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| 2020 Atlanta FaZe season | |
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| Head coach | James "Crowder" Crowder |
| Owner | Paul Hamilton |
| Results | |
| Record | 26-7 (.788) |
| Homestand wins | 2 |
| Place | 1st |
| Season Playoffs | Grand Finals |
| Total Earnings | $1,140,000 |
The 2020 Atlanta FaZe season was the first season of the Atlanta FaZe's existence in the Call of Duty League.
On May 2, 2019, Activision Blizzard announced that Atlanta Esports Ventures had purchased one of the first five franchise slots for the Call of Duty League. [1] [2] AEV and FaZe Clan partnered together for the team, and in October 2019, they announced that the team would be named the Atlanta FaZe. [3] [4] Atlanta would announce its inaugural season roster the same month. [5]
Atlanta Faze would finish the regular season in first place with a 26 - 7 (.788) record, this granted them a 2-round bye and placed them in to winners bracket round 3. The team finished in second, earning them $900,000 in prize money. The team played with a starting roster of aBeZy, Cellium, MajorManiak, Priestahh and Simp at Playoffs.
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| 1 | Atlanta FaZe | 280 | 9 | 26 | 7 | .788 | 86 | 46 | .652 |
| 2 | Dallas Empire | 260 | 9 | 23 | 12 | .657 | 80 | 55 | .593 |
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| 3 | Florida Mutineers | 230 | 9 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 69 | 61 | .531 |
| 4 | Chicago Huntsmen | 230 | 9 | 21 | 9 | .700 | 75 | 44 | .630 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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