2020 Paris Eternal season

The 2020 Paris Eternal season was the second season of Paris Eternal's existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Yun "Rush" Hee-won. The Eternal planned to host three homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Zénith Paris in Paris, France,[1] but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Paris Eternal season
Head coachYun "Rush" Hee-won
General managerMichael De Wit
OwnerDrew McCourt
ConferenceAtlantic
DivisionNorth
RegionNorth America
Results
Record15–6 (.714)
Place
May MeleeQuarterfinals
Summer ShowdownChampions
Countdown CupSemifinals
Season PlayoffsNA Lower Round 1
Total Earnings$165,000

On 24 October, the Eternal signed former Element Mystic head coach Yun "Rush" Hee-won as their new head coach. The Eternal won their first ever tournament championship on 6 July after taking down the San Francisco Shock in the Summer Showdown finals.[2] Paris finished the regular season with 15 wins, 4 bonus wins from midseason tournaments, and 6 losses to claim the third seed in the North America season playoffs; however, a 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on 6 September in the North America playoffs ended their season.[3]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In October 2019, Paris Eternal parted ways with Felix "Féfé" Munch, who joined the team as their head coach midway through their inaugural season, assistant coach Kyle "KyKy" Souder, and manager Alban "Albless" de la Grange.[4] The team signed Kim "NineK" Beom-hoon, former assistant coach of the San Francisco Shock, as a coach two days later, although the team did not specify whether he would serve as the team's head coach or assistant coach.[5] On 24 October, the Eternal announced the acquisition of the former Element Mystic head coach Yun "Rush" Hee-won as their new head coach. In addition, the team also picked up former Shanghai Dragons and Element Mystic assistant coach Jeong "Levi" Chung-Hyeok and former Toronto Defiant support player Go "Aid" Jae-yoon as assistant coaches.[6] On 10 December, Eternal signed former Washington Justice coach Kyoung-Ey "AVALLA" Kim as their assistant general manager.[7]

Roster changes

The Eternal enter the new season with no free agents, six players which they have the option to retain for another year, and four players under contract.[8] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is 11 November, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on 7 October.[9]

Acquisitions

The Eternal's first offseason acquisition was on 24 October, when they signed former Element DPS player Mystic Kim "SP9RK1E" Young-han, one of the most sought after free agents of the offseason. SP9RK1E will not be eligible to play until 31 May 2020, when he turns 18.[6] The following day, the team picked up two more former Element Mystic players in DPS Jung "Xzi" Kihyo and tank Choi "Hanbin" Han-bin.[10] On 23 November, Paris signed former Hangzhou Spark tank player Jeong "NoSmite" Da-Un.[11] The team signed tank player Eoghan "Smex" O'Neill from Montreal Rebellion on 3 December.[12] Paris rounded out their roster on 7 January with the signing of support player Brice "FDGod" Monsçavoir.[13]

Departures

On 23 October, the Eternal announced that they would not exercise their option to retain DPS George "ShaDowBurn" Gushcha, DPS Karol "Danye" Szcześniak, main tank Roni "lhcloudy" Tiihonen, and off-tank Finnbjörn "Finnsi" Jónasson for the upcoming season.[14]

Roster
2020 Paris Eternal roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 10 NiCOgdh  Moret, Nicolas   France 
Damage 99 SoOn  Tarlier, Terrence   France 
Damage 1 Sp9rk1e  Jung Ki-hyo  South Korea 
Damage 11 Xzi  Kim Yeong-han  South Korea 
Tank 17 BenBest  Dieulafait, Benjamin   France 
Tank 3 NoSmite  Jeong Da-un  South Korea 
Tank 19 Hanbin  Choi Han-been  South Korea 
Tank 20 Smex (I)  O'Neill, Eoghan   United Kingdom 
Support 27 FDGod  Monsçavoir, Brice   France 
Support 31 Fielder  Kwon Joon  South Korea 
Head coach
  • Yun "Rush" Hee-won
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 7 May 2020.

Transactions

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

  • On 2 April, support Damien "HyP" Souville retired.[15]
  • On 2 May, the Eternal transferred support Harrison "Kruise" Pond to the Toronto Defiant.[16]
  • On 2 May, the Eternal signed support Joon "Fielder" Kwon.[17]
  • On 7 May, support Luís "Greyy" Perestrelo retired.[18]

Standings
2020 Overwatch League North America standings
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD STK
Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 19 5 2 .905 21 59–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC 18 7 3 .857 21 56–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL 15 4 6 .714 21 50–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL 14 3 7 .667 21 48–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 11 1 10 .524 21 41–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 11 0 10 .524 21 43–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 0 11 .476 21 43–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC 9 0 12 .429 21 35–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL 7 1 14 .333 21 32–48–0 -16
10[lower-alpha 1] Houston Outlaws ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
11[lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Titans PAC 6 0 15 .286 21 23–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL 4 0 17 .190 21 21–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL 2 0 19 .095 21 14–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers

  1. Houston placed ahead of Vancouver based on map differential.

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log (Regular season record: 15–6)
February–April: 5–4
May Melee qualifiers: 2–1
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–1
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 4–0
August: 2–0

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 1–1
Summer Showdown: 4–0
Countdown Cup: 1–1
Bonus wins awarded: 4

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
North America Bracket: 0–2
Upper Round 1 6 September Paris Eternal 2 – 3 Atlanta Reign Online
1:00 am UTC    
Lower Round 1 6 September Paris Eternal 0 – 3 Washington Justice Online
9:00 pm UTC    

References
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