Shanghai Dragons

Shanghai Dragons
上海龙之队
The logo for the Shanghai Dragons features a stylized dragon in the shape of the letter 'S'.
Short name SHD
Founded July 12, 2017[1]
League Overwatch League
Division Pacific
Team history Shanghai Dragons
2017–present[2]
Location Shanghai, China
Colors Red, white, yellow, black[3][4]
                   
Owner NetEase
Head coach Son "Kong" Jun-young
General manager Yang Van
Championships 0
League titles 0
Division titles 0
Stage titles 0
Stage 1: —
Stage 2: —
Stage 3: —
Stage 4: —
Website Official website
Shanghai Dragons
Simplified Chinese 上海龙之队
Traditional Chinese 上海龍之隊

The Shanghai Dragons (Chinese: 上海龙之队; pinyin: Shànghǎi Lóngzhīduì) are a professional Overwatch esports team based in Shanghai, China. The Dragons compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's Pacific Division. The team is one of twelve founding members of the Overwatch League.

They became the first team to have a winless regular season after losing 40 straight games in the inaugural season, with the longest losing streak in major sports history.[5]

Franchise history

On July 12, 2017, Overwatch developer Activision Blizzard officially announced that NetEase, a Chinese technology company, would be the team owner of a Shanghai-based Overwatch League franchise.[1] On September 28, the franchise name was revealed as the Shanghai Dragons.[2]

On February 13, 2018, disappointed by their 0–10 Stage 1 record, the Dragons signed 4 new players in hopes to improve their Stage 2 chances; most notably including the league's first female player, South Korean Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon.[6]

The Dragons finished the season with a 0-40 record, having not won a single match. The previous longest losing streak in sports history was the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers 28-game losing streak in 2014-2015. Their losing streak is still open going into the next season.[7]

Seasons

Table key

W Champions RU Runners-up SF Semi-finalist QF Quarter-finalist ↑ Postseason berth

Record: Matches won – Matches lost
Finish: Final position in league or division standings
Prize money: Total performance bonuses earned in United States dollars

Overview

As of 18 June 2018 [8]
Summary of Shanghai Dragons Seasons
Season Division Record Win% Finish Postseason Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Prize money Awards
League Division Rank Finals Rank Finals Rank Finals Rank Finals
2018 Pacific 0–40 .000 12th 6th — 12th — 12th — 12th — 12th — $25,000 —

Players

As of 2 September 2018[9][10]

Current roster

No. Handle Name Hometown Role Transaction notes
8 Fearless Lee Eui-seok Seoul, South Korea Tank
  • Signed on February 13, 2018[11]
87 Diya Lu Weida Liaoning, China Damage
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
96 Geguri Kim Se-yeon Daejeon, South Korea Tank
  • Signed on February 13, 2018[11]

Former players

No. Handle Name Hometown Role Transaction notes Span
21 Undead Chao Fang Zhejiang, China Damage
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
  • Released on March 29, 2018[13]
 150 days
72 MG Wu Dongjian Guangdong, China Tank
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
  • Released on June 5, 2018[14]
 218 days
99 Ado Chon Gi-hyeon Chungju, South Korea Damage
  • Signed on February 13, 2018[11]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[15]
 201 days
13 Altering Cheng Yage Hunan, China Support
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[15]
 308 days
10 Daemin Kim Dae-min South Korea Damage
  • Signed on April 4, 2018[16]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[15]
 152 days
7 Freefeel Xu Peixuan Henan, China Support
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[16]
 308 days
9 Fiveking Chen Zhaoyu Hunan, China Support
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[16]
 308 days
26 Roshan Jing Wenhao Henan, China Tank
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[16]
 308 days
22 Sky He Junjian Yueyang, China Support
  • Signed on February 13, 2018[11]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[15]
 201 days
66 Xushu Liu Junjie Hunan, China Tank
  • Signed on October 30, 2017[12]
  • Released on September 2, 2018[16]
 308 days

OWL All-Star selections

The following Dragons players were selected to the Overwatch League All-Star Game.
Players selected as starters are denoted with an asterisk (*)

Head coaches

As of 21 September 2018

Current staff

Handle Name From To Span Ref. Notes
BlueHaS We Seong-hwan Sep 21, 2017 Present Present [17]

Resigning staff

Handle Name From To Span Ref. Notes
U4 Chen Congshan November 19, 2017 March 6, 2018 107 days [18][19]
Kong Son Jun-young March 6, 2018 March 29, 2018 23 days [19][20]
  • Interim head coach
RUI Wang Xingrui March 29, 2018 May 9, 2018 41 days [20][21]
  • Resigned due to spine-related health issues[22]
Kong Son Jun-young March 29, 2018 Sep 2, 2018 157 days [20][21]
  • Interim head coach

Academy team

On January 10, 2018, the Dragons revealed "Team CC" their academy team for Overwatch Contenders China.[23]

In Season One, the team reached the playoff semi-finals before losing to eventual runners-up LGD Gaming 1–3.[24]

Academy roster

As of 6 July 2018[25]
Handle Name
Century Liu Shiji
jiqiren Wei Yansong
KHeart Chai Lei
Kyo Kong Chunting
lateyoung Ma Tianbin
Yakumo Feng Zihan
YangYang Zou Mingyang
ZiJin Chen Qinhao

References

  1. 1 2 "Overwatch: Bigger than the Premier League?". BBC News. BBC. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Carpenter, Nicole (29 September 2017). "Introducing the Shanghai Dragons, the Overwatch League's first officially named team". Dot Esports. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Webster, Andrew (29 September 2017). "The Overwatch League continues to emulate traditional sports with reveal of first team logo". The Verge. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Entertainment, Blizzard (28 September 2017). "PRESENTING THE SHANGHAI DRAGONS". Overwatch League. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Goslin, Austen (18 June 2018). "The Shanghai Dragons go winless in the first Overwatch League Season". Heroes Never Die. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Webster, Andrew (14 February 2018). "The Overwatch League signs its first female player". The Verge. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Shanghai Dragons: Worst sports teams in the world?". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  8. ↑ Horti, Samuel (2 September 2018). "Shanghai Dragons release eight players following 0-40 Overwatch League season". PCGAMER. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "PLAYERS". Overwatch League. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Horti, Samuel (2 September 2018). "Shanghai Dragons release eight players following 0-40 Overwatch League season". PCGAMER. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Katsuragi, Chris (13 February 2018). "Shanghai officially signs Geguri along with three additional players". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Choi, Soo-bin; Paek, Ji-eun (31 October 2017). "Overwatch Dallas Fuel & Shanghai Dragons Roster Confirmed". Inven Global. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  13. ↑ Grayson, Nathan (29 March 2018). "Overwatch League's Worst Team Drops One Of Its Best Players". Compete (Kotaku). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  14. ↑ D'Orazio, Nick (5 June 2018). "Shanghai Dragons MG: "This is not what I came to the US for"". Inven Global. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Shanghai Dragons release eight players following 0-40 Overwatch League season". pcgamer. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Swaby, Gary (4 April 2018). "Shanghai Dragons announces Kim Daemin signing right before Stage Three". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "We are excited to announce BlueHaS is joining Shanghaidragons as the Head Coach!". Shanghai Dragons. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018 – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "Shanghai Dragons Coaching team Official Announcement". Shanghai Dragons. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  19. 1 2 Myers, Maddy (6 March 2018). "The Overwatch League's Only Winless Team Boots Its Coach". Compete (Kotaku). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  20. 1 2 3 "RUI, CREED & Sky have arrived in US safely". Shanghai Dragons. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  21. 1 2 Wenrich, Connor (9 May 2018). "Wang "RUI" Xingrui steps down as Head Coach of Shanghai Dragons". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  22. ↑ Carpenter, Nicole (10 May 2018). "Shanghai Dragons lose another head coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  23. ↑ "2018 Overwatch Contenders China Teams" (in Chinese). 守望先锋 电竞. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018 – via Sina Weibo.
  24. ↑ "Overwatch Contenders China Playoff | Semifinal". Overwatch Contenders. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018 – via Twitch.
  25. ↑ "THE TEAMS". Overwatch Contenders. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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