2018 Shanghai Dragons season

The 2018 Shanghai Dragons season was the first season of the Shanghai Dragons's existence in the Overwatch League. Shanghai did not record a single win in the entire 2018 Overwatch League season, giving the team a record of 0–40; this marked the worst single-season record in professional sports history.^[1]

2018 Shanghai Dragons season
Head coach	Chen Congshan (rel. Mar 6) Wang Xingrui (rel. May 9) Son Jun-young
Owner	NetEase
Division	Pacific
Results
Record	0–40 (.000)
Place	Pacific: 6th League: 12th
Stage 1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 2 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 3 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 4 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Season Playoffs	Did not qualify
Total Earnings	$25,000
Shanghai Dragons 2019 →

Preceding offseason

On October 31, Dragons revealed their Overwatch League roster, consisting of the following eight members:^[2]

• Lu "Diya" Weida
• Fang "uNdeAD" Chao
• Jing "Roshan" Wenhao
• Liu "Xushu" Junjie
• Xu "Freefeel" Peixuan
• Chen "Fiveking" Zhaoyu
• Cheng "Altering" Yage
• Wu "MG" Dongjian

Three weeks later, on November 20, Shanghai Dragons announced their coaching staff, including head coach Chen "U4" Congshan.^[3]

Regular season

Review

Shanghai Dragons' first regular season OWL match was a 1–3 loss to the San Francisco Shock.^[4] Unfortunately, this result would become a trend for the Dragons for quite some time. The team did not record a win in Stage 1, going 0–10. On February 13, 2018, disappointed by their Stage 1 record, the Dragons signed 4 new players in hopes to improve their Stage 2 chances; most notably including the league's first female player, South Korean Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon.^[5]

Amidst a disaster of a season, Shanghai went through three different head coaches.^[6][7] The Dragons finished the season with a 0–40 record and a -120 map differential, having not won a single match. This marked the worst single-season record in professional sports history.^[8]

Final roster

2018 Shanghai Dragons roster
Players	Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality Damage 10 Daemin Kim Dae-min South Korea Damage 87 Diya Lu Weida China Damage 99 Ado Chon Gi-hyeon South Korea Tank 8 Fearless Lee Eui-seok South Korea Tank 26 Roshan Jing Wenhao China Tank 66 Xushu Liu Junjie China Tank 96 Geguri Kim Se-yeon South Korea Support 7 Freefeel Xu Peixuan China Support 9 Fiveking Chen Zhaoyu China Support 13 Altering Cheng Yage China Support 22 Sky He Junjian China	Head coach Son Jun-young
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended (2W) Two-way player Substitute Injury / Illness	Latest roster transaction: June 5, 2018.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:

• On February 14, Dragons signed Chon "Ado" Gi-hyeon, Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon, Lee "Fearless" Eui-seok, and He "Sky" Junjuan.^[9]
• On March 29, Dragons released Fang "Undead" Chao.^[10]
• On April 4, Dragons signed Kim "Daemin" Dae-min.^[11]
• On June 5, Dragons released Wu "MG" Dongjian.^[12]

Standings

Record by stage

Stage	Pld	W	L	Pct	MW	ML	MT	MD	Pos
1	10	0	10	.000	6	36	0	-30	12
2	10	0	10	.000	2	37	1	-35	12
3	10	0	10	.000	9	32	0	-23	12
4	10	0	10	.000	4	36	1	-32	12
Overall	40	0	40	.000	21	141	2	-120	12
Qualified for playoffs

League

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PCT	MW	ML	MT	MD	Qualification
1	ATL	New York Excelsior	40	34	6	0.850	126	43	4	+83	Advance to season playoffs semifinals
2	PAC	Los Angeles Valiant	40	27	13	0.675	100	64	7	+36
3	ATL	Boston Uprising	40	26	14	0.650	99	71	3	+28	Advance to season playoffs quarterfinals
4	PAC	Los Angeles Gladiators	40	25	15	0.625	96	72	3	+24
5	ATL	London Spitfire	40	24	16	0.600	102	69	3	+33
6	ATL	Philadelphia Fusion	40	24	16	0.600	93	80	2	+13
7	ATL	Houston Outlaws	40	22	18	0.550	94	77	2	+17
8	PAC	Seoul Dynasty	40	22	18	0.550	91	78	3	+13
9	PAC	San Francisco Shock	40	17	23	0.425	77	84	5	−7
10	PAC	Dallas Fuel	40	12	28	0.300	58	100	7	−42
11	ATL	Florida Mayhem	40	7	33	0.175	42	120	5	−78
12	PAC	Shanghai Dragons	40	0	40	0.000	21	141	2	−120

Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head map differential; 4) head-to-head record

Game log

Preseason

2018 preseason game log
Preseason (0–2) 1 December 6 Seoul Dynasty 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 2 December 8 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA

Regular season

2018 game log (Regular season record: 0–40)
Stage 1 (0–10) 1 January 10 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA 2 January 12 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 3 January 17 Houston Outlaws 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 4 January 19 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 5 January 24 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA 6 January 26 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA 7 February 01 New York Excelsior 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 8 February 03 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 London Spitfire Burbank, CA 9 February 07 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA 10 February 09 Los Angeles Valiant 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA
Stage 2 (0–10) 11 February 21 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 12 February 24 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 3 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA 13 February 28 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 14 March 03 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA 15 March 07 Seoul Dynasty 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 16 March 08 Boston Uprising 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 17 March 15 Philadelphia Fusion 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 18 March 15 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA 19 March 22 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA 20 March 24 London Spitfire 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA
Stage 3 (0–10) 21 April 04 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA 22 April 06 Los Angeles Valiant 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 23 April 11 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA 24 April 13 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 25 April 18 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA 26 April 20 Florida Mayhem 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 27 April 25 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA 28 April 28 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA 29 May 04 New York Excelsior 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 30 May 05 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 London Spitfire Burbank, CA
Stage 4 (0–10) 31 May 16 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 32 May 19 Shanghai Dragons 1 – 3 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA 33 May 24 Philadelphia Fusion 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 34 May 26 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA 35 May 30 Seoul Dynasty 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 36 June 01 Houston Outlaws 3 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 37 June 06 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 38 June 08 Boston Uprising 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 39 June 13 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 – 0 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 40 June 16 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA