Call of Duty World League (CWL) Championship 2017, Presented by PlayStation®4, Begins Today in Orlando
August 09 2017 - 12:48PM
Business Wire
Premier Call of Duty Competition from
Activision – the World’s Largest Console Esport – Brings Together
Top 32 Teams from North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific to Compete
for Share of $1.5M Prize Pool at the Amway Center
The Culmination of a $4 Million Season Prize
Pool, the Largest in Call of Duty Esports History
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Over 19,000 Call of Duty players – the world’s largest console
esport – competed throughout the year and only 32 teams have
emerged to face off at the 2017 Call of Duty World League (CWL)
Championship, Presented by PlayStation®4, beginning today at the
Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Hosted by Major League Gaming
Corp. (MLG) in partnership with Activision Publishing, Inc., the
world’s best teams from North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific
region (APAC) will compete for their share of the $1.5 million
event prize pool, the title of 2017 CWL Champions and to be named
the best Call of Duty esports team in the world. This week’s
championship also completes the biggest yearly prize pool in Call
of Duty history with $4 million in total prize pursing.
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“It’s been a great year for the Call of Duty World League with
more players competing than ever before across the pro and amateur
circuits,” said Rob Kostich, executive vice president and general
manager, Call of Duty. “And through our partnership with MLG, we’ve
also continued to raise the bar in event broadcast production
delivering hundreds of hours of content for viewing on MLG.tv. From
the millions of fans who play and watch worldwide, it all comes
down to this, an epic week featuring the top 32 teams competing at
the highest level.”
Marking the first time that this event for the world’s largest
console esport takes place on the East Coast, the 2017 CWL
Championship features all of the top qualifying teams across the
world based on CWL Pro Points, including CWL Global Pro League
Stage 1 Playoffs winner Splyce and CWL Anaheim Open Champions
Luminosity. CWL Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs winners OpTic
Gaming will also take the stage in an all-out clash for the
championship.
Here are the groups for the 2017 CWL Championship:
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
OpTic Gaming Team EnVyUs EUnited Luminosity Epsilon Esports Elevate
Mindfreak Rise Nation Echo Fox Projekt Evil Team Infused Supremacy
3sUp Mindfreak Black Lethal Gaming Team Vitality
GROUP E
GROUP F
GROUP G
GROUP H
FaZe Clan Fnatic Splyce Enigma6 Red Reserve Evil Geniuses Ghost
Gaming Cloud9 Allegiance Str8 Rippin Millenium Team MRN Black Era
Eternity Tainted Minds Team Kaliber Rogue
For those interested in attending the CWL Stage Two Playoffs,
General Admission (GA), three-day tickets, are currently available
online for $53.99 (plus fees and taxes), while supplies last. The
tickets will also be offered on a first-come, first-served basis at
the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Fans can view all the action
this week online at MLG.tv/CallofDuty.
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.
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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