Call of Duty Championship 2017 explained

Call of Duty Championship 2017
Sport:
Year:	2017
Location:	Orlando, Florida, United States
Start Date:	August 9, 2017
End Date:	August 13, 2017
Administrator:	Activision
Tournament Format:	Pool Play to seed brackets then Double-Elimination.
Teams:	32
Champions:	OpTic Gaming
Mvp:	Matthew "FormaL" Piper
Previous:	2016
Next:	2018

The Call of Duty Championship 2017 was a tournament on PlayStation 4 that occurred on August 9–13, 2017.

The tournament was won by OpTic Gaming with a team consisting of Seth "Scump" Abner, Matthew "FormaL" Piper, Ian "Crimsix" Porter and Damon "Karma" Barlow.^[1]

The tournament was livestreamed online on Twitch, YouTube and MLG.tv.

Format

• Group Stage
  • Best of 5 Series
  • Top 2 advance to Knockout Stage
  • Bottom 2 teams are eliminated
• Knockout Stage
  • Double Elimination
  • Best of 5 Series
  • Grand Finals
    • Team coming from the Losers Bracket must win two Best of 5 Series to claim victory.

Game Types and Maps

Included maps and modes:

• Hardpoint: Breakout, Frost, Mayday, Precinct, Scorch, Throwback
• Search and Destroy: Crusher, Frost, Mayday, Retaliation, Scorch, Throwback
• Uplink: Frost, Mayday, Precinct, Throwback

Last Chance Qualifier

The last chance qualifier for this year's edition of the tournament was split up in to 3 regions North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Each region will hold an offline qualifier with 16 teams invited with invitations based on pro points standings and a varied amount of qualifying spots available. They are as follows:

• North America - 8 Qualifying spots available
• Europe - 6 Qualifying spots available
• APAC - 2 Qualifying spots available

Last Chance Qualifier teams

North America
Projekt Evil
Team Allegiance
3sUP
Team Kaliber
Echo Fox
Str8 Rippin
Lethal Gaming
Pnda Gaming
Rogue
Fury Gaming
Amity Esports
Fallen Godz
Havok eSports
InControl Gaming
Edax Pro
Precision eSports

Europe
Millenium
Team Infused
Supremacy
Team Vitality
Team MRN Black
Aerox eSports
Opulent eSports
eRa Eternity EU
Team MRN
StrokeUnit Gaming
Bulldog eSports
CRYPTICK GAMiNG
Eraiize Gaming
U4X eSports
Team Prismatic
dZResurges

APAC
Tainted Minds
Mindfreak.Black
Taboo
SYF Gaming
eRa Eternity ANZ
Awafi
Validate eSports
Empyre eSports
Sleeper Gaming
Node
frontline Esport
Senix eSports
FourTold
Real PlanB Hours
Victrix eSports
Rapid eSports

^ Teams are listed by their pro points standings.

Qualified teams

32 teams from the North America, Europe and APAC regions will qualify for the tournament. The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2017 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify. Another 16 teams will qualify via the last chance qualifier.

Pro League Teams

The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2017 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.

North America
OpTic Gaming
Team Envy
Luminosity Gaming
FaZe Clan
Enigma6 Group
Evil Geniuses
Ghost Gaming
Cloud9
Rise Nation

Europe
Fnatic
Splyce
Red Reserve
Elevate
Epsilon eSports

Last Chance Qualifier teams

16 further teams qualified from their respective regions last chance qualifiers.

North America
3sUP
Echo Fox
Lethal Gaming
Projekt Evil
Rogue
Str8 Rippin
Team Allegiance
Team Kaliber

Europe
Team Infused
Team Vitality
eRa Eternity EU
Team MRN Black
Supremacy
Millenium

APAC
Tainted Minds
Mindfreak.Black

Groups

Group A
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Optic Gaming	3–0	100%	9–1	90%	Bracket Play
2	Epsilon Esports	2–1	67%	6-3	67%
3	Echo Fox	1–2	33%	4-8	33%	Eliminated
4	3sUP	0–3	0%	2–9	18%

Group B
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Team Envy	3–0	100%	9–1	90%	Bracket Play
2	Mindfreak.Black	2–1	67%	7-6	54%
3	Elevate	1–2	33%	4-7	36%	Eliminated
4	Projekt Evil	0–3	0%	3–9	25%

Group C
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1		3–0	100%	9–0	100%	Bracket Play
2	Team Infused ^[2]	1-2	33%	4-7	36%
3	Mindfreak	1–2	33%	4-7	36%	Eliminated
4	Lethal Gaming	1–2	33%	4-7	36%

Group D
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Rise Nation	3–0	100%	9–1	90%	Bracket Play
2	Luminosity Gaming	2–1	67%	6–4	60%
3	Supremacy	1–2	33%	3-8	27%	Eliminated
4	Team Vitality	0–3	0%	4–9	31%

Group E
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	FaZe Clan	2-1	67%	8-4	67%	Bracket Play
2	Team Allegiance	2–1	67%	7–5	58%
3	Red Reserve	2-1	67%	7-5	58%	Eliminated
4	eRa Eternity EU	0–3	0%	1–9	10%

Group F
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Fnatic	3–0	100%	9–3	75%	Bracket Play
2	Str8 Rippin	2–1	67%	7–3	70%
3	Tainted Minds	1–2	33%	5-8	38%	Eliminated
4	Evil Geniuses	0–3	0%	2–9	18%

Group G
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Ghost Gaming	3–0	100%	9–4	69%	Bracket Play
2	Splyce	2–1	67%	7-5	58%
3	Millenium	1–2	33%	5-7	42%	Eliminated
4	Team Kaliber	0–3	0%	4–9	31%

Group H
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Enigma6 Group	3-0	100%	9-2	82%	Bracket Play
2	Cloud9	2–1	67%	7–4	64%
3	Rogue	1-2	33%	5-7	42%	Eliminated
4	Team MRN Black	0–3	0%	1–9	10%

Final standings

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	Optic Gaming	$600,000
2nd	Team Envy	$200,000
3rd	Luminosity Gaming	$100,000
4th	Rise Nation	$80,000
5th-6th	FaZe Clan	$55,000
7th-8th	Ghost Gaming	$35,000
	Splyce
9th-12th	Enigma6 Group	$25,000
	Team Allegiance
	Team Infused
	Epsilon Esports
13th-16th	Mindfreak.Black	$15,000
	Str8 Rippin
	Fnatic
	Cloud9
17th-24th	Echo Fox	$12,500
	Elevate
	Mindfreak
	Supremacy
	Red Reserve
	Tainted Minds
	Millenium
	Rogue
25th-32nd	3sUP	$10,000
	Projekt Evil
	Lethal Gaming
	Team Vitality
	eRa Eternity EU
	Evil Geniuses
	Team Kaliber
	Team MRN Black

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Champions Are Forged As A Player Earns Three Rings. August 13, 2017. March 9, 2018.
2. Team Infused, Mindfreak and Lethal Gaming were locked in a three-way tie. Based on head-to-head games record, Team Infused finished 1st in the tiebreaker with a 2-0 game record, Mindfreak finished 2nd with a 1-1 map record and Lethal Gaming finished 3rd with a 1-1 map record.