main tank Park "Bumper" Sang-beom.[7]

Roster
2020 Vancouver Titans roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 17 Dalton  Bennyhoff, Dalton   United States 
Damage 10 Tsuna  Ikram, Samir   France 
Damage 24 sHockWave  Jensen, Niclas   Denmark 
Tank 3 ShRedLock  Shirvani, Abtin   Canada 
Tank 27 KSAA  Alruwaili, Alhumaidi   Saudi Arabia 
Support 6 CarCar  First, Carson   United States 
Support 4 Roolf  Stark, Randal   Canada 
Head coach
  • Steven "Flubby" Coronel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: May 22, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

  • On April 30, the Titans released tank Choi "JJANU" Hyeon-woo.[2]
  • On May 6, the Titans released DPS Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong, DPS Seo "SeoMinSoo" Min-soo, DPS Lee "Stitch" Chung-hee, tank Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung, tank Lee "Twilight" Joo-seok, support Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong, and support Kim "SLIME" Sung-jun.[11]
  • On May 8, the Titans signed support Carson "CarCar" First, DPS Dalton "Dalton" Bennyhoff, tank Abtin "ShRedLock" Shirvani, support Randal "Roolf" Stark, DPS Samir "Tsuna" Ikram, and tank Alhumaidi "KSAA" Alruwaili.[12]
  • On May 22, the Titans signed DPS Niclas "SHockWave" Jensen.[13]

Standings
2020 Overwatch League North America standings
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD STK
Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 19 5 2 .905 21 59–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC 18 7 3 .857 21 56–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL 15 4 6 .714 21 50–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL 14 3 7 .667 21 48–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 11 1 10 .524 21 41–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 11 0 10 .524 21 43–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 0 11 .476 21 43–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC 9 0 12 .429 21 35–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL 7 1 14 .333 21 32–48–0 -16
10[lower-alpha 1] Houston Outlaws ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
11[lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Titans PAC 6 0 15 .286 21 23–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL 4 0 17 .190 21 21–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL 2 0 19 .095 21 14–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers

  1. Houston placed ahead of Vancouver based on map differential.

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log (Regular season record: 6–15)
February–March: 2–2
May Melee qualifiers: 0–4
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–2
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4
August: 2–3

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

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
North America Play-ins: 0–1
Round 1 September 03 Vancouver Titans 0 – 3 Washington Justice Online
9:10 pm UTC    

References
  1. Plana, Vincent (August 20, 2019). "Details revealed about Rogers Arena-hosted live esports matches". Daily Hive. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. Richardson, Liz (April 30, 2020). "JJANU, head coach Pajion part ways with Vancouver Titans". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  3. Richardson, Liz (September 3, 2020). "Houston Outlaws, Vancouver Titans eliminated from Overwatch League playoffs". Dot Esports. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  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. "Fissure comes out of retirement to join the Vancouver Titans". ESPN. Reuters. November 26, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  7. "Overwatch League's Vancouver Titans sign ryujehong, release Bumper". ESPN. Reuters. November 27, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  8. Chen, Ethan (November 12, 2019). "Vancouver Titans release TiZi into free agency". Daily Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  9. Field Level Media (November 14, 2019). "Titans part with Rapel, reportedly add ryujehong". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  10. Richardson, Liz (November 18, 2019). "Vancouver Titans part ways with Hooreg". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  11. Duwe, Scott (May 6, 2020). "Vancouver Titans release entire Overwatch League roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  12. Alford, Aaron (May 8, 2020). "Vancouver Titans Announce New Roster". Hotspawn. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  13. Alford, Aaron (May 22, 2020). "Vancouver Titans Sign SHockwave". Hotspawn. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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