2018 CWL Pro League


The 2018 CWL Pro League was a 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

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
1 Rise Nation13–140–12Playoffs and Stage 2
2 OpTic Gaming10–434–20Playoffs and Stage 2
3 Red Reserve9–534–23Playoffs and Stage 2
4 Team Kaliber8–630–28Playoffs and Stage 2
5 Echo Fox6–827–29Stage 2
6 eRa Eternity5–923–33Stage 2
7 Mindfreak4–1022–34Relegation playoffs
8 Team Vitality1–1310–41Relegation playoffs

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 Clan11–338–16Playoffs and Stage 2
2 Luminosity Gaming10–436–20Playoffs and Stage 2
3 Team EnVyUs8–627–27Playoffs and Stage 2
4 eUnited7–728–27Playoffs and Stage 2
5 UNILAD7–729–30Stage 2
6 Splyce6–827–28Stage 2
7 Evil Geniuses5–921–33Relegation playoffs
8 Epsilon eSports2–1214–39Relegation playoffs

Playoffs final standings

PlaceTeamPrize 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
5th-6th eUnited$32,500
7th-8th Rise Nation$22,500
7th-8th Team EnVyUs$22,500

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:
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.
TeamPlayer leftPlayer joined
Evil Geniuses Nameless SiLLY
Evil Geniuses Enable Assault
Epsilon eSports Nathan Reedy
Team Vitality Zayrox MarkyB
Team Vitality RiskiN Moose

Final standings

The top 4 teams qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League.
PlaceTeam
1st/2nd Mindfreak
1st/2nd Evil Geniuses
3rd/4th Epsilon eSports
3rd/4th Tainted Minds
5th-6th GGEA Orange
5th-6th Team Vitality
7th-8th EZG eSports
7th-8th 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:
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.
TeamPlayer leftPlayer joined
Team EnVyUs SlasheR Chino
Team EnVyUs Temp Decemate
compLexity Gaming Ferocitys Censor
compLexity Gaming Decemate Dashy
Rise Nation Methodz SlasheR
Team Kaliber Theory Ferocitys
Team Kaliber Chino Enable
eUnited SiLLY FeLo
Echo Fox Assault Temp
Luminosity Gaming Octane Formal
OpTic Gaming Formal Methodz
OpTic Gaming Karma Octane
Splyce Tommey Joshh
UNILAD Moose Alexx
UNILAD Skrapz Zed
Red Reserve Joshh Skrapz

Calendar

Division A

PosTeamSeriesGamesQualification
1 Red Reserve11–338–21Playoffs
2 Team Kaliber9–533–23Playoffs
3 Echo Fox9–531–27Playoffs
4 FaZe Clan8–630–23Playoffs
5 Evil Geniuses7–729–26
6 Team EnVyUs6–828–28
7 Splyce5–921–33
8 Epsilon eSports1–1311–40

Division B

PosTeamSeriesGamesQualification
1 OpTic Gaming10–435–21Playoffs
2 eUnited10–438–22Playoffs
3 UNILAD10–433–22Playoffs
4 Rise Nation9–533–23Playoffs
5 Luminosity Gaming6–827–29
6 compLexity Gaming6–824–27
7 Mindfreak4–1022–37
8 Tainted Minds1–1313–41

Playoffs qualified teams

Playoffs Bracket

Playoffs final standings