CWL/2018 Season/Birmingham Open

2018 CWL Birmingham Open was the fourth Major International offline event for Call of Duty: World War II. The event took place in Birmingham, England, from March 30-April 1, 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: the 16 CWL Pro League Stage 1 teams, based on their CWL Stage 1 Standings, plus 4 teams from the Open Bracket
 * 4 pools of 5 teams
 * Pool A: 1st and 5th Place Division A teams, 4th and 8th Place Division B teams
 * Pool B: 1st and 5th Place Division B teams, 4th and 8th Place Division A teams
 * Pool C: 2nd and 6th Place Division A teams, 3rd and 7th Place Division B teams
 * Pool D: 2nd and 6th Place Division B teams, 3rd and 7th Place Division A 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

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Alan "Bricey" Brice
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Benson "Benson" Bowe
 * 🇺🇸 us John "Revan" Boble
 * 🇺🇸 us Clint "Maven" Evans
 * 🇺🇸 us Joe "MerK" DeLuca


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Philip "Momo" Whitfield
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Chris "Tunn" Tunn
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Miles Ross
 * 🇺🇸 us Guy "Blaze" Spencer
 * 🇺🇸 us Jessica Brohard

Spanish Stream Talent

 * es Alejandro "Sdow" Marcos
 * es Ivan "FlexZ" Arizpe
 * es Jorge "JorGeh" Sanz

French Stream Talent

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

German Stream Talent

 * de Marius "Jamarz" Westlund
 * de Sven "SweeN" Welling

Italian Stream Talent

 * it Ivan "Rampage" Grieco
 * it Christian "Camph" Campagna
 * it Matteo "Ata" Vassolo
 * it Alex "Silveh" Silvestre

Observers

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Joel "Op2 Mehdizadeh
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Aklimah "RiotAngel" unknown

Group Play Teams

 * 1 Ricky's Team will play under the team name Reckless.
 * 2 Saints is unable to attend the event and will use Nagafen as a substitute.

Notable Open Bracket Teams

 * 1 PURE Gaming did not attend event.
 * 2 FiveGuyz did not attend event.

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
 * 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 - PG_COD

Announcements

 * October 25, CWL 2018 Season Reveal - callofduty.com
 * December 8, Call of Duty World League at Insomnia62 - insomniagamingfestival.com

Videos

 * March 27, CWL Birmingham Predictions & Analysis | by FoxTheDon - youtube.com
 * April 2, Luminosity Gaming Wins the #CWLBirmingham Open | Fox On Topic - youtube.com

MLG Recon

 * March 30, Episode 1 - youtube.com
 * March 31, Episode 2 - youtube.com
 * April 1, Episode 3 - youtube.com
 * April 2, Episode 4 - youtube.com

Interviews

 * March 30, We Aren't The Best - With Scump - by Dexerto
 * March 30, Our Hardpoints SUCKED vs Them! - With Kenny - by Dexerto
 * March 30, Multiple Interviews from Day 1 - by Dexerto
 * March 31, Multiple Interviews from Day 2 + Reaction - by Dexerto
 * April 1, Multiple Interviews from Day 3 + Reactions - by Dexerto

Articles

 * March 31, Scump Explains Why the Change of Monitor is a Problem at CWL Birmingham - by Dexerto
 * April 1, Luminosity defeat Splyce to win the 2018 CWL Birmingham Open - by DOT Esports
 * April 1, Luminosity win CWL Birmingham - by Gwinnett Prep Sports