MLG has released the pools for the upcoming CWL Dallas kicking off next weekend. With two spots secured for two APAC teams: Mindfreak and Tainted Minds, both teams will be facing off some tough competition such as EUNITED and Optic Gaming. At CWL Atlanta, APAC teams had to fight it out in the open brackets with Mindfreak the only team from our region to make it all the way to pool play.

Here are the pools for CWL Dallas:

MLG has also announced that CWL Dallas will use the best-of-five series format later in the open brackets and pool play. The best-of-five series format was used throughout CWL Sydney.

CWL Dallas kicks off from March 17-19th with 176 teams from North American, Europe and APAC region battling it out for a $200K Prize Pool at Fort Worth Convention Center, TX. It’s also the last opportunity for teams to secure CWL Pro Points for entry into the CWL Global Pro League Stage One.

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