The 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals was the third championship match of the Overwatch League (OWL), which took place on October 10, 2020. The series was the conclusion of the 2020 Overwatch League playoffs and was played between the San Francisco Shock and Seoul Dynasty.
San Francisco qualified for the season playoffs as the second seed in the North America region, while Seoul qualified as the fourth seed in the Asia Region. After claiming the top North America seed in the Grand Finals Bracket, San Francisco defeated the Seoul Dynasty and Shanghai Dragons to reach the Grand Finals match. Seoul claimed the second Asia seed in the Grand Finals Bracket, and after losing to San Francisco in the first round, they defeated the Philadelphia Fusion and Shanghai Dragons to reach the Grand Finals match.
In the Grand Finals match, the Shock defeated the Dynasty by a score of 4–2 to win their second OWL championship.
Road to the Grand Finals
The Grand Finals are the post-season championship series of the Overwatch League (OWL), a professional international esports league; the teams in the Grand Finals match will compete for a $2.25 million prize pool, where the winners will receive $1.5 million. The 2020 season was the third season in OWL history and consisted of twenty teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes to the season were made, including switching to online matches, reworking the teams' distributions into two regions – North America and Asia, cancelling certain mid-season events, and introducing mid-season tournaments. The playoffs were contested by twelve teams – eight from the North America region and four from the Asia region. The top two teams from each region's respective playoff bracket qualified for the Grand Finals bracket, where the final two teams in the Grand Finals bracket will play in the Grand Finals match.
The finalists, San Francisco and Seoul, finished the 2020 regular season with records of and , respectively. The Shock claimed the second seed of the North America season playoffs, while the Dynasty were awarded the fourth seed of the Asia season playoffs. The two teams faced each other one time in 2020 season – in the first round of the Grand Finals bracket; the Shock won the match 3–2. The Shock are the defending OWL champions, while the 2019 runners-up Vancouver Titans failed to qualify for the 2020 playoffs after being eliminated in the play-in tournament.
Seoul Dynasty
The Dynasty entered the league in 2018 as one of the twelve founding franchises. In the offseason preceding the 2020 season, the team made many organization changes, including parting ways with head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun and promoting assistant coach Park "changoon" Chang-geun to head coach. Seoul made many roster changes as well. Additions to the team included tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee, DPS Park "Profit" Joon-yeong, support Kim "Creative" Young-wan, and support Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae, while departures included support Lee "Jecse" Seung-soo, support Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok, support Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong, and off-tank Kim "zunba" Joon-hyeok.
Seoul started their season on March 28 with a 3–0 sweep over the Los Angeles Valiant. The team was handed their first loss on April 26 to bring their record to 3–1 prior to the May Melee. On May 14, the team signed former Vancouver Titans main support Kim "SLIME" Seong-joon. The Dynasty struggled to find wins in the regular season portion of the May Melee, finishing last in the Asia seeding with a 1–3 record for May; however, they made it to the finals but were defeated by the Shanghai Dragons. Despite their strong performance in the tournament, Seoul again struggled to win regular season games, losing three straight until a 3–0 sweep over the Chengdu Hunters, giving them the fifth seed in the Summer Showdown tournament. Seoul reached the semifinals of the tournament but were, again, eliminated by the Dragons. Seoul's struggles continued, finishing last in the Countdown Cup seeding with an 0–4 record. On August 6, two days prior to the Countdown Cup tournament, Seoul signed off-tank Lim "Toyou" Hyun-woo to a two-way contract. The team fell to the Hangzhou Spark in the first round of the Countdown Cup. The Dynasty finished the season strong, winning four of their last five final matches to finish the season with 9 wins, 3 bonus wins from midseason tournaments, and 12 losses, giving them an effective regular season record of 12–12 and the fifth seed in the Asia region postseason. After qualifying for a first-round bye in the Asia region play-in tournament, Seoul defeated the Spark in the play-in tournament to claim the fourth seed in the Asia playoffs bracket.