2022 Call of Duty League season

The 2022 Call of Duty League season is the third season for the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty.

2022 Call of Duty League season
LeagueCall of Duty League
SportCall of Duty: Vanguard
DurationJanuary 21 –
Number of teams12
Stage Champions
Stage 1OpTic Texas
Stage 2Los Angeles Guerrillas

Teams
Team Location Venue(s) Joined Owner
Atlanta FaZe Atlanta, United States Gateway Center Arena 2020 Atlanta Esports Ventures, FaZe Clan
Boston Breach Boston, United States TBA 2022 Kraft Sports Group
Florida Mutineers Orlando, United States Addition Financial Arena 2020 Misfits Gaming
London Royal Ravens London, United Kingdom Copper Box Arena 2020 ReKTGlobal, Inc.
Los Angeles Guerrillas Los Angeles, United States Shrine Exposition Hall 2020 Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
Los Angeles Thieves TBA 2021 100 Thieves
Minnesota ROKKR Minnesota, United States Minneapolis Armory 2020 WISE Ventures
New York Subliners New York City, United States TBA 2020 NYXL
OpTic Texas Dallas, TX, United States Toyota Music Factory 2020 Envy Gaming
Paris Legion Paris, France La Seine Musicale 2020 c0ntact Gaming
Seattle Surge Seattle, United States WaMu Theater 2020 The Aquilini Group
Toronto Ultra Toronto, Canada Mattamy Athletic Centre 2020 OverActive Media

Kickoff Classic

The Kickoff classis ran from January 21 to January 23, 2022. The tournament was won by Toronto Ultra, with Seattle Surge coming in second.

The 2022 Kickoff Classic saw less viewership compared to its previous seasons, peaking at just under 80,000 concurrent viewers, compared to a 107,000 peak viewership from 2021.[1]

Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
             
 
Atlanta FaZe 1
Seattle Surge 3  
  Seattle Surge 3  
London Royal Ravens 0   Seattle Surge 3
   
    New York Subliners 1  
Minnesota ROKKR 0
New York Subliners 3  
  New York Subliners 3  
Boston Breach 2   Seattle Surge 1
   
    Toronto Ultra 3
OpTic Texas 1
Los Angeles Thieves 3  
  Los Angeles Thieves 3  
Paris Legion 1   Los Angeles Thieves 2
   
    Toronto Ultra 3  
Toronto Ultra 3
Florida Mutineers 3
  Florida Mutineers 1  
Los Angeles Guerrillas 1  

Regular season

Format

For the 2022 season, teams will play at four Majors on a hybrid online/LAN model. Each Major will take place over the course of 4 weeks, with each team playing online qualifying matches during the first three weeks against five random teams. After these three weeks the standings will be used to seed the teams for the major, with the bottom 4 teams starting in the Elimination Bracket.[2]

In the middle of the season professional and amateur players will play against each other in a Pro-am tournament, and a Call of Duty: Warzone tournament featuring Call of Duty League pro players, streamers and other influencers will be organized as well.[3]

Schedule

To start the season, all twelve teams played against each other on January 21 through January 23, 2022 at the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. Two weeks later, on February 4 through February 6, the 2022 season officially started with the first matches being played online.[3] The online qualifiers for Major I ended on February 20, with the Major being hosted by OpTic Texas on March 3 through March 6. Major II online qualifiers will take place from March 11 through March 27, with the Major taking place on March 31 through April 3, with it being hosted by Minnesota ROKKR.

Before the start of Major III the midseason events will place with an online all-star weekend on April 9 and April 10. Two weeks later on April 24 the CDL Warzone Pacific tournament will take place which will see four players from all twelve teams fighting until the last man standing. On May 5 through May 8 the Pro-Am Classic will take place, which will see the twelve CDL teams being joined by the four best Challengers teams in a tournament with the winning team taking home $100,000.

One the midseason events have concluded Major III will be hosted by Toronto Ultra from June 2 through June 5, with the online qualifiers taking place May 13 through May 29. The final Major of the season will be hosted by New York Subliners, the online qualifiers are scheduled to take place on July 1 through July 17 with the Major itself taking place on July 21 through July 24.

The season will conclude with the 2022 Call of Duty League Playoffs and Championship, with dates yet to be announced.[4]

Standings
2022 Call of Duty League standings
# Team Pts EP MW ML M% GW GL G%
1 Atlanta FaZe 180 2 15 5 .750 53 33 .616
2 OpTic Texas 165 2 14 4 .778 49 24 .671
3 London Royal Ravens 130 2 11 6 .647 37 30 .552
4 Boston Breach 120 2 10 8 .556 39 35 .527
5 Los Angeles Guerrillas 115 2 11 8 .579 41 38 .519
6 Los Angeles Thieves 70 2 7 9 .438 35 35 .500
7 Florida Mutineers 70 2 6 9 .400 27 29 .482
8 Seattle Surge 70 2 6 9 .400 28 34 .452
9 Toronto Ultra 60 2 5 10 .333 27 35 .435
10 Minnesota ROKKR 50 2 5 8 .385 22 32 .407
11 New York Subliners 40 2 4 9 .308 18 32 .360
12 Paris Legion 20 2 2 11 .154 18 37 .327

As of 3 April 2022

Source: [5]

Stage 1

Stage 1 group stage began on February 4, 2022, and ended on February 20.

Source:[6]

Major

The Stage 1 Major ran from March 3 through March 6, 2022. The Major was won by OpTic Texas after being Atlanta FaZe 5–2 in the finals.[7]

  Upper Round 1   Upper Round 2   Upper Final   Finals
                                                           
    1 Atlanta FaZe 3  
    8 Boston Breach 0    
        1 Atlanta FaZe 2  
        4 OpTic Texas 3    
    4 OpTic Texas 3          
    5 Seattle Surge 0        
        4 OpTic Texas 3    
        2 London Royal Ravens 1      
    2 London Royal Ravens 3              
    7 Los Angeles Guerrillas 2                
        2 London Royal Ravens 3          
        6 Toronto Ultra 1        
    3 Los Angeles Thieves 2          
    6 Toronto Ultra 3         4 OpTic Texas 5
        1 Atlanta FaZe 2
         
  Lower Round 1     Lower Round 2     Lower Round 3     Lower Round 4     Lower Final    
         
  8 Boston Breach 3        
  9 Florida Mutineers 2         6 Toronto Ultra 3        
      8 Boston Breach 3     8 Boston Breach 2          
      12 Paris Legion 1              
  5 Seattle Surge 2               2 London Royal Ravens 1    
  12 Paris Legion 3         6 Toronto Ultra 0     1 Atlanta FaZe 3  
        1 Atlanta FaZe 3  
     
  7 Los Angeles Guerrillas 0        
  10 Minnesota ROKKR 3         1 Atlanta FaZe 3    
      10 Minnesota ROKKR 1     3 Los Angeles Thieves 2  
      3 Los Angeles Thieves 3  
  3 Los Angeles Thieves 3    
  11 New York Subliners 0  

Stage 2

Stage 2 group stage began on March 11, 2022, and ended on March 27.

Major

The Stage 2 Major took place from March 31 through April 3, 2022, and was won by Los Angeles Guerrillas with Atlanta FaZe once again coming in second.

  Upper Round 1   Upper Round 2   Upper Final   Finals
                                                           
    1 OpTic Texas 0  
    8 Seattle Surge 3    
        8 Seattle Surge 2  
        5 Atlanta FaZe 3    
    4 New York Subliners 0          
    5 Atlanta FaZe 3        
        5 Atlanta FaZe 3    
        3 Boston Breach 0      
    2 London Royal Ravens 0              
    7 Florida Mutineers 3                
        7 Florida Mutineers 2          
        3 Boston Breach 3        
    3 Boston Breach 3          
    6 Los Angeles Guerrillas 0         5 Atlanta FaZe 2
        6 Los Angeles Guerrillas 5
         
  Lower Round 1     Lower Round 2     Lower Round 3     Lower Round 4     Lower Final    
         
  1 OpTic Texas 3        
  9 Minnesota ROKKR 1         7 Florida Mutineers 3        
      1 OpTic Texas 3     1 OpTic Texas 1          
      12 Los Angeles Thieves 2              
  4 New York Subliners 2               3 Boston Breach 2    
  12 Los Angeles Thieves 3         7 Florida Mutineers 2     6 Los Angeles Guerrillas 3  
        6 Los Angeles Guerrillas 3  
     
  2 London Royal Ravens 3        
  10 Paris Legion 1         8 Seattle Surge 2    
      2 London Royal Ravens 0     6 Los Angeles Guerrillas 3  
      6 Los Angeles Guerrillas 3  
  6 Los Angeles Guerrillas 3    
  11 Toronto Ultra 1  

Pro-Am Classic

From May 5 through May 8, 2022, all twelve Call of Duty League teams alongside four Challengers teams will compete against each other. The teams are put into 4 groups of 4, with three CDL teams and one Challengers team in each group. Teams will play the other three teams in their group once, with the top 2 from each group advancing to a single elimination bracket.

References
  1. Murray, Trent (January 24, 2022). "Call of Duty League Kickoff Classic struggles with YouTube audience". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. "Call of Duty League Community Update #1". Call of Duty League. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. "Call of Duty League 2022 Season Format". Call of Duty League. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. "Call of Duty League 2022 Season Schedule". Call of Duty League. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. "CDL POINTS STANDINGS". Call of Duty League. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. "CDL POINTS STANDINGS - Stage 1 Groups". Call of Duty League. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  7. "An OpTic championship: 4 takeaways from the Texas' historic Majaor I title win over Atlanta FaZe". 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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