Millenium, MindFreak and Team Envyus Win At The COD World League Stage 2 Finals

The inaugural Call of Duty World League is fast coming to a close, and last weekend saw the Stage 2 Finals, bringing the second half of the gaming season to a close and deciding the pecking order for each region’s pro Call of Duty teams. In their respective regions, Millenium won in the EU, MindFreak in Aus/NZ and Team Envyus in the US.

The playoffs were a knockout tournament, taking the top six EU teams, top four Aus/NZ teams and top eight US teams from each region’s Stage 2 league, pitting them against one another to determine their final positions and remove a further two teams from each region from the competition. Millenium, having finished the EU league in 5th place, had to do it the hard way and win three matches back to back, beating Hypergames in the semi-finals and Team Infused in the finals, both of whom had received byes into the semis.

You can catch up on the respective finals and how each match played out on the Call of Duty World League site, but eyes will now turn to the year ending Call of Duty Championships at COD XP, which runs from 2nd-4th September, with a huge $3.5 million prize fund. The following teams from the Stage 2 finals qualified:

Europe

• Millenium – Qualified for CWL Championship
• Team Infused– Qualified for CWL Championship
• Splyce – Qualified for CWL Championship
• HyperGames – Qualified for CWL Championship

Australia/ New Zealand

• MindFreak – Qualified for CWL Championship
• Orbit – Qualified for CWL Championship

North America

• Team Envyus – Qualified for CWL Championship
• Dream Team – Qualified for CWL Championship
• Luminosity – Qualified for CWL Championship
• Rise Nation – Qualified for CWL Championship
• Faze Clan – Qualified for CWL Championship
• Optic Gaming – Qualified for CWL Championship

Of course, I’m sure there’s many of you out there who’ve no idea what all of this is about. In that case, I think I can help by pointing you back to our recent look at the world of Call of Duty eSports through the lens of the Gfinity CWL Summer Masters.