UPDATE | 12/28 - 1:18AM EST
All 16 teams as well as seeds for the CEVO-P CoD4 Placement Tournament have been announced. The tournament's bracket has also been released, click here to view it. X3O.CoD4 is scheduled to play Pure in the first round on mp_vacant - Saturday, January 3, 2009!
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Finally time for some official Call of Duty team news! Well recently announced was the details of CEVO's Professional Placement Tournament for the third season of Call of Duty 4. If you haven't seen the post by CEVO already, it is pasted below. X3O.CoD4 was seeded as the top seed in this placement tournament so go ready for some CoD action, probably a bit sooner than you expected! As more details are announced, this post will be updated.

The following details were taken directly from CEVO.com:

Call of Duty 4 Season 3 - Professional Placement Tournament

The Professional Division (CEVO-P) is our most prestigious division and consists of only the top ten teams in North America. Teams are selected for this division based on our first season's performance (top six) and victories in the Professional Placement Tournament (top 10).

The Professional Placement Tournament consists of 16 teams in a double elimination format, with the top four advancing to the Professional Division. The 12 teams that do not qualify for the Professional Division will play in the Open Division.

The Professional Placement Tournament is utilized so as to remove subjective opinions and any influence of people from the selection process. Teams for CEVO-P qualify exclusively based on their proven performance against other top caliber teams.

Brackets & Deadline Days:

http://www.cevo.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=521

Round 1 - mp_vacant - Saturday, January 3rd
Round 2 - mp_crash - Sunday, January 4th
Round 3 - mp_strike - Monday, January 5th
Round 4 - mp_backlot - Tuesday, January 6th
Round 5 - mp_citystreets - Wednesday, January 7th

Reschedules and postponements are NOT allowed, exceptions will only be made for very extreme circumstances. In regard to this, ALL TEAMS are recommended to have at least 7 members on their roster in the event you cannot field your regular 5.

The Teams:

The teams that have been invited to play in the upcoming Professional Placement Tournament are as follows:
1. x3o (CEVO-P 7th)
2. Royal Gaming(formerly Maingear) (CEVO-P 11th)
3. eMazing Gaming (CEVO-A 1st)
4. Hostile Faction (CEVO-A 2nd)
5. MainGear (formerly 4G) (CEVO-A 3rd)
6. MoB Gaming(formerly WAS) (CEVO-A 4th)
7. eFlow(formerly Malice)(CEVO-A 6th)
8. legacy (CEVO-A 7th)
9. Dynamic(formerly Rebels) (Application Spot)
10. rSports(formerly double take) (Application Spot)
11. MoBDeep(Application Spot)
12. zen mechanics(Application Spot)
13. ph3nom (Application Spot)
14. pantheon(Application Spot)
15. BAMF(formerly DMC)(Application Spot)
16. Pure(Application Spot)

Rules and Guidelines:

The tournament rules and guidelines are as follows:

- All CEVO rules are in full effect, except as different below.
- The tournament format is double elimination.
- Teams may reserve a CEVO server for any match.
- A 5v5 knife-fight will be used to determine who gets to pick sides.

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