The Electronic Sports League will be holding the North American Call of Duty World League Season 1 Playoffs for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III in Burbank, Calif. on April 1-3. Eight teams will be competing for their share in a $250,000 prize pool.
https://twitter.com/CODWorldLeague/status/712837696339599360
Location
This event will be held at the ESL Studio in Burbank, Calif. The address for this event is 1212 Chestnut St., Burbank, Calif., 91506.
Basic Information
This LAN event is set to host the top-eight teams from the first season of the NA CWL. On Friday, the bottom four teams from the first season will each play a relegation match against a challenge division team to decide who will be the final four teams for next season.
The other eight teams that qualified for the playoffs will begin play on Saturday in a single-elimination bracket with best-of-seven series. Check the image below to see what this championship bracket looks like.
https://twitter.com/CODWorldLeague/status/712839038655303680
The relegation matches are listed below, in the format of former-CWL team vs. challenge division team:
- Team Kaliber vs. King Papey
- Dream Team vs. Cloud9 Eclipse
- H2k-Gaming vs. Team Liquid
- Counter Logic Gaming vs. Cloud9
The quarter-final matchups will be as follows:
- #1 seed OpTic Gaming vs. #8 seed Team SoloMid
- #2 seed Rise Nation vs. #7 seed Luminosity Gaming
- #3 seed FaZe Clan vs. #6 seed compLexity Gaming
- #4 seed Team eLevate vs. #5 seed Team EnVyUs
Here is a list of the maps and game modes for this event:
- Capture the Flag: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Stronghold
- Hardpoint: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Stronghold
- Search and Destroy: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Hunted, Infection, Redwood, Stronghold
- Uplink: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Infection
The on-air talent lineup for the NA CWL Playoffs looks like this:
- William “Chobra” Cho
- Matthew “Mr X” Morello
- Clint “Maven” Evans
- Jack “CouRage” Dunlop
- John “Revan” Boble
- Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag
- Ashley Crossan
Event Schedule
This is sure to be an action-packed weekend full of great Call of Duty matches. To make sure you do not miss any of the games, here is the schedule for this weekend.
*Schedule provided by the CWL official website . All times are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Friday, April 1
- 10 a.m. PDT: Team Kaliber vs. King Papey
- 12:30 p.m. PDT: Dream Team vs. Cloud9 Eclipse
- 3:00 p.m. PDT: H2k-Gaming vs. Team Liquid
- 5:30 p.m. PDT: Counter Logic Gaming vs. Cloud9
Saturday, April 2
- 10 a.m. PDT: Rise Nation vs. Luminosity Gaming
- 12:30 p.m. PDT: OpTic Gaming vs. Team SoloMid
- 3:00 p.m. PDT: Team eLevate vs. Team EnVyUs
- 5:30 p.m. PDT: FaZe Clan vs. compLexity Gaming
Sunday, April 3
- 12 p.m. PDT: Semi-final match #1
- 2:30 p.m. PDT: Semi-final match #2
- 5 p.m. PDT: Grand Finals
*All times are subject to change based on the length of matches.
Matches will be broadcasted live on the CWL official website and on twitch.tv/callofduty or twitch.tv/callofdutyalpha .
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