Call of Duty World League Championship 2016

The Call of Duty World League Championship 2016 was the fourth annual Call of Duty Championship held by Activision. It was held at The Forum in Inglewood, California from September 1–4, 2016. The tournament determined the World Champions for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 season. The prize pool, $2,000,000 USD, was the largest prize pool in Call of Duty eSports history.

Format

 * 32 Teams Participate: [Show] [Hide] 
 * 2 from ANZ 2016 Championship Points
 * 4 from EU 2016 Championship Points
 * 6 from NA 2016 Championship Points
 * 2 from 2016 ANZ CWL Championship Qualifier
 * 8 from 2016 EU CWL Championship Qualifier
 * 10 from 2016 NA CWL Championship Qualifier


 * 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.
 * 2016 CWL Championship Rules

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

Broadcast Talent
The full talent lineup for the event is as follows:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Alan "Bricey" Brice
 * 🇺🇸 us Doug "Censor" Martin
 * 🇺🇸 us Thomas "Chance" Ashworth
 * 🇺🇸 us Chris Puckett
 * 🇺🇸 us Jack "CouRage" Dunlop
 * 🇺🇸 us Rondez "Fox" Green
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Alex "Machine" Richardson
 * 🇺🇸 us Clint "Maven" Evans
 * 🇺🇸 us Joe "MerK" DeLuca
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Philip "Momo" Whitfield


 * 🇺🇸 us Matthew "Mr X" Morello
 * 🇺🇸 us Quintin "Paradox" Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 us James "Replays" Crowder
 * 🇺🇸 us John "Revan" Boble
 * ch Soe "Soembie" Gschwind-Penski
 * 🇺🇸 us Tyler "TeePee" Polchow
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Chris "Trout" Trout
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Miles "Wra7h" Ross
 * fr Jordy "Krnage" Mercier (French stream)
 * fr Jonas "Oxygen" Ferry (French stream)

Participants

 * 1 Exertus eSports roster is purchased by FAB Games eSports
 * 2 Champs Squad is signed by Tainted Minds
 * 3 Cappeh Academy is signed by PuLse Gaming
 * 4 Former Dream Team players play under the name Ground Zero.
 * 5 Most Wanted roster is purchased by Lethal Gaming
 * 6 CORN is signed by Most Wanted
 * 7 Revoltables is signed by Black Forest Games
 * 8 Livin the Dream is signed by eUnited
 * 9 Ground Zero is acquired by Renegades.
 * 10 Swanny is unable to attend the event, and will be replaced by MiRx