Call of Duty League Major 1: Qualifiers, schedule, stream, standings, more

The first Major of the Call of Duty League 2025 season is underway, with the best players in the world taking Black Ops 6 to new levels. Here’s everything you need to know about qualifiers, the full schedule, and where you can watch.

Black Ops 6 has been met with huge praise from players as one of the greatest COD games of the last few years, and was even voted as Dexerto’s Game of the Year in our Best of 2024 series.

While pros have expressed frustration with the map design, it has largely been celebrated by the competitive community, and soon enough, we’ll get to see the best players go head-to-head.

Starting with the qualifying matches, which kicked off on December 6, right up to the opening event of the season in Madrid, Spain on January 30, here’s everything you need to know.

Stream

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CDL events are expected to be broadcast exclusively on YouTube once again.

The Call of Duty League is once again being streamed exclusively on YouTube this season, on both the CDL and COD channels.

If so, we will make sure to embed each stream right here, as it changes every gameday. Alternatively, you can check out the watch parties of popular streamers, such as ZooMaa with The Flank and Scump’s OpTic watch party.

Standings

Here are the current Major 1 standings. This will establish seeding for both the Minor tournament on Jan 10-12, and eventually the Major in Madrid.

Schedule

Qualifiers

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Major 1 LAN in Madrid

The Major 1 LAN takes place in Madrid from January 30-February 2.

The schedule will be available in full following the culmination of the qualifier matches.

Minor 1: Mid-split online tournament

For the first time, the Major cycle will include mid-Stage ‘Minor’ tournaments. These will be single elimination and grant extra CDL points, and are based on the Major standings at the mid-point of qualifiers. Below is the bracket and schedule for Minor 1.

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The CDL Minor 1 2025 tournament bracket.

Here is the current match schedule:

Major 1 LAN seeding & format

After each team has played their seven qualifier matches, they will have established their seeding for Major 1 in Madrid.

It will be a double elimination tournament, with the bottom four teams starting in the loser’s bracket.

Once matches get underway, we’ll be sure to provide proper seeding information for the tournament.

Teams

Be sure to tune in to matches starting from December 6 and check back here to find the latest results.