CWL/2018 Season/New Orleans Open

2018 CWL New Orleans Open was the second Major International offline event for Call of Duty: World War II. The event took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from January 12–14, 2018.

Format

 * Open Bracket
 * 256 teams from North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
 * Double Elimination
 * Best of 3 Series
 * Best of 5 Series in final Winners and Losers rounds
 * 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
 * 20 teams: the Top 10 North American teams, the Top 5 European Teams and the Top 1 Asia Pacific team based on CWL Pro Points (as of 06:00am ET on January 2), plus 4 teams from the Open Bracket
 * 4 pools of 5 teams
 * Best of 5 Series
 * Top 2 teams in each pool are placed in Championship Bracket Winner's Round 1
 * 3rd Place team is placed in Championship Bracket Loser's Round 3
 * 4th Place team is placed in Championship Bracket Loser's Round 2
 * 5th Place team is placed in Championship Bracket Loser's Round 1
 * Championship Bracket
 * Double Elimination
 * 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:

English Stream Talent

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Ben "Benson" Bowe
 * 🇺🇸 us John "Revan" Boble
 * 🇺🇸 us Clint "Maven" Evans
 * 🇺🇸 us Jack "CouRage" Dunlop
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Miles Ross
 * 🇺🇸 us Thomas "Chance" Ashworth


 * 🇺🇸 us Rich Campbell
 * 🇺🇸 us Jessica Brohard
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Jamie "Dirk" Ruiz
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Chris "Tunn" Tunn
 * 🇺🇸 us Guy "Blaze" Spencer
 * 🇺🇸 us Joe "MerK" DeLuca

Spanish Stream Talent

 * es Asier "Soki" González
 * es Alejandro "Sdow" Marcos
 * es Ivan "FlexZ" Arizpe

French Stream Talent

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

German Stream Talent

 * de Marius "Jamarz" Westlund
 * iq Amar "Amar " Al-Naimi

Observers

 * 🇺🇸 us Quintin "Paradox" Johnson - Alpha
 * 🇺🇸 us Rob "ImmortalSpawn" Ambrose - Alpha Skycam
 * 🇺🇸 us Mike "FikeMairless" Fairless - Bravo
 * 🇺🇸 us "Waldo" Kinne - Charlie
 * 🇺🇸 us Mark "MazezRealm" Perozo - Delta

Group Play Teams

 * 1 Ground Zero roster is signed by compLexity Gaming

Open Bracket
Due to the large size of the Open Bracket, we will only display the Round of 32 and beyond. Click here to view the full bracket

Winners Bracket
[32DEMLGOpenW]

Losers Bracket
[32DEMLGOpenL]

Winners' Bracket
[8SE]

Losers' Bracket
[MLGColumbus2014L]

Final Bracket
[DEFinal]

Streams

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


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

Announcements

 * October 25, CWL 2018 Season Reveal - callofduty.com
 * November 22, CWL November Update - callofduty.com

Videos

 * January 5, NOLA Group Draw - mlg.com
 * January 11, FoxTheDon's NOLA Group Play Predictions - youtube.com
 * January 11, FoxTheDon's 5 Players to watch at CWL NOLA - youtube.com
 * January 13, Revan's 200 IQ analysis on OpTic vs Envy - mlg.com
 * January 14, OpTic Gaming's lowest placing record and their reaction vs Red Reserve by Dexerto - youtube.com
 * January 14, Accuracy 3k to win a round in SnD vs LG - twitch.tv
 * January 14, Winning round from Team Kaliber - twitter.com
 * January 14, Caster POV of Team Kaliber Game 4 - twitter.com
 * January 15, FoxTheDon's CWL New Orleans Recap - youtube.com

MLG Recon Episodes

 * Episode 1 - mlg.com
 * Episode 2 - mlg.com
 * Episode 3 - mlg.com
 * Episode 4 - mlg.com
 * Episode 5 - mlg.com

Articles

 * January 10, Livestream Guide - dexerto.com
 * January 11, CWL New Orleans Open Bracket Preview - callofduty.com
 * January 12, Competitive gamers descend on New Orleans for Call of Duty tournament theadvocate.com
 * January 13, Open Bracket Recap - callofduty.com
 * January 14, OpTic Gaming with a record low placement - dexerto.com
 * January 15, Team Kaliber winning the event - ''dailymail.co.uk'

Interviews

 * January 12, Hilarious interview with Dqvee with DexertoIntel - twitter.com
 * January 12, Clayster Talks eUnited's Group of Death Performance with DBLTAP - youtube.com
 * January 13, Crimsix Discusses 3-0ing their pool with DBLTAP - youtube.com
 * January 13, Theory talking about Team Kaliber's comeback vs FaZe Clan with DexertoIntel - twitter.com
 * January 13, Octane talking about Luminosity's performance on Day 1 with DexertoIntel - youtube.com
 * January 13, Kenny talking about staying relevant in scene with age restriction with DBLTAP - youtube.com
 * January 13, TeePee on coaching OpTic Gaming and more with DBLTAP - youtube.com
 * January 13, Faccento talks about beating OpTic for the first time with MLG - mlg.com
 * January 14, Team Kaliber winners interview with DexertoIntel - youtube.com