# 2020 Seoul Dynasty season

The 2020 Seoul Dynasty season was the third season of the Seoul Dynasty's existence in the Overwatch League. The Dynasty planned to hold two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled.

## Preceding offseason
### Organizational changes

In October 2019, head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun's contract expired, and he did not re-sign with the team. Later that month, Seoul promoted assistant coach Park "changoon" Chang-geun to head coach and brought up Mun "MMA" Seong-won from Gen.G Esports as an assistant coach. The team released assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyeop in early November. On November 8, Seoul signed former Washington Justice head coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok as a strategic coach.

### Roster changes

Free agents :
| Role | Player | Player | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Role | Handle | Name | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Support | Ryujehong | Je-Hong Ryu | Free agent | November 27 | Vancouver Titans |
| Support | Tobi | Jin-Mo Yang | Free agent | October 29 | Seoul Dynasty |
| Tank | Zunba | Joon-Hyeok Kim | Free agent | – | – |
| Legend  Re-signed/Retained by the Dynasty.  Departed from the Dynasty. ||||||
The Dynasty enter the new season with three free agents, one player which they have the option to retain for another year, and six 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.

#### Acquisitions

The Dynasty's first acquisition of the offseason was on October 22, when they agreed to acquire tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee and DPS Park "Profit" Joon-yeong from the London Spitfire. A week later, support Kim "Creative" Young-wan was promoted from Seoul's academy team Gen.G Esports. On January 12, the Dynasty announced the signing of former London Spitfire support player Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae.

#### Departures

The first player to depart from the Dynasty was main support Lee "Jecse" Seung-soo, as he was released from the team on November 1. Two weeks later, it was announced that Seoul transferred DPS Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun to the Shanghai Dragons. On November 23, it was announced that support Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok had been signed to the London Spitfire. On November 27, veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong was signed to the Vancouver Titans, and three weeks later, Seoul parted ways with off-tank Kim "zunba" Joon-hyeok.

## Homestand events

In December 2019, the Dynasty announced that they would hold two homestand events; both were to be held the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the league cancelled the Dynasty's March homestand event that was initially set to be held from March 7 to 8. The game will be made up, with exact dates and times to be announced later.

## 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: 9–12) :
February–April: 3–1
1
March 28
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
10:00 pm UTC
2
March 29
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Los Angeles Gladiators
Online
10:00 pm UTC
3
April 25
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Hangzhou Spark
Online
8:00 am UTC
4
April 26
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
9:30 am UTC :
May Melee qualifiers: 1–3
5
May 02
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Guangzhou Charge
Online
8:00 am UTC
6
May 03
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Hangzhou Spark
Online
8:00 am UTC
7
May 09
Seoul Dynasty
3
2
Shanghai Dragons
Online
8:00 am UTC
8
May 16
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Chengdu Hunters
Online
8:00 am UTC :
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 1–3
9
June 13
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
New York Excelsior
Online
9:30 am UTC
10
June 20
Seoul Dynasty
2
3
Guangzhou Charge
Online
8:00 am UTC
11
June 27
Seoul Dynasty
1
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
10:00 am UTC
12
June 28
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Chengdu Hunters
Online
10:00 am UTC :
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4
13
July 18
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Hangzhou Spark
Online
8:00 am UTC
14
July 25
Seoul Dynasty
2
3
Chengdu Hunters
Online
8:00 am UTC
15
July 26
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
10:00 am UTC
16
August 01
Seoul Dynasty
1
3
Guangzhou Charge
Online
8:00 am UTC :
August: 4–1
17
August 14
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
London Spitfire
Online
8:00 am UTC
18
August 15
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
New York Excelsior
Online
8:00 am UTC
19
August 16
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
London Spitfire
Online
8:00 am UTC
20
August 22
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Hangzhou Spark
Online
8:00 am UTC
21
August 23
Seoul Dynasty
3
2
London Spitfire
Online
8:00 am UTC :

### Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log :
May Melee: 2–1
Quarterfinals
May 23
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Hangzhou Spark
Online
8:00 am UTC
Semifinals
May 24
Seoul Dynasty
3
2
Guangzhou Charge
Online
8:00 am UTC
Finals
May 24
Seoul Dynasty
3
4
Shanghai Dragons
Online
11:30 am UTC :
Summer Showdown: 1–1
Quarterfinals
July 04
Seoul Dynasty
3
1
London Spitfire
Online
10:00 am UTC
Semifinals
July 05
Seoul Dynasty
0
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
8:00 am UTC :
Countdown Cup: 0–1
Quarterfinals
August 08
Seoul Dynasty
2
3
Hangzhou Spark
Online
10:00 am UTC :
Bonus wins awarded: 3 :

### Postseason

2020 playoff game log :
Asia Play-ins: 1–0
Round 1
First-round bye
Round 2
September 05
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Hangzhou Spark
Online
11:00 am UTC :
Asia Bracket: 2–1
Upper Round 1
September 06
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Guangzhou Charge
Online
11:00 am UTC
Upper Finals
September 12
Seoul Dynasty
2
3
Shanghai Dragons
Online
11:00 am UTC
Lower Finals
September 13
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
New York Excelsior
Online
9:00 am UTC :
Grand Finals Bracket: 2–2
Upper Round 1
October 08
Seoul Dynasty
2
3
San Francisco Shock
Online
11:00 am UTC
Lower Round 1
October 09
Seoul Dynasty
3
0
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
11:00 am UTC
Lower Finals
October 09
Seoul Dynasty
3
2
Shanghai Dragons
Online
1:00 pm UTC
Grand Finals
October 10
Seoul Dynasty
2
4
San Francisco Shock
Online
1:00 pm UTC :