Team Kaliber Crowned Call of Duty World League Dallas Open Champions
December 11 2017 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Earns Winner’s Share of Event Prize Pool and
Becomes Early Favorite in New CWL Season Featuring $4.2 Million in
Overall Prizing – the Largest in Call of Duty Esports
History
Next Up CWL New Orleans Open, Jan. 12 -
14
The CWL Dallas Open culminated with Team Kaliber claiming the
top-place finish during a fiercely competitive tournament in Call
of Duty®: WWII. Teams Splyce, OpTic Gaming and FaZe Clan rounded
out the top four spots to conclude the three-day competition at the
Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.
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Team Kaliber (left to right; Dylan
"Theory" McGee, Lamar "Accuracy" Abedi, Kenny "Kenny" Kuavo and
Martin "Chino" Chino) wins the CWL Dallas Open (Photo: Business
Wire)
CWL Dallas Open Champs Team Kaliber claimed the largest piece of
the event’s $200,000 prize pool, as part of the new season’s $4.2
million prize pool, the largest in Call of Duty esports
history.
”Team Kaliber winning CWL Dallas means everything to me. We’ve
all been putting a lot of hard work in the last few years and I’ve
had a chance to watch all my friends succeed in that time. I relive
this moment through their eyes and now I’ve had my chance to win,”
said Team Kaliber’s Lamar “Accuracy” Abedi after being named CWL
Dallas Open MVP. “Thanks for all the fans in the crowd and watching
online. This has been unbelievable.”
The enormous open bracket of more than 200 teams proved to be
the largest CWL open event competition ever, where they faced-off
over the weekend in front of live fans and online at
MLG.com/CallofDuty.
Here are the final rankings for the CWL Dallas Open:
- 1st – Team Kaliber
- 2nd – Splyce
- 3rd – OpTic Gaming
- 4th – FaZe Clan
- 5th/6th – Echo Fox / eUnited
- 7th/8th – Luminosity / Team EnVyUs
Team Kaliber established themselves as the early team to beat in
the new Call of Duty World League season. The focus now shifts to
New Orleans, the site of the season’s second open event. CWL New
Orleans Open will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention
Center on January 12-14, 2018.
CWL New Orleans Open tickets are available now in multiple
varieties. General admission passes for the event are available for
$59.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes). A Premium Pass for the
event is also available for $89.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes)
and includes an event t-shirt and one month of MLG GameBattles
Premium. A $299.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes) VIP ticket is
also available and includes an event t-shirt, event jacket,
one-hour early entrance to the venue, access to the VIP Lounge and
more. For tickets, visit MLG.com/CWLNOLA.
Visit CallofDuty.com/esports and follow the Call of Duty World
League on Twitter and Instagram for the latest CWL updates. For
live broadcasts and Video on Demand, visit MLG.com/CallofDuty.
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