The 2020 Call of Duty League season was the inaugural season for the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty.
2020 Call of Duty League Season | |
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League | Call of Duty League |
Sport | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare |
Duration | January 24 – July 25, 2020 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular Season | |
Top seed | Atlanta Faze |
Season MVP | Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro |
Grand Finals | |
Champions | Dallas Empire [1] |
Runners-up | Atlanta Faze |
Finals MVP | Ian "Crimsix" Porter |
Teams
editBroadcast and viewership
editThe Call of Duty League began a partnership with YouTube to become the exclusive streaming service for the league.[2] At least 331,000 viewers watched the grand final of the CDL championship.[3]
On July 4, Philip “Momo” Whitfield was fired from the league after several allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced on the internet.[4] Ten days later, Ben “Benson” Bowe revealed he's no longer working with the league. Although his legal counsel "advised him not to say why", some reported it was due to similar reasons to Momo.[5] Thomas "Chance" Ashworth worked with Miles Ross for the rest of the season. On July 10, the league added Landon “LandO” Sanders and Jeremy “StuDyy” Astacio to become the third casting pair in the wake of Momo and Benson departing.[6]
Regular season standings
edit# | Team | Pts | EP | MW | ML | M% | GW | GL | G% |
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2-round bye | |||||||||
1 | Atlanta FaZe | 280 | 9 | 26 | 7 | .788 | 86 | 46 | .652 |
2 | Dallas Empire | 260 | 9 | 23 | 12 | .657 | 80 | 55 | .593 |
1-round bye | |||||||||
3 | Florida Mutineers | 230 | 9 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 69 | 61 | .531 |
4 | Chicago Huntsmen | 230 | 9 | 21 | 9 | .700 | 75 | 44 | .630 |
1st round winners bracket | |||||||||
5 | New York Subliners | 140 | 9 | 13 | 17 | .433 | 57 | 60 | .487 |
6 | London Royal Ravens | 120 | 9 | 12 | 14 | .462 | 50 | 58 | .463 |
7 | Toronto Ultra | 120 | 9 | 11 | 13 | .458 | 49 | 55 | .471 |
8 | Minnesota ROKKR | 120 | 9 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 50 | 62 | .446 |
1st round losers bracket | |||||||||
9 | OpTic Gaming Los Angeles | 100 | 9 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 49 | 58 | .458 |
10 | Paris Legion | 100 | 9 | 10 | 16 | .385 | 44 | 57 | .436 |
11 | Seattle Surge | 50 | 9 | 5 | 16 | .238 | 32 | 53 | .376 |
12 | Los Angeles Guerrillas | 50 | 9 | 5 | 17 | .227 | 30 | 53 | .361 |
Regular season
editCDL 2020 Launch Weekend
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London Royal Ravens Home Series I
editTeams not in attendance: Atlanta FaZe, Florida Mutineers, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Minnesota ROKKR.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | |||||
Paris Legion | 2 | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 0 | |||||
London Royal Ravens | 2 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||
Source:[7]
Atlanta Faze Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Dallas Empire, Los Angeles Guerrillas, New York Subliners, Seattle Surge.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Atlanta FaZe | 3 | |||||
Minnesota ROKKR | 2 | |||||
Atlanta FaZe | 3 | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 0 | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 2 | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 3 | |||||
Source:[8]
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Chicago Huntsmen, London Royal Ravens, Paris Legion, Toronto Ultra.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles | 1 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||
Minnesota ROKKR | 2 | |||||
Atlanta FaZe | 2 | |||||
Minnesota ROKKR | 3 | |||||
Source:[9]
Dallas Empire Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Atlanta FaZe, London Royal Ravens, New York Subliners, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Dallas Empire | 1 | |||||
Minnesota ROKKR | 3 | |||||
Minnesota ROKKR | 1 | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 3 | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 1 | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 3 | |||||
Source:[10]
Chicago Huntsmen Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Florida Mutineers, Minnesota ROKKR, Paris Legion, Toronto Ultra.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Seattle Surge | 1 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 3 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 1 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 0 | |||||
Source:[11]
Florida Mutineers Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Chicago Huntsmen, Dallas Empire, Los Angeles Guerrillas, Seattle Surge.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles | 3 | |||||
Toronto Ultra | 2 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 3 | |||||
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles | 1 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 2 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 3 | |||||
Source:[12]
Seattle Surge Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Atlanta FaZe, Dallas Empire, Florida Mutineers, Toronto Ultra
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
London Royal Ravens | 3 | |||||
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles | 2 | |||||
London Royal Ravens | 1 | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | |||||
New York Subliners | 1 | |||||
Source:[13]
Minnesota RØKKR Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: London Royal Ravens, New York Subliners, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Paris Legion.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 3 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 2 | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 3 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 1 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 3 | |||||
Los Angeles Guerrillas | 2 | |||||
Source:[14]
Paris Legion Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Chicago Huntsmen, Los Angeles Guerrillas, Minnesota ROKKR, Seattle Surge.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 3 | |||||
New York Subliners | 2 | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 3 | |||||
Atlanta FaZe | 0 | |||||
Atlanta FaZe | 3 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 2 | |||||
Source:[15]
New York Subliners Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: Dallas Empire, Florida Mutineers, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Seattle Surge.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | |||||
Atlanta FaZe | 0 | |||||
Chicago Huntsmen | 0 | |||||
New York Subliners | 3 | |||||
Toronto Ultra | 0 | |||||
New York Subliners | 3 | |||||
Source:[16]
London Royal Ravens Home Series II
editTeams not in attendance: Atlanta Faze, Chicago Huntsmen, Minnesota ROKKR, Toronto Ultra.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
London Royal Ravens | 2 | |||||
Paris Legion | 3 | |||||
Paris Legion | 0 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||
Florida Mutineers | 0 | |||||
Source:[17]
Toronto Ultra Home Series
editTeams not in attendance: New York Subliners, London Royal Ravens, Paris Legion, Los Angeles Guerrillas.
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | |||||
Toronto Ultra | 3 | |||||
Dallas Empire | 1 | |||||
Toronto Ultra | 3 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 2 | |||||
Atlanta Faze | 3 | |||||
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles | 0 | |||||
Source:[18]
Championship
editThe playoffs and 2020 Call of Duty League Championship began on August 19 and concluded on August 30, 2020. All twelve teams competed in the playoffs, and all matches were played online.
Bracket
editUpper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 3 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | 4 | Chicago Huntsmen | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | New York Subliners | 3 | 5 | New York Subliners | 2 | 1 | Atlanta FaZe | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota ROKKR | 1 | 2 | Dallas Empire | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Dallas Empire | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida Mutineers | 1 | 7 | Toronto Ultra | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | London Royal Ravens | 1 | 7 | Toronto Ultra | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Toronto Ultra | 3 | 2 | Dallas Empire | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Atlanta FaZe | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 4 | Lower round 5 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida Mutineers | 0 | 9 | OpTic Los Angeles | 2 | 1 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota ROKKR | 0 | 9 | OpTic Los Angeles | 3 | 4 | Chicago Huntsmen | 3 | 4 | Chicago Huntsmen | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | OpTic Los Angeles | 3 | 9 | OpTic Los Angeles | 3 | 6 | London Royal Ravens | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Los Angeles Guerrillas | 2 | 7 | Toronto Ultra | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | New York Subliners | 2 | 6 | London Royal Ravens | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | London Royal Ravens | 3 | 6 | London Royal Ravens | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Paris Legion | 3 | 10 | Paris Legion | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Seattle Surge | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand finals
editBest-of-9 with the team from the Winner's Bracket (WB) starting the match up 1–0.
Grand Finals | August 30 | Dallas Empire | 5 | - | 1 | Atlanta Faze | Online | |
4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC) | Details | |||||||
250 | Azhir Cave - Hardpoint | 173 | ||||||
6 | Gun Runner - Search & Destroy | 3 | ||||||
158 | St. Petrograd - Domination | 152 | ||||||
211 | Gun Runner - Hardpoint | 250 | ||||||
6 | Rammaza - Search & Destroy | 4 |
Winnings
editTeams in the 2020 season competed for a prize pool of US$4.6 million in the playoffs, with the payout detailed below.[19]
# | Team | Prize money |
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1 | Dallas Empire | $1,500,000 |
2 | Atlanta Faze | $900,000 |
3 | Chicago Huntsmen | $600,000 |
4 | London Royal Ravens | $450,000 |
5/6 | OpTic Gaming Los Angeles | $300,000 |
Toronto Ultra | ||
7/8 | Florida Mutineers | $175,000 |
New York Subliners | ||
9/10 | Minnesota RØKKR | $100,000 |
Paris Legion | ||
11/12 | Los Angeles Guerrillas | $0 |
Seattle Surge |
References
edit- ^ Byers, Preston (August 30, 2020). "Dallas Empire win 2020 Call of Duty League Championship". Dot esports. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Duwe, Scott (January 24, 2020). "YouTube gains exclusive streaming rights for Overwatch League, Call of Duty League, and Hearthstone esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Geddes, George (August 31, 2020). "Grand finals of 2020 Call of Duty League Championship peaked at over 331,000 viewers". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Byers, Preston (July 4, 2020). "Call of Duty League caster Momo fired following sexual misconduct allegations". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Byers, Preston (July 14, 2020). "Benson no longer a part of Call of Duty League broadcast team". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Byers, Preston (July 10, 2020). "StuDyy, LandO join Call of Duty League broadcast team". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Binkowski, Justin (February 9, 2020). "Chicago Huntsmen win London home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (February 23, 2020). "Atlanta FaZe win Atlanta home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Binkowski, Justin (March 8, 2020). "Dallas Empire win Los Angeles home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (April 12, 2020). "Florida Mutineers win Dallas home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (April 26, 2020). "Dallas Empire win Chicago home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Binkowski, Justin (May 10, 2020). "Atlanta FaZe win Florida home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (May 24, 2020). "Chicago Huntsmen win Seattle home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (June 14, 2020). "Florida Mutineers win Minnesota home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (June 21, 2020). "Florida Mutineers win Paris home series". Dot esports. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ Binkowski, Justin (July 12, 2020). "New York Subliners win New York home series". Dot esports. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (July 19, 2020). "Dallas Empire win Second London Royal Ravens home series". Dot esports. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Byers, Preston (July 26, 2020). "Toronto Ultra win Toronto Ultra home series". Dot esports. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (August 28, 2020). "The DeanBeat: The Call of Duty League delivers a throne and a $4.6 million prize pool this weekend". Venture Beat. Retrieved April 25, 2021.