2020 Chengdu Hunters season

The 2020 Chengdu Hunters season was the second season of Chengdu Hunters's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first without head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui. The Hunters planned to host two back-to-back homestand weekends at the Wuliangye Chengdu Performing Arts Centre,[1] but all homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Chengdu Hunters season
Head coach	Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing
Owner	Huya
Conference	Pacific
Division	East
Region	Asia
Results
Record	7–14 (.333)
Place	Asia: 6th League: 14th
May Melee	Quarterfinals
Summer Showdown	Quarterfinals
Countdown Cup	Semifinals
Season Playoffs	Did not qualify
Total Earnings	$15,000

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On November 16, head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui announced that he would be stepping down from his position due to health issues.[2] On January 14, the team announced that Hunters' assistant coach Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua and LGE.Huya head coach Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing would serve as the Hunters' co-head coaches. Additionally, former Hunters support player Li "Garry" Guan was added as an assistant coach.[3]

Roster changes

The Hunters enter the new season with all ten of their 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]

The Hunters' first offseason change was announced on December 27 with the departures of DPS Zhihao "YangXiaoLong" Zhang and main tank Yansong "Jiqiren" Wei.[6] On January 14, the Hunters revealed the signing of main tank player Chen "ATing" Shao-Hua and promotions of support players He "Molly" Chengzhi and Chen "Lengsa" Jingyi from their academy team LGE.Huya.[3]

Roster

2020 Chengdu Hunters roster
Players	Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality Damage 24 JinMu  Yi Hu  China  Damage 74 Baconjack  Lo Tzu-Heng  Taiwan  Damage 23 leave  Huang Xin  China  Tank 5 Ameng  Ding Menghan  China  Tank 53 ATing  Chen Shao-Hua  Taiwan  Tank 3 Elsa  Luo Wenjie  China  Tank 64 LateYoung  Ma Tianban  China  Support 29 Yveltal  Li Xianyao  China  Support 28 Lengsa  Chen Jingyi  China  Support 7 Kyo (C)  Kong Chunting  China  Support 66 Molly  He Chengzhi  China	Head coach Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing Legend (C) Team captain (2W) Two-way player (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Injury/Illness Latest roster transaction: January 15, 2020.

Standings

2020 Overwatch League Asia standings
#	Team	Conference	W	BW	L	PCT	P	MR	MD	STK
Playoffs
1	Shanghai Dragons	PAC	19	8	2	.905	21	59–15–1	+44
2	Guangzhou Charge	PAC	14	4	7	.667	21	44–39–1	+5
Play-ins
3	New York Excelsior	ATL	13	3	8	.619	21	50–30–2	+20
4	Hangzhou Spark	PAC	10	2	11	.476	21	36–40–2	-4
5	Seoul Dynasty	PAC	9	3	12	.429	21	33–40–2	-7
6	Chengdu Hunters	PAC	7	1	14	.333	21	33–47–1	-14
7	London Spitfire	ATL	6	0	15	.286	21	27–51–0	-24

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 7–14)
February–April: 3–7 1 March 28 Chengdu Hunters 2 – 3 Hangzhou Spark Online 9:30 am UTC     2 March 29 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Online 8:00 am UTC     3 April 05 Chengdu Hunters 2 – 3 Guangzhou Charge Online 10:00 am UTC     4 April 06 Chengdu Hunters 1 – 3 Shanghai Dragons Online 8:00 am UTC     5 April 11 Chengdu Hunters 0 – 3 Hangzhou Spark Online 8:00 am UTC     6 April 12 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 1 Vancouver Titans Online 8:00 am UTC     7 April 18 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 0 Guangzhou Charge Online 8:00 am UTC     8 April 19 Chengdu Hunters 0 – 3 Shanghai Dragons Online 10:00 am UTC     9 April 25 Chengdu Hunters 0 – 3 New York Excelsior Online 10:00 am UTC     10 April 26 Chengdu Hunters 1 – 3 Hangzhou Spark Online 8:00 am UTC
May Melee qualifiers: 1–3 11 May 03 Chengdu Hunters 1 – 3 New York Excelsior Online 10:00 am UTC     12 May 09 Chengdu Hunters 0 – 3 London Spitfire Online 10:00 am UTC     13 May 16 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 0 Seoul Dynasty Online 8:00 am UTC     14 May 17 Chengdu Hunters 2 – 3 Guangzhou Charge Online 8:00 am UTC
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 0–4 15 June 20 Chengdu Hunters 0 – 3 London Spitfire Online 10:00 am UTC     16 June 21 Chengdu Hunters 2 – 3 Shanghai Dragons Online 10:00 am UTC     17 June 27 Chengdu Hunters 1 – 3 Guangzhou Charge Online 8:00 am UTC     18 June 28 Chengdu Hunters 0 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Online 10:00 am UTC
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 3–0 19 July 18 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 2 New York Excelsior Online 12:00 noon UTC     20 July 25 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 2 Seoul Dynasty Online 8:00 am UTC     21 July 26 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 0 Hangzhou Spark Online 8:00 am UTC

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 0–1 Quarterfinals May 23 Chengdu Hunters 2 – 3 New York Excelsior Online 9:15 am UTC
Summer Showdown: 0–1 Quarterfinals July 04 Chengdu Hunters 0 – 3 Guangzhou Charge Online 8:00 am UTC
Countdown Cup: 1–1 Quarterfinals August 08 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 0 London Spitfire Online 8:00 am UTC     Semifinals August 09 Chengdu Hunters 1 – 3 Hangzhou Spark Online 10:00 am UTC
Bonus wins awarded: 1

Postseason

2020 playoff game log
Asia Play-ins: 1–1 Round 1 September 04 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 1 London Spitfire Online 9:00 am UTC     Round 2 September 05 Chengdu Hunters 2 – 3 New York Excelsior Online 9:00 am UTC

References

1. Hayward, Andrew (August 21, 2019). "Update: Five More OWL Teams Confirm Homestand Venues". The Esports Observer. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
2. McHale, Violet (November 17, 2019). "Chengdu Hunters Head Coach Announces Departure". The Game Haus. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
3. "Hunters officially add Leave in revealing 2020 roster". Reuters. January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
4. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
6. Samples, Rachel (December 27, 2019). "Chengdu Hunters part ways with YangXiaoLong and Jiqiren ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 27, 2019.