The 2020 New York Excelsior season was the third season of New York Excelsior's (NYXL) existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Jeong "imt" Yong-cheol. New York planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan Center.[1] While the first homestand took place, all other homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On October 21, 2019, New York parted ways with head coach Ty "Pavane" Hyun-sang, as he joined the London Spitfire as an assistant coach. Pavane had been with the team since its inception and led them to a 56–12 regular season record over his career with the team.[2] In his replacement, New York promoted assistant coach Jeong "imt" Yong-cheol as their new head coach on November 19.[3] On December 1, NYXL signed former Seoul Dynasty assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyub as an assistant coach.[4]
Roster changesedit
The Excelsior enter the new season with one free agents, one players which they have the option to retain for another year, and seven players under contract.[5] 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.[6]
Acquisitionsedit
NYXL's first offseason acquisition was on February 15, when the team announced the signing of former Guangzhou Charge off-tank Choi "HOTBA" Hong-jun.[7] The following week, the team promoted off-tank Kim "BiaNcA" Dong-wook from their academy team, XL2 Academy.[8] On November 26, New York signed support player Kim "Mandu" Chan-hee from Korean Contenders team O2 Blast.[9] The following week, on December 4, the team signed DPS player Lee "WhoRU" Seung-joon from Fusion University.[10]
Departuresedit
On October 8, the Excelsior announced that they would not pick up their option to keep DPS Yeon-Oh "Fl0w3r" Hwang on the roster another year.[11] A week later, the team announced that they would not re-sign off-tank Kim "MekO" Tae Hong, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017.[12] On December 6, the team announced that DPS player Kim "Pine" Do-hyeon had retired from professional Overwatch and would become a streamer for NYXL.[13]
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^Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
^Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "New York Excelsior add HOTBA". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
^Samples, Rachel (November 22, 2019). "New York Excelsior promote BiaNcA from XL2 Academy". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
^Samples, Rachel (November 26, 2019). "New York Excelsior sign Mandu ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
^Richardson, Liz (December 4, 2019). "Whoru joins the New York Excelsior". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^Howard, Brandon (October 10, 2019). "New York Excelsior Release Flow3r". TheGamer. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
^Richardson, Liz (October 17, 2019). "New York Excelsior part ways with MekO". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
^"Top prospect WhoRU signs with Excelsior, Pine retires". ESPN. Reuters. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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The 2020 New York Excelsior season was the third season of New York Excelsior s NYXL existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Jeong imt Yong cheol New York planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan Center 1 While the first homestand took place all other homestand events were canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 2020 New York Excelsior seasonHead coachJeong imt Yong cheolGeneral managerKim Yo hanOwnerJeff WilponArena s Hammerstein BallroomConferenceAtlanticDivisionNorthRegionAsiaResultsRecord13 8 619 PlaceAsia 3rdLeague 7thMay MeleeSemifinalsSummer ShowdownSemifinalsCountdown CupSemifinalsSeason PlayoffsAsia Lower FinalsTotal Earnings 290 000 2019 New York Excelsior 2021 Contents 1 Preceding offseason 1 1 Organizational changes 1 2 Roster changes 1 2 1 Acquisitions 1 2 2 Departures 2 Roster 3 Standings 4 Game log 4 1 Regular season 4 2 Midseason tournaments 4 3 Postseason 5 ReferencesPreceding offseason editOrganizational changes edit On October 21 2019 New York parted ways with head coach Ty Pavane Hyun sang as he joined the London Spitfire as an assistant coach Pavane had been with the team since its inception and led them to a 56 12 regular season record over his career with the team 2 In his replacement New York promoted assistant coach Jeong imt Yong cheol as their new head coach on November 19 3 On December 1 NYXL signed former Seoul Dynasty assistant coach Lee WhyNot Ju hyub as an assistant coach 4 Roster changes edit The Excelsior enter the new season with one free agents one players which they have the option to retain for another year and seven players under contract 5 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 6 Acquisitions edit NYXL s first offseason acquisition was on February 15 when the team announced the signing of former Guangzhou Charge off tank Choi HOTBA Hong jun 7 The following week the team promoted off tank Kim BiaNcA Dong wook from their academy team XL2 Academy 8 On November 26 New York signed support player Kim Mandu Chan hee from Korean Contenders team O2 Blast 9 The following week on December 4 the team signed DPS player Lee WhoRU Seung joon from Fusion University 10 Departures edit On October 8 the Excelsior announced that they would not pick up their option to keep DPS Yeon Oh Fl0w3r Hwang on the roster another year 11 A week later the team announced that they would not re sign off tank Kim MekO Tae Hong who had been with the team since their inception in 2017 12 On December 6 the team announced that DPS player Kim Pine Do hyeon had retired from professional Overwatch and would become a streamer for NYXL 13 Roster edit2020 New York Excelsior rosterPlayers CoachesRole No Handle Name NationalityDamage 9 Saebyeolbe C Park Jong ryeol South KoreaDamage 10 Libero Kim Hae seong South KoreaDamage 23 WhoRU Lee Seung jun South KoreaDamage 31 Nenne Jeong Yeon kwan South KoreaDamage 1 Haksal Kim Hyo jong South KoreaTank 7 Mano Kim Dong gyu South KoreaTank 17 HOTBA Choi Hong joon South KoreaTank 13 BiaNcA Kim Dong wook South KoreaSupport 44 JJoNak Bang Seong hyun South KoreaSupport 97 Anamo Jung Tae sung South KoreaSupport 2 Mandu I Kim Chan hee South Korea Head coachJeong imt Yong cheolLegend I Inactive S Suspended 2W Two way player nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Latest roster transaction June 5 2020 Standings editPos Con Teamvte Pld W BW L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification1 PAC Shanghai Dragons 21 19 8 2 0 905 59 15 1 44 Advance to playoffs2 PAC Guangzhou Charge 21 14 4 7 0 667 44 39 1 53 ATL New York Excelsior 21 13 3 8 0 619 50 30 2 20 Advance to play ins4 PAC Hangzhou Spark 21 10 2 11 0 476 36 40 2 45 PAC Seoul Dynasty 21 9 3 12 0 429 33 40 2 76 PAC Chengdu Hunters 21 7 1 14 0 333 33 47 1 147 ATL London Spitfire 21 6 0 15 0 286 27 51 0 24Source The Overwatch LeagueRules for classification 1 Wins plus bonus wins 2 winning percentage excluding bonus wins 3 map differential 4 head to head record 5 head to head map differentialGame log editRegular season edit 2020 game log Regular season record 13 8 February April 7 1 1 February 08 London Spitfire 1 3 New York Excelsior New York City NY3 00 pm EST Hammerstein BallroomHosted by the New York Excelsior2 Lijiang Tower 02 King s Row 31 Horizon Lunar Colony 20 Junkertown 32 February 09 Boston Uprising 0 3 New York Excelsior New York City NY3 00 pm EST Hammerstein BallroomHosted by the New York Excelsior0 Oasis 21 Blizzard World 22 Temple of Anubis 33 February 22 New York Excelsior 1 3 Philadelphia Fusion Washington DC3 00 pm EST The AnthemHosted by the Washington Justice1 Busan 20 Horizon Lunar Colony 23 Havana 23 Eichenwalde 44 February 23 New York Excelsior 3 0 Houston Outlaws Washington DC3 00 pm EST The AnthemHosted by the Washington Justice2 Ilios 02 Hanamura 13 Havana 05 February 29 New York Excelsior 3 0 Florida Mayhem Houston TX3 00 pm EST Revention Music CenterHosted by the Houston Outlaws2 Ilios 04 King s Row 32 Temple of Anubis 16 March 08 New York Excelsior 3 1 Washington Justice Washington DC5 00 pm EDT The AnthemHosted by the Washington Justice0 Nepal 23 Dorado 23 King s Row 11 Horizon Lunar Colony 07 April 25 New York Excelsior 3 0 Chengdu Hunters Online10 00 am UTC 8 April 26 New York Excelsior 3 0 Guangzhou Charge Online10 30 am UTC May Melee qualifiers 2 2 9 May 02 New York Excelsior 2 3 Shanghai Dragons Online9 15 am UTC 10 May 03 New York Excelsior 3 1 Chengdu Hunters Online10 00 am UTC 11 May 09 New York Excelsior 1 3 Guangzhou Charge Online12 00 noon UTC 12 May 16 New York Excelsior 3 1 Hangzhou Spark Online12 00 noon UTC Summer Showdown qualifiers 2 2 13 June 13 New York Excelsior 3 0 Seoul Dynasty Online9 30 am UTC 14 June 20 New York Excelsior 2 3 Hangzhou Spark Online12 00 noon UTC 15 June 21 New York Excelsior 3 1 London Spitfire Online12 30 pm UTC 16 June 28 New York Excelsior 2 3 Guangzhou Charge Online12 00 noon UTC Countdown Cup qualifiers 1 2 17 July 18 New York Excelsior 2 3 Chengdu Hunters Online12 00 noon UTC 18 July 25 New York Excelsior 3 0 Guangzhou Charge Online12 00 noon UTC 19 August 01 New York Excelsior 1 3 Shanghai Dragons Online12 00 noon UTC August 1 1 20 August 15 New York Excelsior 0 3 Seoul Dynasty Online8 00 am UTC 21 August 22 New York Excelsior 3 1 London Spitfire Online10 00 am UTC Midseason tournaments edit 2020 midseason tournaments game logMay Melee 1 1 Quarterfinals May 23 New York Excelsior 3 2 Chengdu Hunters Online9 15 am UTC Semifinals May 24 New York Excelsior 0 3 Shanghai Dragons Online10 00 am UTC Summer Showdown 1 1 Quarterfinals July 04 New York Excelsior 3 0 Hangzhou Spark Online12 00 noon UTC Semifinals July 05 New York Excelsior 0 3 Guangzhou Charge Online10 00 am UTC Countdown Cup 1 1 Quarterfinals August 08 New York Excelsior 3 2 Guangzhou Charge Online12 00 noon UTC Semifinals August 09 New York Excelsior 0 3 Shanghai Dragons Online8 00 am UTC Bonus wins awarded 3Postseason edit 2020 playoff game logAsia Play ins 1 0 Round 1 First round bye Round 2 September 05 New York Excelsior 3 2 Chengdu Hunters Online9 00 am UTC Asia Bracket 1 2 Upper Round 1 September 06 New York Excelsior 1 3 Shanghai Dragons Online9 00 am UTC Lower Round 1 September 12 New York Excelsior 3 0 Guangzhou Charge Online9 00 am UTC Lower Finals September 13 New York Excelsior 0 3 Seoul Dynasty Online9 00 am UTC References edit Newman Heather August 20 2019 The Overwatch League Travels In 2020 Starting In A Historic New York Ballroom Forbes Retrieved October 11 2019 Field Level Media October 21 2019 Pavane parts with NYXL joins Spitfire as assistant Gwinett Prep Sports Retrieved October 21 2019 Peres Pedro November 19 2019 New York Excelsior promote IMT to head coach Dot Esports Retrieved November 20 2019 Scrubasaurus December 1 2019 WhyNot joins Excelsior coaching staff over gg Retrieved December 2 2019 Morello Matt July 30 2019 2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status Overwatch League Retrieved October 19 2019 Richardson Liz October 4 2019 Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league Dot Esports Retrieved October 10 2019 Richardson Liz November 15 2019 New York Excelsior add HOTBA Dot Esports Retrieved November 16 2019 Samples Rachel November 22 2019 New York Excelsior promote BiaNcA from XL2 Academy Dot Esports Retrieved November 22 2019 Samples Rachel November 26 2019 New York Excelsior sign Mandu ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season Dot Esports Retrieved December 2 2019 Richardson Liz December 4 2019 Whoru joins the New York Excelsior Dot Esports Retrieved December 5 2019 Howard Brandon October 10 2019 New York Excelsior Release Flow3r TheGamer Retrieved October 11 2019 Richardson Liz October 17 2019 New York Excelsior part ways with MekO Dot Esports Retrieved October 19 2019 Top prospect WhoRU signs with Excelsior Pine retires ESPN Reuters December 6 2019 Retrieved December 7 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 New York Excelsior season amp oldid 1093436949, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
