2019 CWL Pro League


The 2019 CWL Pro League was the 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 4th through July 5th.

Division A

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

Division B

PosTeamOverall SeriesOverall GamesDivisional SeriesDivisional GamesQualification
1 18–460–3212–238–21Playoff Bracket
2 100 Thieves17–557–2411–335–15Playoff Bracket
3 Splyce11–1146–437–729–27Playoff Bracket
4 Team Heretics10–1241–507–729–31Playoff Bracket
5 Team Envy8–1441–494–1025–33Play-In Bracket
6 UNITS8–1439–555–924–35Play-In Bracket
7 Enigma67–1539–545–926–33Play-In Bracket
8 Elevate7–1540–545–925–36Play-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.

Winners' 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
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
5th-6th Luminosity Gaming$88,125$20,000$108,125
7th-8th OpTic Gaming$63,125$40,000$103,125
7th-8th Splyce$63,125$27,500$90,675
9th-10th Team Heretics$56,875$25,000$81,875
9th-10th Evil Geniuses$56,875$20,000$76,875
11th-12th Midnight Esports$44,375$30,000$74,375
11th-12th UYU$44,375$15,000$59,375
13th-16th Team Envy$44,375$20,000$64,375
13th-16th UNITS$44,375$20,000$64,375
13th-16th Enigma6$44,375$17,500$61,875
13th-16th Elevate$44,375$17,500$61,875