Call of Duty Championship 2018

Call of Duty World League Championship 2018
2018
Tournament information
Sport Call of Duty: WWII
Location Columbus, Ohio, United States
Dates August 15, 2018–August 19, 2018
Administrator(s) Activision
Venue(s) Nationwide Arena
Teams 32
Purse $1,500,000
Final positions
Champions United States Evil Geniuses
MVP Adam "Assault" Garcia

The Call of Duty World League Championship 2018 was a Call of Duty: WWII tournament on Playstation 4 that took place on August 15–19, 2018.[1] The tournament was won by Evil Geniuses with a roster consisting of Patrick "ACHES" Price, Bryan "Apathy" Zhelyazkov, Adam "Assault" Garcia and Justin "SiLLY" Fargo-Palmer after beating Team Kaliber in the Grand Finals.[2]

Last Chance Qualifier

On July 24–25, 2018 32 teams will play for a chance to qualify for the Call of Duty Championship 2018 in Columbus, Ohio at the MLG Arena. Ten teams will be invited via the CWL National Circuit: the Stage 2 winners of the Mexico and Brazil pilot regions, and the Stage 4 winners of the National Circuit leagues from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Australia. Another 22 teams, 14 from North America, 7 from Europe and 1 from the APAC region, will also be invited based on cumulative CWL Pro Points earned. The top 16 teams will qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.[3]

Last Chance Qualifier teams

North America Europe APAC Brazil
Canada Lightning Pandas European Union Brash eSports Australia TabooESC Brazil Virtue Gaming
United States InControl Gaming Germany Alle Snakes New Zealand Synergy Esports Club
United States Ghost Gaming Italy iDomina Esports
United States Enigma6 Group Spain Team Heretics
United States Morituri eSports England The Imperial
United States Elevate England Team Sween
United States Team WaR England Team Vitality
United States EZG eSports France Les Blues
United States GAS Gaming Spain Vodafone Giants
United States in2ition United Kingdom ZoneGG
United States Gone Gaming France Supremacy
United States HavoK eSports England Black Forest Gaming
United States Mentality eSports
United States Vertacon
United States Lethal Gaming
United States WrangleR Gaming
United States Team BlackOut

Qualified teams

32 teams from the North America, Europe and APAC regions will qualify for the tournament. The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify.[4] Another 16 teams will qualify via the Last Chance Qualifier.[3]

Pro League Teams

The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.[4]

North America Europe APAC
United States Rise Nation England Red Reserve Australia Mindfreak
United States OpTic Gaming England UNILAD Australia Tainted Minds
United States Team Kaliber England Splyce
United States Echo Fox United Kingdom Epsilon eSports
United States compLexity Gaming [lower-alpha 1][5]
United States FaZe Clan
United States Luminosity Gaming
United States Team EnVyUs
United States eUnited
United States Evil Geniuses
  1. ↑ compLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the Stage 2 of the league and thus also the spot in the Championship.

Last Chance Qualifier teams

The top 16 teams from the Last Chance Qualifier will qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.[3]

Place Team
Top 8 United States EZG eSports
Spain Team Heretics
England Team Vitality
United States Elevate
United States Enigma6 Group
United States Ghost Gaming
United States Lethal Gaming
France Les Blues
8th-16th United States Morituri eSports
England Team Sween
Canada Lightning Pandas
United States HavoK eSports
United Kingdom ZoneGG
United States Mentality eSports
France Supremacy
European Union Brash eSports

Groups

The draw for the groups took place on 29 July, 2018.[6]

Group A

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 Canada Lightning Pandas 3–0 9–4 Bracket Play
2 United States Team Kaliber 2–1 8–6
3 Spain Team Heretics 1–2 7–7 Eliminated
4 England Epsilon eSports 0–3 2–9

Group B

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 United States Rise Nation 3–0 9–3 Bracket Play
2 United States Lethal Gaming 2–1 8–7
3 European Union Brash eSports 1–2 5–8 Eliminated
4 Australia Tainted Minds 0–3 5–9

Group C

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 England Red Reserve 3–0 9–3 Bracket Play
2 United States Ghost Gaming 2–1 7–5
3 Australia Mindfreak 1–2 6–6 Eliminated
4 United Kingdom ZoneGG 0–3 0–9

Group D

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 England Team Sween 3–0 9–3 Bracket Play
2 United States eUnited 2–1 8–4
3 England Splyce 1–2 5–6 Eliminated
4 United States EZG eSports 0–3 0–9

Group E

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 United States FaZe Clan 3–0 9–3 Bracket Play
2 United States compLexity Gaming 2–1 7–5
3 United States Enigma6 Group 1–2 5–6 Eliminated
4 United States Morituri eSports 0–3 2–9

Group F

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 England UNILAD 3–0 9–0 Bracket Play
2 United States Team EnVyUs 2–0 6–3
3 United States Mentality eSports 1–2 3–7 Eliminated
4 France Team Prismatic 0–3 1–9

Group G

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 United States Luminosity Gaming 3–0 9–0 Bracket Play
2 England Team Vitality 2–1 6–4
3 United States Echo Fox 1–2 4–6 Eliminated
4 United States HavoK eSports 0–3 0–9

Group H

Pos Team Series Games Qualification
1 United States Evil Geniuses[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 7–4 Bracket Play
2 United States Elevate[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 7–4
3 United States OpTic Gaming[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 6–4 Eliminated
4 France Supremacy 0–3 1–9
  1. 1 2 3 Evil Geniuses, Elevate and OpTic Gaming were locked in a three-way tie. Based on head-to-head games record, Evil Geniuses finished 1st in the tiebreaker with a 4-3 map record, Elevate finished 2nd with a 4-4 map record and OpTic Gaming finished 3rd with a 3-4 map record.

Final Standings

Place Team Prize money
1st United States Evil Geniuses $600,000
2nd United States Team Kaliber $200,000
3rd United States FaZe Clan $100,000
4th United States eUnited $80,000
5th-6th United States Team EnVyUs $55,000
United States Luminosity Gaming
7th-8th United States Elevate $35,000
England Red Reserve
9th-12th England Team Vitality $25,000
England UNILAD
United States Ghost Gaming
Canada Lightning Pandas
13th-16th United States Lethal Gaming $15,000
England Team Sween
United States compLexity Gaming
United States Rise Nation
17th-24th Spain Team Heretics $12,500
European Union Brash eSports
Australia Mindfreak
England Splyce
United States Enigma6 Group
United States Mentality eSports
United States Echo Fox
United States OpTic Gaming
25th-32nd United Kingdom Epsilon eSports $10,000
Australia Tainted Minds
United Kingdom ZoneGG
United States EZG eSports
United States Morituri eSports
France Team Prismatic
United States HavoK eSports
France Supremacy

References

  1. ↑ "CWL Championship 2018". Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Call of Duty World League Championship 2018 Recap". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Call of Duty World League Championship - Last Chance Qualifier Info". Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "CWL 2018 Season Reveal". Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Changes to #coLofDuty". Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Presenting the pools for the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship". Retrieved July 29, 2018.


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