Call of Duty World League Crowns Inaugural Champion with Team EnVyUs

Written by Brandon Hofer on September 05, 2016

News: U.S. based Team EnVyUs takes home the Call of Duty World Championship in an exciting battle with European team, Splyce.

Call of Duty XP 2016 took place this past weekend in the Los Angeles area and among other things was the finals for the Call of Duty World League, won by Team EnVyUs from the United States. This tournament started earlier this year with around 1,000 teams but by the time we got to Los Angeles it had been whittled down to the top 32 teams in the world. Over the course of the weekend that number grew increasingly smaller until there was only one team left standing.

Team EnVyUs faced European team Splyce in the finals on Sunday afternoon in some thrilling battles that took place in Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer. The finals began with the multiplayer mode Hardpoint and while EnVyUs jumped out to an early lead it was Splyce that would battle back and steal the victory in the first round. After the come from behind victory Splyce’s owner was confident in his team’s ability as he egged on the largely pro-American crowd (it was in the Los Angeles area after all) and felt his team had what it took to take out Team EnVyUs and take home the Call of Duty Championship to Europe as well as the prize money. Unfortunately for him it didn’t work out that way as Splyce’s victory celebration was short lived due to Team EnVyUs winning rounds two, three and four in a best of five series and securing the team’s first championship and a nice $800,000 payday.

“Winning this event, in front of this crowd is a dream come true,” said Jordan “JKAP” Kaplan, Team EnVyUs team captain. “The energy, the tension, and the competition were all amazing. This is a moment that I will remember for the rest of my life.”

The competition was held in front of a sold-out audience of thousands of fans inside the Forum in Inglewood and shown around the world via Twitch, MLG.TV, YouTube as well as viewed in-game itself (Black Ops III PS4) on the Live Event Viewer.

Heading into the CWL Championship prior to this weekend, Call of Duty competitive fans have already viewed more than 1.1 billion minutes of content across 100 million tune ins.

“Call of Duty XP was an epic fan celebration, and the perfect place to host the biggest Call of Duty competition in history.” Said Rob Kostich, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Call of Duty, Activision. “The excitement and energy today was huge. What a great finals match and tournament. We created the CWL to celebrate great competition and the best fans in the world. Today lived up to every expectation. Congratulations to Team EnVyUs and thanks to the entire Call of Duty community for making Call of Duty XP the most amazing fan celebration in the world.”

Here were the final four placings for the Call of Duty World League Championships, Presented by PlayStation 4:

1. Team EnVyUs (NA)
2. Splyce (EU)
3. Team eLevate (NA)
4. FAB Games (EU)

For a list of all final team placings, please visit www.callofduty.com/esports.

More than 1,000 teams entered the CWL competition, with the 32 most elite teams making it to the World Championships hosted at Call of Duty XP. The CWL Championship was part of the biggest ever fan celebration at Call of Duty XP 2016, at the Forum in Inglewood, CA. Call of Duty XP featured the debut and first hands-on for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare multiplayer. Fans were also among the first in the world to get their hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered multiplayer, new Call of Duty: Black Ops III Downloadable Content and a chance to play the first Call of Duty VR experience. Attendees also participated in several experiential activities inspired by Call of Duty, including Nuketown paintball, zombies laser tag and other events celebrating the critically-acclaimed game franchise.

As always, you can re-live the Championship 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.