The 2018 CWL Pro League was a Call of Duty: WWII tournament on PlayStation 4 that occurred on January 23-July 29, 2018.

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.

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.

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 Rise Nation 13–1 40–12 Playoffs and Stage 2 2 OpTic Gaming 10–4 34–20 3 Red Reserve 9–5 34–23 4 Team Kaliber 8–6 30–28 5 Echo Fox 6–8 27–29 Stage 2 6 eRa Eternity 5–9 23–33 7 Mindfreak 4–10 22–34 Relegation playoffs 8 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 FaZe Clan 11–3 38–16 Playoffs and Stage 2 2 Luminosity Gaming 10–4 36–20 3 Team EnVyUs 8–6 27–27 4 eUnited won the tiebreaker against UNILAD based on head-to-head map count, which was 5-4 in their favor. 7–7 28–27 5 UNILAD 7–7 29–30 Stage 2 6 Splyce 6–8 27–28 7 Evil Geniuses 5–9 21–33 Relegation playoffs 8 Epsilon eSports 2–12 14–39

Playoffs final standings

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

Participating teams:

Mindfreak (Division A #7) Team Vitality (Division A #8) Evil Geniuses (Division B #7) Epsilon eSports (Division B #8) EZG eSports (North America Qualifier #1) GGEA Orange (North America Qualifier #2) Nordic (Europe Qualifier #1) Tainted Minds (APAC Qualifier winner)

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.

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

Place Team 1st/2nd Mindfreak Evil Geniuses 3rd/4th Epsilon eSports Tainted Minds 5th-6th GGEA Orange Team Vitality 7th-8th EZG 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.

Participating teams:

Rise Nation (Division A #1) OpTic Gaming (Division A #2) Red Reserve (Division A #3) Team Kaliber (Division A #4) Echo Fox (Division A #5) compLexity Gaming (Division A #6)compLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the league. FaZe Clan (Division B #1) Luminosity Gaming (Division B #2) Team EnVyUs (Division B #3) (Division B #4) UNILAD (Division B #5) Splyce (Division B #6) Mindfreak (Relegation 1st) Evil Geniuses (Relegation 2nd) Epsilon eSports (Relegation 3rd) Tainted Minds (Relegation 4th)

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.

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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 Red Reserve 11–3 38–21 Playoffs 2 Team KaliberTeam Kaliber holds the tiebreaker against Echo Fox based on overall map win percentage, Team Kaliber's is 59% while Echo Fox's is 53% 9–5 33–23 3 Echo Fox 9–5 31–27 4 FaZe Clan 8–6 30–23 5 Evil Geniuses 7–7 29–26 6 Team EnVyUs 6–8 28–28 7 Splyce 5–9 21–33 8 Epsilon eSports 1–13 11–40

Division B

Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming holds the tiebreak against and UNILAD based on head-to-head series record. OpTic has a head-to-head series record of 3–1, has a head-to-head series record of 2–2 while UNILAD has a head-to-head series record of 1–3 10–4 35–21 Playoffs 2 10–4 38–22 3 UNILAD 10–4 33–22 4 Rise Nation 9–5 33–23 5 Luminosity GamingLuminosity 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% 6–8 27–29 6 compLexity Gaming 6–8 24–27 7 Mindfreak 4–10 22–37 8 Tainted Minds 1–13 13–41

Playoffs qualified teams Team Division Red Reserve Division A #1 Team Kaliber Division A #2 Echo Fox Division A #3 FaZe Clan Division A #4 OpTic Gaming Division B #1 Division B #2 UNILAD Division B #3 Rise Nation Division B #4

Playoffs Bracket

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

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