The franchise began in 2016 when Chinese esports organization vpgame established two Overwatch esport teams: VPGAME.ZZ and VPGAME.ONE.
2016–2017: Invictus Gaming
On July 9, 2016, Invictus Gaming announced the acquisition of VPGAME's esports teams, rebranding VPGAME.ZZ to iG.Fire and VPGAME.ONE to iG.Ice. Both teams competed in the Overwatch Premier series, a series of professional Overwatch tournaments in China. iG.Fire qualified for the 2016 APAC Premier. After defeating Team Skadi's Gift in the first round of the double-elimination group stages, the team dropped the next two matches to Lunatic-Hai and Rogue to be eliminated from the tournament. iG.Ice qualified for the 2017 Spring Overwatch Premier Series, where the team made it past the group stages, but fell to Lucky Future in the quarterfinals.
2017–present: Team CC
On August 4, 2017, NetEase CC announced that they had acquired iG's Overwatch teams and consolidated both them into Team CC. Prior to the creation of Overwatch Contenders China, Team CC competed in the 2017 Summer Overwatch Premier Series. On January 10, 2018, the Shanghai Dragons revealed that Team CC would compete as their academy team for Overwatch Contenders China. In their first season in Contenders China, Team CC posted a 3–2 record in the group stages and qualified for the playoffs. While the team was able to defeat Legend Young Beyond in the quarterfinals, they fell to LGD Gaming in the semifinals by a score of 1–3. In 2018 Season 2, CC was able to qualify for the playoffs again, but fell to The One Winner in the quarterfinals. In the final season of 2018, the team qualified for the playoffs for the third straight season and was able to defeat Big Time Regal Gaming in the quarterfinals, but they lost to Flag Gaming in the semifinals. In 2019 Season 1, Team CC advanced past the group stages to the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season; however, the team fell in the quarterfinals to Hangzhou Spark's academy team Bilibili Gaming. The following season, Team CC finished first in their group and made it to the China regional finals, but they fell to the Chengdu Hunters' academy team LGE.Huya in the finals match. Following their finals loss, head coach Moon Byung-chul was promoted to the head coach of the Shanghai Dragons.
Seasons overview
Current roster
OWL buyouts and promotions
All Overwatch Contenders players are eligible to be promoted by their affiliated Overwatch League team or signed to any other Overwatch League during specified non-blackout periods. ;2017
Support Chen "Fiveking" Zhaoyu was signed by Shanghai Dragons on October 31.
