Team Kaliber Crowned Champion of the CWL New Orleans Open
January 15 2018 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Event Standings Help Determine Sixteen
Qualifying Teams to Compete at the CWL Pro League at the MLG Arena,
Beginning January 23
Next CWL Open Event Returns to Atlanta,
March 9 - 11
The CWL New Orleans Open, presented by PlayStation®4, concluded
with Team Kaliber claiming top prize after a fiercely competitive
tournament in Call of Duty®: WWII. Teams Luminosity Gaming, Rise
Nation and Red Reserve rounded out the top four spots at the end of
the three-day competition taking place at the Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center in New Orleans.
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CWL New Orleans Open Champions Team
Kaliber (Dylan "Theory" McGee, Lamar "Accuracy" Abedi, Kenny
"Kenny" Kuavo and Martin "Chino" Chino) (Photo: Business Wire)
CWL New Orleans Open Champions 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. This was Team Kaliber’s second CWL Global Open
championship of the season, previously winning the CWL Dallas Open
in December 2017.
“Winning back-to-back events means the world to us. A lot of
people doubted us, even after our Championship win at CWL Dallas,
and I'm glad we could prove them all wrong,” said CWL New Orleans
Open MVP Martin ‘Chino’ Chino. “I’m really proud of us but being as
good as we are I feel like we can keep improving. We want to stay
at the top and the next challenge is the CWL Pro League and then
CWL Atlanta in March.”
Teams from North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region
competed in the enormous open bracket during the event for a chance
at being crowned champion on Sunday. Fans watched the event over
the weekend in front of live fans, online at MLG.com/CallofDuty and
via the in-game Call of Duty®: WWII Headquarters Theater.
Here are the final rankings for the CWL New Orleans Open:
- 1st - Team Kaliber
- 2nd – Luminosity Gaming
- 3rd – Rise Nation
- 4th – Red Reserve
- 5th/6th – Echo Fox / eUnited
- 7th/8th – Evil Geniuses / FaZe
Clan
Based on CWL Pro Points accrued throughout the season and ending
with the CWL New Orleans Open, the top 16 teams to enter Stage 1 of
the CWL Pro League – a multi-stage tournament series featuring
teams from North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region – will
begin competing at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on January
23.
The season continues with the next open event of the season, at
the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on March 9 – 11,
2018.
CWL Atlanta 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/CWLAtlanta.
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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