page_title: 2019 Toronto Defiant season
section_title: Preceding offseason
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 Toronto Defiant season / Preceding offseason
caption_attribution_description: English: The roster of Toronto Defiant at the beginning of the 2019 Overwatch League season. Top row (from left to right): Aid, envy, RoKy, Neko. Bottom row (from left to right): Ivy, Yakpung, Asher, Stellar.
context_page_description: The 2019 Toronto Defiant season was the first season of Toronto Defiant's existence in the Overwatch League as one of eight expansion franchises added for the 2019 season. After posting a 5–2 record in Stage 1, the Defiant qualified for the Stage 1 Playoffs, but a 0–3 loss against the Shock eliminated the team in the quarterfinals. The team failed to recreate the success they found in Stage 1 in the following stages, going 2–5, 0–7, and 1–6 in Stages 2, 3, and 4, respectively. A 2–3 loss to the Fusion on August 4 officially eliminated Toronto from postseason contention, and three days later, the team released head coach Lee "Bishop" Beom-joon. Despite numerous roster changes throughout the season, the Defiant finished the season in 17th place overall with an 8–20 record.
context_section_description: Toronto announced their initial inaugural season roster over a span from October 27 to November 27; the team's roster consisted of the following players:
  Lee "envy" Kang-Jae,
  Park "Neko" Se-hyeon,
  Lee "ivy" Seung-hyun,
  Lee "Stellar" Do-hyung,
  Jo "Yakpung" Gyeong-mu,
  Ko "Aid" Jae-yoon,
  Choi "Asher" Jun-sung, and
  Park "RoKy" Joo-seong.
caption: The roster of Toronto Defiant at the beginning of the 2019 Overwatch League season: Left to right, top to bottom: Aid, envy, RoKy, Neko, Ivy, Yakpung, Asher, Stellar.
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