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.

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.

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:
  1. Head to head match win percentage
  2. Head to head game win percentage
  3. Divisional match win percentage
  4. Divisional game win percentage
  5. Overall game win percentage
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, but leaves at least two teams tied, the tie 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.

Qualified teams

Enigma6
Team Envy
Midnight Esports
Evil Geniuses

Excelerate Gaming
Team Space
Red Reserve
Overtime eSport

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 4 through July 5.

Division A

PosTeamOverall SeriesOverall GamesDivisional SeriesDivisional GamesQualification
1OpTic Gaming16–653–3811–337–19Playoff Bracket
2Gen.G esports15–754–368–632–27Playoff Bracket
3FaZe Clan13–951–3610–436–17Playoff Bracket
4Team Reciprocity12–1043–487–727–32Playoff Bracket
5Midnight Esports12–1043–407–725–26Play-In Bracket
6Evil Geniuses8–1440–515–921–28Play-In Bracket
7Luminosity Gaming8–1440–513–1119–37Play-In Bracket
8UYU6–1629–555–924–34Play-In Bracket

Division B

PosTeamOverall SeriesOverall GamesDivisional SeriesDivisional GamesQualification
118–460–3212–238–21Playoff Bracket
2100 Thieves17–557–2411–335–15Playoff Bracket
3Splyce11–1146–437–729–27Playoff Bracket
4Team Heretics10–1241–507–729–31Playoff Bracket
5Team Envy8–1441–494–1025–33Play-In Bracket
6UNITS8–1439–555–924–35Play-In Bracket
7Enigma67–1539–545–926–33Play-In Bracket
8Elevate7–1540–545–925–36Play-In Bracket

Playoffs

The playoffs will take place from July 19–21, 2019 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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.

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.

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.

Prize money

A total of $2,400,000 prize money for the 2019 CWL Pro League will be distributed as follows:
PlaceTeamPrize moneyWin bonusTotal prize money
1st$544,375$45,000$589,375
2ndGen.G esports$344,375$37,500$381,875
3rdFaZe Clan$244,375$32,500$276,875
4thTeam Reciprocity$144,375$30,000$147,375
5th-6th100 Thieves$88,125$42,500$130,625
5th-6thLuminosity Gaming$88,125$20,000$108,125
7th-8thOpTic Gaming$63,125$40,000$103,125
7th-8thSplyce$63,125$27,500$90,675
9th-10thTeam Heretics$56,875$25,000$81,875
9th-10thEvil Geniuses$56,875$20,000$76,875
11th-12thMidnight Esports$44,375$30,000$74,375
11th-12thUYU$44,375$15,000$59,375
13th-16thTeam Envy$44,375$20,000$64,375
13th-16thUNITS$44,375$20,000$64,375
13th-16thEnigma6$44,375$17,500$61,875
13th-16thElevate$44,375$17,500$61,875