OpTic Gaming Wins Finals of North American Stage 1 of the Call of Duty World League (CWL), Presented by PlayStation®4
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"The First Stage of the CWL has featured some great gameplay, close
matches, and some of the best competition that Call of Duty® has ever
seen," said
The top eight North American teams battled over the weekend. After
falling behind OpTic Gaming 3-0,
"We know what we are capable of and that we are the best team in Call of Duty," said Seth "Scump" Abner, Captain of OpTic Gaming. "We haven't always shown what we can do, so having this win under our belt is good for the rest of our season."
Meanwhile, established players and aspiring amateurs alike competed as top teams from the CWL Challenge Division earned a chance at a spot in the Pro Division for Stage 2. As part of the Relegation tournament, the top four Challenge Division teams, Cloud 9, Team Liquid, Cloud 9 Eclipse and King Papey, faced off against the bottom four Pro Division teams. Dream Team and H2K Gaming held onto their Pro Division spots while Cloud 9 and King Papey won their matches and will participate in the CWL North American Pro Division Stage 2 and a chance to qualify for the Call of Duty Championship.
The North American Stage 1 Finals followed the
The ANZ region featured a few different key match ups as perennial favorite Mindfreak beat Team Immunity and Tainted Minds on their way to being the CWL ANZ Pro Division Stage 1 Champions. New team, Incept, beat Exile.5 in Relegation for a spot in Stage 2 as Nv, Chiefs eSports Club, and Apotheon eSports all beat their challengers to remain in the Pro Division for Stage 2.
Here are the final rankings for each CWL Stage 1 Pro Division region:
1st OpTic Gaming
- Seth "Scump" Abner
- Ian "Crimsix" Porter
- Matthew "Formal" Piper
- Damon "Karma" Barlow
2nd
3rd - 4th Faze Clan/Team Elevate
5th - 8th compLexity Gaming/Luminosity Gaming/Team EnVyUs/Team SoloMid
1st Millenium
- Callum "Swanny" Swan
-
Jordan "Jurd" Crowley - Thomas "Tommey" Trewen
- Dylan "MadCat" Daly
2nd Splyce
3rd - 4th Epsilon eSports/Team Infused
5th - 6th exceL eSports/TCM Gaming
1st Mindfreak
-
Mitchell "Buzzo"
Mader - Denholm "Denz" Taylor
-
Lincoln "Fighta" Ferguson - Conrad "Shockz" Rymarek
2nd Tainted Minds
3rd - 4th Orbit/Team Immunity
As always, you can re-live the Stage 1 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.
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