OpTic Gaming Wins the Call of Duty World League (CWL) Championship 2017, Presented by PlayStation 4
August 14 2017 - 8:25AM
Business Wire
New Champion Brings Home 2017 Call of Duty
World League Championship Trophy of the World’s Biggest Console
Esport; Claims Winner’s Share of $1.5 Million Prize Purse
Thrilling Final Match Concludes Epic Call of
Duty Esports Season from Activision Totaling $4 Million in Season
Prizing
A fierce season of competition came to a close last night as
OpTic Gaming won the 2017 Call of Duty World League (CWL)
Championship, Presented by PlayStaton®4. Hosted by Major League
Gaming Corp. (MLG) in partnership with Activision Publishing, Inc.,
OpTic Gaming won this year’s crown over Team EnVyUs in a thrilling
final competition to determine this year’s champion as the best
Call of Duty team in the world.
“This does not feel real at all. I feel like a legend with my
teammates,” CWL Championship 2017 MVP Matthew ’FormaL’ Piper said
after receiving the honor. FormaL also earned MVP honors during the
CWL Stage 2 Playoffs. When asked about his consistency following
the second MVP award, FormaL cited his team. “It's not me. It's my
teammates, I really mean that. They allow me to play like that and
do the flashy stuff. I owe all of that to them.”
Call of Duty esports saw a substantial rise in competition this
year, with a year-over-year increase in participation of 400%. The
playing field has also leveled in 2017, with nine teams capturing
tournament wins around the world; including, Splyce, the first-ever
European team to win a CWL event on North American soil.
Held in Orlando, Fl., the tournament featured the world’s top 32
Call of Duty teams from North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific
region (APAC) as they competed at the five-day event for a share of
the $1.5 million championship prize pool, and the finale to this
year’s CWL season which offered $4 million in total prize purse,
the largest in Call of Duty history.
“Congratulations to OpTic Gaming on a fantastic finish, our 2017
CWL Champions,” said Rob Kostich, executive vice president and
general manager, Call of Duty. “The 2017 season was the best yet
with amazing competition and incredible fans at every stop. On
behalf of everyone at Call of Duty, we congratulate all the teams
on an outstanding year of competition and thank our fans for all of
their amazing support.”
Here are the final top four placements after the CWL
Championships:
- 1st – OpTic Gaming
- 2nd – Team EnVyUs
- 3rd – Luminosity
- 4th – Red Reserve
- 5th/6th – FaZe Clan
- 5th/6th – eUnited
- 7th/8th – Ghost Gaming
- 7th/8th – Splyce
For a list of all final team placings, please visit
www.callofduty.com/esports.
For more information on the exciting competition and the latest
intel on the Call of Duty World League Presented by PlayStation®4
check out: http://www.callofduty.com/cwl, tv.majorleaguegaming.com
or follow @CODWorldLeague on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Activision and MLG (both part of Activision Blizzard) join
forces with PlayStation®4 to bring Call of Duty World League to a
global audience, with the goal of providing fans the best esports
experience at live events and broadcast on mlg.tv/callofduty.
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