# 2020 London Spitfire season

The 2020 London Spitfire season was the third season of the London Spitfire's existence in the Overwatch League. The Spitfire planned to host two homestand events in the 2020 season; the first was to be held at The SSE Arena Wembley, while the second was to be at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. However, all homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Preceding offseason
### Organizational changes

In early October 2019, the Spitfire parted ways with coach Kim "Jfeel" Jeong-min, who had been with the team since London's inception.
London found their new head coach within the organization, promoting assistant coach Hong "Agape" Cheol-yong to the position. Additionally, the team signed former New York Excelsior head coach Ty "Pavane" Hyun-sang, former Florida Mayhem assistant coach Kim "SNT" Sung-hoon, and former O2 Blast assistant coach Lim "Twinkl" Young-bin all as assistant coaches. The changes reunited Agape, Pavane, and SNT, as Apage and Pavane previously coached LuxuryWatch Blue and LuxuryWatch Red together, while SNT played with LuxuryWatch Red at the same time.

### Roster changes

Free agents :
| Role | Player | Player | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Role | Handle | Name | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Damage | Birdring | Ji-Hyeok Kim | Free agent | 6 November | Los Angeles Gladiators |
| Damage | Guard | Hee-Dong Lee | Free agent | – | – |
| Support | Nus | Jong-Seok Kim | Free agent | – | – |
| Legend  Re-signed/Retained by the Spitfire.  Departed from the Spitfire. ||||||
The Spitfire enter the new season with three free agents, one players which they have the option to retain for another year, and five players under contract. 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.

#### Acquisitions

The Spitfire's first acquisitions of the offseason were announced on 30 October, when the team traded tank Kim "Fury" Jun-ho to the Philadelphia Fusion in exchange for Fusion University players tank Shin "BERNAR" Se-won and support Kim "Fuze" Tae-hoon.
London announced eight players on their roster on 23 November. The five new players announced were support players Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok and Lim "SanGuiNar" Kyu-min, DPS players Lee "Schwi" Dong-Jae and Lim "Glister" Gil-seong, as well as tank player Choi "JMAC" Dae Han. Of the players, only Highly has ever previously played for an OWL team, while the remaining had only experience in Overwatch Contenders. The following month, on 27 December, London announced four more players to round out their 12-man roster in damage players Jung "Although" Hyun-wook and Park "Babel" Sang-jun and support players Kim "Jihun" Ji-hun and Cho "Clestyn" Gun-hee.

#### Departures

The Spitfire elected not to re-sign all three of their free agents, DPS Kim "Birdring" Ji-hyeok, support Kim "NUS" Jong-seok, and alternate DPS Lee "Guard" Hee-dong, heading into the 2020 season.
On 22 October, the Spitfire agreed to transfer tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee and DPS Park "Profit" Joon-yeong to the Seoul Dynasty. The team released Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae and Song "Quatermain" Ji-hoon in mid-November. With the release of Bdosin, no players from the Spitfire's 2018 Grand Finals roster remained with the team.

## 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: 6–15) :
February–April: 3–2
1
8 February
London Spitfire
1
3
New York Excelsior
New York City, NY
8:00 pm GMT
Hammerstein Ballroom
Hosted by New York Excelsior
2
Lijiang Tower
0
2
King's Row
3
1
Horizon Lunar Colony
2
0
Junkertown
3
2
9 February
London Spitfire
0
3
Paris Eternal
New York City, NY
6:00 pm GMT
Hammerstein Ballroom
Hosted by New York Excelsior
0
Nepal
2
3
King's Row
4
1
Hanamura
2
3
23 February
London Spitfire
3
2
Washington Justice
Washington, DC
12:00 midnight GMT
The Anthem
Hosted by Washington Justice
0
Oasis
2
1
Hanamura
2
1
Dorado
0
3
Blizzard World
0
2
Nepal
1
4
29 February
London Spitfire
3
2
Houston Outlaws
Houston, TX
12:00 midnight GMT
Revention Music Center
Hosted by Houston Outlaws
2
Busan
0
2
Blizzard World
1
1
Temple of Anubis
2
2
Junkertown
3
2
Ilios
1
5
1 March
London Spitfire
3
2
Florida Mayhem
Houston, TX
10:00 pm GMT
Revention Music Center
Hosted by Houston Outlaws
1
Ilios
2
2
Eichenwalde
1
3
Horizon Lunar Colony
4
3
Havana
2
2
Oasis
0 :
May Melee qualifiers: 1–3
6
9 May
London Spitfire
3
0
Chengdu Hunters
Online
10:00 am UTC
7
10 May
London Spitfire
1
3
Guangzhou Charge
Online
10:00 am UTC
8
16 May
London Spitfire
0
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
10:00 am UTC
9
17 May
London Spitfire
0
3
Hangzhou Spark
Online
10:00 am UTC :
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–2
10
13 June
London Spitfire
0
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
8:00 am UTC
11
20 June
London Spitfire
3
0
Chengdu Hunters
Online
10:00 am UTC
12
21 June
London Spitfire
1
3
New York Excelsior
Online
12:30 pm UTC
13
27 June
London Spitfire
3
0
Hangzhou Spark
Online
12:00 noon UTC :
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–3
14
18 July
London Spitfire
1
3
Guangzhou Charge
Online
10:00 am UTC
15
25 July
London Spitfire
2
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
10:00 am UTC
16
1 August
London Spitfire
0
3
Hangzhou Spark
Online
10:00 am UTC :
August: 0–5
17
14 August
London Spitfire
0
3
Seoul Dynasty
Online
8:00 am UTC
18
15 August
London Spitfire
0
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
10:00 am UTC
19
16 August
London Spitfire
0
3
Seoul Dynasty
Online
8:00 am UTC
20
22 August
London Spitfire
1
3
New York Excelsior
Online
10:00 am UTC
21
23 August
London Spitfire
2
3
Seoul Dynasty
Online
8:00 am UTC :

### Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log :
May Melee: 0–1
Quarterfinals
23 May
London Spitfire
2
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
11:30 am UTC :
Summer Showdown: 0–1
Quarterfinals
4 July
London Spitfire
1
3
Seoul Dynasty
Online
10:00 am UTC :
Countdown Cup: 0–1
Quarterfinals
8 August
London Spitfire
0
3
Chengdu Hunters
Online
8:00 am UTC :
Bonus wins awarded: 0 :

### Postseason

2020 playoff game log :
Asia Play-ins: 0–1
Round 1
4 September
London Spitfire
1
3
Chengdu Hunters
Online
9:00 am UTC :