UMG California: Day 1 Recap

Day 1 at UMG California for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare consisted of the commencement of the Winner’s Open bracket and Pool Play. Both professional and amateur teams were looking to advance early in this weekend’s tournament, some started successfully, while others struggled to push forward.

*Note: the match recaps provided below are from streamed matches only.

Pool Play Series’ Results

• OpTic Gaming won 3-2 against Rise Nation. – Alpha
• Team EnVy won 3-1 against Team Orbit. – Bravo
• DA.Below Zero won 3-1 against Prophecy. – Bravo
• Team JusTus won 3-2 against Team KaLiBeR. – Alpha
• Team EnVy won 3-0 against OpTic Nation. – Alpha
• Prophecy won 3-2 against vVv Gaming. – Bravo
• OpTic Gaming won 3-0 against VexX Gaming. – Alpha
• FaZe Clan won 3-0 against vVv Gaming. – Bravo

Pool Play and Open Bracket Standings

Pool A:

• OpTic Gaming: 2-0
• VexX Gaming: 1-1
• Automatic Reload: 1-1
• Rise Nation: 0-2

Pool B:

• FaZe Clan: 2-0
• DA.Below Zero: 1-1
• Prophecy: 1-1
• vVv Gaming: 0-2

Pool C:

• Team JusTus: 2-0
• Team KaLiBeR: 1-1
• Team eLevate: 1-0
• 3sUp Enterprises: 0-2

Pool D:

• Team EnVy: 2-0
• Team Orbit: 1-1
• iSolation Empire: 1-1
• OpTic Nation: 0-2

Winner’s Open Bracket Round 5 Finalists:

• sYnrgy Gaming vs. Enigma 6
• dT eSports vs. Royalty eSports
• XGN Competitive vs. BitterSweet
• Ignite vs. Purist Gaming

Worth noting, that the winner of each of these matchups advances to Pool Play with the other top-16 teams. Loser’s Open bracket rounds commence on Saturday, and Pool Play resumes.

Saturday’s Schedule

Winner’s Open bracket – Round 5 commences at 8:00am PDT. Pool Play against the Winner’s Open bracket finalists (fifth Pool Play teams) resumes at 10:30am PDT.

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