Montreal Rebellion

Montreal Rebellion was a Canadian esports team for the video game Overwatch competing in Overwatch Contenders (OWC) and an academy team for the Toronto Defiant of the Overwatch League (OWL). The team was owned by OverActive Media, based in Montreal, Quebec, and played in the North America region of OWC.

Montreal Rebellion
Founded2019
Folded2020
LeagueOverwatch Contenders
DivisionAtlantic
RegionNorth America East (2019)
North America West (2019)
North America (2020)
Team historyMontreal Rebellion
2019–2020
Based inMontreal, Quebec
ColorsRed, white, black
              
OwnerOverActive Media
Affiliation(s)Toronto Defiant

Franchise history

On February 14, 2019, OverActive Media, in partnership with esports team Mirage Sport Électronique, formally announced Toronto Defiant's academy team as "Montreal Rebellion". They began in Overwatch Contenders North America East and revealed their 2019 Season 1 roster, led by head coach Chris "Dream" Myrick.[1]

In their first season of play, Rebellion finished 2–5 in the regular season and claimed the final playoff spot by finishing in sixth place. They defeated third-seeded Second Wind 3–1 in the quarterfinals before losing to two-seed and eventual champions Fusion University (Philadelphia Fusion's academy team).[2] After the season, the team mutually parted ways with head coach Dream and announced Matthew "Optidox" Sims, who had led Angry Titans to the 2019 Season 1 EU championship, as the new head coach.[3]

Prior to 2019 Season 2, Montreal Rebellion was moved to the North America West region. Part way through the season, Optidox left the team to become an assistant coach (and subsequently interim co-head coach) for the Toronto Defiant.[4] Jesse "Jsr" Rangi was subsequently named head coach and finished out the season with the Rebellion.[5] They finished in fifth place with a 4–3 record, though they were defeated by Second Wind, 3–1, in a quarterfinals rematch from the previous season.

After two weeks of the 2020 season, Rebellion quietly disbanded without an official announcement, reportedly due to budget cuts amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Seasons overview
Year Season Region OWC regular season Regional playoffs Interregional events
Finish Wins Losses Win %
20191North America East6th25.286SemifinalsDid not qualify
2North America West5th43.571QuarterfinalsDid not qualify
2020 1 North America DNF 2 2 .500
Regular season record810.444
Playoff record12.333

    Final roster
    Montreal Rebellion roster
    PlayersCoaches
    RoleHandleNameNationalityPrevious team
    Damage Leaf  Loison, Lucas   France  Team Gigantti 
    Damage Mangachu (TW)  Campbell, Liam   Canada  Toronto Defiant 
    Damage sHockWave  Jensen, Niclas   Denmark  Square One 
    Tank numlocked  Barton, Seb   United Kingdom  NYYRIKKI Esports 
    Tank Shuh  Pfleger, Alban   France  Bermuda 
    Support dridro  Szanto, Arthur   France  Samsung Morning Stars 
    Support RoKy (TW)  Park Joo-seong  South Korea  Toronto Defiant 
    Head coach
    • Vacant
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (2W) Two-way player
    • (I) Inactive
    • (S) Suspended
    • Injury/Illness

    Latest roster transaction: March 19, 2020.

    OWL buyouts and promotions

    All Overwatch Contenders players are eligible to be promoted by their affiliated Overwatch League team or signed to any other Overwatch League during specified non-blackout periods.[7]

    2019
    • Tanks Daniel "Gods" Graeser and Normunds "sharyk" Faterins were promoted to Toronto Defiant on May 21.[8]
    • DPS Andreas "Logix" Berghmans was promoted to Toronto Defiant on June 28.[2]
    • Tank Eoghan "Smex" O'Neill was signed to the Paris Eternal on December 3.[9]
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    References
    1. Loung, Steven (February 19, 2019). "Montreal Rebellion revealed as Montreal Overwatch Contenders team name". Sportsnet. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
    2. Reuters (June 28, 2019). "Defiant call up Logix, bring in Mangachu". ESPN. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
    3. Quintanilla, Sebastian (July 21, 2019). "Toronto Defiant Welcomes Assistant Coach Matthew "Optidox" Sims". Akshon Esports. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
    4. Reuters (August 8, 2019). "Toronto Defiant fire head coach Bishop". ESPN. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
    5. Montreal Rebellion [@MTLRebellion] (July 31, 2019). "We are happy to announce that @jsrhuntz is be joining us as Head Coach!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 12, 2019 – via Twitter.
    6. Richardson, Liz (2020-04-06). "Montreal Rebellion drops entire Overwatch Contenders roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
    7. Olmstead, Sydney (June 14, 2018). "Blizzard Reveals Information About Overwatch League Offseason". VGR. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
    8. Samples, Rachel (May 21, 2019). "Toronto Defiant promote Gods and sharyk to Overwatch League roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
    9. "Overwatch League's Paris Eternal add Smex to 2020 roster". ESPN. Reuters. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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