London Royal Ravens, the UK’s Call of Duty League team, crashed out of the London Home Series after losing 3-2 to Paris Legion in the semi-finals.
The Ravens got off to a great start in the the CoD League London finals, beating Seattle Surge 3-1 on Friday July 17th in round 1 of group A.
They then defeated the Florida Mutineers 3-2 on Saturday July 18th, bringing them to the semi-finals, where they faced Paris Legion today (Sunday July 19th).
It was an exhilerating best-of-five semi-final, with Ravens taking game 1 on Gun Runner – Hardpoint at 250 to 203. Paris then came back into the match, narrowly winning game 2 (Arklov Peak – Search and Destroy) 6-5.
Ravens then took the lead in game 3, winning St. Petrograd – Domination 179-131, putting them within touching distance of the final.
However, Paris Legion won the next two games back to back (Hackney Yard – Hardpoint 250-173 and Gun Runner – Search and Destroy 6-5), ending the Ravens’ Home Series journey in agonising fashion.
Paris Legion moved to face Dallas Empire in the CoD League London Final.
It was a chance for Paris to seek revenge after losing 3-1 to Dallas on Friday, but it wasn’t to be, as Dallas emerged victorious with a straight 3-0 victory in the final.
Dallas received 50 CDL points and $50,000 for winning, Paris took home 30 points and $30,000 for placing runners-up and the Ravens and Mutineers received 20 points and $10,000 each for reaching the top 4.
The latest London Home Series was of course online-only, but back in February (before lockdown), London’s Copperbox Arena played host to the London Royal Ravens’ first CoD League home matches.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
