EUNITED WINS 2019
CALL OF DUTY® WORLD LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY
PLAYSTATION®4
New City-Based Call
of Duty Esports League to Launch in 2020
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – August 19,
2019 – The 2019 Call of Duty® World League season
concluded with eUnited winning the most prestigious prize in professional Call
of Duty® esports: The Call of Duty World League
Championship. Through August 14-18, 32 teams from around the world competed in
Los Angles across a massive five-day tournament in the last event of the Call
of Duty®: Black Ops 4 competitive
season.
eUnited captured the organization’s
first-ever Call of Duty esports world championship, driven by the strong
teamwork and skill of event MVP Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr. 100 Thieves, OpTic Gaming,
and Enigma6 rounded-out the remaining top four teams at #CWLCHAMPS.
“Congratulations to eUnited for their
victory at the 2019 Call of Duty World League Championship,” said Johanna
Faries, Commissioner of Call of Duty Esports. “Thank you to the teams at
Activision and Treyarch as well as our league sponsors for helping us deliver
an incredibly competitive and entertaining season of gameplay for our fans
around the world.”
In 2020, Call of Duty Esports grows
to a city-based franchise league featuring games in home markets around the
globe, including announced teams in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minnesota,
New York, Paris, and Toronto. Additional team announcements are coming soon.
Visit CallofDuty.com/esports and follow the official
home of Call of Duty esports on Twitter and Instagram for more
information on the upcoming season. Video-on-Demand from the Call of Duty:
Black Ops 4 season is available on MLG.com/CallofDuty and YouTube.com/CODWorldLeague.
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