2020 Guangzhou Charge season

The 2020 Guangzhou Charge season is the second season of Guangzhou Charge's existence in the Overwatch League. The team will look to improve upon their 2019 season, when they posted a 15–13 record and failed to qualify for the season playoffs. The Charge will 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, the Charge's first three homestand events at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center were cancelled by the league.

2020 Guangzhou Charge season
Head coachCho Hyo-Jin
General managerI-Ting Liu
OwnerZhong Naixiong
Arena(s)
  • Foshan International Sports
    and Cultural Center
  • Tianhe Gymnasium
Results
Record18–7 (.720)
Place

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 the 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
Guangzhou Charge roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 0 Eileen  Ou Yiliang  China  LGD Gaming 
Damage 20 Happy  Lee Jeong-woo  South Korea  Meta Bellum 
Damage 7 Krystal (2W)  Cai Shilong  China  Hangzhou Spark 
Damage 42 nero  Zwarg, Charlie   United States  Toronto Esports 
Tank 14 Rio  Oh Seung-pyo  South Korea  Meta Bellum 
Tank 10 Cr0ng  Nam Ki-cheol  South Korea  O2 Blast 
Support 11 Wya (2W)  Qi Haomiao  China  T1w.GZA 
Support 1 shu  Kim Jin-seo  South Korea  Toronto Esports 
Support 3 Chara (C)  Kim Jung-yeon  South Korea  Meta Bellum 
Support 27 neptuNo  González, Alberto   Spain  Philadelphia Fusion 
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
# Team Division W L PCT P MR MD STK
Conference leaders
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC 26 2 .929 28 56–15–1 +41
2 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 23 2 .920 25 56–19–0 +37
Wild cards
3 San Francisco Shock PAC 22 2 .917 24 47–12–2 +35
4 Paris Eternal ATL 17 6 .739 23 44–28–0 +16
5 Guangzhou Charge PAC 18 7 .720 25 44–39–1 +5
6 Florida Mayhem ATL 15 6 .714 21 40–25–0 +15
Play-in tournament
7 New York Excelsior ATL 15 7 .682 22 47–26–2 +21
8 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 7 .588 17 37–23–0 +14
9 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 10 9 .526 19 33–36–0 -3
10 Hangzhou Spark PAC 11 11 .500 22 33–40–2 -7
11 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 7 9 .438 16 30–33–4 -3
12 Seoul Dynasty PAC 8 11 .421 19 21–35–2 -14
In the hunt
12 Seoul Dynasty PAC 8 11 .421 19 21–35–2 -14
13 Dallas Fuel PAC 7 10 .412 17 28–37–0 -9
14 Toronto Defiant ATL 8 12 .400 20 31–42–0 -11
15 London Spitfire ATL 6 10 .375 16 24–36–0 -12
16 Chengdu Hunters PAC 8 14 .364 22 33–47–1 -14
17 Houston Outlaws ATL 6 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
18 Vancouver Titans PAC 4 11 .267 15 16–38–0 -22
19 Washington Justice ATL 3 16 .158 19 21–51–1 -30
20 Boston Uprising ATL 2 17 .105 19 14–55–3 -41

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