Call of Duty Championship

Call of Duty Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Call of Duty
Location	Burbank, California, United States
Month played	March
Established	2013
Number of tournaments	Annual
Teams	32
Current champion
Team EnVyuS

The Call of Duty Championship is an annual Call of Duty tournament. There are regional tournaments in Asia Pacific, Brazil, Europe, and North America to determine qualification and seeding at the world championships.^[1] Players must be at least 18 years of age as of the beginning of the tournament in order to participate.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

The inaugural tournament was held in 2013 on Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Xbox 360 and was won by Fariko Impact. Complexity Gaming won the 2014 event.^[18]

The 2015 iteration of the event was won by Denial eSports with team consisting of Chris "Replays" Crowder, Dillon "Attach" Price, James "Clayster" Eubanks, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan.^[19]

The 2016 iteration will occur 2nd-4th September 2016, unlike previous ones held in the spring, with a $2 Million dollar prize pool. It was announced on 8th June 2016 that the championship will take place along with Call of Duty XP which will reveal the Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Trailer.

Past results

Year	Title	Winner	Roster	Runner-up	Roster	Third place	Roster	Fourth place	Roster
2013	Call of Duty: Black Ops 2	Fariko Gaming	Parasite, KiLLa, MiRx, Karma	OpTic Gaming	BigTymeR, MerK, Scumpii, NaDeSHoT	compLexity Gaming	ACHES, TeePee, Crimsix, TuQuick
2014	Call of Duty: Ghosts	Complexity Gaming	ACHES, TeePee, Crimsix, Karma	Team EnVyUs	MerK, Rambo, NameLeSs, StuDyy	OpTic Gaming	NaDeSHoT, Scump, Clayster, MBoZe	Strictly Business	Censor, Apathy, Dedo, Saints
2015	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Denial eSports	Replays, Attach, Clayster, JKap	Team Revenge	Nagafen, Remy, Faccento, AquA	FaZe Red	ACHES, SlasheR, Enable, Parasite	Prophecy	Ricky, MBoZe, Classic, Mochila
2016	Call of Duty: Black Ops 3	Team EnVyUs	Jkap, Slasher, John, Apathy	Splyce	Rated, Joee, Joshh, Bance	Team eLevate	Aqua, Faccento, Nagafen, Felony	Fab Games	Vortex, Hawqeh, Dqvee, Desire

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