CWL 2018 - New Orleans Open

Pool Play
20 teams: the Top 10 North American teams, the Top 5 European Teams and the Top 1 Asia-Pacific team based on CWL Pro Points (as of 06:00am ET on January 2nd), plus 4 teams from the Open Bracket
4 pools of 5 teams
Best of 5 Series
Top 2 teams in each pool are placed in Championship Bracket Winner's Round 1
3rd Place team is placed in Championship Bracket Loser's Round 3
4th Place team is placed in Championship Bracket Loser's Round 2
5th Place team is placed in Championship Bracket Loser's Round 1

Championship Bracket
Double Elimination
Best of 5 Series