2020 Vancouver Titans season

The 2020 Vancouver Titans season is the second season of Vancouver Titans's existence in the Overwatch League and their second under head coach Hwang "paJion" Ji-sub. The team enters 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 will host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season; both will take place at the Rogers Arena in Downtown Vancouver.[1]

2020 Vancouver Titans season
Head coachHwang Ji-sub
OwnerFrancesco Aquilini
Arena(s)Rogers Arena
Results
Record3–7 (.300)
Place

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.[2] 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.[3]

Acquisitions

On November 26, it was announced that main tank Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung had come out of retirement and signed with the Titans.[4] A day later, Vancouver announced the signing of veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong.[5]

Departures

The Titan's first offseason roster change was on November 12, when the team released tank Hwang "TiZi" Jang-hyeon.[6] Two days later, the team announced the departure of flex support Kim "Rapel" Jung-geun.[7] On November 18, the team parted ways with DPS Lee "Hooreg" Dong-eun, as he looked to begin a coaching career in professional Overwatch.[8] The following week, Vancouver released main tank Park "Bumper" Sang-beom.[5]

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

Latest roster transaction: May 22, 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: 2–0)
February–March: 2–0
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule

References
  1. Plana, Vincent (August 20, 2019). "Details revealed about Rogers Arena-hosted live esports matches". Daily Hive. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  3. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  4. "Fissure comes out of retirement to join the Vancouver Titans". ESPN. Reuters. November 26, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  5. "Overwatch League's Vancouver Titans sign ryujehong, release Bumper". ESPN. Reuters. November 27, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  6. Chen, Ethan (November 12, 2019). "Vancouver Titans release TiZi into free agency". Daily Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  7. Field Level Media (November 14, 2019). "Titans part with Rapel, reportedly add ryujehong". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  8. Richardson, Liz (November 18, 2019). "Vancouver Titans part ways with Hooreg". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
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