Following an intense Group Stage, the CoD esports community is ready for the year’s first Major event. Accordingly, the CDL Stage 1 Major 2022 event is just around the corner. Indeed, feel free to read on as we porvide all of the viewership details you need to enjoy this event!
Event Background
Accordingly, the 2022 Call of Duty Season is planned to have 4 Majors across the season before the CDL Championship.
Following the first Group Stage, with teams fighting for seeding, we have the first major to look forward to. Kicking off on March 3rd, it looks to occupy the weekend and conclude on March 6th.
Specifically, the 12 franchised teams will be attending the event hosted by OpTic Texas at the Esports Arena in Arlington, Texas. Here are the 12 teams listed once again:
- Atlanta FaZe
- Boston Breach
- Florida Mutineers
- London Royal Ravens
- Los Angeles Guerrillas
- Los Angeles Thieves
- Minnesota Rokkr
- New York Subiners
- Paris Legion
- Seattle Surge
- OpTic Texas
- Toronto Ultra
Competing for the prize pool and CDL Points at stake, this is the first opportunity to see how the competition truly stacks up.
Format
To do so, the same format from last year’s Majors is being put back into practice.
The event format consists of one double elimination bracket, with teams seeded thanks to the Stage 1 placements. Considering that 1st-8th earn a spot in Winners Round 1 and 9-12th earn a spot in Losers Round 1, here’s what the bracket looks like:
Winners Round 1
- Atlanta FaZe vs Boston Breach
- OpTic Texas vs Seattle Surge
- London Royal Ravens vs Los Angeles Guerrillas
- Los Angeles Thieves vs Toronto Ultra
Losers Round 1
- Florida Mutineers vs ATL/BOS
- Paris Legion vs OPT/SEA
- Minnesota Rokkr vs LDN/LAG
- New York Subliners vs LAT/TOR
Bearing this in mind, all matches will be BO5 except for the returning BO9 Grand Final which looks to be epic.
Schedule for the CDL Stage 1 Major 2022
With regards to the schedule, everything is available on the official event page here. Regardless, take a look at the first few matches taking place across the first two days below (all matches in GMT+1):
March 3rd
- 21:00 – Los Angeles Guerrillas vs London Royal Ravens
- 22:30 – Boston Brech vs Atlanta FaZe
March 4th
- 00:00 – Toronto Ultra vs Los Angeles Thieves
- 01:30 – Seattle Surge vs OpTic Texas
- 21:00 – Minnesota Rokkr vs TBD
- 22:30 – New York Subliners vs TBD
Watch the CDL Stage 1 Major 2022 on esportsguide
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Predictions
Indeed, predicting the winner of the first event is always tough. In the past few weeks, we’ve had a glance and understanding at all the teams, but do we know their full potential?
Anyways, let’s list some of the favourites to win the event below:
- Atlanta FaZe
- London Royal Ravens
- Los Angeles Thieves
- OpTic Texas
- Toronto Ultra
From this list of favourites, we’d like to go with Atlanta FaZe as the likely victors considering their dominant form from last year, sitting as the current world champions.
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