eUnited Wins 2019 Call of Duty® World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation®4
August 19 2019 - 12:00PM
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New City-Based Call of Duty Esports League
to Launch in 2020
The 2019 Call of Duty® World League season concluded with
eUnited winning the most prestigious prize in professional Call of
Duty® esports: The Call of Duty World League Championship. Through
August 14-18, 32 teams from around the world competed in Los
Angeles across a massive five-day tournament in the last event of
the Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4 competitive season.
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eUnited wins the 2019 Call of Duty World
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eUnited captured the organization’s first-ever Call of Duty
esports world championship, driven by the strong teamwork and skill
of event MVP Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr. 100 Thieves, OpTic Gaming, and
Enigma6 rounded-out the remaining top four teams at #CWLCHAMPS.
“Congratulations to eUnited for their victory at the 2019 Call
of Duty World League Championship,” said Johanna Faries,
Commissioner of Call of Duty Esports. “Thank you to the teams at
Activision and Treyarch as well as our league sponsors for helping
us deliver an incredibly competitive and entertaining season of
gameplay for our fans around the world.”
In 2020, Call of Duty Esports grows to a city-based franchise
league featuring games in home markets around the globe, including
announced teams in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New
York, Paris, and Toronto. Additional team announcements are coming
soon.
Visit CallofDuty.com/esports and follow the official home of
Call of Duty esports on Twitter and Instagram for more information
on the upcoming season. Video-on-Demand from the Call of Duty:
Black Ops 4 season is available on MLG.com/CallofDuty and
YouTube.com/CODWorldLeague.
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