The Call of Duty World League Championship 2019 was a Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 tournament on PlayStation 4 which took place from August 14–18, 2019. The tournament was won by the team consisting of Alec "Arcitys" Sanderson, Preston "Prestinni" Sanderson, James "Clayster" Eubanks, Tyler "aBeZy" Pharris and Chris "Simp" Lehr, with Chris Lehr being chosen as the tournament's MVP.
Overview
The Call of Duty World Championship is a yearly tournament containing all of the best pro and top amateur teams in the world. The 2019 World Championship had a 2 million dollar prize pool with $800,000 awarded to the winning team. The event took place in Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
Rules
Each team of the 32 teams that qualified would first be sorted into groups of 4 and would play all 3 other teams in the group. Once finished, the top 2 teams would advance to the winners bracket, the 3rd place team advance to the losers bracket, and the last place team would be eliminated. Teams would then compete in double elimination style bracket until there was crowned a winner. The series were best of 5, with the 3 modes being played. Map 1 and 4 would be Hardpoint (a race to 250 points), map 2 and 5 would be Search and Destroy (a race to 6 round victories), and map 3 would be Control (a race to 3 round victories).
Qualified Teams The 16 teams which qualified for 2019 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship. They were joined by the top 16 amateur teams from the CWL Finals Open Bracket.
Division A Division B Open Bracket Finals OpTic Gaming TrainHard Esport Team WaR Gen.G esports 100 Thieves Celtic FC EsportsQualified under The Bhoys. FURY Gaming FaZe Clan Splyce Team VanityQualified under exCalibur. Sicario Gaming Team Reciprocity Team Heretics Aspire eSports Mazer Gaming Midnight Esports Team Envy RBL EsportsQualified under Fire Sticks Gaming Team. Team Singularity Evil Geniuses UNITS Carnage Gaming Animosity eSportsQualified under Team Divinely. Luminosity Gaming Enigma6 Fuego Gaming Hybrid Gaming UYU Elevate LGND Sage eSports
Groups The draw for the groups took place on 31 July 2019.
Group A Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 3–0 100% 9–2 82% Bracket Play 2 Elevate 1–2 33% 5–7 42% 3 RBL Esports 1–2 33% 5–7 42% Eliminated 4 Celtic FC Esports 1–2 33% 4–7 36% Group B Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Enigma6 3–0 100% 9–1 90% Bracket Play 2 Team WaR 2–1 67% 6–3 67% 3 Fuego Gaming 1–2 33% 4–8 33% Eliminated 4 Gen.G esports 0–3 0% 2–9 18%
Group C Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 FaZe Clan 3–0 100% 9–2 82% Bracket Play 2 UNITS 2–1 67% 6–5 55% 3 Mazer Gaming 1–2 33% 6–7 46% Eliminated 4 Animosity eSports 0–3 0% 2–9 18% Group D Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Team Envy 3–0 100% 9–6 60% Bracket Play 2 Team Reciprocity 2–1 67% 8–3 73% 3 Sage eSports 1–2 33% 5–6 45% Eliminated 4 LGND 0–3 33% 2–9 18%
Group E Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Team Singularity 3–0 100% 9–2 82% Bracket Play 2 Luminosity Gaming 2–1 67% 6-5 55% 3 UYU 1–2 33% 7–6 54% Eliminated 4 Team Vanity 0–3 0% 0–9 0% Group F Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 100 Thieves 3–0 100% 9–2 82% Bracket Play 2 Sicario Gaming 2–1 67% 6–5 55% 3 Midnight Esports 1–2 33% 6–7 46% Eliminated 4 FURY Gaming 0–3 0% 2–9 18%
Group G Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 OpTic Gaming 3–0 100% 9–3 75% Bracket Play 2 Evil Geniuses 2–1 67% 7–4 64% 3 TrainHard Esport 1–2 33% 5–6 45% Eliminated 4 Carnage Gaming 0–3 0% 1–9 10% Group H Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Splyce 3–0 100% 9–1 90% Bracket Play 2 Team Heretics 2–1 67% 6–3 67% 3 Aspire eSports 1–2 33% 3–7 30% Eliminated 4 Hybrid Gaming 0–3 0% 2–9 18%
Final standings Place Team Prize money 1st $800,000 2nd100 Thieves $260,000 3rdOpTic Gaming $140,000 4thEnigma6 $110,000 5th/6th UNITS $75,000 Team Reciprocity 7th/8th Luminosity Gaming $50,000Evil Geniuses 9th-12th Team WaR $35,000 Team Singularity Sicario Gaming Elevate 13th-16th Team Heretics $25,000 FaZe Clan Team EnvySplyce 17th-24th RBL Esports $15,000 Fuego Gaming Mazer Gaming Sage eSports UYU Midnight Esports TrainHard Esport Aspire eSports 25th-32ndCeltic FC Esports $10,000 Gen.G esports Animosity eSports LGND Team Vanity FURY Gaming Carnage Gaming Hybrid Gaming
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