2020 San Francisco Shock season

The 2020 San Francisco Shock season is the third season of the San Francisco Shock's existence in the Overwatch League and their second under head coach Park "Crusty" Dae-hee. The team enters the season as the defending Overwatch League champions and will look to win back-to-back Grand Finals titles. The Shock will host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season; the first will take place at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, while the second will be at the San Jose Civic in downtown San Jose.[1][2]

2020 San Francisco Shock season
Head coachPark Dae-hee
General managerDerrick Truong
OwnerAndy Miller
Arena(s)
Results
Record13–2 (.867)
Place

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On October 18, it was announced that assistant coach Kim "NineK" Beom-hoon had signed with the Paris Eternal as a coach.[3] The Shock signed Talon Esports head coach Lee "Arachne" Ji-won as a coach a month later.[4]

Roster changes

The Shock enter the new season with one free agent, no players which they have the option to retain for another year, and nine players under contract.[5] 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.[6]

On October 9, the Shock announce that they would not re-sign their only free agent off-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017.[7] On December 23, the team picked up sniper specialist Lee "ANS" Seon-chang, who had been retired since January 2019.[8] On April 28, the team released Jay "Sinatraa" Won, who announced his retirement from competitive Overwatch.[9]

Roster
San Francisco Shock roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 7 Striker  Kwon Nam-joo  South Korea  Boston Uprising 
Damage 27 Rascal  Kim Dong-jun  South Korea  NRG Esports 
Damage 10 ANS  Lee Seon-chang  South Korea  BlossoM 
Tank 1 super  DeLisi, Matthew   United States  LG Evil 
Tank 5 smurf  Yoo Myeong-hwan  South Korea  GG Esports Academy 
Tank 11 ChoiHyoBin  Choi Hyo-bin  South Korea  X6-Gaming 
Support 64 Moth  Espe, Grant   United States  Toronto Esports 
Support 17 Viol2t  Park Min-ki  South Korea  O2 Ardeont 
Support 13 Twilight  Lee Joo-seok  South Korea  Vancouver Titans 
Head coach
  • Park Dae-hee
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (TW) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: May 19, 2020.

Standings
# Team Division W L PCT P MR MD STK
Conference leaders
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC 16 2 .889 18 41–11–1 +30 W4
2 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 15 1 .938 16 44–14–0 +30 W8
Wild cards
3 San Francisco Shock PAC 13 2 .867 15 32–11–2 +21 W9
4 New York Excelsior ATL 12 4 .750 16 39–17–2 +22 W1
5 Guangzhou Charge PAC 11 6 .647 17 32–31–0 +1 W6
6 Florida Mayhem ATL 10 5 .667 15 27–18–0 +9 L1
Play-in tournament
7 Paris Eternal ATL 8 6 .571 14 29–26–0 +3 L1
8 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 8 6 .571 14 26–25–0 +1 W5
9 Hangzhou Spark PAC 7 8 .467 15 27–31–2 -4 L1
10 Atlanta Reign ATL 6 6 .500 12 24–18–0 +6 W1
11 Seoul Dynasty PAC 6 6 .500 12 14–20–1 -6 L3
12 Houston Outlaws ATL 6 10 .375 16 25–35–3 -10 W1
In the hunt
13 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 5 6 .455 11 21–23–3 -2 L1
14 London Spitfire ATL 5 7 .417 12 18–27–0 -9 L1
15 Toronto Defiant ATL 5 9 .357 14 25–31–0 -6 L1
16 Dallas Fuel PAC 4 8 .333 12 18–28–0 -10 L4
17 Chengdu Hunters PAC 4 12 .250 16 23–37–1 -14 L3
18 Vancouver Titans PAC 3 7 .300 10 11–23–0 -12 W1
19 Washington Justice ATL 3 12 .200 15 16–38–0 -22 L4
20 Boston Uprising ATL 2 12 .143 14 12–40–3 -28 L2

Game log
2020 game log (Overall record: 1–2)
February–March: 1–2
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule

References
  1. Field Level Media (December 19, 2019). "San Francisco Shock move first homestand to Berkeley". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  2. Knudsen, Connor (October 11, 2019). "San Francisco Shock Announce 2020 Schedule and Homestand Venues". The Game Haus. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. Richardson, Liz (October 18, 2019). "Paris Eternal add NineK as coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  4. Snivy (November 14, 2019). "Talon Esports head coach Arachne joins the Shock". Over.gg. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  5. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  6. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  7. Richardson, Liz (October 9, 2019). "Nevix released from San Francisco Shock". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  8. Richardson, Liz (December 23, 2019). "San Francisco Shock add ANS". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  9. "Sources: Overwatch League MVP Sinatraa to retire, join Sentinels VALORANT team". ESPN.com. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
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