Call of Duty World League Championship 2018

The Call of Duty World League Championship 2018 was the sixth annual Call of Duty Championship held by Activision. The overall tournament took place from August 15–19, 2018. The group stages was held at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio from August 15–16. The championship bracket stage was held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, from August 17–19. The tournament determined the World Champions for the Call of Duty: World War II season. The prize pool is $1,500,000 USD.

Overview

 * 32 teams
 * 12 from Stage 1 of the CWL Global Pro League.
 * 4 from Relegation of the CWL Pro League.
 * 16 from Last Chance Qualifier.

Format

 * Group Stage: August 15th-16th, 2018
 * 8 round-robin format groups (4 teams each)
 * All matches are Best of 5
 * Top two teams from each group advance to the Knockout Stage
 * Knockout Stage: August 17th-19th, 2018
 * Double-elimination bracket
 * All matches are Best of 5
 * Grand Finals: Team coming from Winners need to win one Best of 5 series, whereas team coming from Losers need to win two Best of 5 series.

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


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Ben "Benson" Bowe
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england Alan "Bricey" Brice
 * 🇺🇸 us Rondez "Fox" Green
 * ca Damon "Karma" Barlow
 * 🇺🇸 us Matt "Mr. X" Morello
 * 🇺🇸 us Chris "Puckett" Puckett

Spanish Stream Talent

 * es Axel "AxeeL" Martínez
 * es Oriol "Uri" Ruiz
 * es Joan "Prieto" Prieto
 * es Sergio "Frenezy" Ferra

French Stream Talent

 * fr Jonas "Oxygen" Ferry
 * fr Julien "BRK" Vanhove
 * fr Sasha "Pyro" Cohen

German Stream Talent

 * de Sven "SweeN" Welling
 * de "Ahrensberg"

Italian Stream Talent

 * it Ivan "Rampage" Grieco
 * it Christian "Camph" Campagna
 * it Leonardo "Ko1gaa" Nisi

Observers

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

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


 * usuk YouTube - Call of Duty
 * usuk Twitter - CODWorldLeague

Announcements

 * October 25, CWL 2018 Season Reveal - callofduty.com
 * April 22, The biggest @CODWorldLeague event of the year: 2018 CWL Champs - twitter.com
 * August 13, Presenting the 2018 Champs broadcast team - twitter.com

Viewership Statistics
Data sourced from Esports Charts.