CWL/2017 Season/Las Vegas Open

2017 CWL Las Vegas Open was the first Major LAN event of the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare season. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, from December 16–18.

Format

 * Open Bracket
 * Double Elimination
 * Best of 3 Series
 * Top 4 Winner's Bracket teams qualify for Group Play
 * Top 4 Loser's Bracket teams qualify for Championship Bracket Loser's Round 1
 * Group Play
 * Best of 5 Series
 * Top 2 teams in each group are placed in Championship Winner's Round 1
 * 3rd Place team is placed in Championship Loser's Round 2
 * 4th Place team is placed in Championship Loser's Round 1
 * Championship Bracket
 * Double Elimination
 * Best of 5 Series

Game Types and Maps
Included maps and modes:
 * Hardpoint: Breakout, Retaliation, Scorch, Throwback
 * Search and Destroy: Crusher, Retaliation, Scorch, Throwback
 * Uplink: Frost, Precinct, Throwback

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


 * 🇺🇸 usa Chris Puckett
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Ben "Benson" Bowe
 * 🇺🇸 usa Matthew "Mr X" Morello
 * 🇺🇸 usa Jack "CouRage" Dunlop
 * 🇺🇸 usa Clint "Maven" Evans
 * 🇺🇸 usa Joe "MerK" DeLuca


 * 🇺🇸 usa Tyler "TeePee" Polchow
 * 🇺🇸 usa Thomas "Chance" Ashworth
 * 🇺🇸 usa Rondez "Fox" Green
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Jamie "Dirk" Ruiz
 * 🇺🇸 usa Landon "LandO" Sanders

Open Bracket
Due to the large size of the Open Bracket, we will only display the Round of 16 and beyond. [http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/mlg-events/brackets/vegas-2016/call-of-duty-infinite-warfare-open? Click here to view the full bracket]

Winners Bracket
[16DEMLGOpenW]

Losers Bracket
[16DEMLGOpenL]

Winners Bracket
[8SE]

Losers Bracket
[MLGAnaheim2016L]

Final Bracket
[DEFinal]

Streams

 * usuk MLG.tv - CallofDuty
 * usuk Youtube - MajorLeagueGaming

Announcements

 * October 24, We're happy to announce MLG Vegas on December 16-18 featuring the Call of Duty World League and Overwatch! - majorleaguegaming.com
 * November 29, MLG Brings in Top Call of Duty Talent & Casters for the Call of Duty®: World League Open at MLG Vegas - majorleaguegaming.com
 * December 2, International Teams Coming to CWL Las Vegas Open - callofduty.com
 * December 9, Happy to announce the pools for MLG Vegas - twitter.com/MLG
 * December 11, Online Qualifier teams seeded into pools - twitter.com/MLG
 * December 14, Major League Gaming Partners with YouTube for MLG Vegas - majorleaguegaming.com

Articles

 * October 25, MLG Las Vegas Will be Region Locked to North America - dexerto.com
 * October 25, MLG Las Vegas Expands CoD Open Numbers - dexerto.com
 * November 14, MLG Vegas and the EU backlash - thescoreesports.com
 * December 9, CWL MLG Las Vegas Open - callofduty.com
 * December 9, MLG VEGAS POOLS ANNOUNCED - gamurs.com
 * December 13, The Top 10 Dangerous Open Bracket Teams at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 14, MAJOR CHANGES TO INFINITE WARFARE DAYS BEFORE MLG VEGAS - gamurs.com
 * December 14, MLG VEGAS OPEN: CALL OF DUTY PREVIEW - gamurs.com
 * December 14, MLG Vegas COD Invitational: 160 teams battle for $ 100,000 - espn.com
 * December 15, Revan Announces He’ll No Longer Be Casting MLG Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 15, MLG Announce Partnership With YouTube For MLG Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 15, Pro CoD Players Facing Night in Airport While Travelling to Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 15, YOUTUBE, MLG.TV TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE STREAMING RIGHTS FOR MLG VEGAS - gamurs.com
 * December 15, MLG Las Vegas Open Caster Roundtable - Team EnVy - callofduty.com
 * December 16, Can EnVyUs Repeat Their CoD XP Success at MLG Las Vegas? - dexerto.com
 * December 16, Forget CoD XP, OpTic Are Still the Team to Beat at MLG Vegas - dexerto.com


 * December 16, European Players Hit Out at MLG Las Vegas Seeding - dexerto.com
 * December 16, Luminosity and FaZe Suffer Shock Defeats at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 16, A Reverse Sweep Upset Kicks Off MLG Las Vegas CoD - dexerto.com
 * December 16, FaZe Clan Bounce Back After TGC Loss at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 16, Pool C Ends Day One All Square - dexerto.com
 * December 16, Rise Nation Top Pool B Over OpTic Gaming on Day One - dexerto.com
 * December 16, MLG VEGAS GROUP A LIVE RECAP - gamurs.com
 * December 16, MLG VEGAS GROUP B LIVE RECAP - gamurs.com
 * December 16, MLG VEGAS GROUP C LIVE RECAP - gamurs.com
 * December 16, MLG VEGAS GROUP D LIVE RECAP - gamurs.com
 * December 16, TEAM KALIBER TAKE ROUND 11 WIN IN REVERSE SWEEP AGAINST CLOUD9 - gamurs.com
 * December 16, TEAM ENVYUS SWEEPS PAST GOSU CREW - gamurs.com
 * December 16, ALLEGIANCE UPSETS LUMINOSITY BEHIND MOCHILLA'S CLUTCH S&D PLAY - gamurs.com
 * December 16, "I THINK WE ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE GAME" - gamurs.com
 * December 16, THE MLG VEGAS STREAMING CONUNDRUM - gamurs.com


 * December 17, Epsilon, Renegades and Infused Fall in MLG Las Vegas Open Bracket - dexerto.com
 * December 17, Open Bracket Winners Decided at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 17, Enigma6 Smash OpTic Gaming and Rise Nation in Pool Play - dexerto.com
 * December 17, FaZe Win Pool A at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 17, Final Pool Play Standings and Playoff Bracket at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 17, Two European Teams Place Top 36 at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 17, Winner Bracket Finalists Decided at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 17, Rated Voices Determination After MLG Las Vegas Loss - dexerto.com
 * December 17, RUIZ: "THIS IS BUSINESS" - gamurs.com
 * December 17, ACHES: "WE’RE FEELING CONFIDENT ON LAN" - gamurs.com
 * December 17, ATTACH: "WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO WIN THIS EVENT" - gamurs.com
 * December 17, WINNERS BRACKET MAYHEM: MLG VEGAS DAY 2 RECAP - gamurs.com


 * December 18, The Honeymoon Is Over for Team EnVyUs - dexerto.com
 * December 18, The Final Open Bracket Teams Place 7th-8th at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 18, FaZe vs OpTic Was The Classic We All Deserved - dexerto.com
 * December 18, LOONY: "I THINK IF WE GET CLOUD9, WE CAN 3-0 THEM" - gamurs.com
 * December 18, CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY: MLG VEGAS DAY 3 RECAP - gamurs.com

Interviews

 * December 14, Prestinni of The Gosu Crew Interview "I’d Agree, We Are An Online Team" - dexerto.com


 * December 16, Pre-Event Video Interview with Splyce Joshh and Elevate Watson - dexerto.com
 * December 16, coL Parasite Video Pre-Event "I Didn’t Realise Havok Didn’t Qualify" - dexerto.com
 * December 16, Maven at MLG Las Vegas "I Hope My Voice Makes It Through the Weekend" - dexerto.com
 * December 16, Open Bracket Interviews with Epsilon Dqvee and Rogue Johnny - dexerto.com
 * December 16, tK Goonjar and nV Slasher Day One Interviews at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 16, TGC Prestinni Interview After Beating FaZe "I’ve Never Felt So Happy" - dexerto.com


 * December 17, Day Two Interview with EG’s Studyy and Havok - dexerto.com


 * December 18, Post-Event Interview with OpTic Karma at MLG Las Vegas - dexerto.com
 * December 18, Post-Event With E6 General "It’s Not The Placement We Wanted" - dexerto.com

Videos

 * December 3, Official Call of Duty World League Presented By PlayStation 4 Las Vegas Open Trailer (0:55) - CallofDuty
 * December 13, MLG Las Vegas Teaser (0:59) - G FUEL
 * December 13, POOLS FOR MLG LAS VEGAS (COINCIDENCE?) (9:30) - Apathy BZ
 * December 14, MLG Las Vegas Group Predictions & Storylines (26:57) - RondezFox


 * December 16, MLG Las Vegas 2016 Day One Recap & Analysis (31:31) - RondezFox
 * December 16, MLG Vegas Day One Recap (9:38) - Tommy Esports
 * December 16, MLG Vegas - Day One! (6:40) - CouRageTheGamer


 * December 17, MLG Las Vegas Event Walkthrough Tour (2:02) - Dexerto
 * December 17, The winning reaction from E6 over Orbit and Elevate over Lethal (0:32) - Dexerto
 * December 17, MLG Vegas Day Two Recap (10:34) - Tommy Esports