Team CC Team CC Contenders KR Rank #6 innovation Oh Seok-hyun (오석현) dps superich Wu Gengtuo (吴梗拓) support , the academy team for the Shanghai Dragons Shanghai Dragons OWL Rank #5 Izayaki Kim Min-chul (김민철) flex support Void Kang Jun-woo (강준우) off tank Fleta Kim Byung-sun (김병선) dps LIP Lee Jae-won (이재원) dps Fate Koo Pan-seung (구판승) tank LeeJaeGon Lee Jae-gon (이재곤) support , have announced their new roster for the upcoming season of Contenders China on Weibo.
DPS player SonGBoos and off-tank vKei will be departing from the team, while innovation , SeeYA , and Farway1987 will join the roster. Additionally, Moon will be serving as the team's head coach, while HuaMao moves to an advisor role.
Moon joins as the team's new head coach. He previously coached the Los Angeles Valiant Los Angeles Valiant OWL Rank #15 Molly He Chengzhi (何诚智) flex support Diya Lu Weida (陆炜达) dps innovation Oh Seok-hyun (오석현) dps Becky Il-ha Kim (김일하) dps Ezhan dps Marve1 Hwang Min-seo (황민서) tank Lengsa Chen Jingyi (陈婧逸) support , doing so since February 2018. Under his leadership, the Valiant obtained a 16-4 match record in the latter half of the Overwatch League's 2018 season, and earned the title of Stage 4 champions. In the current season, however, the Valiant fell flat and ended 0-7 in Stage 1. This had led management to part ways with coach Moon. Team CC will be Moon's first team since he departed the Valiant.
Previously from Meta Athena, innovation has had several seasons of experience in Contenders, though he has never made a playoff appearance. He was released from the team following Meta Athena's pickup of X6 Gaming. He replaces SonGBoos, who left the team in May.
SeeYA is another player with a wealth of experience in Contenders despite never making playoffs. Having been on BlossoM BlossoM Korea Rank #2 since January 2018, his most recent accomplishment is third place in the most recent season of Trials Korea. He replaces vKei as the team's off-tank.
farway is the final addition to the player roster. A veteran of the Chinese scene, he earned a silver medal in the inaugural season of Contenders China with LGD Gaming, and represented Team China in the Overwatch World Cup 2017. He last played for Flag Gaming, though he never played with the team in Contenders due to a suspension he served last season.
farway's addition to Team CC is no surprise, however, as he was playing for the team in the LanStory Cup - Summer tournament earlier this month. He replaces ManGoJai , who joined Talon Esports in the Pacific region.
Team CC returns to Contenders China after finishing in the quarterfinals last season. Contenders China begin on July 1.
The roster of Team CC Team CC Contenders KR Rank #6 innovation Oh Seok-hyun (오석현) dps superich Wu Gengtuo (吴梗拓) support is:
- Jiang "jwj" Wenjie (江文杰) (DPS)
- Oh "innovation" Seok-hyun (오석현) (DPS)
- Shin "SeeYA" Dong-hoon (신동훈) (Off-tank)
- Lee "FEARLESS" Eui-seok (이의석) (Tank)
- Qiu "GagA" Jiaxin (仇佳鑫) (Tank)
- Cao "farway" Jiale (曹家乐) (Flex support)
- Chen "SIO" Zhaoyu (陈昭宇) (Support)
Their coaching staff is: