# 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, but all homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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. 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.

### Roster changes

The Hunters enter the new season with all ten of their 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.
The Hunters' first offseason change was announced on December 27 with the departures of DPS Zhihao "YangXiaoLong" Zhang and main tank Yansong "Jiqiren" Wei. 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.

## Standings

| Pos | Con | Teamvte | Pld | W | BW | L | PCT | MW | ML | MT | MD | Qualification |
| 1 | PAC | Shanghai Dragons | 21 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0.905 | 59 | 15 | 1 | +44 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | PAC | Guangzhou Charge | 21 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0.667 | 44 | 39 | 1 | +5 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | ATL | New York Excelsior | 21 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0.619 | 50 | 30 | 2 | +20 | Advance to play-ins |
| 4 | PAC | Hangzhou Spark | 21 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0.476 | 36 | 40 | 2 | −4 | Advance to play-ins |
| 5 | PAC | Seoul Dynasty | 21 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.429 | 33 | 40 | 2 | −7 | Advance to play-ins |
| 6 | PAC | Chengdu Hunters | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.333 | 33 | 47 | 1 | −14 | Advance to play-ins |
| 7 | ATL | London Spitfire | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 27 | 51 | 0 | −24 | Advance to play-ins |

## 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 :