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Optic Gaming Wins COD: World League Global Pro League Stage 2

The eight best Call of Duty teams from around the world competed this past weekend, vying for their share of the $500,000 Stage 2 event prize pool and the goal to position themselves heading into the 2017 CWL Championship. 

OpTic Gaming entered Sunday’s Grand Final from the loser bracket, forcing the team to win two separate best-of-five matches against Team EnVyUs to be crowned CWL Stage 2 champions.

Here are the final rankings after the CWL Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs:

• 1st – OpTic Gaming
• 2nd – Team EnVyUs
• 3rd – eUnited
• 4th – Luminosity
• 5th/6th – FaZe Clan
• 5th/6th – Fnatic
• 7th/8th – Enigma6
• 7th/8th – Splyce
• 9th/12th – Evil Geniuses
• 9th/12th – Ghost Gaming
• 9th/12th – Red Reserve
• 9th/12th – Cloud9
• 13th/16th – Mindfreak
• 13th/16th – Elevate
• 13th/16th – Rise Nation
• 13th/16th – Epsilon Esports

The CWL continues to heat up as the season draws to a close, culminating with the 2017 CWL Championship in Orlando, FL., August 9-13. Placement at the CWL Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs help determine seeding for the upcoming 2017 CWL Championship. At the 2017 CWL Championship, 32 teams will compete for their share of a $1.5 million prize pool, as part of the overall $4 million prize pool for the 2017 CWL season – the largest in Call of Duty esports history. 

It should be noted that last Thursday, eight teams qualified at the North American Last Chance Qualifiers (LCQ), including Echo Fox, Str8 Rippin and Rogue. These teams now move on to compete for the 2017 Call of Duty World League Championship in Orlando.

The eight qualifying teams from the North American Last Chance Qualifier are:

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

So there you have it, things are pretty much set up for the final tournament in August.