Call of Duty Championship 2019

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.

Call of Duty World League Championship 2019

2019
Tournament information
Sport	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Location	Los Angeles, United States
Dates	August 14, 2019–August 18, 2019
Administrator	Activision
Tournament format(s)	Pool Play to seed brackets then Double-Elimination.
Venue(s)	Pauley Pavilion
Teams	32
Purse	$2,000,000
Final positions
Champions	eUnited
Runner-up	100 Thieves
MVP	Chris "Simp" Lehr
← 2018

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[a]	FURY Gaming
FaZe Clan	Splyce	Team Vanity[b]	Sicario Gaming
Team Reciprocity	Team Heretics	Aspire eSports	Mazer Gaming
Midnight Esports	Team Envy	RBL Esports[c]	Team Singularity
Evil Geniuses	UNITS	Carnage Gaming	Animosity eSports[d]
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