| 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 | |
| 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 | Los Angeles, CA | 2020 | Kroenke Sports & Entertainment |
| 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 |
| Seattle Surge | Seattle, WA | 2020 | The Aquilini Group |
| Toronto Ultra |  Toronto, ON | 2020 | OverActive Media |
| 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 | – | – | ||||||
| 2 | Boston Breach | – | – | ||||||
| 3 | Carolina Royal Ravens | – | – | ||||||
| 4 | Cloud9 New York | – | – | ||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Guerrillas | – | – | ||||||
| 6 | Los Angeles Thieves | – | – | ||||||
| 7 | Miami Heretics | – | – | ||||||
| 8 | Minnesota ROKKR | – | – | ||||||
| 9 | OpTic Texas | – | – | ||||||
| 10 | Seattle Surge | – | – | ||||||
| 11 | Toronto Ultra | – | – | ||||||
| 12 | Vegas Falcons | – | – | ||||||
As of 2 December 2024 [update]
Source: [2]
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