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The 2020 Vancouver Titans season was the second season of Vancouver Titans's existence in the Overwatch League. The team entered the season as the defending Pacific Conference (previously titled Pacific Division) champions looking to bounce back after their 2019 Grand Finals loss to the San Francisco Shock. The Titans planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Rogers Arena in Downtown Vancouver,[1] but all homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On April 30, the Titans parted ways with head coach Hwang "paJion" Ji-sub.[2] Vancouver released its entire roster and coaching staff on May 6. Two days later, the Titans announced the hiring of Steven "Flubby" Coronel and revealed their new roster. The team struggled throughout the season, amassing a 6–15 regular season record. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice in the North America play-in tournament on September 3 ended the team's season.[3]
Preceding offseason
Roster changes
The Titans enter the new season with no free agents, two players which they have the option to retain for another year, and eight players under contract.[4] 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.[5]
Acquisitions
On November 26, it was announced that main tank Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung had come out of retirement and signed with the Titans.[6] A day later, Vancouver announced the signing of veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong.[7]
Departures
The Titan's first offseason roster change was on November 12, when the team released tank Hwang "TiZi" Jang-hyeon.[8] Two days later, the team announced the departure of flex support Kim "Rapel" Jung-geun.[9] On November 18, the team parted ways with DPS Lee "Hooreg" Dong-eun, as he looked to begin a coaching career in professional Overwatch.[10] The following week, Vancouver released main tank Park "Bumper" Sang-beom.[7]
Roster
| 2020 Vancouver Titans roster |
| Players | Coaches |
| Role | No. | Handle | Name | Nationality | | Damage | 17 | Dalton | Bennyhoff, Dalton | United States | | Damage | 10 | Tsuna | Ikram, Samir | France | | Damage | 24 | sHockWave | Jensen, Niclas | Denmark | | Tank | 3 | ShRedLock | Shirvani, Abtin | Canada | | Tank | 27 | KSAA | Alruwaili, Alhumaidi | Saudi Arabia | | Support | 6 | CarCar | First, Carson | United States | | Support | 4 | Roolf | Stark, Randal | Canada | | - Head coach
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Legend: - (I) Inactive
- (S) Suspended
- (2W) Two-way player
 Substitute Injury / Illness
| Latest roster transaction: May 22, 2020. |
Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:
- On April 30, the Titans released tank Choi "JJANU" Hyeon-woo.[2]
- On May 6, the Titans released DPS Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong, DPS Seo "SeoMinSoo" Min-soo, DPS Lee "Stitch" Chung-hee, tank Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung, tank Lee "Twilight" Joo-seok, support Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong, and support Kim "SLIME" Sung-jun.[11]
- On May 8, the Titans signed support Carson "CarCar" First, DPS Dalton "Dalton" Bennyhoff, tank Abtin "ShRedLock" Shirvani, support Randal "Roolf" Stark, DPS Samir "Tsuna" Ikram, and tank Alhumaidi "KSAA" Alruwaili.[12]
- On May 22, the Titans signed DPS Niclas "SHockWave" Jensen.[13]
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: 6–15) |
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May Melee qualifiers: 0–4 |
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–2 |
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4 |
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Midseason tournaments
| 2020 midseason tournaments game log |
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| Bonus wins awarded: 0 |
Postseason
| 2020 playoff game log |
North America Play-ins: 0–1 |
References
- ^ Plana, Vincent (August 20, 2019). "Details revealed about Rogers Arena-hosted live esports matches". Daily Hive. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ a b Richardson, Liz (April 30, 2020). "JJANU, head coach Pajion part ways with Vancouver Titans". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ Richardson, Liz (September 3, 2020). "Houston Outlaws, Vancouver Titans eliminated from Overwatch League playoffs". Dot Esports. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- ^ Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ "Fissure comes out of retirement to join the Vancouver Titans". ESPN. Reuters. November 26, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ a b "Overwatch League's Vancouver Titans sign ryujehong, release Bumper". ESPN. Reuters. November 27, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ Chen, Ethan (November 12, 2019). "Vancouver Titans release TiZi into free agency". Daily Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Field Level Media (November 14, 2019). "Titans part with Rapel, reportedly add ryujehong". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Richardson, Liz (November 18, 2019). "Vancouver Titans part ways with Hooreg". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Duwe, Scott (May 6, 2020). "Vancouver Titans release entire Overwatch League roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Alford, Aaron (May 8, 2020). "Vancouver Titans Announce New Roster". Hotspawn. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Alford, Aaron (May 22, 2020). "Vancouver Titans Sign SHockwave". Hotspawn. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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