Call of Duty Championship 2016

Call of Duty Championship 2016

Tournament information
Sport	Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Location	Inglewood, California, United States
Dates	September 1, 2016–September 4, 2016
Administrator	Activision
Tournament format(s)	Pool Play to seed brackets then Double-Elimination.
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Team Envy
MVP	Johnathon "John" Perez

Call of Duty Championship 2016 was a Call of Duty: Black Ops III on PlayStation 4 tournament that occurred on September 1–4, 2016.

It was won by Team EnVyUs with a team consisting of Austin "SlasheR" Liddicoat, Bryan "Apathy" Zhelyazkov, Johnathon "John" Perez, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan.

The tournament was livestreamed online on Twitch.

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: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Stronghold
• Search and Destroy: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Hunted, Infection, Redwood, Stronghold
• Uplink: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Infection
• Capture the Flag: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Stronghold

Qualified teams

32 teams from the North America, Europe and APAC regions will qualify for the tournament. 12 teams will qualify via total points gained from each stages playoffs of their individual regions in the 2016 Call of Duty Pro League. Another 20 teams will qualify via online qualifiers from each region.

Pro League Teams

The 12 teams which accumulated the most points from their individual regions 2016 Call of Duty Pro League playoffs were the first teams to qualify for the 2016 Call of Duty Championship.

North America
Team Envy
Rise Nation
Optic Gaming
Luminosity Gaming
FaZe Clan
Renegades

Europe
Splyce
HyperGames Team
Millenium
Team Infused

APAC
Mindfreak
Team Orbit

Online Qualifier teams

20 further teams qualified from their respective regions online qualifiers.

North America
Pnda Gaming
Team Kaliber
Complexity Gaming
Team Allegiance
Cloud9
Lethal Gaming
Elevate
Apotheon Esports
Most Wanted
eUnited

Europe
Black Forest Games
Epsilon Esports
Team Vitality
PuLse Gaming
Team-LDLC
Supremacy
Vodafone Giants
FAB Games eSports

APAC
Tainted Minds
Chiefs eSports Club

Groups

Group A
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Splyce	3–0	100%	9–2	82%	Bracket Play
2	Millenium	2–1	67%	7-4	64%
3	eUnited	1–2	33%	4-6	46%	Eliminated
4	Black Forest Games	0–3	0%	1–9	10%

Group B
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Rise Nation	3–0	100%	9–2	82%	Bracket Play
2	HyperGames Team	2–1	67%	6-3	67%
3	Apotheon Esports	1–2	33%	5-7	42%	Eliminated
4	Supremacy	0–3	0%	1–9	10%

Group C
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	FAB Games eSports	3–0	100%	9–2	82%	Bracket Play
2	Luminosity Gaming	2-1	67%	6-5	55%
3	Mindfreak	1–2	33%	5-7	42%	Eliminated
4	Chiefs eSports Club	0-3	0%	3-9	25%

Group D
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Team Allegiance	3–0	100%	9–2	82%	Bracket Play
2	Epsilon Esports	2–1	67%	6–6	50%
3	PuLse Gaming	1–2	33%	5-6	46%	Eliminated
4	Renegades	0–3	0%	3–9	25%

Group E
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	FaZe Clan	3-0	100%	9-0	100%	Bracket Play
2	Elevate	2–1	67%	6-3	67%
3	Most Wanted	1-2	33%	3-8	27%	Eliminated
4	Vodafone Giants	0–3	0%	2–9	18%

Group F
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Team Kaliber	3–0	100%	9–4	69%	Bracket Play
2	Team Infused	2–1	67%	8-6	57%
3	Lethal Gaming	1–2	33%	5-7	42%	Eliminated
4	Tainted Minds	0–3	0%	4–9	31%

Group G
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Team Envy	3–0	100%	9–3	75%	Bracket Play
2	Cloud9	2–1	67%	8-5	62%
3	Team Orbit	1–2	33%	4-7	36%	Eliminated
4	Team Vitality	0–3	0%	3–9	25%

Group H
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Complexity Gaming	3-0	100%	9-5	64%	Bracket Play
2	Optic Gaming	2–1	67%	8–4	67%
3	Pnda Gaming	1-2	33%	5-6	46%	Eliminated
4	Team=LDLC	0–3	0%	2–9	18%

Final standings

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	Team Envy	$800,000
2nd	Splyce	$250,000
3rd	Elevate	$150,000
4th	FAB Games eSports	$120,000
5th-6th	Cloud9	$70,000
	Rise Nation
7th-8th	FaZe Clan	$50,000
	Optic Gaming
9th-12th	HyperGames Team	$30,000
	Luminosity Gaming
	Millenium
	Team Kaliber
13th-16th	compLexity Gaming	$20,000
	Epsilon Esports
	Team Allegiance
	Team Infused
17th-24th	Apotheon Esports	$15,000
	eUnited
	Lethal Gaming
	Mindfreak
	Most Wanted
	Pnda Gaming
	PuLse Gaming
	Team Orbit
25th-32nd	Black Forest Games	$15,000
	Chiefs eSports Club
	Vodafone Giants
	Renegades
	Supremacy
	Tainted Minds
	Team-LDLC
	Team Vitality