2020 Seoul Dynasty season
# 2020 Seoul Dynasty season

The 2020 Seoul Dynasty season was the third season of the Seoul Dynasty's existence in the Overwatch League. The Dynasty planned to hold two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled.

## Preceding offseason

### Organizational changes

In October 2019, head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun's contract expired, and he did not re-sign with the team. Later that month, Seoul promoted assistant coach Park "changoon" Chang-geun to head coach and brought up Mun "MMA" Seong-won from Gen.G Esports as an assistant coach. The team released assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyeop in early November. On November 8, Seoul signed former Washington Justice head coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok as a strategic coach.

### Roster changes

Free agents :

| Role | Player | Player | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Role | Handle | Name | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Support | Ryujehong | Je-Hong Ryu | Free agent | November 27 | Vancouver Titans |
| Support | Tobi | Jin-Mo Yang | Free agent | October 29 | Seoul Dynasty |
| Tank | Zunba | Joon-Hyeok Kim | Free agent | – | – |
| Legend  Re-signed/Retained by the Dynasty.  Departed from the Dynasty. ||||||

The Dynasty enter the new season with three free agents, one player which they have the option to retain for another year, and six players under contract. 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.

**Acquisitions**

The Dynasty's first acquisition of the offseason was on October 22, when they agreed to acquire tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee and DPS Park "Profit" Joon-yeong from the London Spitfire. A week later, support Kim "Creative" Young-wan was promoted from Seoul's academy team Gen.G Esports. On January 12, the Dynasty announced the signing of former London Spitfire support player Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae.

**Departures**

The first player to depart from the Dynasty was main support Lee "Jecse" Seung-soo, as he was released from the team on November 1. Two weeks later, it was announced that Seoul transferred DPS Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun to the Shanghai Dragons. On November 23, it was announced that support Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok had been signed to the London Spitfire. On November 27, veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong was signed to the Vancouver Titans, and three weeks later, Seoul parted ways with off-tank Kim "zunba" Joon-hyeok.

## Homestand events

In December 2019, the Dynasty announced that they would hold two homestand events; both were to be held the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the league cancelled the Dynasty's March homestand event that was initially set to be held from March 7 to 8. The game will be made up, with exact dates and times to be announced later.

## Standings

| Pos | Con | Teamvte | Pld | W | BW | L | PCT | MW | ML | MT | MD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | PAC | Shanghai Dragons | 21 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0.90 | 59 | 15 | 1 | +44 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | PAC | Guangzhou Charge | 21 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0.67 | 44 | 39 | 1 | +5 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | ATL | New York Excelsior | 21 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0.62 | 50 | 30 | 2 | +20 | Advance to play-ins |
| 4 | PAC | Hangzhou Spark | 21 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0.48 | 36 | 40 | 2 | −4 | Advance to play-ins |
| 5 | PAC | Seoul Dynasty | 21 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.43 | 33 | 40 | 2 | −7 | Advance to play-ins |
| 6 | PAC | Chengdu Hunters | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.33 | 33 | 47 | 1 | −14 | Advance to play-ins |
| 7 | ATL | London Spitfire | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.29 | 27 | 51 | 0 | −24 | Advance to play-ins |

## Game log

### Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 9–12) :

February–April: 3–1

1

March 28

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Los Angeles Valiant

Online

10:00 pm UTC

2

March 29

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Los Angeles Gladiators

Online

10:00 pm UTC

3

April 25

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Hangzhou Spark

Online

8:00 am UTC

4

April 26

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Shanghai Dragons

Online

9:30 am UTC :

May Melee qualifiers: 1–3

5

May 02

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Guangzhou Charge

Online

8:00 am UTC

6

May 03

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Hangzhou Spark

Online

8:00 am UTC

7

May 09

Seoul Dynasty

3

2

Shanghai Dragons

Online

8:00 am UTC

8

May 16

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Chengdu Hunters

Online

8:00 am UTC :

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 1–3

9

June 13

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

New York Excelsior

Online

9:30 am UTC

10

June 20

Seoul Dynasty

2

3

Guangzhou Charge

Online

8:00 am UTC

11

June 27

Seoul Dynasty

1

3

Shanghai Dragons

Online

10:00 am UTC

12

June 28

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Chengdu Hunters

Online

10:00 am UTC :

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4

13

July 18

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Hangzhou Spark

Online

8:00 am UTC

14

July 25

Seoul Dynasty

2

3

Chengdu Hunters

Online

8:00 am UTC

15

July 26

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Shanghai Dragons

Online

10:00 am UTC

16

August 01

Seoul Dynasty

1

3

Guangzhou Charge

Online

8:00 am UTC :

August: 4–1

17

August 14

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

London Spitfire

Online

8:00 am UTC

18

August 15

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

New York Excelsior

Online

8:00 am UTC

19

August 16

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

London Spitfire

Online

8:00 am UTC

20

August 22

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Hangzhou Spark

Online

8:00 am UTC

21

August 23

Seoul Dynasty

3

2

London Spitfire

Online

8:00 am UTC :

### Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log :

May Melee: 2–1

Quarterfinals

May 23

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Hangzhou Spark

Online

8:00 am UTC

Semifinals

May 24

Seoul Dynasty

3

2

Guangzhou Charge

Online

8:00 am UTC

Finals

May 24

Seoul Dynasty

3

4

Shanghai Dragons

Online

11:30 am UTC :

Summer Showdown: 1–1

Quarterfinals

July 04

Seoul Dynasty

3

1

London Spitfire

Online

10:00 am UTC

Semifinals

July 05

Seoul Dynasty

0

3

Shanghai Dragons

Online

8:00 am UTC :

Countdown Cup: 0–1

Quarterfinals

August 08

Seoul Dynasty

2

3

Hangzhou Spark

Online

10:00 am UTC :

Bonus wins awarded: 3 :

### Postseason

2020 playoff game log :

Asia Play-ins: 1–0

Round 1

First-round bye

Round 2

September 05

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Hangzhou Spark

Online

11:00 am UTC :

Asia Bracket: 2–1

Upper Round 1

September 06

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Guangzhou Charge

Online

11:00 am UTC

Upper Finals

September 12

Seoul Dynasty

2

3

Shanghai Dragons

Online

11:00 am UTC

Lower Finals

September 13

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

New York Excelsior

Online

9:00 am UTC :

Grand Finals Bracket: 2–2

Upper Round 1

October 08

Seoul Dynasty

2

3

San Francisco Shock

Online

11:00 am UTC

Lower Round 1

October 09

Seoul Dynasty

3

0

Philadelphia Fusion

Online

11:00 am UTC

Lower Finals

October 09

Seoul Dynasty

3

2

Shanghai Dragons

Online

1:00 pm UTC

Grand Finals

October 10

Seoul Dynasty

2

4

San Francisco Shock

Online

1:00 pm UTC :

