2018 CWL Pro League

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2018 CWL Pro League
2018
Tournament information
SportCall of Duty: WWII
LocationColumbus, Ohio, United States
DatesJanuary 23, 2018–July 29, 2018
Administrator(s)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]

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[]

Round Dates
Division A 23–25 January 2018
30 January – 1 February 2018
20–22 February 2018
27 February – 1 March 2018
Division B 6–8 February 2018
13–15 February 2018
14–16 March 2018
20–22 March 2018
Playoffs 6–8 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.

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 United States Rise Nation 13–1 40–12 Playoffs and Stage 2
2 United States OpTic Gaming 10–4 34–20
3 England Red Reserve 9–5 34–23
4 United States Team Kaliber 8–6 30–28
5 United States Echo Fox 6–8 27–29 Stage 2
6 United States eRa Eternity 5–9 23–33
7 Australia Mindfreak 4–10 22–34 Relegation playoffs
8 France Team Vitality 1–13 10–41

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.

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 United States FaZe Clan 11–3 38–16 Playoffs and Stage 2
2 United States Luminosity Gaming 10–4 36–20
3 United States Team EnVyUs 8–6 27–27
4 United States eUnited[a] 7–7 28–27
5 England UNILAD[a] 7–7 29–30 Stage 2
6 England Splyce 6–8 27–28
7 United States Evil Geniuses 5–9 21–33 Relegation playoffs
8 England Epsilon eSports 2–12 14–39
  1. ^ a b eUnited won the tiebreaker against UNILAD based on head-to-head map count, which was 5-4 in their favor.

Playoffs final standings[]

Place Team Prize money
1st United States FaZe Clan $212,500
2nd United States OpTic Gaming $132,500
3rd United States Luminosity Gaming $92,500
4th United States Team Kaliber $52,500
5th-6th England Red Reserve $32,500
United States eUnited
7th-8th United States Rise Nation $22,500
United States 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:

  • Australia Mindfreak (Division A #7)
  • European Union Team Vitality (Division A #8)
  • United States Evil Geniuses (Division B #7)
  • England Epsilon eSports (Division B #8)
  • United States EZG eSports (North America Qualifier #1) [4]
  • United States GGEA Orange (North America Qualifier #2) [4]
  • European Union Nordic (Europe Qualifier #1) [5]
  • Australia Tainted Minds (APAC Qualifier winner)[6]

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]

Team Player left Player joined
United States Evil Geniuses United States Nameless [8] United States SiLLY [8]
United States Enable [8] United States Assault [8]
England Epsilon eSports England Nathan England Reedy [9]
France Team Vitality France Zayrox [10] Scotland MarkyB [11]
France RiskiN [11] England Moose [11]

Final standings[]

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

Place Team
1st/2nd Australia Mindfreak
United States Evil Geniuses
3rd/4th England Epsilon eSports
Australia Tainted Minds
5th-6th United States GGEA Orange
European Union Team Vitality
7th-8th United States EZG eSports
European Union 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:

  • United States Rise Nation (Division A #1)
  • United States OpTic Gaming (Division A #2)
  • England Red Reserve (Division A #3)
  • United States Team Kaliber (Division A #4)
  • United States Echo Fox (Division A #5)
  • United States compLexity Gaming (Division A #6)[a][13]
  • United States FaZe Clan (Division B #1)
  • United States Luminosity Gaming (Division B #2)
  • United States Team EnVyUs (Division B #3)
  • United States eUnited (Division B #4)
  • England UNILAD (Division B #5)
  • England Splyce (Division B #6)
  • Australia Mindfreak (Relegation 1st)
  • United States Evil Geniuses (Relegation 2nd)
  • England Epsilon eSports (Relegation 3rd)
  • Australia Tainted Minds (Relegation 4th)
  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]

Team Player left Player joined
United States Team EnVyUs United States SlasheR [14] United States Chino [15]
United States Temp [15] United States Decemate [15]
United States compLexity Gaming[a] United States Ferocitys [16] United States Censor [13]
United States Decemate [15] United States Dashy [13]
United States Rise Nation United States Methodz [17] United States SlasheR [18]
United States Team Kaliber United States Theory [19] United States Ferocitys [16]
United States Chino [16] United States Enable [20]
United States eUnited United States SiLLY [21] United States FeLo [21]
United States Echo Fox United States Assault [22] United States Temp [22]
United States Luminosity Gaming United States Octane [23] United States Formal [23]
United States OpTic Gaming United States Formal [23][24] United States Methodz [24]
Canada Karma [25][24] United States Octane [24]
England Splyce England Tommey [26] England Joshh [27]
England UNILAD England Moose [28] England Alexx [29]
England Skrapz [25] England Zed [30]
England Red Reserve England Joshh [31] England Skrapz [25]
  1. ^ compLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the league.

Calendar[]

Round Dates
Division A 15–17 May 2018
22–24 May 2018
26–28 June 2018
3–6 July 2018
Division B 29–31 May 2018
5–7 June 2018
10–12 July 2018
17–19 July 2018
Playoffs 27–29 July 2018

Division A[]

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 England Red Reserve 11–3 38–21 Playoffs
2 United States Team Kaliber[a] 9–5 33–23
3 United States Echo Fox[a] 9–5 31–27
4 United States FaZe Clan 8–6 30–23
5 United States Evil Geniuses 7–7 29–26
6 United States Team EnVyUs 6–8 28–28
7 England Splyce 5–9 21–33
8 England Epsilon eSports 1–13 11–40
  1. ^ a b 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[]

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 United States OpTic Gaming[a] 10–4 35–21 Playoffs
2 United States eUnited[a] 10–4 38–22
3 England UNILAD[a] 10–4 33–22
4 United States Rise Nation 9–5 33–23
5 United States Luminosity Gaming[b] 6–8 27–29
6 United States compLexity Gaming[b] 6–8 24–27
7 Australia Mindfreak 4–10 22–37
8 Australia Tainted Minds 1–13 13–41
  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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[]

Team Division
England Red Reserve Division A #1
United States Team Kaliber Division A #2
United States Echo Fox Division A #3
United States FaZe Clan Division A #4
United States OpTic Gaming Division B #1
United States eUnited Division B #2
England UNILAD Division B #3
United States Rise Nation Division B #4

Playoffs Bracket[]

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Losers Final     Grand Final
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  A1 England Red Reserve 1  
  B4 United States Rise Nation 3    
      B4 United States Rise Nation 3  
      B2 United States eUnited 1    
  B2 United States eUnited 3          
  A3 United States Echo Fox 1        
      B4 United States Rise Nation 1            
      A2 United States Team Kaliber 3              
  A2 United States Team Kaliber 3              
  B3 England UNILAD 1                
      A2 United States Team Kaliber 3          
      A4 United States FaZe Clan 0        
  B1 United States OpTic Gaming 2          
  A4 United States FaZe Clan 3         A2 United States Team Kaliber 2 3
      B4 United States Rise Nation 3 1
  Loser's Bracket      
  A1 England Red Reserve 3        
  A3 United States Echo Fox 2     A4 United States FaZe Clan 1        
    A1 England Red Reserve 3          
      A1 England Red Reserve 3        
  B3 England UNILAD 3         B2 United States eUnited 1     B4 United States Rise Nation 3    
  B1 United States OpTic Gaming 0     B2 United States eUnited 3         A1 England Red Reserve 1  
    B3 England UNILAD 1  

Playoffs final standings[]

Place Team Prize money
1st United States Team Kaliber $212,500
2nd United States Rise Nation $132,500
3rd England Red Reserve $92,500
4th United States eUnited $52,500
5th-6th United States FaZe Clan $32,500
England UNILAD
7th-8th United States OpTic Gaming $22,500
United States Echo Fox

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "CWL 2018 Season Reveal". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "CWL/2018 Season/Pro League/Stage 1". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 CWL Pro League and North American CWL 2K Tournament Update". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition".
  5. ^ "GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition".
  6. ^ "GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition".
  7. ^ a b "2018 CWL Pro League Official Rules" (PDF). Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d "Roster Update: Evil Geniuses Call of Duty". Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  9. ^ Epsilon Esports [@Epsilon_eSports] (April 14, 2018). "We are delighted to confirm that @Reedy_1905 will be staying with #EpsiCoD for the rest of this season! Please show him some love and support the team in Seattle and all other upcoming CWL events. t.co/E3ooOJ0Z6p" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ zayrox [@zayrox28] (April 11, 2018). "Gonna be F/A for the rest of the season, I got a good amount of pps if thats matters" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ a b c WIKI