OpTic Gaming Prevails at the Call of Duty World (CWL) Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs Presented by PlayStation® 4
Field is Set for CWL Championship in August, Concludes this
Season's
The eight best Call of Duty teams from around the world competed
throughout the weekend, vying for their share of the
"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
- 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
- 13th/16th - Mindfreak
- 13th/16th - Elevate
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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
On Thursday, eight teams qualified at the North American Last Chance
Qualifiers (LCQ), including
The eight qualifying teams from the North American Last Chance Qualifier are:
- 3sUP
- Allegiance
-
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
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