The road to the 2016 Call of Duty Championship, Presented by PlayStation 4 is nearly set. Millenium, Mindfreak and Team Envyus won their respective regional finals in the Call of Duty World League, Presented by PlayStation 4 Stage 2 Pro Division matches on Sunday at the ESL Studios in Burbank and will move onto Call of Duty XP this September to play for the overall winner's share of the biggest prize in Call of Duty history of over US$3.5 million.
The weekend's regional finals capped an exciting day of competition as eager fans in attendance, online via livestream and tuning-in directly through an in-game Live Event Viewer, witnessed the thrilling conclusion to months of rigorous competition of Stage 2. Millenium took home the European honours after beating out Team Infused by four maps to two, in the process becoming two time CWL Pro Division Champion's.
All year long, from our qualifying events early in the year to the Stage 2 Finals, the CWL has been an amazing showcase to watch the best Call of Duty players in the world compete at the highest level. We're thrilled with the season thus far and are very excited for the future of Call of Duty eSports. Next up is our grand finale, the CWL Championship at Call of Duty XP 2nd - 4th September. It will be the biggest Call of Duty esport event we have ever put on and it will be an epic conclusion to the season that fans won't want to miss.
- Rob Kostich, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Call of Duty.
The top six European, top four Australian/New Zealand and top eight North American Call of Duty teams battled it out over the weekend. After the dust settled, thousands of Call of Duty fans witnessed Millenium emerge victorious as they were crowned European Stage 2 champions, with Mindfreak and Team Envyus claiming victory in their respective regional finals, each securing their spot in the highly-anticipated Call of Duty Championship this fall at COD XP in Los Angeles.
Here are the final rankings for each CWL Stage 2 Pro Division region:
Europe
- Millenium - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Team Infused- Qualified for CWL Championship
- Splyce - Qualified for CWL Championship
- HyperGames - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Epsilion eSports
- Supremacy
Australia/ New Zealand
- MindFreak - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Orbit - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Chiefs esports
- Team Immunity
North America
- Team Envyus - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Dream Team - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Luminosity - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Rise Nation - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Faze Clan - Qualified for CWL Championship
- Optic Gaming - Qualified for CWL Championship
- H2K Gaming
- Cloud9
Re-live the Stage 2 action on the Call of Duty YouTube Channel. You can also re-watch Millenium and Team Infused battle it out in the European final here.