Team Kaliber Capture CWL Pro League Stage 2 Championship
July 30 2018 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Winning Team Carries Momentum into the 2018
Call of Duty World League Championship, August 15-19
After an intense eight-week competition at the MLG Arena in
Columbus, Ohio, Team Kaliber has captured the title of CWL Pro
League Stage 2 champion. CWL Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs, presented
by PlayStation®4, is Team Kaliber’s third event victory of the
season after capturing top honors at the CWL Dallas Open and CWL
New Orleans Open earlier this year.
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Team Kaliber: Ian "Enable" Wyatt, CWL Pro
League Stage 2 MVP Kenny "Kenny" Williams, Lamar "Accuracy" Abedi,
and Maurice "Fero" Henriquez (Photo: Business Wire)
For their win at CWL Pro League Stage 2 playoffs, Team Kaliber
earn the majority stake of the $500,000 event prize pool – part of
the season’s overall $4.2 million prize pool – and will carry
momentum into this year’s grand finale. The 2018 Call of Duty World
League Championship kicks off at the MLG Arena from August 15-16
before moving to the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, from
August 17-19, capping off the biggest year season ever for the Call
of Duty World League.
For his stellar play over the weekend, Kenny "Kenny" Williams
was named ASTRO Gaming MVP of the tournament. “The whole year we’ve
been counted out, and we’ve proven time-and-time again that we can
play with the best,” Kenny said in a post-game interview, citing
his team’s third championship of the season. Kenny also becomes a
favorite for the upcoming SCUF Gaming Team of the Week, which
honors top competitors in the CWL weekly.
Fans from around the world watched Williams and his team hoist
the trophy live on MLG.com/CallofDuty and Twitch.tv/CallofDuty, as
well as within the in-game Call of Duty®: WWII theater.
Championship Sunday was also broadcast live on Twitter, on
@CODWorldLeague.
Team Kaliber will also be memorialized at future CWL events
within the G FUEL Hall of Champions, which celebrates event
victories from past events in CWL history.
Here are the final placements for the CWL Pro League Stage 2
Playoffs:
- 1st – Team Kaliber
- 2nd – Rise Nation
- 3rd – Red Reserve
- 4th – eUnited
- 5th/6th – FaZe Clan / Unilad
- 7th/8th – Echo Fox / OpTic Gaming
The record-setting CWL season ends with the 2018 Call of Duty
World League Championship, August 15-19, with an overall event
prize pool of $1.5 million on the line – as part of the $4.2
million. Pools for the upcoming championship were drawn live
following Stage 2 playoffs.
The first two days of CWL Champs competition will be broadcast
live from the MLG Arena on August 15-16, before the event moves to
the Nationwide Arena on August 17-19, with tickets available to the
public. General Admission passes are priced at $50 (plus fees and
taxes) for the three-day event and are available while supplies
last. Prestige Experience passes are also available for $180 (plus
fees and taxes) while supplies last and include guaranteed floor
seating, a CWL Championship hoodie, and more. For tickets, visit
MLG.com/CWLChamps.
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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