OpTic Gaming Takes the Crown at Call of Duty World League Dallas Open Presented by PlayStation®4
March 20 2017 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
The Top Eight Teams Took Home Their Share of
the $200,000 Prize Pool After a Hard-Fought Three-Day
Competition
The CWL Dallas Open, hosted by Major League Gaming Corp., has
concluded after a nail-biting competition with OpTic Gaming
claiming the top place finish. Teams eUnited, FaZe Clan and Splyce
rounded out the top four spots at the end of the three-day
tournament at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX.
OpTic Gaming claimed the largest piece of the prize pool, while
securing their spot in the inaugural Call of Duty World League
Presented by PlayStation®4, Global Pro League, beginning April
20.
Here are the final rankings for the CWL Dallas Open:
- 1st - OpTic Gaming
- 2nd – eUnited
- 3rd – FaZe Clan
- 4th – Splyce
- 5th/6th – Red Reserve & Team
EnVyUs
- 7th/8th – Evil Geniuses &
Luminosity Gaming
15 additional teams will join OpTic Gaming as part of the CWL
Global Pro League with a total of nine teams representing North
America, six from Europe, and one team from Asia-Pacific. 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 total $4 million
prize pool for the 2017 CWL season.
Here are the teams that will participate in the CWL Global Pro
League, with team members noted in parentheses:
North America:
- Cloud9 (Assault, Aches, Lacefield,
Ricky)
- eUnited (Silly, Prestinni, Arcitys,
Gunless)
- Enigma6 (General, Prodo, Kade,
MRuiz)
- Evil Geniuses (Studdy, Nameless,
Negafen, Havok)
- FaZe Clan (Clayster, Attach, Zoomaa,
Enable)
- Luminosity Gaming (Saints, Octane,
Slacked, Classic)
- OpTic Gaming (Scump, Formal, Karma,
Crimsix)
- Rise Nation (Faccento, Felony, Aqua,
Loony)
- Team EnVyUs (Jkap, John, Apathy,
Slasher)
EU:
- Elevate (Rated, Reedy, Zed,
Watson)
- Epsilon (Dqvee, Vortex, Hawqeh,
Joshh)
- Fnatic (SunnyB, Scrapz, Wuskin,
Tommey)
- Millenium (Nolson, MarkyB, Moose,
Peatie)
- Red Reserve (Seany, Niall, Joee,
Urban)
- Splyce (Zero, Bance, Madcat, Jurd)
APAC:
- Mindfreak (Buzzo, Shockz, Fighta,
Excite)
Be sure to check out https://www.callofduty.com/esports and
follow @CODWorldLeague on Twitter , Instagram and Twitch for the
latest CWL updates.
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.
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