The Call of Duty World League Championship 2018 was a Call of Duty: WWII tournament on PlayStation 4 that took place on August 15–19, 2018. The tournament was won by Evil Geniuses with a roster consisting of Patrick "ACHES" Price, Bryan "Apathy" Zhelyazkov, Adam "Assault" Garcia and Justin "SiLLY" Fargo-Palmer after beating Team Kaliber in the Grand Finals.
Last Chance Qualifier On July 24–25, 2018 32 teams will play for a chance to qualify for the Call of Duty Championship 2018 in Columbus, Ohio at the MLG Arena. Ten teams will be invited via the CWL National Circuit: the Stage 2 winners of the Mexico and Brazil pilot regions, and the Stage 4 winners of the National Circuit leagues from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Australia. Another 22 teams, 14 from North America, 7 from Europe and 1 from the APAC region, will also be invited based on cumulative CWL Pro Points earned. The top 16 teams will qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.
Last Chance Qualifier teams North America Lightning Pandas InControl Gaming Ghost Gaming Enigma6 Group Morituri eSports Elevate Team WaR ESG eSports GAS Gaming in2ition Gone Gaming HavoK eSports Mentality eSports Vertacon Lethal Gaming WrangleR Gaming Team BlackOut Europe Brash eSports Alle Snakes iDomina Esports Team Heretics Giants Gaming Les Blues Supremacy ZoneGG The Imperial Team Sween Team Vitality Black Forest Gaming APAC TabooESC Synergy Esports Club Brazil Virtue Gaming
Qualified teams
32 teams from the North America, Europe and APAC regions will qualify for the tournament. The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify. Another 16 teams will qualify via the Last Chance Qualifier.
Pro League Teams The 16 teams which qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League were the first teams to qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.
North AmericaRise NationOpTic GamingTeam KaliberEcho Fox compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the Stage 2 of the league and thus also the spot in the Championship. FaZe Clan Luminosity Gaming Team EnVyUs Evil Geniuses EuropeRed ReserveUNILADSplyceEpsilon eSports APACMindfreakTainted Minds
Last Chance Qualifier teams The top 16 teams from the Last Chance Qualifier will qualify for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.
Place Team Top 8 EZG eSports Team Heretics Team Vitality Elevate Enigma6 Group Ghost Gaming Lethal Gaming Les Blues 9th-16th Morituri eSports Team Sween Lightning Pandas HavoK eSports ZoneGG Mentality eSports Supremacy Brash eSports
Groups The draw for the groups took place on 29 July 2018.
Group A Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Lightning Pandas 3–0 100% 9–4 69% Bracket Play 2 Team Kaliber 2–1 67% 8–6 57% 3 Team Heretics 1–2 33% 7–7 50% Eliminated 4 Epsilon eSports 0–3 0% 2–9 18% Group B Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Rise Nation 3–0 100% 9–3 75% Bracket Play 2 Lethal Gaming 2–1 67% 8–7 53% 3 Brash eSports 1–2 33% 5–8 38% Eliminated 4 Tainted Minds 0–3 0% 5–9 36%
Group C Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Red Reserve 3–0 100% 9–4 69% Bracket Play 2 Ghost Gaming 2–1 67% 7–5 58% 3 Mindfreak 1–2 33% 7–6 54% Eliminated 4 ZoneGG 0–3 0% 0–9 10% Group D Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Team Sween 3–0 100% 9–3 75% Bracket Play 2 2–1 67% 8–4 67% 3 Splyce 1–2 33% 5–6 46.5% Eliminated 4 EZG eSports 0–3 0% 0–9 0%
Group E Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 FaZe Clan 3–0 100% 9–3 7% Bracket Play 2 compLexity Gaming 2–1 67% 7–5 58% 3 Enigma6 Group 1–2 33% 5–6 46.5% Eliminated 4 Morituri eSports 0–3 0% 2–9 18% Group F Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 UNILAD 3–0 100% 9–0 100% Bracket Play 2 Team EnVyUs 2–1 67% 6–3 67% 3 Mentality eSports 1–2 33% 3–7 30% Eliminated 4 Team Prismatic 0–3 0% 1–9 10%
Group G Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Luminosity Gaming 3–0 100% 9–0 100% Bracket Play 2 Team Vitality 2–1 67% 6–4 60% 3 Echo Fox 1–2 33% 4–6 46.5% Eliminated 4 HavoK eSports 0–3 0% 0–9 0% Group H Pos Team Series Games Qualification 1 Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses, Elevate and OpTic Gaming were locked in a three-way tie. Based on head-to-head games record, Evil Geniuses finished 1st in the tiebreaker with a 4-3 map record, Elevate finished 2nd with a 4-4 map record and OpTic Gaming finished 3rd with a 3-4 map record. 2–1 67% 7–4 64% Bracket Play 2 Elevate 2–1 67% 7–4 64% 3 OpTic Gaming 2–1 67% 6–4 60% Eliminated 4 Supremacy 0–3 0% 1–9 10%
Final standings Place Team Prize money 1st Evil Geniuses $600,000 2nd Team Kaliber $200,000 3rd FaZe Clan $100,000 4th $80,000 5th-6th Team EnVyUs $55,000 Luminosity Gaming 7th-8th Elevate $35,000 Red Reserve 9th-12th Team Vitality $25,000 UNILAD Ghost Gaming Lightning Pandas 13th-16th Lethal Gaming $15,000 Team Sween compLexity Gaming Rise Nation 17th-24th Team Heretics $12,500 Brash eSports Mindfreak Splyce Enigma6 Group Mentality eSports Echo Fox OpTic Gaming 25th-32nd Epsilon eSports $10,000 Tainted Minds ZoneGG EZG eSports Morituri eSports Team Prismatic HavoK eSports Supremacy
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