Eight European and Two Australian\/New Zealand Teams Secure Spots for Final Showdown at Call of Duty XP; US Bracket Draws Near with Final Qualifiers in Early August<\/p>\n
The final regional qualifiers representing Europe and Australia\/New Zealand for the Call of Duty\u00ae World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation\u00ae4 have been confirmed. These teams will join previous qualifiers from the Call of Duty World League Pro Division Stage 2 Finals at the CWL Championship at Call of Duty\u00ae XP. As the field gets closer to completion, these teams will head to Los Angeles, September 1st \u2013 4th, to face-off for a part of the more than $2 million prize pool, the biggest single event prize in the history of Call of Duty\u00ae competition and part of the year-long $3.5 million Call of Duty prize purse.<\/p>\n
The list of regional qualifiers, includes:<\/p>\n
Europe
\n\u00b7 Exertus eSports (UK)
\n\u00b7 Epsilion eSports (UK)
\n\u00b7 Giants Gaming (Spain)
\n\u00b7 Team LDLC (UK)
\n\u00b7 Supremacy (France)
\n\u00b7 Cappeh Academy (Mixed EU)
\n\u00b7 Revoltables (Mixed EU)
\n\u00b7 Vitality (Mixed EU)<\/p>\n
Australia\/ New Zealand
\n\u00b7 Champs Squad
\n\u00b7 Chiefs eSports Club<\/p>\n
Champs Squad and Chiefs eSports Club played against 16 of the top ANZ teams to earn their spot, while the European online qualifier featured 24 teams, from 10 countries across Europe, vying for a total of 8 spots. <\/p>\n
Only 10 spots remain of the 32 team competition. The North American online qualifier will take place August 12th -14th, just one weekend after the Call of Duty\u00ae MLG Orlando Open. Orlando is the last stop North American teams can earn points to determine their inclusion in the online qualifier. Six teams from the CWL Pro Division North America have already qualified for the CWL Championship. Team Envyus, Dream Team, Luminosity, Rise Nation, Faze Clan and Optic Gaming will be flying to Los Angeles for the September 1st \u2013 4th event.<\/p>\n
On August 15th a live broadcast on twitch.tv\/callofduty will determine the grouping for all the teams. Four teams will face off against each other in each of the eight groups during the first part of the tournament. The top two teams from each group will move on the bracket stage. Once at that stage, teams will face off in a double elimination bracket to determine the winner of the biggest Call of Duty event of the year. The winning team will take home the lion share of the more than $2 million prize pool as part of the closing festivities of the biggest Call of Duty fan event ever, Call of Duty XP. <\/p>\n
Here are the final rankings to date for the CWL Championship:<\/p>\n
Europe
\n\u00b7 Millenium (UK)
\n\u00b7 Team Infused (UK)
\n\u00b7 Splyce (UK)
\n\u00b7 HyperGames (UK)
\n\u00b7 Exertus eSports (UK)
\n\u00b7 Epsilion eSports (UK)
\n\u00b7 Giants Gaming (Spain)
\n\u00b7 Team LDLC (UK)
\n\u00b7 Supremacy (France)
\n\u00b7 Cappeh Academy (Mixed EU)
\n\u00b7 Revoltables (Mixed EU)
\n\u00b7 Vitality (Mixed EU)<\/p>\n
Australia\/ New Zealand
\n\u00b7 MindFreak
\n\u00b7 Orbit
\n\u00b7 Champs Squad
\n\u00b7 Chiefs eSports Club<\/p>\n
North America
\n\u00b7 Team Envyus
\n\u00b7 Dream Team
\n\u00b7 Luminosity
\n\u00b7 Rise Nation
\n\u00b7 Faze Clan
\n\u00b7 Optic Gaming
\n\u00b7 Teams 7 \u2013 16 to be confirmed on August 15th<\/p>\n
Call of Duty World League, Presented by PlayStation\u00ae4 is proud to partner with Major League Gaming. Through MLG\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eight European and Two Australian\/New Zealand Teams Secure Spots for Final Showdown at Call of Duty XP; US Bracket Draws Near with Final Qualifiers in Early August The final regional qualifiers representing Europe and Australia\/New Zealand for the Call of Duty\u00ae World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation\u00ae4 have been confirmed. These teams will join previous … <\/p>\n