Recently, most of the Call of Duty eSports focus has been placed on the upcoming qualifiers for the Call of Duty Championship. Now, teams will get the chance to truly test their rosters out in the newly announced MLG Winter Invitational.
Beginning on Monday, January 20th, the top eight Call of Duty teams will compete in a three week event that will be streamed on MLG.tv.
Teams Participating:
- Optic Gaming
- Complexity
- Team EnvyUs
- Team Kaliber
- Curse LV
- Curse NY
- Faze Competitive
- Strictly Business
In a prize pool of $5000, the first place team will win $4000, with the second place team taking $1000.
Schedule (EST):
Monday, January 20th
- 6:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Optic Gaming
- 7:30 PM Curse LV vs. compLexity
- 9:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. Curse LV
- 10:30 PM compLexity vs. Strictly Business
Tuesday, January 21st
- 6:00 PM Curse NY vs. Envy
- 7:30 PM FaZe vs. Kaliber
- 9:00 PM Envy vs. FaZe
- 10:30 PM Kaliber vs. Curse NY
Wednesday, January 22nd
- 6:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Envy
- 7:30 PM Optic Gaming vs. Curse NY
- 9:00 PM Curse NY vs. Strictly Business
- 10:30 PM Envy vs. Optic Gaming
Thursday, January 23rd
- 6:00 PM compLexity vs. Kaliber
- 7:30 PM Curse LV vs. FaZe
- 9:00 PM FaZe vs. compLexity
- 10:30 PM Kaliber vs. Curse LV
Friday, January 24th
- 6:00 PM Kaliber vs. Optic Gaming
- 7:30 PM FaZe vs. Strictly Business
- 9:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. FaZe
- 10:30 PM Strictly Business vs. Kaliber
Saturday, January 25th
- 12:00 PM Kaliber vs. FaZe
- 1:30 PM Curse LV vs. Curse NY
- 3:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. Strictly Business
- 4:30 PM compLexity vs. Envy
- 6:00 PM FaZe vs. Optic Gaming
- 6:00 PM Kaliber vs. Strictly Business
- 7:30 PM compLexity vs. Curse NY
- 7:30 PM Envy vs. Curse LV
- 9:00 PM Envy vs. Kaliber
- 9:00 PM Curse NY vs. FaZe
- 10:30 PM Optic Gaming vs. compLexity
- 10:30 PM Curse LV vs. Strictly Business
Monday, January 27th
- 6:00 PM compLexity vs. Curse LV
- 7:30 PM Envy vs. Curse NY
- 9:00 PM Curse NY vs. compLexity
- 10:30 PM Curse LV vs. Envy
Tuesday, January 28th
- 6:00 PM Curse LV vs. Optic Gaming
- 7:30 PM Envy vs. Strictly Business
- 9:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Curse LV
- 10:30 PM Optic Gaming vs. Envy
Wednesday, January 29th
- 6:00 PM FaZe vs. Curse NY
- 7:30 PM Kaliber vs. compLexity
- 9:00 PM Curse NY vs. Kaliber
- 10:30 PM compLexity vs. FaZe
Thursday, January 30th
- 6:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Curse NY
- 7:30 PM compLexity vs. Optic Gaming
- 9:00 PM Strictly Business vs. compLexity
- 10:30 PM Curse NY vs. Optic Gaming
Friday, January 31st
- 6:00 PM FaZe vs. Envy
- 7:30 PM Curse LV vs. Kaliber
- 9:00 PM Kaliber vs. Envy
- 10:30 PM FaZe vs. Curse LV
Monday, February 3rd
- 6:00 PM Envy vs. compLexity
- 7:30 PM Curse NY vs. Curse LV
- 9:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. Kaliber
- 10:30 PM Strictly Business vs. FaZe
Tuesday, February 4th
- 8:00 PM Semifinal #1
Wednesday, February 5th
- 8:00 PM Semifinal #2
Friday, February 7th
- 8:00 PM Final
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