Team Boston Breach will compete in the Call of Duty League Pro-Am Classic Esports Championship on May 6, 2022 at Belong Gaming Arena in Columbus. FaZe Atlanta defeated 100 Thieves in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Grand Finals of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
FaZe came back from a 2-1 deficit to win the first prize of $600,000 and 1,000 Esports World Cup Club Points. Runner-up 100 Thieves settled for $320,000 and 600 club points.
FaZe and Thieves won their semifinals earlier in the day to advance to the Grand Finals. Atlanta defeated OpTic Gaming 3-1 and 100 Thieves defeated the Vancouver Surge 3-0.
The $1.8 million tournament began with 16 teams divided into four groups for a double-elimination tournament that included best-of-five games. The top two teams in each group advance to the single-elimination knockout round, and the playoffs adopt a best-of-five-game system until the best-of-seven finals.
Atlanta defeated the Grand Finals 250-202 in Sub Base Hardpoint, but 100 Thieves responded with two narrow wins – a 6-5 win in Invasion Search and Destroy and a 3-2 win in High Level Control.
From that point on, it was all FaZe. They defeated Hardpoint Karachi 250-109, blasted 100 Thieves 6-1 in Rio de Janeiro, and won 3-2 at Invasion Control to clinch the title.
McArthur “Cellium” Jovel of Atlanta was named tournament MVP and received $50,000.
In the semi-finals, FaZe once again showed strength. OpTic opened with a 250-92 win on Karachi hardpoint, but Atlanta went on to win 6-1 in high-level search and destroy, 3-1 in invasion control, and 250-128 on sub-base hardpoint.
In the other semifinals, 100 Thieves defeated Vancouver 250-184 on 6 Star Hardpoint, 6-3 on Highrise Search and Destroy, and 3-2 on Karachi Control.
The “Modern Warfare III” event in the E-Sports World Cup prize pool (money, EWC Club Points):
1. $600,000, 1,000 points – Atlanta FaZe
2. $320,000, 600 points – 100 thieves
3-4. $160,000, 275 points — OpTic Gaming, Vancouver Surge
5-8. $80,000, 60 points – Cloud9, Boston Breach, Toronto Ultra, Carolina Royal Ravens
9-12. $40,000, no points – Las Vegas Legion, Gentle Mates, Stallions, Lore Gaming
13-16. $20,000, no points – OMiT Brooklyn, G2 Esports, Team Heretics, Team Falcons
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