Call of Duty Championship 2017
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| 2017 | |
 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare |
| Location | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Dates | August 9, 2017–August 13, 2017 |
| Administrator | Activision |
Tournament format | Pool Play to seed brackets then Double-Elimination. |
| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | OpTic Gaming |
| MVP | Matthew "FormaL" Piper |
The Call of Duty Championship 2017 was a Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare tournament on PlayStation 4 that occurred on August 9–13, 2017.
The tournament was won by OpTic Gaming with a team consisting of Seth "Scump" Abner, Matthew "FormaL" Piper, Ian "Crimsix" Porter and Damon "Karma" Barlow.[1]
The tournament was livestreamed online on Twitch, YouTube and MLG.tv.
Game Types and Maps
- 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.
Included maps and modes:
- Hardpoint: Breakout, Frost, Mayday, Precinct, Scorch, Throwback
- Search and Destroy: Crusher, Frost, Mayday, Retaliation, Scorch, Throwback
- Uplink: Frost, Mayday, Precinct, Throwback
Last Chance Qualifier
The last chance qualifier for this year's edition of the tournament was split up in to 3 regions North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Each region will hold an offline qualifier with 16 teams invited with invitations based on pro points standings and a varied amount of qualifying spots available. They are as follows:
- North America - 8 Qualifying spots available
- Europe - 6 Qualifying spots available
- APAC - 2 Qualifying spots available
Last Chance Qualifier teams
| North America |
|---|
| Projekt Evil |
| Team Allegiance |
| 3sUP |
| Team Kaliber |
| Echo Fox |
| Str8 Rippin |
| Lethal Gaming |
| Pnda Gaming |
| Rogue |
| Fury Gaming |
| Amity Esports |
| Fallen Godz |
| Havok eSports |
| InControl Gaming |
| Edax Pro |
| Precision eSports |
| Europe |
|---|
| Millenium |
| Team Infused |
| Supremacy |
| Team Vitality |
| Team MRN Black |
| Aerox eSports |
| Opulent eSports |
| eRa Eternity EU |
| Team MRN |
| StrokeUnit Gaming |
| Bulldog eSports |
| CRYPTICK GAMiNG |
| Eraiize Gaming |
| U4X eSports |
| Team Prismatic |
| dZResurges |
| APAC |
|---|
| Tainted Minds |
| Mindfreak.Black |
| Taboo |
| SYF Gaming |
| eRa Eternity ANZ |
| Awafi |
| Validate eSports |
| Empyre eSports |
| Sleeper Gaming |
| Node |
| frontline Esport |
| Senix eSports |
| FourTold |
| Real PlanB Hours |
| Victrix eSports |
| Rapid eSports |
^ Teams are listed by their pro points standings.
Qualified teams
32 teams from the North America, Europe and APAC regions will qualify for the tournament. The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2017 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify. Another 16 teams will qualify via the last chance qualifier.
Pro League Teams
The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2017 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.
| North America |
|---|
| OpTic Gaming |
| Team Envy |
| eUnited |
| Luminosity Gaming |
| FaZe Clan |
| Enigma6 Group |
| Evil Geniuses |
| Ghost Gaming |
| Cloud9 |
| Rise Nation |
| Europe |
|---|
| Fnatic |
| Splyce |
| Red Reserve |
| Elevate |
| Epsilon eSports |
| APAC |
|---|
| Mindfreak |
Last Chance Qualifier teams
16 further teams qualified from their respective regions last chance qualifiers.
| North America |
|---|
| 3sUP |
| Echo Fox |
| Lethal Gaming |
| Projekt Evil |
| Rogue |
| Str8 Rippin |
| Team Allegiance |
| Team Kaliber |
| Europe |
|---|
| Team Infused |
| Team Vitality |
| eRa Eternity EU |
| Team MRN Black |
| Supremacy |
| Millenium |
| APAC |
|---|
| Tainted Minds |
| Mindfreak.Black |