2018 CWL Pro League

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2018 CWL Pro League
2018
Tournament information
Sport Call of Duty: WWII
Location Columbus, Ohio, United States
DatesJanuary 23, 2018–July 29, 2018
Administrator Activision
Purse$1,400,000
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The 2018 CWL Pro League was a Call of Duty: WWII tournament on PlayStation 4 that occurred on January 23-July 29, 2018. [1]

Contents

Format

The 2018 CWL Global Pro League consisted of 2 Stages, with 16 teams from North America, Europe and the APAC region participating. The 16 teams were split into 2 different Divisions with the top 4 teams from each Division advancing to playoffs. The top 6 teams from each pool advanced to Stage 2, while the bottom 2 teams from each Division have to go to the relegation playoffs. [1]

Stage 1

A total of $700,000 prize money will be given out during Stage 1. All 16 teams will receive $12,500 for participating while the 8 teams which qualified for playoffs will play for another $500,000. [1] [2]

Calendar

RoundDates
Division A23–25 January 2018
30 January – 1 February 2018
20–22 February 2018
27 February – 1 March 2018
Division B6–8 February 2018
13–15 February 2018
14–16 March 2018
20–22 March 2018
Playoffs6–8 April 2018

Division A

Week 1 of Division A took place from January 23, 2018, until February 1, 2018, with week 2 taking place from February 20, 2018, until March 1, 2018.

PosTeamSeriesGamesQualification
1Rise Nation13–140–12 Playoffs and Stage 2
2 OpTic Gaming 10–434–20
3Red Reserve9–534–23
4Team Kaliber8–630–28
5 Echo Fox 6–827–29 Stage 2
6eRa Eternity5–923–33
7Mindfreak4–1022–34 Relegation playoffs
8 Team Vitality 1–1310–41

Division B

Week 1 of Division B took place from February 6, 2018, until February 15, 2018, with week 2 taking place from March 14, 2018, until March 22, 2018.

PosTeamSeriesGamesQualification
1 FaZe Clan 11–338–16 Playoffs and Stage 2
2 Luminosity Gaming 10–436–20
3 Team EnVyUs 8–627–27
4eUnited [lower-alpha 1] 7–728–27
5UNILAD [lower-alpha 1] 7–729–30 Stage 2
6 Splyce 6–827–28
7 Evil Geniuses 5–921–33 Relegation playoffs
8 Epsilon eSports 2–1214–39
  1. 1 2 eUnited won the tiebreaker against UNILAD based on head-to-head map count, which was 5-4 in their favor.

Playoffs final standings

PlaceTeamPrize money
1st FaZe Clan $212,500
2nd OpTic Gaming $132,500
3rd Luminosity Gaming $92,500
4thTeam Kaliber$52,500
5th-6thRed Reserve$32,500
eUnited
7th-8thRise Nation$22,500
Team EnVyUs

Relegation

The 4 bottom teams from Stage 1 participated in the relegation tournament against 4 other teams in a double-elimination bracket for the final 4 spots in Stage 2. [1] [3]

Participating teams:

Roster Changes

Teams which placed among the bottom 2 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on April 13, 2018, to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players. [7]

TeamPlayer leftPlayer joined
Evil Geniuses Nameless [8] SiLLY [8]
Enable [8] Assault [8]
Epsilon eSports NathanReedy [9]
Team Vitality Zayrox [10] MarkyB [11]
RiskiN [11] Moose [11]

Final standings

The top 4 teams qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League.

PlaceTeam
1st/2ndMindfreak
Evil Geniuses
3rd/4th Epsilon eSports
Tainted Minds
5th-6thGGEA Orange
Team Vitality
7th-8thEZG eSports
Nordic

Stage 2

AA total of $700,000 prize money will be given out during Stage 2. All 16 teams will receive $12,500 for participating while the 8 teams which qualified for playoffs will play for another $500,000. The top 6 teams from all Stage 1 groups and the 4 teams which qualified via the relegation tournament participated in Stage 2. All 16 teams also qualified for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship. [1] [12]

Participating teams:

  1. ↑ compLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the league.

Roster Changes

Teams which placed among the top 6 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on May 7, 2018, to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players. Teams which placed among the bottom 2 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on April 13, 2018, to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players. [7]

TeamPlayer leftPlayer joined
Team EnVyUs SlasheR [14] Chino [15]
Temp [15] Decemate [15]
compLexity Gaming [lower-alpha 1] Ferocitys [16] Censor [13]
Decemate [15] Dashy [13]
Rise NationMethodz [17] SlasheR [18]
Team KaliberTheory [19] Ferocitys [16]
Chino [16] Enable [20]
eUnitedSiLLY [21] FeLo [21]
Echo FoxAssault [22] Temp [22]
Luminosity Gaming Octane [23] Formal [23]
OpTic Gaming Formal [23] [24] Methodz [24]
Karma [25] [24] Octane [24]
SplyceTommey [26] Joshh [27]
UNILADMoose [28] Alexx [29]
Skrapz [25] Zed [30]
Red ReserveJoshh [31] Skrapz [25]
  1. ↑ compLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the league.

Calendar

RoundDates
Division A15–17 May 2018
22–24 May 2018
26–28 June 2018
3–6 July 2018
Division B29–31 May 2018
5–7 June 2018
10–12 July 2018
17–19 July 2018
Playoffs27–29 July 2018

Division A

PosTeamSeriesGamesQualification
1Red Reserve11–338–21 Playoffs
2Team Kaliber [lower-alpha 1] 9–533–23
3 Echo Fox [lower-alpha 1] 9–531–27
4 FaZe Clan 8–630–23
5 Evil Geniuses 7–729–26
6 Team EnVyUs 6–828–28
7 Splyce 5–921–33
8 Epsilon eSports 1–1311–40
  1. 1 2 Team Kaliber holds the tiebreaker against Echo Fox based on overall map win percentage, Team Kaliber's is 59% while Echo Fox's is 53%

Division B

PosTeamSeriesGamesQualification
1 OpTic Gaming [lower-alpha 1] 10–435–21 Playoffs
2eUnited [lower-alpha 1] 10–438–22
3UNILAD [lower-alpha 1] 10–433–22
4Rise Nation9–533–23
5 Luminosity Gaming [lower-alpha 2] 6–827–29
6 compLexity Gaming [lower-alpha 2] 6–824–27
7Mindfreak4–1022–37
8Tainted Minds1–1313–41
  1. 1 2 3 OpTic Gaming holds the tiebreak against eUnited and UNILAD based on head-to-head series record. OpTic has a head-to-head series record of 3–1, eUnited has a head-to-head series record of 2–2 while UNILAD has a head-to-head series record of 1–3
  2. 1 2 Luminosity Gaming holds the tiebreak against compLexity Gaming based on over map win percentage. Luminosity Gaming has a map win percentage of 48% while compLexity Gaming has a map win percentage of 44%

Playoffs qualified teams

TeamDivision
Red ReserveDivision A #1
Team KaliberDivision A #2
Echo Fox Division A #3
FaZe Clan Division A #4
OpTic Gaming Division B #1
eUnitedDivision B #2
UNILADDivision B #3
Rise NationDivision B #4

Playoffs Bracket

Round 1Round 2Round 3Grand Final
A1Red Reserve1
B4Rise Nation3
B4Rise Nation3
B2eUnited1
B2eUnited3
A3 Echo Fox 1
B4Rise Nation1
A2Team Kaliber3
A2Team Kaliber3
B3UNILAD1
A2Team Kaliber3
A4 FaZe Clan 0
B1 OpTic Gaming 2
A4 FaZe Clan 3A2Team Kaliber23
B4Rise Nation31
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
A4 FaZe Clan 1
A1Red Reserve3A1Red Reserve3B4Rise Nation3
A3 Echo Fox 2A1Red Reserve3A1Red Reserve1
B2eUnited1
B2eUnited3
B3UNILAD3B3UNILAD1
B1 OpTic Gaming 0

Playoffs final standings

PlaceTeamPrize money
1stTeam Kaliber$212,500
2ndRise Nation$132,500
3rdRed Reserve$92,500
4theUnited$52,500
5th-6th FaZe Clan $32,500
UNILAD
7th-8th OpTic Gaming $22,500
Echo Fox

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