Hangzhou Spark
| league | Overwatch League |
| founded | October 7, 2018 |
| division | Pacific |
| history | Hangzhou Spark |
| place |
 Hangzhou, China
|
| owner | Bilibili |
| Head coach | Lee Mask Mu-ho |
| Team colors | Pink, white and blue |
| Championships | 0 |
| Division title | 0 |
| League title | 0 |
| Stage title | 0 Stage 1: - Stage 2: - Stage 3: - Stage 4: - |
| website | official website |
Hangzhou Spark ( Simplified Chinese :杭州闪电; Traditional Chinese :杭州閃電; Pinyin : Hangzhou Shǎndiàn) is a professional Chinese Overwatch - E-sports team of the city of Hangzhou , China , which in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the Pacific Division plays. It was founded by Bilibili in 2018 and has played in the Overwatch League since 2019 as one of eight new expansion teams. It also plays as one of four professional Overwatch teams for China.
history
OWL expansion team
On October 7, 2018, Activision Blizzard announced that the Chinese video platform Bilibili had purchased a new team based in Hangzhou for the 2nd season of the Overwatch League . On November 14th, they announced their team name, Hangzhou Spark.
On November 16, they introduced their head coach, Lee Mask Mu-ho, and a week later they published the roster for Hangzhou Spark on Twitter , consisting of various Overwatch Contenders teams from China and Korea .
Start of phase
Hangzhou's first game was a 3-1 win over the Shanghai Dragons on February 14th. They finished phase 1 with a score of 3: 4 and could not fight their way into the stage 1 playoffs.
Name and logo
On November 14th, 2018, they presented their name and logo. The name "Spark" symbolizes the immense speed and power of electricity, as well as the "electrical nature and creative spark" of the Bilibili brand.
The colors of Hangzhou Spark are pink, white and blue. It also shows a hand gesture that looks like a finger gun that shoots with electricity. The logo is intended to refer to Mitoko Misaka from A Certain Scientific Railgun .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ It's official: All 8 new teams coming to Overwatch League have been revealed. In: Dot Esports. September 7, 2018, Retrieved May 16, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ a b Introducing the Hangzhou Spark 杭州 闪电 队. November 15, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Hangzhou Spark Reveals Overwatch League Coaching Staff. November 16, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2019 .
- ^ Bonnie Qu: The Hangzhou Spark are making an electric entrance into the Overwatch League. December 13, 2018, accessed May 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Nathan Grayson: Overwatch League's Season Two Debut Was Exciting Despite An Unpopular Meta. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ The Overwatch League: Schedule. Retrieved June 6, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Chinese Illustrator shares her original Overwatch League concepts for the Hangzhou Spark. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .