Guangzhou Charge
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Guangzhou Charge
Team Information
OWL City:
Location:
Region:
Manager:
ethan
Coaches:
Cassis, Cuddles, J1N, Sungwoo, Tydolla
Team Captain:
Chara
Colors:
Championships:
0
Division titles:
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Stage titles:
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Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players
9
History
Created:
2018-08-02
Guangzhou Charge, (广州冲锋 in Chinese), is the team representing Guangzhou, China in the Overwatch League. The team is owned and operated by Nenking Group, a financial and entertainment conglomerate, and owner of the Guangzhou Long Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Timeline[edit]
- August 2nd - The Guangzhou Overwatch League franchise is officially announced as one of the first two new teams entering the 2019 Overwatch League Season.[1]
- October 15th - Guangzhou announce their upper management through The Esports Observer. Ethan from Machi Esports joins as the teams General Manager.[2][3]
- October 17th - The Philadelphia Fusion announce that they have traded HOTBA to Guangzhou.[4]
- November 8th - The name and branding of the Guangzhou franchise is officially announced to be the Guangzhou Charge.[5][6]
- November 22nd - The Guangzhou Charge announce their lineup for the 2019 Overwatch League Season.[7]
- December 4th - J1N, Tydolla and Sungwoo are announced to be a part of the new coaching staff of the Guangzhou Charge.[8]
- December 21st - Rise is fined $1000 for account sharing.[9]
- December 25th - Tutu joins as Special Correspondent.[10]
- July 17th - Guangzhou Charge announce that Bischu and Fragi join the team [11][12][13] and Kyb joins the Philadelphia Fusion. [14][15]
- July 24th - CurryShot joins as Strategic Coach.[16]
- October 30th - Strategic Coach CurryShot leaves the team.[17]
- October 31st - Competitive Manager bsuh leaves the team.[18]
- November 11th - HOTBA, Fragi, Bischu, OnlyWish leave the team.[19]Rise retires.[20]
- November 14th - Cr0ng, Wya, and neptuNo join the team.[21]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| Active Squad | |||||
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| # | ID | Name | Role | Join Date | |
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0 | Eileen | Yiliang Ou | DPS | 2018-11-22 [7] |
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20 | Happy | Jungwoo Lee | DPS | 2018-11-22 [7] |
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42 | nero | Charlie Zwarg | DPS | 2018-11-22 [7] |
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14 | Rio | Seungpyo Oh | Tank | 2018-11-22 [7] |
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3 | Chara 
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Jungyeon Kim | Support | 2018-11-22 [7] |
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1 | Shu | Jinseo Kim | Support | 2018-11-22 [7] |
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Cr0ng | Nam Ki-cheol | Tank | 2019-11-14 [21] | |
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Wya | Qi Haomiao | Support | 2019-11-14[21] | |
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neptuNo | Alberto González Molinillo | Support | 2019-11-14[21] | |
Former[edit]
| Former Players | |||||||
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| # | ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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18 | Rise | Wonjae Lee | Support | 2018-11-22 [7] | 2019-11-11[20] | Retired
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7 | HOTBA | Hongjun Choi | Tank | 2018-10-17 [4] | 2019-11-11[19] | |
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54 | fragi | Joona Laine | Tank | 2019-07-17[11] | 2019-11-11[19] | |
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31 | Bischu | Hyungseok 'Aaron' Kim | Tank | 2019-07-17[11] | 2019-11-11[19] | |
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17 | OnlyWish | Lizhen Chen | Support | 2018-11-22 [7] | 2019-11-11[19] | |
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9 | Kyb | Finley Adisi | DPS | 2018-11-22 [7] | 2019-07-17[14] |  Philadelphia Fusion
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Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | |||||
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| # | ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |
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Sonny Xiao (肖阳) | CEO | 2018-10-15 [2] | ||
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Eddy Meng (孟庆良) | COO | 2018-10-15 [2] | ||
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ethan | Ethan Liu | General Manager | 2018-10-15 [2] | |
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J1N | Hyojin Cho | Head Coach | 2018-12-04[8] | |
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Tydolla | Seungmin Jung | Assistant Coach | 2018-12-04[8] | |
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Sungwoo | Sungwoo Hong | Assistant Coach | 2018-12-04[8] | |
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Cuddles | Henry Coxall | Competitive Analyst | 2019-05-15 | |
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Cassis | Li Ding-Qian (李定謙) | Data Analyst | 2018-12-04 | |
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Tutu | Li Qiong (李琼) | Special Correspondent | 2018-12-25[10] | |
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | |||||||
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| # | ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
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bsuh | Brenda Suh | Competitive Manager | 2018-12-15 [2] | 2019-10-31 [18] |  Los Angeles Gladiators (Director of Operations)
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CurryShot | Rohit Nathani | Strategic Coach | 2019-07-24 [16] | 2019-10-30 [17] | Los Angeles Gladiators (Strategic Coach)
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Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
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| 2019 | |||||||
| 2019-08-31 | 9 - 10th | Premier |  |
Overwatch League - 2019 Playoffs | 1 : 4 | 
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$0 |
| 2019-08-25 | 9th | Premier | |
Overwatch League - 2019 Regular Season | 15/13 | Grp. S. | $0 |
| 2018 | |||||||
| 2018-12-28 | W | Showm. | Pacific Challenge | 2 : 2 |
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$0 | |
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Team Uniform[edit]
Guangzhou Charge Team Uniform
Interview[edit]
- 2018-12-24 | Q&A from @Guangzhou Charge Fan-Meet by Tutu at Overwatch League Season 2 (English Version translated by OWBeacon)
- 2019-03-08 | Women in Charge: A Conversation with the Female Staff of the Guangzhou Charge in Celebration of International Women’s Day by Darby Joyce of The Game Haus at Overwatch League Season 2
Videos[edit]
- 2019-10-29 | 【2019赛季回顾】“史诗级巨作”，冲锋队2019赛季回顾 by Guangzhou Charge at Overwatch League Season 2
References[edit]
- ↑ "ATLANTA AND GUANGZHOU TAKE THE STAGE". Overwatch League. 2018-08-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Guangzhou Overwatch League Team Announces Executive Leadership". The Esports Observer. 2018-10-15.
- ↑ "Guangzhou Overwatch League Team Announces Executive Leadership". Guangzhou. 2018-10-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Trade Alert: The Fusion have traded @HOTBA_OW to @OWL_TeamGZ, the new expansion team of the @overwatchleague.". Philadelphia Fusion. 2018-10-17.
- ↑ "感受冲锋！ " [Feel the charge!] (in Chinese). Guangzhou Charge. 2018-11-08.
- ↑ "Presenting the Guangzhou Charge". Guangzhou Charge. 2018-11-08.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 "Introducing the 2019 Guangzhou Charge Lineup!" (in
English). Guangzhou Charge. 2018-11-22.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "We are pleased to announce our coaching staff of J1N as Head Coach, and Tydolla and Sungwoo as Assistant Coaches.". Guangzhou Charge. 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "2019 Player Discipline Tracker". Overwatch League. 2018-12-21.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Tutu joins as Special Correspondent.". Guangzhou Charge. 2018-12-25.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Please join us in welcoming the incredible @fragi and @BischuGG to the team!". Guangzhou Charge. 2019-07-17.
- ↑ Philadelphia Fusion (2019-07-17). "Today we say goodbye to @fragi".
- ↑ Los Angeles Gladiators (2019-07-17). "It's been one hell of an adventure, @BischuGG.Once a Gladiator, Always a Gladiator.".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "We also want to wish the inimitable @KYB all the best in his new home with the @Fusion.". Guangzhou Charge. 2019-07-17.
- ↑ Philadelphia Fusion (2019-07-17). "We are excited to announce the arrival of @KYB, who joins our roster from the @GZCharge".
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Please welcome Rohit @CurryshotTV Nathani to the @GZCharge!". Guangzhou Charge. 2019-07-24.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Today, we'd like to thank @CurryshotTV for his tremendous support in #OWL2019, and wish him all the best in his next endeavor!". Guangzhou Charge. 2019-10-30.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "My contract with GZ expires today.". bsuh. 2019-10-31.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 "It has been our pleasure to have had @HOTBA_OW @fragi @OnlyWish_ and @BischuGG with the Charge. Many thanks to all of them for their contributions to a great season in 2019. We wish them all the best in the future!". Guangzhou Charge. 2019-11-11.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "We are sad to say that Rise will be officially retiring from professional Overwatch to go back to school.". Guangzhou Charge. 2019-11-11.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "Please welcome Nam "Cr0ng" Ki-Cheol, Qi "Wya" Haomiao, and Alberto "neptuNo" González to the GZ family!". Guangzhou Charge. 2019-11-14.
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