Final Groups Confirmed for Call of Duty World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation®4
16 August 2016 - 8:33AM
Business Wire
Remaining Ten North American Pro Teams
Qualify for $2 Million Tournament, Taking Place During Call of Duty
XP
Call of Duty World League Broadcast
Viewership Surpasses 1 Billion Minutes Watched in Inaugural
Season
Fans Can Pick Winners and Compete for
$25,000, as Part of the Winner’s Bracket Challenge Presented by
GameStop
The countdown is on and the field is set for the biggest
tournament in Call of Duty history as teams from around the world
come to Call of Duty XP this September to compete for $2 million
dollars.
“In 17 days the best teams in the world will take the stage for
the ultimate Call of Duty competition,” said Rob Kostich, executive
vice president and general manager, Call of Duty. “Call of Duty XP
is the perfect finale to the debut season of the Call of Duty World
League, where fans have already shown incredible support throughout
the year as they’ve watched more than one billion minutes of Call
of Duty competitive gameplay so far. The clock is ticking, get
ready for the best Call of Duty fan experience ever.”
To determine the final teams who will compete on day one of the
highly-anticipated Call of Duty® World League Championship,
Presented by PlayStation®, 32 teams faced-off this past weekend.
Team Kalibur, compLexity, Team eLevate, Team Allegiance, Cloud9,
Pnda Gaming, Corn, Apotheon eSports, Most Wanted, and Livin the
Dream will now join the other 22 teams, who have previously
qualified, from North America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand as
they head to Los Angeles this September to compete for a share of
the biggest single event prize in the history of Call of Duty®
competition, and part of the year-long, more than $3.5 million Call
of Duty prize purse.
The official groups and final list of teams participating in
Call of Duty World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation®4
includes:
GROUP A
- Millenium (EU)
- Splyce (EU)
- Livin the Dream (NA)
- Revoltables (EU)
GROUP B
- Rise Nation (NA)
- HyperGames (EU)
- Apotheon eSports (NA)
- Supremacy (EU)
GROUP C
- Luminosity (NA)
- Mindfreak (ANZ)
- FAB Games (EU)
- Chiefs eSports Club (ANZ)
GROUP D
- Ground Zero (NA)
- Allegiance (NA)
- Epsilon eSports (EU)
- PuLse Gaming (EU)
GROUP E
- FaZe Clan (NA)
- Team eLevate (NA)
- Corn (NA)
- Giants Gaming (EU)
GROUP F
- Team Infused (EU)
- Team Kaliber (NA)
- Most Wanted (NA)
- Tainted Minds (ANZ)
GROUP G
- Team EnVyUs (NA)
- Orbit (ANZ)
- Cloud9 (NA)
- Team Vitality (EU)
GROUP H
- OpTic Gaming (NA)
- compLexity (NA)
- PNDA Gaming (NA)
- Team LDLC (EU)
Starting today, fans have a chance to earn $25,000 in the 2016
Call of Duty Championship Winner’s Bracket Challenge Presented by
GameStop. As part of the Winner’s Bracket Challenge Presented by
GameStop, fans can fill out who they think will advance through the
CWL Championship Winner’s Bracket and compete for a $25,000 grand
prize. Those that think they know the CWL teams the best can go to
www.callofduty.com/bracket to test their skill in picking the
winners to see who comes out on top. For rules go to
www.callofduty.com/bracket/rules. No purchase necessary to enter or
win.
With the growth of the Call of Duty World League, Call of Duty
esports viewership has surpassed 1 billion minutes consumed this
year. The Call of Duty World League Championships at Call of Duty
XP is expected to be the most viewed Call of Duty esports event in
history by a wide margin thanks to great fan engagement.
The CWL Championship will be part of the biggest ever fan
celebration at Call of Duty XP 2016. Call of Duty XP will include
the reveal and first hands-on for Call of Duty®: Infinite
Warfare multiplayer, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Remastered multiplayer and new Call of Duty: Black
Ops III Downloadable Content. Fans will also get to play the
first Call of Duty VR experience on site, and will have
other ‘you-had-to-be-there’ live action experiences inspired
by Call of Duty, including Nuketown paintball, Zombies laser
tag and other fun.
Call of Duty World League, Presented by PlayStation®4 is proud
to partner with Major League Gaming. Through MLG’s proven live
streaming capabilities and technology, CWL fans can watch all the
Black Ops III esports action on MLG.TV and in-game (BOIII PS4)
through Live Event Viewer.
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