Call of Duty World League Championship 2019
2019
Tournament information
SportCall of Duty: Black Ops 4
LocationLos Angeles, United States
DatesAugust 14, 2019–August 18, 2019
AdministratorActivision
Tournament
format(s)
Pool Play to seed brackets then Double-Elimination.
Venue(s)Pauley Pavilion
Teams32
Purse$2,000,000
Final positions
ChampionseUnited
Runner-up100 Thieves
MVPChris "Simp" Lehr

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.[1] The tournament was won by the eUnited 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[2] from the CWL Finals Open Bracket.[3]

Division A Division B Open Bracket Finals
OpTic Gaming eUnited TrainHard Esport Team WaR
Gen.G esports 100 Thieves Celtic FC Esports[lower-alpha 1] FURY Gaming
FaZe Clan Splyce Team Vanity[lower-alpha 2] Sicario Gaming
Team Reciprocity Team Heretics Aspire eSports Mazer Gaming
Midnight Esports Team Envy RBL Esports[lower-alpha 3] Team Singularity
Evil Geniuses UNITS Carnage Gaming Animosity eSports[lower-alpha 4]
Luminosity Gaming Enigma6 Fuego Gaming Hybrid Gaming
UYU Elevate LGND Sage eSports
  1. ↑ Qualified under The Bhoys.
  2. ↑ Qualified under exCalibur.
  3. ↑ Qualified under Fire Sticks Gaming Team.
  4. ↑ Qualified under Team Divinely.

Groups

The draw for the groups took place on 31 July 2019.[4]

Group A
Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 eUnited 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 eUnited $800,000
2nd 100 Thieves $260,000
3rd OpTic Gaming $140,000
4th Enigma6 $110,000
5th/6th UNITS $75,000
Team Reciprocity
7th/8th Luminosity Gaming $50,000
Evil Geniuses
9th-12th Team WaR $35,000
Team Singularity
Sicario Gaming
Elevate
13th-16th Team Heretics $25,000
FaZe Clan
Team Envy
Splyce
17th-24th RBL Esports $15,000
Fuego Gaming
Mazer Gaming
Sage eSports
UYU
Midnight Esports
TrainHard Esport
Aspire eSports
25th-32nd Celtic FC Esports $10,000
Gen.G esports
Animosity eSports
LGND
Team Vanity
FURY Gaming
Carnage Gaming
Hybrid Gaming

References

  1. ↑ "Call of Duty World League Championship Returns to Los Angeles". Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Announcing the Call of Duty World League 2019 Season". Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CWL Finals Coming to Miami, July 19–21". Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Presenting the official pools for Call of Duty World League Championship 2019!". Retrieved July 31, 2019.
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