Eternal Academy

Eternal Academy is a French esports team for the video game Overwatch competing in Overwatch Contenders (OWC) and an academy team for the Paris Eternal of the Overwatch League (OWL). The team is based in Paris, France and plays in the Europe region of OWC.

Eternal Academy

Founded	2019
League	Overwatch Contenders
Division	Atlantic
Region	Europe
Team history	Eternal Academy 2019–present
Based in	Paris, France
Colors	Blue, burgundy, gold
Owner	DM Esports
Affiliation(s)	Paris Eternal

Franchise history

On 27 February 2019, the Paris Eternal announced their Overwatch Contenders academy team as Eternal Academy. They began in the Europe region of Contenders in 2019 Season 1, led by head coach Johan "CWoosH" Klingestedt.[1]

In their first season, Eternal heavily struggled and was only able to amass a 2–5 regular season record, placing last in Europe. Due to their poor performance, they were relegated to Contenders Trials and had to perform well enough to get promoted back into Contenders for 2019 Season 2. However, they failed to qualify for Contenders, marking the first time that an academy failed to do so. Following, Paris Eternal announced that they would be dropping their academy team, making Eternal Academy the third academy team to drop out of Contenders.[2]

Six months later, on 13 December 2019, Eternal Academy announced that they would be competing in Contenders 2020 Season 1.[3]

Seasons overview

Year	Season	Region	OWC regular season				Regional playoffs	Interregional events
			Finish	Wins	Losses	Win %
Eternal Academy
2019	1	Europe	7th	2	5	.286
	2	Europe	Did not qualify
Regular season record				2	5	.286
Playoff record				0	0	–

Current roster

Eternal Academy roster
Players	Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality Previous team Damage Erki  Nolander, Erik   Sweden  Angry Titans  Damage Patiphan  Chaiwong, Patiphan   Thailand  Talon Esports  Damage Tsuna  Ikram, Samir   France  British Hurricane  Tank Hafficool  Hákonarson, Hafþór   Iceland  Team Envy  Tank MuZe  Kim Young-hun  South Korea  Talon Esports  Support CQB  Yang Hao-Cheng  Taiwan  Talon Esports	Head coach David Strid Legend (C) Team captain (2W) Two-way player (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Injury/Illness Latest roster transaction: 10 March 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.[4]

References

1. "Overwatch Contenders Paris Eternal Academy : composition, roster, logo". Millenium (in French). 27 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
2. Richardson, Liz (20 May 2019). "Eternal Academy drop roster after Contenders Trials". Dot Esports. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
3. Chen, Ethan (15 December 2019). "Eternal Academy return to Overwatch Contenders Europe". Daily Esports. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
4. Olmstead, Sydney (14 June 2018). "Blizzard Reveals Information About Overwatch League Offseason". VGR. Retrieved 19 July 2019.