2019 Paris Eternal season
# 2019 Paris Eternal season

The 2019 Paris Eternal season was the first season of Paris Eternal's existence in the Overwatch League. The team was one of eight expansion franchises added for the 2019 season. After the team posted a 3–4 record in Stage 1, head coach Julien Ducros left the team and was replaced by Félix Münch. Paris ended the season with a disappointing 11–17 record, did not manage to yield a winning record in any stage, and did not qualify for any of the stage playoffs nor the season playoffs.

## Preceding offseason

On 23 October, Eternal announced their entirely European roster, consisting of the following players:

* Karol "danye" Szcześniak,
* Nicolas "NiCOgdh" Moret,
* Georgii "ShaDowBurn" Gushcha,
* Terrence "SoOn" Tarlier,
* Finnbjorn "Finnsi" Jonasson,
* Benjamin "BenBest" Dieulafait,
* Roni "LhCloudy" Tiihonen,
* Damien "HyP" Souville, and
* Harrison "Kruise" Pond.

On 8 November, Eternal revealed their entirely European coaching staff. On 28 November, Eternal signed support player Luís "Greyy" Perestrelo.

## Regular season

Eternal's first-ever Overwatch League match was against the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals champions London Spitfire on 16 February; Paris won the match 3–1. The team finished Stage 1 with a 3–4 record and did not qualify for the Stage 1 playoffs.

Two days before Stage 2 began, head coach Julien "daemoN" Ducros stepped down from his position. He was replaced the next day, as the Eternal promoted player development coach Félix "Féfé" Münch to head coach. In week four, Paris traveled to the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas for the Dallas Fuel Homestand Weekend. The team first took on the London Spitfire in a rematch of their season opener on 20 April, which was delayed by an hour-long power outage. Paris swept by the Spitfire 0–4. The team finished the stage with a 2–5 record.

On 17 August, the Eternal defeated the Stage 3 Champions Shanghai Dragons; however, the Los Angeles Valiant won their match later that day, which officially eliminated the Eternal from qualifying for the postseason. The team closed out their season with a match against the Washington Justice a day later. In a match that had no playoff implications for either team, Paris lost 1–3, finishing their season with a 11–17 record.

## Standings

### Record by stage

* ↑ No stage playoffs were held for Stage 4.

### League

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | MW | ML | MT | MD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | PAC | Vancouver Titans | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0.89 | 89 | 28 | 0 | +61 | Advance to season playoffs (division leaders) |
| 2 | ATL | New York Excelsior | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0.79 | 78 | 38 | 3 | +40 | Advance to season playoffs (division leaders) |
| 3 | PAC | San Francisco Shock | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0.82 | 92 | 26 | 0 | +66 | Advance to season playoffs |
| 4 | PAC | Hangzhou Spark | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0.64 | 64 | 52 | 4 | +12 | Advance to season playoffs |
| 5 | PAC | Los Angeles Gladiators | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0.61 | 67 | 48 | 3 | +19 | Advance to season playoffs |
| 6 | ATL | Atlanta Reign | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.57 | 69 | 50 | 1 | +19 | Advance to season playoffs |
| 7 | ATL | London Spitfire | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.57 | 58 | 52 | 6 | +6 | Advance to play-ins |
| 8 | PAC | Seoul Dynasty | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0.54 | 64 | 50 | 3 | +14 | Advance to play-ins |
| 9 | PAC | Guangzhou Charge | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0.54 | 61 | 57 | 1 | +4 | Advance to play-ins |
| 10 | ATL | Philadelphia Fusion | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0.54 | 57 | 60 | 3 | −3 | Advance to play-ins |
| 11 | PAC | Shanghai Dragons | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.46 | 51 | 61 | 3 | −10 | Advance to play-ins |
| 12 | PAC | Chengdu Hunters | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.46 | 55 | 66 | 1 | −11 | Advance to play-ins |
| 13 | PAC | Los Angeles Valiant | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0.43 | 56 | 61 | 4 | −5 | |
| 14 | ATL | Paris Eternal | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0.39 | 46 | 67 | 3 | −21 | |
| 15 | PAC | Dallas Fuel | 28 | 10 | 18 | 0.36 | 43 | 70 | 3 | −27 | |
| 16 | ATL | Houston Outlaws | 28 | 9 | 19 | 0.32 | 47 | 69 | 3 | −22 | |
| 17 | ATL | Toronto Defiant | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0.29 | 39 | 72 | 4 | −33 | |
| 18 | ATL | Washington Justice | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0.29 | 39 | 72 | 6 | −33 | |
| 19 | ATL | Boston Uprising | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0.29 | 41 | 78 | 2 | −37 | |
| 20 | ATL | Florida Mayhem | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0.21 | 36 | 75 | 5 | −39 | |

## Game log

2019 game log (Regular season record: 11–17) :

Stage 1 (3–4)

1

16 February

London Spitfire

1

3

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

0

Ilios

2

2

King's Row

1

2

Volskaya Industries

3

0

Route 66

3

2

23 February

Los Angeles Gladiators

1

2

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

2

Nepal

1

2

Numbani

3

3

Temple of Anubis

3

2

Dorado

3

3

2 March

Paris Eternal

0

4

Atlanta Reign

Burbank, CA

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

0

Ilios

2

1

Hollywood

3

0

Temple of Anubis

2

2

Route 66

3

4

8 March

Paris Eternal

0

4

Vancouver Titans

Burbank, CA

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

1

Ilios

2

2

Numbani

3

1

Horizon Lunar Colony

2

2

Rialto

3

5

10 March

Paris Eternal

1

3

San Francisco Shock

Burbank, CA

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

0

Nepal

2

1

Hollywood

3

2

Horizon Lunar Colony

3

2

Dorado

0

6

16 March

Washington Justice

1

2

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

0

Busan

2

3

King's Row

3

3

Volskaya Industries

2

2

Dorado

3

7

17 March

Philadelphia Fusion

3

1

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

1

Busan

2

3

King's Row

2

1

Horizon Lunar Colony

0

3

Rialto

0 :

Stage 2 (2–5)

8

4 April

Guangzhou Charge

0

4

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

9:05 pm PST

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

0

Oasis

2

0

Paris

2

2

Eichenwalde

3

2

Junkertown

3

9

6 April

Chengdu Hunters

4

0

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

5:15 pm PST

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

2

Oasis

1

4

Hanamura

3

4

Blizzard World

3

2

Rialto

1

10

11 April

Paris Eternal

3

1

Florida Mayhem

Burbank, CA

4:00 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

2

Oasis

0

4

Hanamura

3

3

Blizzard World

2

1

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

2

11

14 April

Dallas Fuel

2

1

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

12:00 noon PST

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

2

Busan

0

2

Paris

2

4

Blizzard World

3

1

Rialto

2

12

27 April

Paris Eternal

0

4

London Spitfire

Allen, TX

9:00 am PST

   Recap

Allen Event Center

0

Busan

2

1

Temple of Anubis

2

4

King's Row

5

1

Junkertown

3

13

28 April

Hangzhou Spark

3

2

Paris Eternal

Allen, TX

10:00 am PST

   Details

Allen Event Center

2

Lijiang Tower

1

2

Temple of Anubis

3

5

Eichenwalde

6

3

Junkertown

2

2

Busan

0

14

5 May

Toronto Defiant

4

0

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

12:00 noon PST

   Recap

Blizzard Arena

2

Lijiang Tower

1

2

Temple of Anubis

1

3

King's Row

2

6

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

5 :

Stage 3 (3–4)

15

7 June

Paris Eternal

3

1

Toronto Defiant

Burbank, CA

4:00 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

0

Ilios

2

1

Paris

0

2

Hollywood

1

3

Havana

2

16

9 June

Paris Eternal

3

1

Boston Uprising

Burbank, CA

1:45 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

0

Ilios

2

5

Paris

4

3

Eichenwalde

2

4

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

3

17

14 June

Paris Eternal

1

3

New York Excelsior

Burbank, CA

4:00 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

1

Nepal

2

0

Volskaya Industries

2

1

Numbani

3

2

Dorado

1

18

16 June

Florida Mayhem

1

3

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

1:45 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

0

Nepal

2

4

Horizon Lunar Colony

5

1

Numbani

0

2

Havana

3

19

20 June

Paris Eternal

1

3

Houston Outlaws

Burbank, CA

5:45 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

0

Oasis

2

2

Paris

4

2

Hollywood

1

1

Dorado

2

20

23 June

Boston Uprising

3

2

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

1:45 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

0

Oasis

2

1

Volskaya Industries

2

5

Eichenwalde

4

3

Dorado

2

2

Nepal

0

21

27 June

Paris Eternal

1

3

Seoul Dynasty

Burbank, CA

7:15 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

1

Nepal

2

2

Horizon Lunar Colony

3

3

Eichenwalde

4

5

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

4 :

Stage 4 (3–4)

22

25 July

Houston Outlaws

1

3

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

4:00 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

2

Busan

0

0

Volskaya Industries

1

0

Blizzard World

3

2

Junkertown

3

23

27 July

Paris Eternal

2

3

Los Angeles Valiant

Burbank, CA

12:00 noon PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

0

Lijiang Tower

2

1

Temple of Anubis

2

4

Blizzard World

3

5

Route 66

3

1

Busan

2

24

2 August

New York Excelsior

3

1

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

4:00 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

2

Busan

1

2

Volskaya Industries

0

3

King's Row

1

0

Havana

1

25

3 August

Atlanta Reign

4

0

Paris Eternal

Burbank, CA

12:00 noon PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

2

Ilios

1

3

Temple of Anubis

2

3

Hollywood

2

5

Route 66

4

26

8 August

Paris Eternal

3

2

Philadelphia Fusion

Burbank, CA

5:45 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

1

Ilios

2

1

Temple of Anubis

2

2

Hollywood

1

3

Route 66

2

2

Lijiang Tower

1

27

17 August

Paris Eternal

3

1

Shanghai Dragons

Burbank, CA

12:00 noon PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

2

Lijiang Tower

0

3

Hanamura

4

3

King's Row

2

3

Havana

2

28

18 August

Paris Eternal

1

3

Washington Justice

Burbank, CA

1:45 pm PST

   Details

Blizzard Arena

1

Ilios

2

1

Hanamura

2

6

King's Row

5

1

Junkertown

2 :

## Awards

On 8 May, Harrison "Kruise" Pond was named as a reserve for the 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game.

