2018 Shanghai Dragons season

The 2018 Shanghai Dragons season was the first season of the Shanghai Dragons's existence in the Overwatch League. Shanghai did not record a single win in the entire 2018 Overwatch League season, giving the team a record of 0–40; this marked the worst single-season record in professional sports history.[1]

2018 Shanghai Dragons season
Head coach	Chen Congshan (rel. Mar 6) Wang Xingrui (rel. May 9) Son Jun-young
Owner	NetEase
Division	Pacific
Results
Record	0–40 (.000)
Place	Pacific: 6th League: 12th
Stage 1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 2 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 3 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 4 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Season Playoffs	Did not qualify
Total Earnings	$25,000

Preceding offseason

On October 31, Dragons revealed their Overwatch League roster, consisting of the following eight members:[2]

• Lu "Diya" Weida
• Fang "uNdeAD" Chao
• Jing "Roshan" Wenhao
• Liu "Xushu" Junjie
• Xu "Freefeel" Peixuan
• Chen "Fiveking" Zhaoyu
• Cheng "Altering" Yage
• Wu "MG" Dongjian

Three weeks later, on November 20, Shanghai Dragons announced their coaching staff, including head coach Chen "U4" Congshan.[3]

Regular season

Review

Shanghai Dragons' first regular season OWL match was a 1–3 loss to the San Francisco Shock.[4] Unfortunately, this result would become a trend for the Dragons for quite some time. The team did not record a win in Stage 1, going 0–10. On February 13, 2018, disappointed by their Stage 1 record, the Dragons signed 4 new players in hopes to improve their Stage 2 chances; most notably including the league's first female player, South Korean Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon.[5]

Amidst a disaster of a season, Shanghai went through three different head coaches.[6][7] The Dragons finished the season with a 0–40 record and a -120 map differential, having not won a single match. This marked the worst single-season record in professional sports history.[8]

Final roster

2018 Shanghai Dragons roster
Players	Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality Damage 10 Daemin  Kim Dae-min  South Korea  Damage 87 Diya  Lu Weida  China  Damage 99 Ado  Chon Gi-hyeon  South Korea  Tank 8 Fearless  Lee Eui-seok  South Korea  Tank 26 Roshan  Jing Wenhao  China  Tank 66 Xushu  Liu Junjie  China  Tank 96 Geguri  Kim Se-yeon  South Korea  Support 7 Freefeel  Xu Peixuan  China  Support 9 Fiveking  Chen Zhaoyu  China  Support 13 Altering  Cheng Yage  China  Support 22 Sky  He Junjian  China	Head coach Son Jun-young Legend (C) Team captain (2W) Two-way player (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Injury/Illness Latest roster transaction: June 5, 2018.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:

• On February 14, Dragons signed Chon "Ado" Gi-hyeon, Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon, Lee "Fearless" Eui-seok, and He "Sky" Junjuan.[9]
• On March 29, Dragons released Fang "Undead" Chao.[10]
• On April 4, Dragons signed Kim "Daemin" Dae-min.[11]
• On June 5, Dragons released Wu "MG" Dongjian.[12]

Standings

Record by stage

Stage	Pld	W	L	Pct	MW	ML	MT	MD	Pos
1	10	0	10	.000	6	36	0	-30	12
2	10	0	10	.000	2	37	1	-35	12
3	10	0	10	.000	9	32	0	-23	12
4	10	0	10	.000	4	36	1	-32	12
Overall	40	0	40	.000	21	141	2	-120	12
Qualified for playoffs

League

2018 Overwatch League standings
#	Team	Division	W	L	PCT	P	MR	MD	STK
Division leaders
1	New York Excelsior	ATL	34	6	.850	40	126–43–4	+83	W1
2	Los Angeles Valiant	PAC	27	13	.675	40	100–64–7	+36	L1
Wild cards
3	Boston Uprising	ATL	26	14	.650	40	99–71–3	+28	W4
4	Los Angeles Gladiators	PAC	25	15	.625	40	96–72–3	+24	W5
5[lower-alpha 1]	London Spitfire	ATL	24	16	.600	40	102–69–3	+33	L1
6[lower-alpha 1]	Philadelphia Fusion	ATL	24	16	.600	40	93–80–2	+13	W1
Did not qualify for playoffs
7[lower-alpha 2]	Houston Outlaws	ATL	22	18	.550	40	94–77–2	+17	L1
8[lower-alpha 2]	Seoul Dynasty	PAC	22	18	.550	40	91–78–3	+13	L1
9	San Francisco Shock	PAC	17	23	.425	40	77–84–5	-7	W1
10	Dallas Fuel	PAC	12	28	.300	40	58–100–7	-42	W1
11	Florida Mayhem	ATL	7	33	.175	40	42–120–5	-78	L3
12	Shanghai Dragons	PAC	0	40	.000	40	21–141–2	-120	L40
Tiebreakers
London placed ahead of Philadelphia based on map differential. Houston placed ahead of Seoul based on map differential.

Game log

Preseason

2018 preseason game log
Preseason (0–2) 1 December 6 Seoul Dyansty 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 2 December 8 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA

Regular season

2018 game log (Regular season record: 0–40)
Stage 1 (0–10) 1 January 10 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA 2 January 12 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 3 January 17 Houston Outlaws 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 4 January 19 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 5 January 24 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA 6 January 26 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA 7 February 01 New York Excelsior 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 8 February 03 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 London Spitfire Burbank, CA 9 February 07 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA 10 February 09 Los Angeles Valiant 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA
Stage 2 (0–10) 11 February 21 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 12 February 24 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 3 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA 13 February 28 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 14 March 03 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA 15 March 07 Seoul Dynasty 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 16 March 08 Boston Uprising 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 17 March 15 Philadelphia Fusion 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 18 March 15 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA 19 March 22 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA 20 March 24 London Spitfire 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA
Stage 3 (0–10) 21 April 04 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA 22 April 06 Los Angeles Valiant 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 23 April 11 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA 24 April 13 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 25 April 18 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA 26 April 20 Florida Mayhem 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 27 April 25 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA 28 April 28 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA 29 May 04 New York Excelsior 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 30 May 05 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 London Spitfire Burbank, CA
Stage 4 (0–10) 31 May 16 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 32 May 19 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA 33 May 24 Philadelphia Fusion 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 34 May 26 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA 35 May 30 Seoul Dynasty 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 36 June 01 Houston Outlaws 3 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 37 June 06 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 38 June 08 Boston Uprising 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 39 June 13 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 40 June 16 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA

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