2026 Call of Duty League season

2026 Call of Duty League season
LeagueCall of Duty League
SportCall of Duty: Black Ops 7
DurationDecember 5, 2025 – July 19, 2026
Teams12
Major Champions
Major 1Paris Gentle Mates

The 2026 Call of Duty League season will be the seventh season of the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty.

Teams

Team Location Joined Owner
Boston Breach Boston, MA 2022 Kraft Sports Group
Carolina Royal Ravens Charlotte, NC 2020 ReKTGlobal, Inc.
Cloud9 New York New York City, NY 2020 Cloud9
FaZe Vegas Las Vegas, NV 2020 Atlanta Esports Ventures, FaZe Clan
G2 Minnesota Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN 2020 G2 Esports
Los Angeles Thieves Los Angeles, CA 2021 100 Thieves
Miami Heretics Miami, FL 2020 Misfits Gaming, Team Heretics
OpTic Texas Dallas, TX 2020 OpTic Gaming
Paris Gentle Mates Paris 2020 Gentle Mates
Riyadh Falcons Riyadh 2020 Team Falcons
Toronto KOI Toronto, ON 2020 OverActive Media, Movistar KOI
Vancouver Surge Vancouver, BC 2020 Canucks Sports & Entertainment, Enthusiast Gaming

Regular season

The 2026 CDL season will begin on December 5, 2025. Teams will compete in four Majors throughout the season, culminating in the Call of Duty Championship tournament. This season the four majors are split between the United States and Europe will be held in the cities of Dallas, Birmingham in the United Kingdom, Atlanta and Paris respectively.[1]

Standings

# Team Pts EP MW ML M% GW GL G%
1 OpTic Texas 205 1 16 4 .800 53 24 .688
2 Paris Gentle Mates 190 1 13 8 .619 48 39 .552
3 FaZe Vegas 150 1 13 9 .591 46 38 .548
4 G2 Minnesota 125 1 10 10 .500 41 38 .519
5 Miami Heretics 120 1 11 8 .579 41 31 .569
6 Los Angeles Thieves 120 1 10 9 .526 37 34 .521
7 Riyadh Falcons 115 1 11 8 .579 40 33 .548
8 Carolina Royal Ravens 90 1 9 9 .500 31 36 .463
9 Toronto KOI 80 1 8 11 .421 35 36 .493
10 Boston Breach 60 1 6 12 .333 30 44 .405
11 Vancouver Surge 55 1 5 13 .278 18 45 .286
12 Cloud9 New York 30 1 3 14 .176 24 46 .343

As of 15 March 2026

Source:[2]

Major 1

Major 1 online qualifiers began on December 5, 2025, and ended on January 25, 2026.

Online qualifiers

Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification
1 Paris Gentle Mates 5–2 18–11 Winners Round 1 Seed
2 FaZe Vegas 5–2 16–10
3 Riyadh Falcons 5–2 16–12
4 Carolina Royal Ravens 5–2 16–13
5 Los Angeles Thieves 4–3 14–13
6 OpTic Texas 4–3 14–13
7 G2 Minnesota 3–4 16–15
8 Toronto KOI 3–4 14–14
9 Miami Heretics 3–4 15–15 Losers Round 1 Seed
10 Boston Breach 3–4 15–17
11 Vancouver Surge 1–6 13–18
12 Cloud9 New York 1–6 4–20

Major

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Paris Gentle Mates3
8Toronto KOI1
1Paris Gentle Mates3
5Los Angeles Thieves0
4Carolina Royal Ravens0
5Los Angeles Thieves3
1Paris Gentle Mates0
6OpTic Texas3
2FaZe Vegas0
7G2 Minnesota3
7G2 Minnesota0
6OpTic Texas3
3Riyadh Falcons0
6OpTic Texas3
6OpTic Texas3
1Paris Gentle Mates4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower round 4Lower final
8Toronto KOI2
7G2 Minnesota3
9Miami Heretics3
9Miami Heretics39Miami Heretics0
12Vancouver Surge01Paris Gentle Mates3
4Carolina Royal Ravens1
7G2 Minnesota22FaZe Vegas2
12Vancouver Surge3
2FaZe Vegas3
2FaZe Vegas3
5Los Angeles Thieves0
10Boston Breach1
2FaZe Vegas32FaZe Vegas3
3Riyadh Falcons2
3Riyadh Falcons3
11Cloud9 New York1

Major 2

Major 2 online qualifiers will begin on February 13, 2026, and end on March 22, 2026.


Major 3

Major 3 online qualifiers will begin on April 17, 2026, and end on May 10, 2026.


Major 4

Major 4 online qualifiers will begin on May 29, 2026, and end on June 21, 2026.


References

  1. ^ "Call of Duty League 2026: Teams, format, schedule, more". Dot Esports. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "CDL POINTS STANDINGS". Call of Duty League. Retrieved January 28, 2024.