Call of Duty World League (CWL) Presented by PlayStation® 4, Takes over the Dallas Metroplex Beginning Today
March 17 2017 - 3:00PM
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North American, European and Asia-Pacific
Teams to Compete March 17-19 in a $200,000 Competition at Ft. Worth
Convention Center
The Call of Duty® World League Presented by PlayStation®4 (CWL)
2017 season comes to Dallas, where top teams will vie for their
share of a $200,000 prize pool. Beginning today, Call of Duty teams
from North America, Europe, and for the first time this year in
pool play, squads from the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), will go
head-to-head during the CWL Dallas Open, hosted by Major League
Gaming Corp., March 17-19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in
Fort Worth, TX.
Today marks the beginning of the competition, featuring more
than 130 teams from around the world. The top four teams from the
open winners’ bracket will join pool play tomorrow for more
competition, while the final teams will compete on Sunday in the
championship bracket, for the $200,000 prize pool and the title of
the CWL Dallas Open Champion.
This Dallas competition will mark the final Call of Duty event
where hopeful teams can earn CWL Pro Points in an effort to qualify
into Stage 1 of the CWL Global Pro League. The Stage 1 competition
will begin April 20 at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio and will
include 16 teams from across the world. These teams will compete
for a chance at their share of the $1.4 million CWL Global Pro
League prize pool as part of the overall $4 million prize pool for
the 2017 CWL season. Teams that do not qualify for Stage 1 will
still be able to earn CWL Pro Points online via CWL ladders and
tournaments, as well as via LAN events, for a chance to compete in
Stage 2 later in the year.
OpTic Gaming, winners of the CWL Paris Open, and eUnited,
winners of the CWL Atlanta Open, have secured their spots. Top
teams FaZe Clan, Rise Nation, and CWL Championship 2016 winners,
Team EnVyUs, have also set themselves apart with CWL Pro Points.
The teams to watch this weekend are the bubble teams of Enigma6,
Cloud9, and PNDA Gaming from North America; and Elevate, Fnatic,
and Epsilon from Europe. The APAC region is still wide open between
MindFreak and Tainted Minds, with one likely ending up as the lone
APAC representative in the CWL Global Pro League.
For those interested in attending the event in Dallas, General
Admission (GA), three-day tickets, are currently available online
for only $49.99. The tickets will be offered on a first-come,
first-served basis at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Call of Duty World League Presented by PlayStation®4 is proud to
partner with Major League Gaming Corp. as North American tournament
operator and broadcast partner for the upcoming season. Through
MLG’s proven live streaming capabilities and technology, MLG.tv
will help to deliver the CWL Dallas Open across a number of
platforms including mlg.tv/callofduty, twitch.tv/mlg,
youtube.com/mlg and facebook.com/mlgpro.
For a taste of the captivating, non-stop action that can be
expected during this weekend’s competition, check out the following
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K-VxRDgCyQ
For the latest intel on the Call of Duty World League Presented
by PlayStation®4 and for live broadcasts check out:
http://www.callofduty.com/cwl,
tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/cwl,
www.youtube.com/majorleaguegaming, or follow @CODWorldLeague on
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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regarding the future, including statements about the expected
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Global Pro League are forward-looking statements, that are not
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