CWL/2018 Season/Anaheim Open

2018 CWL Anaheim Open was the sixth Major International offline event for Call of Duty: World War II. The event took place in Anaheim, California, from June 15–17, 2018.

Format

 * Open Bracket
 * 160+ 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 Pool Play
 * Top 4 Loser's Bracket teams qualify for Championship Bracket Loser's Round 1
 * Pool Play
 * 20 teams
 * 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, 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

 * 🇺🇸 us Rich Campbell
 * 🇺🇸 us John "Revan" Boble
 * 🇺🇸 us Clint "Maven" Evans
 * 🇺🇸 us Joe "MerK" DeLuca
 * 🇺🇸 us Thomas "Chance" Ashworth
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Philip "Momo" Whitfield


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Chris "Tunn" Tunn
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Miles Ross
 * 🇺🇸 us Guy "Blaze" Spencer
 * 🇺🇸 us Anthony "NAMELESS" Wheeler
 * 🇺🇸 us Eric "Muddawg" Sanders
 * 🇺🇸 us Jessica Brohard

Observers

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

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]

MLG Recon: Following OpTic & Luminosity

 * June 15, Episode 1 - youtube.com
 * June 16, Episode 2 - youtube.com
 * June 17, Episode 3 - youtube.com
 * June 18, Episode 4 - youtube.com
 * June 18, Episode 5 - youtube.com

Videos

 * June 12, 5 players to watch at CWL Anaheim - by FoxTheDon
 * June 15, Hot Mic w/ eUnited - mlg.com
 * June 15, Top 5 plays from Day 1 - mlg.com
 * June 16, Top 5 plays from Day 2 - mlg.com

Announcements

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