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OpTic Gaming Prevails at the Call of Duty World (CWL) Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs Presented by PlayStation® 4
[July 31, 2017]

OpTic Gaming Prevails at the Call of Duty World (CWL) Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs Presented by PlayStation® 4


The highly suspenseful Call of Duty World League Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs, hosted by Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG), has come to a close with OpTic Gaming winning Sunday's Grand Final.

The eight best Call of Duty teams from around the world competed throughout the weekend, vying for their share of the $500,000 event prize pool and the goal to position themselves heading into the 2017 CWL Championship.

"It's really crazy how we turned it around," OpTic Gaming star Seth "Scump" Abner said of his team's play during CWL Stage 2 following OpTic's disappointing placement at CWL Anaheim 2017. "We've been putting a ton of time in as a team and it's just great that it showed off. I'm proud of every single one of these guys. Every single one of them stepped up when they needed to." Scump's teammate, Matthew "FormaL" Piper, was named CWL Stage 2 MVP following the CWL Stage 2 Playoff trophy presentation.

OpTic Gaming entered Sunday's Grand Final from the loser bracket, forcing the team to win two separate best-of-five matches against Team EnVyUs to be crowned CWL Stage 2 champions.

Here are the final rankings after the CWL Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs:

  • 1st - OpTic Gaming
  • 2nd - Team EnVyUs
  • 3rd - eUnited
  • 4th - Luminosity
  • 5th/6th - FaZe Clan
  • 5th/6th - Fnatic
  • 7th/8th - Enigma6
  • 7th/8th - Splyce
  • 9th/12th - Evil Geniuses
  • 9th/12th - Ghost Gaming
  • 9th/12th - Red Reserve
  • 9th/12th - Cloud9 (News - Alert)
  • 13th/16th - Mindfreak
  • 13th/16th - Elevate
  • 13th/16th - Rise Nation
  • 13th/16th - Epsilon Esports

The CWL continues to heat up as the season draws to a close, culminating with the 2017 CWL Championship in Orlando, FL., August 9-13. Placement at the CWL Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs help determine seeding for the upcoming 2017 CWL Championship. At the 2017 CWL Championship, 32 teams will compete for their share of a $1.5 million prize pool, as part of the overall $4 million prize pool for the 2017 CWL season - the largest in Call of Duty esports history. Final seeding for the 2017 CWL Championship has now been released, watch the Live Group Draw Show here.

On Thursday, eight teams qualified at the North American Last Chance Qualifiers (LCQ), including Echo Fox, Str8 Rippin and Rogue. These teams now move on to compete for the 2017 Cll of Duty World League Championship in Orlando.



The eight qualifying teams from the North American Last Chance Qualifier are:

  • 3sUP
  • Allegiance (News - Alert)
  • Echo Fox
  • Lethal Gaming
  • Projekt Evil
  • Rogue
  • Str8 Rippin
  • Team Kaliber

The CWL Championship General Admission (GA), three-day tickets, are now available online, starting at $53.99 (plus fees and taxes).


Activision (News - Alert) and MLG (both part of Activision Blizzard, Inc.) join forces with PlayStation®4 to bring Call of Duty World League to a global audience, with the goal of providing fans the best esports experience at live events and broadcast on mlg.tv/callofduty.

For the latest intel on the Call of Duty World League Presented by PlayStation®4 and for live broadcasts check out: http://www.callofduty.com/cwl, tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/cwl, www.youtube.com/majorleaguegaming, or follow @CODWorldLeague on Twitter (News - Alert), Instagram and Facebook.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future including statements about the features and event timing of the 2017 CWL Championship, are forward-looking statements, that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

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