Call of Duty Championship

Call of Duty Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Call of Duty
Location	Burbank, California, United States
Month played	March
Established	2013
Number of tournaments	Annual
Teams	32
Current champion
Denial eSports (Replays, Attach, Clayster, JKap)

The Call of Duty Championship is an annual Call of Duty tournament. There are regional tournaments in Asia Pacific, Brazil, Europe, and North America to determine qualification and seeding at the world championships.^[1] Players must be at least 18 years of age as of the beginning of the tournament in order to participate.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

The inaugural tournament was held in 2013 on Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Xbox 360 and was won by Fariko Impact. Complexity Gaming won the 2014 event.^[18]

The 2015 iteration of the event was won by Denial eSports with team consisting of Chris "Replays" Crowder, Dillon "Attach" Price, James "Clayster" Eubanks, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan.^[19]

The 2016 iteration will occur in the Fall, unlike previous ones held in the spring, with a $3 Million dollar prize pool.

Past results

Year	Winner	Roster	Runner-up	Roster	Third place	Roster	Fourth place	Roster
2013	Fariko Impact	Parasite, Karma, KiLLa, MiRx	Team EnVyUs	StaiNViLLe, Rambo, JKap, ProoFy	OpTic Gaming	BigTymeR, MerK, Scumpii, NaDeSHoT	compLexity Gaming	ACHES, TeePee, Crimson, TuQuick
2014	compLexity Gaming	ACHES, TeePee, Crimsix, Karma	Team EnVyUs	MerK, Rambo, NameLeSs, StuDyy	OpTic Gaming	NaDeSHoT, Scump, Clayster, MBoZe	Strictly Business	Censor, Apathy, Dedo, Saints
2015	Denial eSports	Replays, Attach, Clayster, JKap	Team Revenge	Nagafen, Remy, Faccento, AquA	FaZe Red	ACHES, SlasheR, Enable, Parasite	Prophecy	Ricky, MBoZe, Classic, Mochila

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