The top four teams in the open bracket of this weekend’s Call of Duty <\/em>World League LAN event have been determined.<\/p>
Several teams began their open bracket journey with aspirations of qualifying for pool play, but only four squads could go undefeated to earn a spot in the 2018 CWL Birmingham Open group stage\u2014Enigma6, Cyclone, Team Heretics, and Vast Esports. <\/p>
Enigma6 are arguably the most notable squad to qualify for pool play at CWL Birmingham. Jordon General, Troy\u00a0“Sender” Michaels, Steven\u00a0“Diabolic” Rivero, and Tyler\u00a0“aBeZy” Pharris swept<\/a> compLexity in order to earn their spot in Pool B alongside Team Kaliber, FaZe Clan, UNILAD, and Vitality. <\/p>
Related: <\/strong>How to watch the 2018 CWL Birmingham Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>
Vast Esports, led by Michael “Swarley” Carter, qualified for Pool D by taking down<\/a> Monaco Esports\u2014a team that was in pool play at CWL Atlanta<\/a> earlier this month. Swarley, Darien\u00a0“NauX” Chverchko, Jimmy\u00a0“Evasion” Svetich, and Dylan\u00a0“Cells” Mock will now battle against Luminosity, Splyce, Red Reserve, and Mindfreak in Pool D.<\/p>
Cyclone are one of the European squads who went undefeated in the open bracket. Brian\u00a0“Braaain” Fairlamb, Adam\u00a0“Peatie” Peate, Shea\u00a0“QwiKeR” Sweeney, and Zach\u00a0“Zed” Denyer beat Gone Gaming 3-1<\/a> to earn their spot in Pool A alongside Rise Nation, Echo Fox, eUnited, and Epsilon.<\/p>
Finally, Team Heretics made their second-straight open bracket run<\/a> to appear in pool play. Juan “JurNii” Antonio Gonz\u00e1lez, Alejandro “Lucky” L\u00f3pez, Jorge “MethodZ” Bancells, and Endika “Sukry” Andres beat Giants Gaming 3-1<\/a> to qualify for Pool C, where they’ll play against OpTic Gaming, Team Envy, Reckless, and Evil Geniuses.<\/p>
Although these four teams survived the grueling open bracket, this weekend’s tournament is far from over. Pool play action is now underway<\/a> at CWL Birmingham, as teams will fight for the top two spots in each group to advance into the championship winners bracket.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"