2018 CWL Pro League#Stage 2
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| sport = Call of Duty: WWII
| year = 2018
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| location = Columbus, Ohio, United States
| start_date = January 23, 2018
| end_date = July 29, 2018
| administrator = Activision
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| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.callofduty.com/esports/story/2017-10/CWL2018_SeasonReveal|title=CWL 2018 Season Reveal|accessdate=March 12, 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.{{cite web|url=https://cod-esports.gamepedia.com/CWL/2018_Season/Pro_League/Stage_1|title=CWL/2018 Season/Pro League/Stage 1|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}
=Calendar=
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! Round ! Dates |
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| Division A
|style="text-align:center;"| 23–25 January 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 January – 1 February 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 20–22 February 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 February – 1 March 2018 |
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| Division B
|style="text-align:center;"| 6–8 February 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 13–15 February 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 14–16 March 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 20–22 March 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| Playoffs
|style="text-align:center;"| 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.
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Pos
! Team ! Series ! Games ! Qualification |
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style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 1
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Rise Nation |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 13–1 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 40–12 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="4"| Playoffs and Stage 2 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 2
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| OpTic Gaming |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 10–4 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 34–20 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 3
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Red Reserve |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 9–5 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 34–23 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 4
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Team Kaliber |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 8–6 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 30–28 |
style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 5
|style="text-align:left; background:#F3F781;"| Echo Fox |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 6–8 |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 27–29 |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;" rowspan="2"| Stage 2 |
style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 6
|style="text-align:left; background:#F3F781;"| eRa Eternity |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 5–9 |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 23–33 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 7
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Mindfreak |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 4–10 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 22–34 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="2"| Relegation playoffs |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 8
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Team Vitality |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 1–13 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 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.
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Pos
! Team ! Series ! Games ! Qualification |
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style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 1
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| FaZe Clan |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 11–3 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 38–16 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="4"| Playoffs and Stage 2 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 2
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Luminosity Gaming |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 10–4 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 36–20 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 3
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Team EnVyUs |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 8–6 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 27–27 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 4
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| {{proper name|eUnited}}eUnited won the tiebreaker against UNILAD based on head-to-head map count, which was 5-4 in their favor. |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 7–7 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 28–27 |
style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 5
|style="text-align:left; background:#F3F781;"| UNILAD |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 7–7 |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 29–30 |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;" rowspan="2"| Stage 2 |
style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 6
|style="text-align:left; background:#F3F781;"| Splyce |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 6–8 |style="text-align:center; background:#F3F781;"| 27–28 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 7
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Evil Geniuses |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 5–9 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 21–33 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="2"| Relegation playoffs |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 8
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Epsilon eSports |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 2–12 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 14–39 |
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=Playoffs final standings=
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! Place ! Team ! Prize money |
style="text-align:center; background:gold;"| 1st
|style="text-align:right"| $212,500 |
style="text-align:center; background:silver;"| 2nd
|style="text-align:right"| $132,500 |
style="text-align:center; background:#c96;"| 3rd
|style="text-align:right"| $92,500 |
style="text-align:center"| 4th
| Team Kaliber |style="text-align:right"| $52,500 |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 5th-6th
| Red Reserve |style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $32,500 |
{{proper name|eUnited}} |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 7th-8th
| Rise Nation |style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $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.{{cite web|url=https://www.callofduty.com/esports/story/2018-01/cwl-2018-pro-league-and-north-american-cwl-2k-tournament-update|title=2018 CWL Pro League and North American CWL 2K Tournament Update|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}
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) {{Cite web|url=http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/ps4/call-of-duty-world-war-2/tournament/na-cwl-pl-relegation-oq-04-15/bracket?bracket=C|title = GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition}}
- GGEA Orange (North America Qualifier #2)
- Nordic (Europe Qualifier #1) {{Cite web|url=http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/ps4/call-of-duty-world-war-2/tournament/eu-cwl-pl-relegation-oq-04-15/bracket?bracket=C|title = GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition}}
- Tainted Minds (APAC Qualifier winner){{Cite web|url=http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/ps4/call-of-duty-world-war-2/tournament/apaccwl-pl-relegation-oq-04-15|title=GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition}}
=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.callofduty.com/content/dam/atvi/callofduty/esports-new/articles/2018_CWL_Pro_League_Official_Rules.pdf|title=2018 CWL Pro League Official Rules|accessdate=April 12, 2018}}
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! Team ! Player left ! Player joined |
rowspan="2"| Evil Geniuses |
Enable |
Epsilon eSports
| Nathan |
rowspan="2"| Team Vitality |
RiskiN |
=Final standings=
The top 4 teams qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League.
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! Place ! Team |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="2"| 1st/2nd
| Mindfreak |
Evil Geniuses |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="2"| 3rd/4th |
Tainted Minds |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 5th-6th
| GGEA Orange |
Team Vitality |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 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.{{cite web|url=https://cod-esports.gamepedia.com/CWL/2018_Season/Pro_League/Stage_2|title=CWL/2018 Season/Pro League/Stage 2|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.complexitygaming.com/articles/news/press/4874/changes-to-colofduty|title=Changes to #coLofDuty|date=31 July 2016|accessdate=April 13, 2018}}
- FaZe Clan (Division B #1)
- Luminosity Gaming (Division B #2)
- Team EnVyUs (Division B #3)
- {{proper name|eUnited}} (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)
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=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=
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! Round ! Dates |
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| Division A
|style="text-align:center;"| 15–17 May 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 22–24 May 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 26–28 June 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 3–6 July 2018 |
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| Division B
|style="text-align:center;"| 29–31 May 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 5–7 June 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 10–12 July 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| 17–19 July 2018 |
style="text-align:center;"| Playoffs
|style="text-align:center;"| 27–29 July 2018 |
=Division A=
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Pos
! Team ! Series ! Games ! Qualification |
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style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 1
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Red Reserve |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 11–3 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 38–21 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="4"| Playoffs |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 2
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| 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% |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 9–5 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 33–23 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 3
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Echo Fox |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 9–5 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 31–27 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 4
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| FaZe Clan |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 8–6 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 30–23 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 5
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Evil Geniuses |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 7–7 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 29–26 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="4"| |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 6
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Team EnVyUs |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 6–8 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 28–28 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 7
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Splyce |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 5–9 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 21–33 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 8
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Epsilon eSports |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 1–13 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 11–40 |
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=Division B=
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! Team ! Series ! Games ! Qualification |
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style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 1
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming holds the tiebreak against {{proper name|eUnited}} and UNILAD based on head-to-head series record. OpTic has a head-to-head series record of 3–1, {{proper name|eUnited}} has a head-to-head series record of 2–2 while UNILAD has a head-to-head series record of 1–3 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 10–4 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 35–21 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="4"| Playoffs |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 2
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| {{proper name|eUnited}} |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 10–4 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 38–22 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 3
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| UNILAD |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 10–4 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 33–22 |
style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 4
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF3BB;"| Rise Nation |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 9–5 |style="text-align:center; background:#BBF3BB;"| 33–23 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 5
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| 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% |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 6–8 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 27–29 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="4"| |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 6
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| compLexity Gaming |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 6–8 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 24–27 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 7
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Mindfreak |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 4–10 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 22–37 |
style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 8
|style="text-align:left; background:#FFCCCC;"| Tainted Minds |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 1–13 |style="text-align:center; background:#FFCCCC;"| 13–41 |
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=Playoffs qualified teams=
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! 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 |
{{proper name|eUnited}}
| Division B #2 |
UNILAD
| Division B #3 |
Rise Nation
| Division B #4 |
=Playoffs Bracket=
{{8Team2ElimBracket|RD5-legs=2
| RD1=Round 1
| RD2=Round 2
| RD3=Round 3
| RD4=Losers Final
| RD5=Grand Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1=Red Reserve
| RD1-score1=1
| RD1-seed2=B4
| RD1-team2=Rise Nation
| RD1-score2=3
| RD1-seed3=B2
| RD1-team3={{proper name|eUnited}}
| RD1-score3=3
| RD1-seed4=A3
| RD1-team4=Echo Fox
| RD1-score4=1
| RD1-seed5=A2
| RD1-team5=Team Kaliber
| RD1-score5=3
| RD1-seed6=B3
| RD1-team6=UNILAD
| RD1-score6=1
| RD1-seed7=B1
| RD1-team7=OpTic Gaming
| RD1-score7=2
| RD1-seed8=A4
| RD1-team8=FaZe Clan
| RD1-score8=3
| RD2-seed1=B4
| RD2-team1=Rise Nation
| RD2-score1=3
| RD2-seed2=B2
| RD2-team2={{proper name|eUnited}}
| RD2-score2=1
| RD2-seed3=A2
| RD2-team3=Team Kaliber
| RD2-score3=3
| RD2-seed4=A4
| RD2-team4=FaZe Clan
| RD2-score4=0
| RD3-seed1=B4
| RD3-team1=Rise Nation
| RD3-score1=1
| RD3-seed2=A2
| RD3-team2=Team Kaliber
| RD3-score2=3
| RD1-seed9=A1
| RD1-team9=Red Reserve
| RD1-score9=3
| RD1-seed10=A3
| RD1-team10=Echo Fox
| RD1-score10=2
| RD1-seed11=B3
| RD1-team11=UNILAD
| RD1-score11=3
| RD1-seed12=B1
| RD1-team12=OpTic Gaming
| RD1-score12=0
| RD2-seed5=A4
| RD2-team5=FaZe Clan
| RD2-score5=1
| RD2-seed6=A1
| RD2-team6=Red Reserve
| RD2-score6=3
| RD2-seed7=B2
| RD2-team7={{proper name|eUnited}}
| RD2-score7=3
| RD2-seed8=B3
| RD2-team8=UNILAD
| RD2-score8=1
| RD3-seed3=A1
| RD3-team3=Red Reserve
| RD3-score3=3
| RD3-seed4=B2
| RD3-team4={{proper name|eUnited}}
| RD3-score4=1
| RD4-seed1=B4
| RD4-team1=Rise Nation
| RD4-score1=3
| RD4-seed2=A1
| RD4-team2=Red Reserve
| RD4-score2=1
| RD5-seed1=A2
| RD5-team1=Team Kaliber
| RD5-score1a=2
| RD5-score1b=3
| RD5-seed2=B4
| RD5-team2=Rise Nation
| RD5-score2a=3
| RD5-score2b=1
}}
=Playoffs final standings=
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! Place ! Team ! Prize money |
style="text-align:center; background:gold;"| 1st
| Team Kaliber |style="text-align:right"| $212,500 |
style="text-align:center; background:silver;"| 2nd
| Rise Nation |style="text-align:right"| $132,500 |
style="text-align:center; background:#c96;"| 3rd
| Red Reserve |style="text-align:right"| $92,500 |
style="text-align:center"| 4th
| {{proper name|eUnited}} |style="text-align:right"| $52,500 |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 5th-6th
|style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $32,500 |
UNILAD |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 7th-8th
|style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $22,500 |
Echo Fox |
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