2020 San Francisco Shock season
# 2020 San Francisco Shock season

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, 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. The team next defeated the seventh-seeded Atlanta Reign by a score of 3–1. 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. 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. 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. In the Grand Finals match, the Shock defeated the Seoul Dynasty by a score of 4–2 to win their second consecutive OWL championship.

## 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. The Shock signed Talon Esports head coach Lee "Arachne" Ji-won as a coach a month later.

### 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. 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.

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. On December 23, the team picked up sniper specialist Lee "ANS" Seon-chang, who had been retired since January 2019.

## Roster

### Transactions

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

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

## Standings

| Pos | Con | Teamvte | Pld | W | BW | L | PCT | MW | ML | MT | MD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ATL | Philadelphia Fusion | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0.90 | 59 | 19 | 0 | +40 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | PAC | San Francisco Shock | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0.86 | 56 | 17 | 2 | +39 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | ATL | Paris Eternal | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0.71 | 50 | 31 | 0 | +19 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | ATL | Florida Mayhem | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0.67 | 48 | 30 | 0 | +18 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | PAC | Los Angeles Valiant | 21 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0.52 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | PAC | Los Angeles Gladiators | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0.52 | 43 | 39 | 5 | +4 | Advance to play-ins |
| 7 | ATL | Atlanta Reign | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0.48 | 43 | 35 | 0 | +8 | Advance to play-ins |
| 8 | PAC | Dallas Fuel | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0.43 | 35 | 44 | 0 | −9 | Advance to play-ins |
| 9 | ATL | Toronto Defiant | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.33 | 32 | 48 | 0 | −16 | Advance to play-ins |
| 10 | ATL | Houston Outlaws | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.29 | 32 | 50 | 3 | −18 | Advance to play-ins |
| 11 | PAC | Vancouver Titans | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.29 | 23 | 48 | 0 | −25 | Advance to play-ins |
| 12 | ATL | Washington Justice | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0.19 | 21 | 54 | 1 | −33 | Advance to play-ins |
| 13 | ATL | Boston Uprising | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.10 | 14 | 61 | 4 | −47 | Advance to play-ins |

## 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 :

