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
Record4–11 (.267)
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
  • (2W) 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 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: 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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