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The 2020 Florida Mayhem season was the third season of the Florida Mayhem's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first season under head coach Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk. The Mayhem planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami and the Full Sail Live Venue at Full Sail University, but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Mayhem opened the season going 7–4 heading into the May Melee tournament, where they reached the finals before being defeated by the San Francisco Shock. Florida finished the season with 14 wins, 3 bonus wins from midseason tournaments, and 7 losses to claim the fourth seed in the North America season playoffs. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on September 12 eliminated the Mayhem from the North America bracket.

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In early October 2019, Florida released assistant general manager Scott "Bearhands" Tester and promoted assistant general manager Andrew "yeHHH" Yeh to general manager. Assistant coach Kim "KH1" Hyung-il was released from the team a few days later. On November 20, Florida announced the signing of former RunAway coach Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk as their head coach and former MVP Space coach Kim "Dox" Min-seok as an assistant coach.

For the 2020 season, the Mayhem debuted new colors, trading the yellow and red color scheme that the team had used for two years in favor of a 1980s Miami color scheme, featuring pink, teal, and black.

Roster changes

The Mayhem enter the new season with no free agents, ten players which they have the option to retain for another year, and two players under contract. 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.

On October 7, Florida announced that they would not pick up the team option for flex support Jo "HaGoPeun" Hyeon-woo, tank Yoon "Swon" Seong-won, substitute off-tank Koo "Xepher" Jae-mo, substitute support Park "RaiN" Jae-ho, and substitute DPS Choi "DPI" Yong-joon. Florida's first acquisitions of the offseason were announced on November 20, when the team announced the signings of DPS Kim "Yaki" Jun-ki and support Gang "Gangnamjin" Nam-jin from Korean Contenders team RunAway.

Roster

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

• On May 29, the Mayhem signed DPS Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson on a 14-day contract.
• On June 6, the Mayhem DPS transferred Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson to the Los Angeles Gladiators.

Standings

Game log

Regular season

Midseason tournaments

Postseason

References

1. Byrne, Laura (August 20, 2019). "Florida Mayhem announces details for 2020 homestand events". Esports Insider. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
2. Richardson, Liz (May 24, 2020). "Shanghai Dragons, San Francisco Shock win Overwatch League May Melee tournament". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
3. Field Level Media (September 4, 2020). "Ailing Decay leads Justice past Fuel in OWL playoffs". Reuters. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
4. Weyrich, Matt (September 12, 2020). "Washington Justice pull to within one win of Grand Finals in South Korea". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Florida Mayhem remove Bearhands, promote yeHHH to general manager". Dot Esport. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
6. ^ Richardson, Liz (October 7, 2019). "Florida Mayhem release 5 players, assistant coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
7. Peres, Pedro (November 19, 2019). "Florida Mayhem sign Kuki as head coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
8. Duwe, Scott (January 6, 2020). "Florida Mayhem reveals new hot pink color scheme". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
9. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
10. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
11. Czar, Michael (November 20, 2019). "Florida Mayhem signs RunAway players Yaki and Gangnamjin". Daily Esports. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
12. Miller, Chris (May 29, 2020). "Overwatch League: Joshua 'Sideshow' Wilkinson Gets Picked Up By Florida Mayhem". Happy Gamer. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
13. Howard, Brandon (June 8, 2020). "Florida Mayhem Trade Sideshow To Los Angeles Gladiators". TheGamer. Retrieved October 15, 2020.

v t e Florida Mayhem
Founded in 2017 Based in Miami-Orlando, Florida
Franchise	Franchise Seasons Players
Arenas	Watsco Center Full Sail Live
Parent group	Misfits Gaming
Championships	2023
League affiliations	League Overwatch League Division Atlantic South
Affiliate teams	Mayhem Academy (OWC)
Seasons	2018 2019 2020 2021
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