2019 CWL Pro League

The 2019 CWL Pro League was the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 league on PlayStation 4 which took place from February through July, 2019.[1]

2019 CWL Pro League

2019
Tournament information
Sport	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Location	Columbus, Ohio, United States Miami, Florida, United States
Dates	4 February 2019–July 2019
Administrator(s)	Activision
Host(s)	Major League Gaming
Venue(s)	MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio Miami Beach Convention Center
Teams	16
Purse	$2,400,000
Final positions
Champions	eUnited
Runner-up	Gen.G esports
MVP	Chris "Simp" Lehr

Format

The 2019 CWL Global Pro League will consist of a single Stage, with 16 teams from North America, Europe and the APAC region participating. The 16 teams will be split into 2 different Divisions. Unlike previous years, teams will also play against teams from the other Division. Teams will be able to make changes to their roster throughout the season, with matches being broadcast on Monday through Thursday. The top teams will qualify for the CWL Finals.[1]

Tiebreakers

In the event of two or more teams having the same win/loss record at the conclusion of the Regular Season, final placing will be determined via Tiebreaker Rules. Tiebreaker rules in order:[2]

1. Head to head match win percentage (Matches won vs tied teams / matches played vs. tied teams)
2. Head to head game win percentage (Games won vs tied teams / games played vs. tied teams)
3. Divisional match win percentage (Matches won vs same division teams / matches played vs same division teams)
4. Divisional game win percentage (Games won vs same division teams / games played vs same division teams)
5. Overall game win percentage (overall games won / overall games played)

If these tiebreakers cannot break a tie, the tied teams will be scheduled to play a best-of-five round-robin tiebreaker. A coin-flip will determine which team will act as home and away for pick ban process. After each team has played all other tied Teams in the tiebreaker, their records of games won and games lost will be used to break the tie.

If there is a tie involving more than two teams and a tiebreaker resolved the tie for a team(s), but leaves at least two teams tied, the tie(s) that remains will be broken by starting over with the Head to Head Match winning percentage tiebreaker.

Pro League

16 teams from around the world will participate in the CWL Pro League. The top four teams from CWL Las Vegas will automatically qualify for the CWL Pro League while teams placing 5th - 32nd will fight for the remaining 12 CWL Pro League spots, at a qualification event that will take place in January at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio.[1] [3]

Qualified Teams

CWL Las Vegas

OpTic Gaming (1st)

eUnited (2nd)

Splyce (3rd)

Luminosity Gaming (4th)

Qualifiers Pool Winners

Enigma6 (Pool A)

Team Envy (Pool B)

Midnight Esports (Pool C)

Evil Geniuses (Pool D)

Qualifiers Pool Runners-Up

Team Reciprocity (Pool A)

Team Heretics (Pool B)

100 Thieves (Pool C)

UYU (Pool D)

Qualifiers Playoff Winners

Excelerate Gaming (WB)

Team Space (WB)

Red Reserve (LB)

Overtime eSport (LB)

Regular Season

A total of 16 teams, spread across 2 Divisions, participate during the Regular Season of the Pro League. Each team will play 22 matches: two Best of Five series against the other teams in their Division and one Best of Five series against the eight teams in the other Division. The top 4 teams from each Division will directly qualify for the Playoff Bracket while the bottom 4 teams will have to play in the Play-In Bracket. Matches will be played from February 4th through July 5th.[2]

Division A

Pos[4]	Team	Overall Series	Overall Games	Divisional Series	Divisional Games	Qualification
1	OpTic Gaming	16–6	53–38	11–3	37–19	Playoff Bracket
2	Gen.G esports[lower-alpha 1]	15–7	54–36	8–6	32–27
3	FaZe Clan[lower-alpha 2]	13–9	51–36	10–4	36–17
4	Team Reciprocity	12–10	43–48	7–7	27–32
5	Midnight Esports	12–10	43–40	7–7	25–26	Play-In Bracket
6	Evil Geniuses	8–14	40–51	5–9	21–28
7	Luminosity Gaming	8–14	40–51	3–11	19–37
8	UYU	6–16	29–55	5–9	24–34

Division B

Pos[4]	Team	Overall Series	Overall Games	Divisional Series	Divisional Games	Qualification
1	eUnited	18–4	60–32	12–2	38–21	Playoff Bracket
2	100 Thieves	17–5	57–24	11–3	35–15
3	Splyce	11–11	46–43	7–7	29–27
4	Team Heretics	10–12	41–50	7–7	29–31
5	Team Envy	8–14	41–49	4–10	25–33	Play-In Bracket
6	UNITS[lower-alpha 3]	8–14	39–55	5–9	24–35
7	Enigma6	7–15	39–54	5–9	26–33
8	Elevate[lower-alpha 4]	7–15	40–54	5–9	25–36

1. Gen.G esports acquired the Team Space roster and the team's spot on 31 January, 2019.
2. FaZe Clan acquired the Red Reserve roster and the team's spot on 20 April, 2019.
3. Denial Esports acquired the Overtime eSports roster and the organization's spot on 29 January, 2019. On 31 May, 2019, Denial Esports closed its doors and the team continued under the UNITS name.
4. Elevate acquired the Excelerate Gaming roster and the organization's spot on 19 April, 2019.

Playoffs

The playoffs will take place from July 19-21, 2019 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.[5]

Play-In Bracket

The Play-In Bracket is a single elimination bracket consisting of the Teams who placed 5th–8th in their division during Regular Season play. Once two teams remain in the Play-In Bracket those teams will be moved to round one of the Playoff Bracket.[2]

Semifinals

Finals

Qualified

B5

Team Envy

0

A8

UYU

3

UYU

0

Evil Geniuses

3

6A

Evil Geniuses

3

7B

Enigma6

0

Evil Geniuses

PI1

Luminosity Gaming

PI2

5A

Midnight Esports

3

8B

Elevate

2

Midnight Esports

1

Luminosity Gaming

3

6B

UNITS

1

7A

Luminosity Gaming

3

Playoff Bracket

The Playoff Bracket is a ten-team double elimination bracket which consists of the two teams who qualified via the Play-In Bracket and the top four teams from each Division of Regular Season play. The 4th placed team from each Division will be placed in the first round of the winners bracket, facing one of the two teams which qualified via the Play-In Bracket.[2]

Winners' Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

A1

OpTic Gaming

0

Luminosity Gaming

3

B4

Team Heretics

2

PI2

Luminosity Gaming

3

Luminosity Gaming

1

FaZe Clan

3

B2

100 Thieves

0

A3

FaZe Clan

3

FaZe Clan

1

eUnited

3

A2

Gen.G esports

3

B3

Splyce

1

Gen.G esports

1

eUnited

3

A4

Team Reciprocity

3

PI1

Evil Geniuses

0

B1

eUnited

3

Team Reciprocity

0

Final 3

The Final 3 consists of the Winners Bracket Round 4 winners who enter in the Final, the Winners Bracket Round 4 losers and the winners of the Losers Bracket.

	Semifinal					Final
						eUnited		0	3	W
	FaZe Clan		0			Gen.G esports		3	0	L
	Gen.G esports		3

Prize Money

A total of $2,400,000 prize money for the 2019 CWL Pro League will be distributed as follows:[2]

Place	Team	Prize money	Win bonus[lower-alpha 1]	Total prize money
1st	eUnited	$544,375	$45,000	$589,375
2nd	Gen.G esports	$344,375	$37,500	$381,875
3rd	FaZe Clan	$244,375	$32,500	$276,875
4th	Team Reciprocity	$144,375	$30,000	$147,375
5th-6th	100 Thieves	$88,125	$42,500	$130,625
	Luminosity Gaming		$20,000	$108,125
7th-8th	OpTic Gaming	$63,125	$40,000	$103,125
	Splyce		$27,500	$90,675
9th-10th	Team Heretics	$56,875	$25,000	$81,875
	Evil Geniuses		$20,000	$76,875
11th-12th	Midnight Esports	$44,375	$30,000	$74,375
	UYU		$15,000	$59,375
13th-16th	Team Envy		$20,000	$64,375
	UNITS		$20,000	$64,375
	Enigma6		$17,500	$61,875
	Elevate		$17,500	$61,875

1. Teams also got a $2,500 bonus for each win during the Regular Season.

References

1. "Announcing the Call of Duty World League 2019 Season". Retrieved September 19, 2018.
2. "Call of Duty World League 2019 Pro League Official Rules Version 1.1" (PDF). Retrieved January 19, 2019.
3. "CWL Pro League Qualifier Preview". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
4. "Call of Duty World League Standings". Retrieved 5 July 2019.
5. "CWL Finals Coming to Miami, July 19-21". Retrieved July 5, 2019.