Team EnVyUs Wins the Call of Duty World League (CWL) Championship, Presented by PlayStation® 4
September 04 2016 - 05:34PM
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Claims Winner’s Share of $2 Million –
Biggest Prize Purse in Call of Duty History
Thrilling Final Closes Epic Call of Duty XP
Fan Celebration and Largest Call of Duty Esports Tournament
Team EnVyUs is the Call of Duty® World League Champion. In a
thrilling finale, Team EnVyUs overcame top European team Splyce in
front of a sold-out, packed house at the Forum Sunday afternoon to
claim the first ever title for the Call of Duty World League
Championship, Presented by PlayStation® 4. Team EnVyUs took home
the winner’s share of the biggest prize purse in Call of Duty
history of $2 million.
“Winning this event, in front of this crowd is a dream come
true,” said Jordan “JKAP” Kaplan, Team EnVyUs team captain. “The
energy, the tension, and the competition were all amazing. This is
a moment that I will remember for the rest of my life.”
The competition was held in front of a sold-out audience of
thousands of fans inside the Forum in Inglewood and shown around
the world via Twitch, MLG.TV, YouTube as well as viewed in-game
itself (Black Ops III PS4) on the Live Event Viewer. Heading into
the CWL Championship prior to this weekend, Call of Duty
competitive fans have already viewed more than 1.1 billion minutes
of content across 100 million tune ins.
“Call of Duty XP was an epic fan celebration, and the perfect
place to host the biggest Call of Duty competition in history,”
said Rob Kostich, Executive Vice President and General Manager of
Call of Duty, Activision. “The excitement and energy today was
huge. What a great finals match and tournament. We created the CWL
to celebrate great competition and the best fans in the world.
Today lived up to every expectation. Congratulations to Team EnVyUs
and thanks to the entire Call of Duty community for making Call of
Duty XP the most amazing fan celebration in the world.”
Here were the final four placings for the Call of Duty World
League Championships, Presented by PlayStation®4:
1. Team EnVyUs (NA)
2. Splyce (EU)
3. Team eLevate (NA)
4. FAB Games (EU)
For a list of all final team placings, please visit
www.callofduty.com/esports.
More than 1,000 teams entered the CWL competition, with the 32
most elite teams making it to the World Championships hosted at
Call of Duty XP. The CWL Championship was part of the biggest ever
fan celebration at Call of Duty XP 2016, at the Forum in Inglewood,
CA. Call of Duty XP featured the debut and first hands-on
for Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare multiplayer. Fans
were also among the first in the world to get their hands on Call
of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered multiplayer, new Call
of Duty: Black Ops III Downloadable Content and a chance to
play the first Call of Duty VR experience. Attendees also
participated in several experiential activities inspired
by Call of Duty, including Nuketown paintball, zombies laser
tag and other events celebrating the critically-acclaimed game
franchise.
As always, you can re-live the Championship action on the Call
of Duty YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/CALLOFDUTY/videos. Be sure to check
out https://www.callofduty.com/esports and follow @CODWorldLeague
on Twitter, Instagram, and Twitch for the latest CWL updates. 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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