Call of Duty Championship 2015

Call of Duty Championship 2015

2015
Tournament information
Sport	Call of Duty:Advanced Warfare
Location	Los Angeles, California, United States
Dates	March 27, 2015–March 29, 2015
Administrator	Activision
Tournament format(s)	Pool Play to seed brackets then Double-Elimination.
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Denial eSports
MVP	Clayster

Call of Duty Championship 2015 was a Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on Xbox One tournament that occurred on March 27–29, 2015.

It was won by Denial eSports with a team consisting of Chris "Replays" Crowder, Dillon "Attach" Price, James "Clayster" Eubanks, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan.^[1] Clayster was named most valuable player of the event.^[2]

The tournament was livestreamed online on MLG.tv.

Format

Group Play

• 8 groups of 4 teams
• Teams played every other team once in a best of 5
• Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the playoffs
  • In case of tie, head-to-head results will determine who advances
  • If 3 teams were tied and the head-to-head is inconclusive, a single sudden death game will determine who advances

Playoffs

• The games were best of 5.
• Winners continue on in the Upper Bracket.
• Losers dropped down to Lower Bracket
  • A loss in the losers bracket results in elimination

Note: Matches were to be played to determine 3rd-8th placements

Game Types and Maps

• Hardpoint: Bio Lab, Detroit, Solar, Retreat
• Search and Destroy: Bio Lab, Detroit, Drift, Recovery, Riot, Solar, Terrace
• Uplink: Bio Lab, Comeback, Detroit
• Capture the Flag: Ascend, Bio Lab, Detroit, Retreat

Qualified teams

32 teams will qualify for the tournament through their individual regions offline qualifiers with varying amounts of qualifying spots available.

APAC
Mindfreak
Team Exile5.T1
Integral Nation

Brazil
SSOF Gaming

Europe
Epsilon Esports
TCM-Gaming
Aware Gaming
Team Menace
fabE.DE
Gamers2
HyperGames Team
NxG.Rapid
UX Gaming
fabE.AllStars
Vitality.X
Klar1ty Gaming
Ascentia Gaming
Team Infused

North America
OpTic Gaming
Denial Esports
FaZe Red
OpTic Nation
Team Envy
Revenge
Team Kaliber
FaZe Black
Automatic Reload
Strictly Business
Team Orbit
Prophecy
Below Zero
3sUP

^ Teams are listed by their final positions of their regions qualifiers.

Groups

Group A
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Optic Gaming	3–0	100%	9–1	90%	Bracket Play
2	Team Orbit	2–1	67%	7-3	70%
3	NxG.Rapid	1–2	33%	3-6	33%	Eliminated
4	Vitality.X	0–3	0%	0–9	0%

Group B
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Prophecy	3–0	100%	9–0	100%	Bracket Play
2	Denial Esports	2–1	67%	8-3	73%
3	HyperGames Team	1–2	33%	3-6	33%	Eliminated
4	Klar1ty Gaming	0–3	0%	0–9	0%

Group C
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	FaZe Red	3–0	100%	9–2	82%	Bracket Play
2	Automatic Reload	2-1	67%	8-4	67%
3	fabE.DE	1–2	33%	3-8	27%	Eliminated
4	fabE.AllStars	0-3	0%	3-9	25%

Group D
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	OpTic Nation	3–0	100%	9–1	90%	Bracket Play
2	Gamers2	2–1	67%	6–4	60%
3	Team Exile5.T1	1–2	33%	4-7	36%	Eliminated
4	SSOF Gaming	0–3	0%	2-9	18%

Group E
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Team Envy	3-0	100%	9-0	100%	Bracket Play
2	Mindfreak	2–1	67%	6–5	55%
3	Team Menace	1-2	33%	4-6	45%	Eliminated
4	UX Gaming	0–3	0%	1–9	10%

Group F
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Revenge	3–0	100%	9–2	82%	Bracket Play
2	Aware Gaming	2–1	67%	7–4	64%
3	3sUP	1–2	33%	4-6	45%	Eliminated
4	Team Infused	0–3	0%	1–9	10%

Group G
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	FaZe Black	3–0	100%	9–3	75%	Bracket Play
2	Below Zero	2–1	67%	8-4	67%
3	TCM-Gaming	1–2	33%	4-6	45%	Eliminated
4	Acentia Gaming	0–3	0%	1–9	10%

Group H
Pos	Team	Series		Games		Qualification
1	Team Kaliber	3-0	100%	9-3	75%	Bracket Play
2	Strictly Business	2–1	67%	7–4	64%
3	Epsilon Esports	1-2	33%	6-8	43%	Eliminated
4	Integral Nation	0–3	0%	2–9	18%

Final standings

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	Denial Esports	$400,000
2nd	Revenge	$200,000
3rd	FaZe Red	$120,000
4th	Prophecy	$100,000
5th	Automatic Reload	$70,000
6th	Mindfreak	$50,000
7th	Optic Gaming	$35,000
8th	Team Kaliber	$25,000
9th-12th	Team Envy
	Strictly Business
	Aware Gaming
	Team Orbit
13th-16th	FaZe Black
	Optic Nation
	Below Zero
	Gamers2
17th-24th	NxG.Rapid
	HyperGames Team
	fabE.DE
	Team Exile5.T1
	Team Menace
	3sUP
	TCM-Gaming
	Epsilon Esports
25th-32nd	Vitality.X
	Klar1ty Gaming
	fabE.Allstars
	SSOF Gaming
	UX Gaming
	Team Infused
	Ascentia Gaming
	Integral Nation

References

1. Martin, Matt (March 30, 2015). "Denial wins Call of Duty Championship 2015". VG24/7. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
2. Heaney, James (31 March 2015). ""Clayster" of Denial eSports Named MVP of COD Championships". Escapist Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

External links

• Official webpage

Preceded by Call of Duty Championship 2014

Call of Duty Championship

Succeeded by Call of Duty Championship 2016