| 2025 Call of Duty League season | |
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| League | Call of Duty League |
| Sport | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 |
| Duration | December 5, 2024 – TBA |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Major Champions | |
| Major 1 | Atlanta FaZe |
| Grand Finals | |
The 2025 Call of Duty League season is the sixth season of the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty .
| Team | Location | Joined | Owner |
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| Atlanta FaZe |  Atlanta, GA | 2020 | Atlanta Esports Ventures, FaZe Clan |
| 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 |
| Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 | Los Angeles, CA | 2020 | Gentle Mates |
| Los Angeles Thieves | 2021 | 100 Thieves | |
| Miami Heretics | Miami, FL | 2020 | Misfits Gaming, Team Heretics |
| Minnesota ROKKR | Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN | 2020 | G2 Esports |
| OpTic Texas | Dallas, TX | 2020 | OpTic Gaming |
| Toronto Ultra |  Toronto, ON | 2020 | OverActive Media |
| Vancouver Surge | Vancouver, BC | 2020 | Canucks Sports & Entertainment, Enthusiast Gaming |
| Vegas Falcons | Las Vegas, NV | 2020 | Team Falcons |
The 2025 CDL season will begin on December 6, 2024. Teams will compete in four Majors throughout the season, culminating in the Call of Duty Championship tournament. The four majors will be played in Madrid which will be the first tournament not held in North America since the inaugural season of the league. Majors 2 and 3 will be played in Dallas and Fort Lauderdale with the location of the fourth and final major still to be announced. [1]
| # | Team | Pts | EP | MW | ML | M% | GW | GL | G% |
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| 1 | Atlanta FaZe | 170 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 40 | 23 | .635 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Thieves | 125 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 34 | 24 | .586 |
| 3 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 115 | 1 | 10 | 5 | .667 | 36 | 28 | .563 |
| 4 | Toronto Ultra | 90 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 26 | 20 | .565 |
| 5 | OpTic Texas | 85 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 34 | 23 | .596 |
| 6 | Miami Heretics | 80 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 26 | 31 | .456 |
| 7 | Minnesota ROKKR | 60 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 29 | 31 | .483 |
| 8 | Boston Breach | 50 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 21 | 24 | .467 |
| 9 | Vancouver Surge | 40 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 18 | 25 | .419 |
| 10 | Cloud9 New York | 25 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 19 | 27 | .413 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 17 | 21 | .447 |
| 12 | Vegas Falcons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .000 | 4 | 27 | .129 |
As of 2 February 2025 [update]
Source: [2]
Major 1 online qualifiers began on December 6, 2024, and ended on January 26, 2025.
| Pos | Team | Overall Series | Overall Games | Qualification |
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| 1 | OpTic Texas | 6-1 | 20-10 | Winners Round 1 Seed |
| 2 | Toronto Ultra | 6–1 | 19-11 | |
| 3 | Boston Breach | 5-2 | 17-15 | |
| 4 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 5–2 | 18-12 | |
| 5 | Los Angeles Thieves | 5-2 | 19–13 | |
| 6 | Atlanta FaZe | 4-3 | 15–13 | |
| 7 | Vancouver Surge | 4-3 | 17–16 | |
| 8 | Miami Heretics | 2–5 | 16-17 | |
| 9 | Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 | 2–5 | 13-15 | Losers Round 1 Seed |
| 10 | Minnesota Rokkr | 2–5 | 13-19 | |
| 11 | Cloud9 New York | 1–6 | 19-19 | |
| 12 | Vegas Falcons | 0-7 | 4-21 |
Major 1 ran from January 30 to February 2, 2025. The Major was hosted by Toronto Ultra in Madrid, Spain. The Major I champions were the Atlanta FaZe, who defeated the Los Angeles Thieves 4-3. [3] [4] The MVP was Chris Lehr aka "Simp". [3]
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | OpTic Texas | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Miami Heretics | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Miami Heretics | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Thieves | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Thieves | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Thieves | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Toronto Ultra | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vancouver Surge | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Toronto Ultra | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston Breach | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Atlanta FaZe | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Atlanta FaZe | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Thieves | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 4 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | OpTic Texas | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Toronto Ultra | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | OpTic Texas | 1 | 3 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | 5 | Los Angeles Thieves | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carolina Royal Ravens | 1 | 8 | Miami Heretics | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Vegas Falcons | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Miami Heretics | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vancouver Surge | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Miami Heretics | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Minnesota ROKKR | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Minnesota ROKKR | 3 | 10 | Minnesota ROKKR | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Cloud9 New York | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston Breach | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Cloud9 New York | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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