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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
AdministratorActivision
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:

  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 1Round 2Round 3Grand Final
A1England Red Reserve1
B4United States Rise Nation3
B4United States Rise Nation3
B2United States eUnited1
B2United States eUnited3
A3United States Echo Fox1
B4United States Rise Nation1
A2United States Team Kaliber3
A2United States Team Kaliber3
B3England UNILAD1
A2United States Team Kaliber3
A4United States FaZe Clan0
B1United States OpTic Gaming2
A4United States FaZe Clan3A2United States Team Kaliber23
B4United States Rise Nation31
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
A4United States FaZe Clan1
A1England Red Reserve3A1England Red Reserve3B4United States Rise Nation3
A3United States Echo Fox2A1England Red Reserve3A1England Red Reserve1
B2United States eUnited1
B2United States eUnited3
B3England UNILAD3B3England UNILAD1
B1United States OpTic Gaming0

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. https://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 Team Vitality 🐝 [@TeamVitality] (April 17, 2018). "Following the decision to part ways with @zayrox28, we're happy to announce @MarkyB & @Mooseman95 joined our CoD squad They'll play with Malls & Wailers in the relegation #VforVictory @rsknxzu is still officially contracted to the team, more infos regarding him will come later https://t.co/BEFypqh8XX" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "CWL/2018 Season/Pro League/Stage 2". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  13. ^ a b c "Changes to #coLofDuty". 31 July 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  14. ^ Liddicoat, Austin [@SlasheR_AL] (April 7, 2018). "With that being said I'm wasting no time since we only have 6ish days. F/A" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ a b c d Envy [@Envy] (April 12, 2018). "📣 Welcome Martin "Chino" Chino & Jacob "Decemate" Cato to #EnvyCOD! Both players will join @HukeFPS & @Classic and make their debut at #CWLSeattle. Give them each a follow - @MJCheen & @decemate https://t.co/ASXMyGZJJa" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ a b c "New Team Kaliber Call of Duty Roster". Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  17. ^ Ultra Methodz [@Methodz] (April 8, 2018). "Restricted F/A. Best of luck to Rise and my former teammates" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "SlasheR Signs With Rise". Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  19. ^ Dylan [@DMTheory] (April 10, 2018). "To my knowledge I will no longer be on the tK competitive roster if and teams need 1 for seattle and stage 2 let me know :)" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  20. ^ Team Kaliber [@TeamKaliber] (May 7, 2018). "We're excited to announce our new roster! Please welcome @Enable to #TKCOD! He will be joining @KuavoKenny @f3rocitys & @AccuracyLA at Stage Two of the #CWLProLeague #tKAllDay https://t.co/XHuZiClDDr" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ a b "eUnited Acquires FeLo, SiLLY Departs". Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Echo Fox signs Donovan "Temp" Laroda to Call of Duty roster". Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  23. ^ a b c "Welcome Formal to LG Call of Duty!". Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  24. ^ a b c d Call of Duty League [@CODLeague] (May 6, 2018). "ROSTER MOVE: @OpTicGaming have announced their new roster, as @Octane_ and @Methodz join @OpTic_Crimsix and @OpTic_Scumper! #CWLPS4 https://t.co/64ALaYVf7C" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ a b c Nordavind DNB [@Nordavindgg] (May 3, 2018). "We're excited to welcome @SkrapzG as our new fourth, We are looking forward to what our team can do for the rest of the season. #RESERVED #RRCOD https://t.co/SBp2Be8ukb" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ Tommey [@Tommey] (April 28, 2018). "Restricted F/A Took a few days off after the poor performance in Seattle before getting back on the grind, but I've been told that although nothing is final, it is only fair to allow me to look elsewhere. It is what it is, and we were very inconsistent as a team" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ MAD Lions LoL English [@MADLions_LoLEN] (May 11, 2018). "COD roster update: @BsportJoshh is back. #OnTheHunt May 15. #CWLPS4 https://t.co/w9qiNfLZce" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  28. ^ Handley, Tom [@Mooseman95] (April 6, 2018). "I've been released from @UNILADEsports First time I've been dropped since i started competing around 8 years ago but we move on and forget about the past. There's a tone of stuff i would love to get off my chest but what goods that going to do? We go again ladies and gentlemen" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  29. ^ UNILAD Esports [@UNILADEsports] (April 19, 2018). "Making his debut at @CODWorldLeague in Seattle, welcome to @UNILAD @Alexx1935! #WelcomeAlexx #LetsDoThis https://t.co/CE2Iff3QXJ" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "CWL Stage 2 Roster Movement Recap". Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  31. ^ Nordavind DNB [@Nordavindgg] (May 3, 2018). "We would like to thank @BsportJoshh for everything he has done for us this year. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. #RESERVED https://t.co/USEDRZ1syL" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
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