Call of Duty World League (CWL) Unveils 2018 Season, $4.2 Million Total Prize Pool and New CWL National Circuit
October 25 2017 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Season Features the Largest Overall Prize
Pool in Call of Duty Esports History; Global Open Events Begin with
CWL Dallas Open on December 8
Today, the Call of Duty® World League revealed plans for its
biggest season yet beginning with the CWL Dallas Global Open on
December 8. The new season featuring Call of Duty: WWII will
offer six LAN Global Open events, a new CWL National Circuit, the
CWL Pro League at the MLG Arena, the return of the Call of Duty
World League Championship and the largest total prize pool in Call
of Duty Esports history, $4.2 million.
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CWL 2018 Season Structure (Graphic:
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The CWL Pro League competition, a multi-stage LAN series in
which CWL Pro Points determine placement and tournament seeding,
kicks off on January 23, 2018. The Pro league will feature two
divisions of eight teams competing at the MLG Arena in Columbus,
Ohio, presenting fans with more matches and action per stage.
This season will introduce the CWL National Circuit, composed of
eight online leagues in Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Germany,
Spain, UK and US. Throughout the four stages of online competition,
teams will compete for CWL Pro Points, travel and accommodation to
a Global Open and, in the final stage, entry to the Last Chance
Qualifier for the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship.
“We can’t wait to start the new season of the Call of Duty World
League. Beginning in Dallas in December and continuing all season
long, CWL players and fans are in for the biggest season yet in
Call of Duty Esports history,” said Executive Vice President and
General Manager of Call of Duty, Rob Kostich. “This season will
feature Call of Duty: WWII, and offer more opportunities to
compete, view and experience the CWL through more open LAN events,
the highly competitive Pro League and the all-new CWL National
Circuit. This is shaping up to be a great season full of exciting
new competition, rivalries and great gameplay.”
The new season of the CWL will officially get underway online on
November 3, 2017, with the release of Activision’s Call of Duty:
WWII, developed by Sledgehammer Games with additional
development support from Raven Software. On launch day, regional
ladders in MLG GameBattles – the official destination for earning
CWL Pro Points online – will begin for teams in North America,
Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions.
The 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship will return in
August 2018 and will feature a $1.5 million event prize pool.
Additional details for the 2018 Championship will be revealed at a
later date.
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, TX, will
host the year’s first Global Open event. CWL Dallas Global Open
runs December 8-10. Tickets and information are available now at
MLG.tv/CWLDallas.
For further details on the new season of the Call of Duty World
League:
- Six Massive Open LANs for CWL Pro
Points, each featuring a $200,000 Prize Pool
- Dallas, TX — December 8-10
- New Orleans, LA — January 12-14
- Atlanta, GA — March 9-11
- Three additional Global Open events to
be revealed
- CWL Pro League Returns to MLG Arena
in Columbus, beginning in January 2018
- Two divisions of eight teams compete
this season in each Stage, expanding League play to fourteen
matches per Stage
- Broadcast moving to Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday
- Top four teams in each division move
onto the playoffs
- $200,000 prize pool distributed during
Stage competition
- $500,000 prize pool on the line at each
Stage playoff
- Stage 1 begins January 23 – March
22
- Playoffs for Stage 1 begin April 6
- Stage 2 begins May 15 – July 19
- Playoffs for Stage 2 begin July 27
- New CWL National Circuit
- Competition for top teams that did not
qualify for the Call of Duty World League
- Regional competition, eight online
leagues: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, UK and
US
- 3,000 CWL Pro Points awarded to each
winning team per stage, plus $1000 prize pool for winner, and
travel and accommodations to attend a select Global Open event or
Last Chance Qualifier
- Stage 1 — January 26 – February 16
- Stage 2 — March 16 – April 13
- Stage 3 — May 11 – June 1
- Stage 4 — June 22 – July 13
- Call of Duty World League
Championship will return in 2018
- 32 teams from around the globe compete
for $1.5 million prize pool
- Additional details coming soon
- Online competition in MLG
GameBattles for CWL Pro Points in all eligible regions beginning on
November 3, 2017
- All qualification and seeding is based
on CWL Pro Points, awarded to registered players
- Points belong to the player, not the
team
- Fifteen Online CWL 2K Tournaments
Throughout the Season
- 2,000 CWL Pro Points per tournament and
cash prizing to winners – planned for the season per region; first
tournament slated for November 12.
CWL Dallas Open tickets are available in multiple varieties.
General admission passes for the event are available for $59.99
(plus applicable fees and taxes). A Premium Pass for the event is
also available for $89.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes) and
includes an event t-shirt and one month of MLG GameBattles Premium.
A $399.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes) VIP ticket is also
available and includes an event t-shirt, event jacket, one-hour
early entrance to the venue, access to the VIP Lounge and more. For
tickets, visit MLG.tv/CWLDallas.
Visit CallofDuty.com/esports and follow the Call of Duty World
League on Twitter and Instagram for the latest CWL updates. For
live broadcasts and Video on Demand, visit MLG.tv/CallofDuty.
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