2020 Call of Duty League Season
LeagueCall of Duty League
SportCall of Duty: Modern Warfare
DurationJanuary 24 – July 25, 2020
Number of teams12
Regular Season
Top seedAtlanta Faze
Season MVPAnthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro
Grand Finals
ChampionsDallas Empire [1]
  Runners-upAtlanta Faze
Finals MVPIan "Crimsix" Porter

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.

Teams

Team Location Venue(s) Joined Owner
Atlanta FaZe United States Atlanta, GA Gateway Center Arena 2020 Atlanta Esports Ventures, FaZe Clan
Chicago Huntsmen United States Chicago, IL Wintrust Arena NRG Esports
Dallas Empire United States Dallas, TX Toyota Music Factory Envy Gaming
Florida Mutineers United States Orlando, FL Addition Financial Arena Misfits Gaming
London Royal Ravens United Kingdom London, UK Copper Box Arena ReKTGlobal, Inc.
Los Angeles Guerrillas United States Los Angeles, CA Shrine Exposition Hall Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles Immortals Gaming Club
Minnesota ROKKR United States Minneapolis, MN Mystic Lake Casino Hotel WISE Ventures
New York Subliners United States New York City, NY Kings Theatre Andbox
Paris Legion France Paris, France La Seine Musicale c0ntact Gaming
Seattle Surge United States Seattle, WA WaMu Theater The Aquilini Group
Toronto Ultra Canada Toronto, Ontario Mattamy Athletic Centre OverActive Media

Broadcast and viewership

The 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

2020 Call of Duty League standings
# Team Pts EP MW ML M% GW GL G%
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

CDL 2020 Launch Weekend

London Royal Ravens Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Atlanta FaZe, Florida Mutineers, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Minnesota ROKKR.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Chicago Huntsmen3
 
 
 
Paris Legion2
 
Chicago Huntsmen3
 
 
 
Dallas Empire0
 
London Royal Ravens2
 
 
Dallas Empire3
 

Source:[7]

Atlanta Faze Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Dallas Empire, Los Angeles Guerrillas, New York Subliners, Seattle Surge.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Atlanta FaZe3
 
 
 
Minnesota ROKKR2
 
Atlanta FaZe3
 
 
 
Florida Mutineers0
 
Chicago Huntsmen2
 
 
Florida Mutineers3
 

Source:[8]

Los Angeles Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Chicago Huntsmen, London Royal Ravens, Paris Legion, Toronto Ultra.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles1
 
 
 
Dallas Empire3
 
Dallas Empire3
 
 
 
Minnesota ROKKR2
 
Atlanta FaZe2
 
 
Minnesota ROKKR3
 

Source:[9]

Dallas Empire Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Atlanta FaZe, London Royal Ravens, New York Subliners, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Dallas Empire1
 
 
 
Minnesota ROKKR3
 
Minnesota ROKKR1
 
 
 
Florida Mutineers3
 
Chicago Huntsmen1
 
 
Florida Mutineers3
 

Source:[10]

Chicago Huntsmen Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Florida Mutineers, Minnesota ROKKR, Paris Legion, Toronto Ultra.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Seattle Surge1
 
 
 
Atlanta Faze3
 
Dallas Empire3
 
 
 
Atlanta Faze1
 
Dallas Empire3
 
 
Chicago Huntsmen0
 

Source:[11]

Florida Mutineers Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Chicago Huntsmen, Dallas Empire, Los Angeles Guerrillas, Seattle Surge.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles3
 
 
 
Toronto Ultra2
 
Atlanta Faze3
 
 
 
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles1
 
Dallas Empire2
 
 
Atlanta Faze3
 

Source:[12]

Seattle Surge Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Atlanta FaZe, Dallas Empire, Florida Mutineers, Toronto Ultra

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
London Royal Ravens3
 
 
 
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles2
 
London Royal Ravens1
 
 
 
Chicago Huntsmen3
 
Chicago Huntsmen3
 
 
New York Subliners1
 

Source:[13]

Minnesota RØKKR Home Series

Teams not in attendance: London Royal Ravens, New York Subliners, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Paris Legion.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Florida Mutineers3
 
 
 
Dallas Empire2
 
Florida Mutineers3
 
 
 
Atlanta Faze1
 
Atlanta Faze3
 
 
Los Angeles Guerrillas2
 

Source:[14]

Paris Legion Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Chicago Huntsmen, Los Angeles Guerrillas, Minnesota ROKKR, Seattle Surge.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Florida Mutineers3
 
 
 
New York Subliners2
 
Florida Mutineers3
 
 
 
Atlanta FaZe0
 
Atlanta FaZe3
 
 
Dallas Empire2
 

Source:[15]

New York Subliners Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Dallas Empire, Florida Mutineers, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Seattle Surge.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Chicago Huntsmen3
 
 
 
Atlanta FaZe0
 
Chicago Huntsmen0
 
 
 
New York Subliners3
 
Toronto Ultra0
 
 
New York Subliners3
 

Source:[16]

Second London Royal Ravens Home Series

Teams not in attendance: Atlanta Faze, Chicago Huntsmen, Minnesota ROKKR, Toronto Ultra.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
London Royal Ravens2
 
 
 
Paris Legion3
 
Paris Legion0
 
 
 
Dallas Empire3
 
Dallas Empire3
 
 
Florida Mutineers0
 

Source:[17]

Toronto Ultra Home Series

Teams not in attendance: New York Subliners, London Royal Ravens, Paris Legion, Los Angeles Guerrillas.

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Toronto Ultra3
 
 
 
Dallas Empire1
 
Toronto Ultra3
 
 
 
Atlanta Faze2
 
Atlanta Faze3
 
 
OpTic Gaming Los Angeles0
 

Source:[18]

Playoffs

The playoffs and Championship Weekend began on August 19 and concluded on August 30, 2020. All twelve teams competed in the playoffs, and all matches were played online.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper round 3Upper finalFinal
1Atlanta FaZe3
4Chicago Huntsmen34Chicago Huntsmen2
5New York Subliners35New York Subliners21Atlanta FaZe2
8Minnesota ROKKR12Dallas Empire3
2Dallas Empire3
3Florida Mutineers17Toronto Ultra2
6London Royal Ravens17Toronto Ultra3
7Toronto Ultra32Dallas Empire5
1Atlanta FaZe1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower round 4Lower round 5Lower final
4Chicago Huntsmen3
3Florida Mutineers09OpTic Los Angeles21Atlanta FaZe3
8Minnesota ROKKR09OpTic Los Angeles34Chicago Huntsmen34Chicago Huntsmen1
9OpTic Los Angeles39OpTic Los Angeles36London Royal Ravens1
12Los Angeles Guerrillas27Toronto Ultra1
5New York Subliners26London Royal Ravens3
6London Royal Ravens36London Royal Ravens3
10Paris Legion310Paris Legion1
11Seattle Surge0

Grand finals

Best-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

Teams 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
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

  1. ↑ Byers, Preston (August 30, 2020). "Dallas Empire win 2020 Call of Duty League Championship". Dot esports. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Byers, Preston (July 4, 2020). "Call of Duty League caster Momo fired following sexual misconduct allegations". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  5. ↑ Byers, Preston (July 14, 2020). "Benson no longer a part of Call of Duty League broadcast team". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ Byers, Preston (July 10, 2020). "StuDyy, LandO join Call of Duty League broadcast team". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  7. ↑ Binkowski, Justin (February 9, 2020). "Chicago Huntsmen win London home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  8. ↑ Byers, Preston (February 23, 2020). "Atlanta FaZe win Atlanta home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  9. ↑ Binkowski, Justin (March 8, 2020). "Dallas Empire win Los Angeles home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  10. ↑ Byers, Preston (April 12, 2020). "Florida Mutineers win Dallas home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  11. ↑ Byers, Preston (April 26, 2020). "Dallas Empire win Chicago home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  12. ↑ Binkowski, Justin (May 10, 2020). "Atlanta FaZe win Florida home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  13. ↑ Byers, Preston (May 24, 2020). "Chicago Huntsmen win Seattle home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  14. ↑ Byers, Preston (June 14, 2020). "Florida Mutineers win Minnesota home series". Dot esports. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  15. ↑ Byers, Preston (June 21, 2020). "Florida Mutineers win Paris home series". Dot esports. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  16. ↑ Binkowski, Justin (July 12, 2020). "New York Subliners win New York home series". Dot esports. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  17. ↑ Byers, Preston (July 19, 2020). "Dallas Empire win Second London Royal Ravens home series". Dot esports. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  18. ↑ Byers, Preston (July 26, 2020). "Toronto Ultra win Toronto Ultra home series". Dot esports. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  19. ↑ 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.
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