CWL/2018 Season/Pro League/Stage 1

The 2018 CWL Pro League  is a global professional Call of Duty offline league operated by Activision, MLG, and Sledgehammer Games. In the Regular Season, sixteen teams separated into two divisions compete in a double round-robin format, with the top 4 teams from each division advancing to the Playoffs. In the Playoffs, the remaining 8 teams will compete in a double elimination bracket for an additional $500,000 in prizing.

Format

 * Division A:
 * January 23 - February 1
 * February 20 - March 1
 * Division B:
 * February 6 - February 15
 * March 14 - March 22
 * Double Round-Robin
 * Best of 5 Series
 * Top 4 teams in each division advance to Playoffs and qualify for Stage 2 and 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship
 * 5th-6th place teams in each division advance to Stage 2 and qualify for 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship
 * 7th-8th place teams in each division compete in Relegation to secure a spot in Stage 2.
 * Tiebreakers are determined by the following methods:
 * Head to Head Match win percentage
 * Head to Head Game win percentage
 * Overall Game win percentage

Game Types and Maps

 * Hardpoint: Ardennes Forest, Gibraltar, London Docks, Saint Marie Du Mont, Valkyrie
 * Capture the Flag: Ardennes Forest, Flak Tower, London Docks
 * Search and Destroy: Ardennes Forest, London Docks, Saint Marie Du Mont, USS Texas, Valkyrie

Broadcast Talent
The full talent lineup for the event is as follows:

English Stream Talent

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Ben "Benson" Bowe
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Philip "Momo" Whitfield
 * 🇺🇸 us Clint "Maven" Evans
 * 🇺🇸 us Thomas "Chance" Ashworth
 * 🇺🇸 us Joe "MerK" DeLuca
 * 🇺🇸 us Richard "Rich" Campbell
 * 🇺🇸 us Jessica Brohard

Spanish Stream Talent

 * es Joan "Prieto" Prieto
 * es Axel "AxeeL" Martínez
 * es Oriol "Uri" Ruiz
 * es Sergio "Frenezy" Ferra

French Stream Talent

 * fr Sacha "Pyro" Cohen
 * fr Quentin "Breizhix" Bonno
 * fr Théo "Rivenzi" Reunbot

German Stream Talent

 * de Marius "Jamarz" Westlund
 * de Dominik Lupfer

Observer

 * 🇺🇸 us Quintin "Paradox" Johnson

Prize Pool
$ 12,500 US Dollars are distributed to each team for participation in the Regular Season.

Streams

 * usuk MLG - Alpha
 * es MLG - Spanish
 * fr MLG - French
 * de MLG - German
 * it MLG - Italian


 * usuk Twitch - CallofDuty
 * es Twitch - MLG_ESP
 * fr Twitch - MLG_FR
 * de Twitch - MLG_German
 * it Twitch - MLG_ITL

Videos

 * January 23, Hot Mic Ep1 - mlg.com
 * January 24, 5 Players to watch in Group A | FoxTheDon - youtube.com
 * January 24, OpTic Crimsix and Formal on the first event of the year with MLG - twitter.com
 * January 30, Hot Mic Ep2 - mlg.com
 * February 3, Division A Week 1/2 Recap with PhilWhi7 and Chance - youtube.com
 * February 5, HardPoints Ep10 - Division A Recap and Division B Preview - youtube.com
 * February 6, Division A Recap & Analysis with FoxTheDon - youtube.com
 * February 6, Hot Mic Ep3 - mlg.com
 * February 13, Hot Mic Ep4 - mlg.com
 * February 13, Trading Shots Ep1 - youtube.com
 * February 19, Trading Shots Ep2 - youtube.com
 * February 20, Hot Mic Ep5 - mlg.com
 * February 26, Trading Shots Ep3 - youtube.com
 * February 27, Hot Mic Ep6 - mlg.com
 * March 5, Trading Shots Ep3 - youtube.com
 * March 12, Trading Shots Ep4 - youtube.com
 * March 14, Hot Mic w/ Division B #1 - youtube.com
 * March 19, Trading Shots Ep5 - youtube.com
 * March 20, Hot Mic w/ Division B #2 - youtube.com
 * March 26, Trading Shots Ep6 - youtube.com
 * April 2, Trading Shots Ep7 - youtube.com
 * April 5, Pro League Playoffs Stage 1 Predictions & Analysis | FoxTheDon - ''youtube.com
 * April 6th, Hot Mic at Stage 1 Playoffs - youtube.com

Announcements

 * October 25th, CWL 2018 Season Reveal - callofduty.com
 * January 12th, 2018 CWL Pro League Update - callofduty.com