2023 Call of Duty League season

The 2023 Call of Duty League season was the fourth season of the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty.

Teams

+TeamLocationJoinedOwnerAtlanta FaZe Atlanta, GA 2020Atlanta Esports Ventures, FaZe ClanBoston Breach Boston, MA 2022Kraft Sports GroupFlorida Mutineers Orlando, FL 2020Misfits GamingLondon Royal Ravens London, UK 2020ReKTGlobal, Inc.Los Angeles Guerrillas Los Angeles, CA 2020Kroenke Sports & EntertainmentLos Angeles Thieves 2021100 ThievesMinnesota ROKKR Minneapolis, MN 2020WISE VenturesNew York Subliners New York City, NY 2020NYXLOpTic Texas Dallas, TX 2020OpTic GamingSeattle Surge Seattle, WA 2020Canucks Sports & Entertainment, Enthusiast GamingToronto Ultra Toronto, ON 2020OverActive MediaVegas Legion Las Vegas, NV 2020c0ntact Gaming

Regular season The 2023 CDL season began on December 2, 2022. Teams competed in five Majors throughout the season, culminating in the Call of Duty Championship tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. The five Majors were played in Raleigh, Boston, Arlington, Columbus, and Toronto. The Minnesota ROKKR also hosted two home series matches in Madison, Wisconsin and St. Paul, Minnesota during the Stage 4 and 5 qualifiers.

Standings

Stage 1 Stage 1 group stage began on December 2, 2022, and ended on December 14.

Group stage Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games 1 Minnesota ROKKR 3–1 10–6 2 Toronto Ultra 3–1 10–7 3 Atlanta FaZe 2–2 9–8 4 Boston Breach 2–2 9–8 5 Los Angeles Thieves 2–2 9–8 6 London Royal Ravens 2–2 9–8 7 OpTic Texas 2–2 8–8 8 Los Angeles Guerrillas 2–2 8–9 9 New York Subliners 2–2 7–8 10 Florida Mutineers 2–2 7–9 11 Seattle Surge 1–3 7–10 12 Las Vegas Legion 1–3 6–10

Major The Stage 1 Major ran from December 14 through December 18, 2022, at the Raleigh Convention Center. All twelve CDL teams, alongside four Challengers teams, competed against each other. The teams were put into four groups of four, with three CDL teams and one Challengers team in each group. Teams played the other three teams in their group once, with the top two from each group advancing to a double elimination bracket.

Group A Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 New York Subliners 2–0 6–0 Winners Round 1 2 Minnesota ROKKR 2–1 6–4 3 Los Angeles Guerrillas 1–2 4–6 4 Decimate Gaming 0–2 0–6

Group B Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 Toronto Ultra 2–0 6–2 Winners Round 1 2 Florida Mutineers 2–1 8–6 3 OpTic Texas 1–2 5–8 4 Pollodrom 0–2 3–6

Group C Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 Atlanta FaZe 2–0 6–2 Winners Round 1 2 Seattle Surge 2–1 6–3 3 LAG Academy 1–2 5–8 4 London Royal Ravens 0–2 2–6

Group D Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 Los Angeles Thieves 2–0 6–3 Winners Round 1 2 Las Vegas Legion 2–1 8–7 3 Elevate 1–2 6–8 4Boston Breach 0–2 4–6

Bracket

Stage 2 Stage 2 group stage began on January 13, 2023, and ended on January 29.

Group stage Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 OpTic Texas 4–1 13–10 Winners Round 1 Seed 2 Toronto Ultra 4–1 13–5 3 Boston Breach 3–2 13–8 4 New York Subliners 3–2 12–8 5 Minnesota ROKKR 3–2 10–9 6 Atlanta FaZe 3–2 11–10 7 Los Angeles Guerrillas 2–3 11–11 8 Los Angeles Thieves 2–3 8–11 9 Florida Mutineers 2–3 9–13 Losers Round 1 Seed 10 Las Vegas Legion 2–3 8–12 11 Seattle Surge 1–4 8–13 12 London Royal Ravens 1–4 7–13

Major The Stage 2 Major ran from February 2 through February 5, 2023. The Major was hosted by Boston Breach.

Stage 3 Stage 3 group stage began on February 17, 2023, and ended on March 5.

Group stage Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 Seattle Surge 4–1 13–5 Winners Round 1 Seed 2 Boston Breach 4–1 13–8 3 Toronto Ultra 3–2 12–7 4 Atlanta FaZe 3–2 11–7 5 Los Angeles Thieves 3–2 12–8 6 New York Subliners 3–2 9–8 7 OpTic Texas 3–2 9–9 8 Los Angeles Guerrillas 2–3 10–12 9 Las Vegas Legion 2–3 9–12 Losers Round 1 Seed 10 London Royal Ravens 2–3 9–13 11 Florida Mutineers 1–4 6–13 12 Minnesota ROKKR 0–5 4–15

Major The Stage 3 Major ran from March 9 through March 12, 2023. The Major was hosted by OpTic Texas.

Stage 4 Stage 4 group stage began on March 31, 2023, and ended on April 16.

Group stage Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 OpTic Texas 5–0 15–3 Winners Round 1 Seed 2 Los Angeles Thieves 4–1 13–5 3 Seattle Surge 4–1 13–6 4 New York Subliners 4–1 13–7 5 Las Vegas Legion 4–1 13–9 6 Atlanta FaZe 3–2 11–11 7 Minnesota ROKKR 2–3 9–10 8 Boston Breach 2–3 8–12 9 Toronto Ultra 1–4 10–12 Losers Round 1 Seed 10 London Royal Ravens 1–4 5–13 11 Los Angeles Guerrillas 0–5 4–15 12 Florida Mutineers 0–5 4–15

Major The Stage 4 Major ran from April 20 through April 23, 2023. The Major had no host.

Stage 5 Stage 5 group stage began on May 5, 2023, and ended on May 21.

Group stage Pos Team Overall Series Overall Games Qualification 1 OpTic Texas 5–0 15–3 Winners Round 1 Seed 2 Atlanta FaZe 4–1 12–5 3 Toronto Ultra 3–2 12–7 4 Boston Breach 3–2 11–8 5 Minnesota ROKKR 3–2 12–9 6 New York Subliners 3–2 12–9 7 Las Vegas Legion 3–2 11–11 8 Florida Mutineers 3–2 9–9 9 Los Angeles Thieves 1–4 8–12 Losers Round 1 Seed 10 Seattle Surge 1–4 5–13 11 Los Angeles Guerrillas 1–4 5–13 12 London Royal Ravens 0–5 2–15

Major The Stage 5 Major ran from May 25 through May 28, 2023. The Major was hosted by Toronto Ultra.

Championship The 2023 Call of Duty League Championship took place from June 15 through June 18, 2023. The top eight teams from the regular season standings competed in a Double Elimination bracket.

Bracket

Grand finals The 2023 Call of Duty League season Grand finals were held on June 18, 2023. It was best of 9 (first to 5).

Broadcast and viewership In early 2020, Activision Blizzard signed a three-year broadcasting rights deal with YouTube, making the streaming platform the exclusive broadcasting partner for the CDL. The 2023 CDL season marks the first season since the expiration of the deal. In December 2022, the CDL announced that it would be broadcasting the entirety of the season exclusively on Twitch and its official website.

The opening weekend of the 2023 season saw record viewership. The highest viewed match was OpTic Texas versus the Florida Mutineers, which reached a peak of over 190,000 on Twitch. The peak viewership made it the fourth-most watched CDL match of match of all time, only behind the three championship matches from 2020 to 2022.

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