VAL Online/2018 Season/Championship Series/Season 1

2018 VAL Championship League Season 1 was the second major online European event for amateur players in Call of Duty: World War II. The event took place over the course of a month, consisting of online matches leading to playoffs from January 17 to February 18, 2018.

Format

 * Online Qualifier
 * Double elimination bracket
 * Best of 5 series
 * Top 12 teams qualify for Premium Division
 * Remaining teams placed into 6 Open Divisions
 * Group Stage
 * Premium Division
 * 12 Teams
 * Top 7 teams make it to Playoffs, seeded #1 through #7
 * 8th Place, 9th Place, and 10th Place make it to the Last Chance Qualifier.
 * 6 12-team Open Divisions:
 * Division 1: Top 6 teams make it to Playoffs, seeded #8 through #13
 * Division 2: Top 5 teams make it to Playoffs, seeded #14 through #18
 * Division 3: Top 4 teams make it to Playoffs, seeded #19 through #22
 * Division 4: Top 3 teams make it to Playoffs, seeded #23 through #25
 * 4th Place makes it to the to the Last Chance Qualifier
 * Division 5: Top 2 teams make it to Playoffs, seeded #26 and #27
 * 3rd Place and 4th Place make it to the Last Chance Qualifier
 * Division 6: 1st Place make it to Playoffs, seeded #28
 * 2nd Place and 3rd Place make it to the Last Chance Qualifier
 * Last Chance Qualifier
 * Double elimination LCQ bracket
 * Best of 5 series
 * Top 4 make it to Playoffs, seeded #29 through #32
 * Playoffs
 * Double elimination championship bracket
 * Best of 5 series

Game Types and Maps

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

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


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Brodie "Nfinity" Lyon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england George "Bofferz" Bray
 * ie Daniel "Assassin" Loughran
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Daniel "Quinn" Quinn

Qualifier
The full qualifier bracket can be viewed at:

https://challonge.com/VALPremQuals

Last Chance Qualifier
To view the full last chance qualifier bracket, access the following link:

https://challonge.com/VALLCQ

Playoffs
[32DE]

Streams

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Twitch - VAL Alpha
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Twitch - VAL Bravo