2020 San Francisco Shock season
Overwatch League champions
Head coachPark "Crusty" Dae-hee
General managerChris "thugnasty" Chung
OwnerAndy Miller
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionNorth America
Results
Record18–3 (.857)
Place
May MeleeChampions
Summer ShowdownSemifinals
Countdown CupChampions
Season PlayoffsChampions
Total Earnings$2,850,000

The 2020 San Francisco Shock season was the third season of the San Francisco Shock's existence in the Overwatch League and their second under head coach Park "Crusty" Dae-hee. The team entered the season as the defending Overwatch League champions, after winning the 2019 Grand Finals. The Shock planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley and the San Jose Civic in downtown San Jose,[1][2] but both were cancelled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Shock ended the regular season with 18 wins, 7 bonus wins, and 3 losses. San Francisco faced the eighth-seeded Washington Justice on September 5 in the first round of the 2020 North America playoffs bracket, and after falling 0–2 in the match, the Shock won three straight maps to move on to the second round of the upper bracket.[3] The team next defeated the seventh-seeded Atlanta Reign by a score of 3–1.[4] Moving on to the upper bracket finals, the Shock faced the top-seeded Philadelphia Fusion. Despite keeping the maps close, the Shock came out with a 3–1 victory and advanced to the Grand Finals bracket.[5] As the top North America seed in the Grand Finals bracket, the Shock faced Asia's second-seeded Seoul Dynasty in the bracket's first round on October 8. After the Shock came out with a quick 2–0 lead, the Dynasty evened up the score, winning the following two maps; however, San Francisco won the final map of the match and moved on to the Upper Bracket finals.[6] The team faced Asia's top-seeded Shanghai Dragons in the upper finals, where, again, the Shock started the match with a 2–0 lead, but the Dragons tied up the series after four maps. The Shock won the final map of the match to advance to the Grand Finals match.[7] In the Grand Finals match, the Shock defeated the Seoul Dynasty by a score of 4–2 to win their second consecutive OWL championship.[8]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On October 18, it was announced that assistant coach Kim "NineK" Beom-hoon had signed with the Paris Eternal as a coach.[9] The Shock signed Talon Esports head coach Lee "Arachne" Ji-won as a coach a month later.[10]

Roster changes

The Shock enter the new season with one free agent, no players which they have the option to retain for another year, and nine players under contract.[11] 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.[12]

On October 9, the Shock announce that they would not re-sign their only free agent off-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017.[13] On December 23, the team picked up sniper specialist Lee "ANS" Seon-chang, who had been retired since January 2019.[14]

Roster

2020 San Francisco Shock roster
PlayersCoaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality
Damage 7 Striker Kwon Nam-joo South Korea
Damage 27 Rascal Kim Dong-jun South Korea
Damage 47 ta1yo Henderson, Sean Taiyo Japan
Damage 10 ANS Lee Seon-chang South Korea
Tank 1 super DeLisi, Matthew United States
Tank 5 smurf Yoo Myeong-hwan South Korea
Tank 11 ChoiHyoBin Choi Hyo-bin South Korea
Support 64 Moth Espe, Grant United States
Support 17 Viol2t Park Min-ki South Korea
Support 13 Twilight Lee Joo-seok South Korea
Head coach
  • Park Dae-hee

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: July 21, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

  • On April 28, the Shock released DPS Jay "Sinatraa" Won.[15]
  • On May 17, the Shock transferred DPS Park "Architect" Min-ho to the Hangzhou Spark and signed support Lee "Twilight" Jooseok.[16]
  • On July 21, the Shock signed DPS Sean Taiyo "Ta1yo" Henderson.[17]

Standings

Pos Con Team Pld W BW L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 21 19 5 2 0.905 59 19 0 +40 Advance to playoffs
2 PAC San Francisco Shock 21 18 7 3 0.857 56 17 2 +39
3 ATL Paris Eternal 21 15 4 6 0.714 50 31 0 +19
4 ATL Florida Mayhem 21 14 3 7 0.667 48 30 0 +18
5 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 21 11 1 10 0.524 41 41 0 0
6 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 21 11 0 10 0.524 43 39 5 +4 Advance to play-ins
7 ATL Atlanta Reign 21 10 0 11 0.476 43 35 0 +8
8 PAC Dallas Fuel 21 9 0 12 0.429 35 44 0 9
9 ATL Toronto Defiant 21 7 1 14 0.333 32 48 0 16
10 ATL Houston Outlaws 21 6 0 15 0.286 32 50 3 18
11 PAC Vancouver Titans 21 6 0 15 0.286 23 48 0 25
12 ATL Washington Justice 21 4 0 17 0.190 21 54 1 33
13 ATL Boston Uprising 21 2 0 19 0.095 14 61 4 47
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) Wins plus bonus wins 2) winning percentage (excluding bonus wins); 3) map differential; 4) head-to-head record; 5) head-to-head map differential

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 18–3)
February–March: 5–2
1 February 09 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Dallas Fuel Arlington, TX
4:00 pm PST     Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by the Dallas Fuel
2 Oasis 1
3 Eichenwalde 2
0 Horizon Lunar Colony 1
3 Havana 0
2 March 28 San Francisco Shock 1 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
11:00 pm UTC    
3 March 30 San Francisco Shock 1 3 Los Angeles Valiant Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
4 April 05 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Los Angeles Valiant Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
5 April 13 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
6 April 18 San Francisco Shock 3 2 Dallas Fuel Online
2:00 am UTC    
7 April 25 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Los Angeles Valiant Online
10:00 pm UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 3–0
8 May 02 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Houston Outlaws Online
11:00 pm UTC    
9 May 10 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    
10 May 17 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Atlanta Reign Online
1:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 3–0
11 June 20 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    
12 June 21 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Washington Justice Online
10:25 pm UTC    
13 June 28 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Philadelphia Fusion Online
11:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 4–0
14 July 18 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Boston Uprising Online
10:00 pm UTC    
15 July 24 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Florida Mayhem Online
9:00 pm UTC    
16 July 25 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Vancouver Titans Online
7:00 pm UTC    
17 August 01 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Houston Outlaws Online
11:00 pm UTC    

August: 3–1
18 August 16 San Francisco Shock 0 3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
1:00 am UTC    
19 August 16 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Toronto Defiant Online
7:00 pm UTC    
20 August 22 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Washington Justice Online
7:00 pm UTC    
21 August 23 San Francisco Shock 3 2 Atlanta Reign Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 3–0
Quarterfinals May 23 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Dallas Fuel Online
7:00 pm UTC    
Semifinals May 24 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Los Angeles Valiant Online
7:00 pm UTC    
Finals May 24 San Francisco Shock 4 2 Florida Mayhem Online
11:00 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown: 1–1
Quarterfinals July 04 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    
Semifinals July 05 San Francisco Shock 2 3 Paris Eternal Online
9:20 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup: 3–0
Quarterfinals August 08 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Dallas Fuel Online
7:00 pm UTC    
Semifinals August 09 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Florida Mayhem Online
5:00 pm UTC    
Finals August 09 San Francisco Shock 4 2 Philadelphia Fusion Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 7

Postseason

2020 playoff game log
North America Bracket: 3–0
Upper Round 1 September 05 San Francisco Shock 3 2 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    
Upper Round 2 September 07 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Atlanta Reign Online
1:00 am UTC    
Upper Finals September 12 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Philadelphia Fusion Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Grand Finals Bracket: 3–0
Upper Round 1 October 08 San Francisco Shock 3 2 Seoul Dynasty Online
11:00 am UTC    
Upper Round 2 October 09 San Francisco Shock 3 2 Shanghai Dragons Online
9:00 am UTC    
Grand Finals October 10 San Francisco Shock 4 2 Seoul Dynasty Online
1:00 pm UTC    

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