# 2020 San Francisco Shock season

The 2020 San Francisco Shock season was the third season of the San Francisco Shock's existence in the Overwatch League and their second under head coach Park "Crusty" Dae-hee. The team entered the season as the defending Overwatch League champions, after winning the 2019 Grand Finals. The Shock planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley and the San Jose Civic in downtown San Jose, but both were cancelled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Shock ended the regular season with 18 wins, 7 bonus wins, and 3 losses. San Francisco faced the eighth-seeded Washington Justice on September 5 in the first round of the 2020 North America playoffs bracket, and after falling 0–2 in the match, the Shock won three straight maps to move on to the second round of the upper bracket. The team next defeated the seventh-seeded Atlanta Reign by a score of 3–1. Moving on to the upper bracket finals, the Shock faced the top-seeded Philadelphia Fusion. Despite keeping the maps close, the Shock came out with a 3–1 victory and advanced to the Grand Finals bracket. As the top North America seed in the Grand Finals bracket, the Shock faced Asia's second-seeded Seoul Dynasty in the bracket's first round on October 8. After the Shock came out with a quick 2–0 lead, the Dynasty evened up the score, winning the following two maps; however, San Francisco won the final map of the match and moved on to the Upper Bracket finals. The team faced Asia's top-seeded Shanghai Dragons in the upper finals, where, again, the Shock started the match with a 2–0 lead, but the Dragons tied up the series after four maps. The Shock won the final map of the match to advance to the Grand Finals match. In the Grand Finals match, the Shock defeated the Seoul Dynasty by a score of 4–2 to win their second consecutive OWL championship.

## Preceding offseason
### Organizational changes

On October 18, it was announced that assistant coach Kim "NineK" Beom-hoon had signed with the Paris Eternal as a coach. The Shock signed Talon Esports head coach Lee "Arachne" Ji-won as a coach a month later.

### Roster changes

The Shock enter the new season with one free agent, no players which they have the option to retain for another year, and nine players under contract. 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.
On October 9, the Shock announce that they would not re-sign their only free agent off-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017. On December 23, the team picked up sniper specialist Lee "ANS" Seon-chang, who had been retired since January 2019.

## Roster
### Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:
* On April 28, the Shock released DPS Jay "Sinatraa" Won.
* On May 17, the Shock transferred DPS Park "Architect" Min-ho to the Hangzhou Spark and signed support Lee "Twilight" Jooseok.
* On July 21, the Shock signed DPS Sean Taiyo "Ta1yo" Henderson.

## Standings

| Pos | Con | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | ATL | Paris Eternal | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0.714 | 50 | 31 | 0 | +19 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | ATL | Florida Mayhem | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0.667 | 48 | 30 | 0 | +18 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | PAC | Los Angeles Valiant | 21 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0.524 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
| 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 | Advance to play-ins |
| 8 | PAC | Dallas Fuel | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0.429 | 35 | 44 | 0 | −9 | Advance to play-ins |
| 9 | ATL | Toronto Defiant | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.333 | 32 | 48 | 0 | −16 | Advance to play-ins |
| 10 | ATL | Houston Outlaws | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 32 | 50 | 3 | −18 | Advance to play-ins |
| 11 | PAC | Vancouver Titans | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 23 | 48 | 0 | −25 | Advance to play-ins |
| 12 | ATL | Washington Justice | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0.190 | 21 | 54 | 1 | −33 | Advance to play-ins |
| 13 | ATL | Boston Uprising | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.095 | 14 | 61 | 4 | −47 | Advance to play-ins |

## Game log
### Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 18–3) :
February–March: 5–2
1
February 09
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Dallas Fuel
Arlington, TX
4:00 pm PST
Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by Dallas Fuel
2
Oasis
1
3
Eichenwalde
2
0
Horizon Lunar Colony
1
3
Havana
0
2
March 28
San Francisco Shock
1
3
Los Angeles Gladiators
Online
11:00 pm UTC
3
March 30
San Francisco Shock
1
3
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
12:00 midnight UTC
4
April 05
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
12:00 midnight UTC
5
April 13
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Los Angeles Gladiators
Online
12:00 midnight UTC
6
April 18
San Francisco Shock
3
2
Dallas Fuel
Online
2:00 am UTC
7
April 25
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
10:00 pm UTC :
May Melee qualifiers: 3–0
8
May 02
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Houston Outlaws
Online
11:00 pm UTC
9
May 10
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Toronto Defiant
Online
9:00 pm UTC
10
May 17
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Atlanta Reign
Online
1:00 am UTC :
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 3–0
11
June 20
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Paris Eternal
Online
7:00 pm UTC
12
June 21
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Washington Justice
Online
10:25 pm UTC
13
June 28
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
11:00 pm UTC :
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 4–0
14
July 18
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Boston Uprising
Online
10:00 pm UTC
15
July 24
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Florida Mayhem
Online
9:00 pm UTC
16
July 25
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Vancouver Titans
Online
7:00 pm UTC
17
August 01
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Houston Outlaws
Online
11:00 pm UTC :
August: 3–1
18
August 16
San Francisco Shock
0
3
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
1:00 am UTC
19
August 16
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Toronto Defiant
Online
7:00 pm UTC
20
August 22
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Washington Justice
Online
7:00 pm UTC
21
August 23
San Francisco Shock
3
2
Atlanta Reign
Online
9:00 pm UTC :

### Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log :
May Melee: 3–0
Quarterfinals
May 23
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Dallas Fuel
Online
7:00 pm UTC
Semifinals
May 24
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
7:00 pm UTC
Finals
May 24
San Francisco Shock
4
2
Florida Mayhem
Online
11:00 pm UTC :
Summer Showdown: 1–1
Quarterfinals
July 04
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Washington Justice
Online
11:00 pm UTC
Semifinals
July 05
San Francisco Shock
2
3
Paris Eternal
Online
9:20 pm UTC :
Countdown Cup: 3–0
Quarterfinals
August 08
San Francisco Shock
3
0
Dallas Fuel
Online
7:00 pm UTC
Semifinals
August 09
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Florida Mayhem
Online
5:00 pm UTC
Finals
August 09
San Francisco Shock
4
2
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
9:00 pm UTC :
Bonus wins awarded: 7 :

### Postseason

2020 playoff game log :
North America Bracket: 3–0
Upper Round 1
September 05
San Francisco Shock
3
2
Washington Justice
Online
11:00 pm UTC
Upper Round 2
September 07
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Atlanta Reign
Online
1:00 am UTC
Upper Finals
September 12
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
7:00 pm UTC :
Grand Finals Bracket: 3–0
Upper Round 1
October 08
San Francisco Shock
3
2
Seoul Dynasty
Online
11:00 am UTC
Upper Round 2
October 09
San Francisco Shock
3
2
Shanghai Dragons
Online
9:00 am UTC
Grand Finals
October 10
San Francisco Shock
4
2
Seoul Dynasty
Online
1:00 pm UTC :