OpTic Texas win CDL Major 1: Final placements, results, recap

Jacob Hale
OpTic Texas on stage at CDL Major 1

The first Major of the 2022 Call of Duty League season is officially in the books, with OpTic Texas hosted all 12 CDL franchises at the Esports Stadium Arlington on March 3-6. OpTic took home their own Major, but their path wasn’t easy. Here’s everything that went down at Major 1


  • OpTic Texas win Major 1 Grand Finals 5-2 over FaZe.
  • FaZe finish as runner-up, while Ravens, and Ultra, round out top-4.
  • Grand Finals viewership peaked over 150K.

Contents

CDL Major 1 final placements

Place Team Prize
CDL Points
1 OpTic Texas $200,000 65
2 Atlanta FaZe $120,000 50
3 London Royal Ravens $80,000 40
4 Toronto Ultra $40,000 30
5-6 LA Thieves $20,000 20
Boston Breach $20,000 20
7-8 Paris Legion $10,000 10
Minnesota RØKKR $10,000 10
9-12 Seattle Surge $0 0
Florida Mutineers $0 0
LA Guerrillas $0 0
 New York Subliners $0 0

CDL Major 1 Grand Finals recap

The Grand Finals was one for the CoD history books as OpTic Texas and Atlanta FaZe delivered a great show. OpTic drew first blood behind a monster game from iLLeY and Shotzzy. FaZe would respond to take the Search and Destroy in a 6-5 ninja defuse.

Map 3 caused some chaos as OpTic held an incredible Round 5, but due to a PC issue for Arcitys, they replayed the final round. In the end, OpTic took the last laugh to go up 2-1.

OpTic would take two of the next three maps to go up 4-2, with three chances at a championship. Berlin wasn’t friendly to OpTic during the qualifiers, but it proved to be home turf for the Greenwall. Scump and tournament MVP Dashy led the way as OpTic took home Major 1 and their first championship in 1,183 days.

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CDL Major 1 results

Here are the results from all of the matches that played out at the OpTic Texas Major.

Day 1 — Thursday, March 3

Round Match Time
PST EST GMT
Winners Round 1 LA Guerrillas 2-3 London Royal Ravens 12pm 3pm 8pm
Winners Round 1 Boston Breach 0-3 Atlanta FaZe 1.30pm 4.30pm 9.30pm
Winners Round 1 Toronto Ultra 3-2 LA Thieves 3pm 6pm 11pm
Winners Round 1 Seattle Surge 0-3 OpTic Texas 4.30pm 7.30pm 12.30am

Day 2 — Friday, March 4

Round Match Time
PST EST GMT
Losers Round 1 Minnesota RØKKR 3-0 LA Guerrillas 12pm 3pm 8pm
Losers Round 1 New York Subliners 0-3 LA Thieves 1.30pm 4.30pm 9.30pm
Losers Round 1 Florida Mutineers 2-3 Boston Breach 3pm 6pm 11pm
Losers Round 1 Paris Legion 3-2 Seattle Surge 4.30pm 7.30pm 12.30am
Losers Round 2 Minnesota RØKKR 1-3 LA Thieves 6pm 9pm 2am

Day 3 — Saturday, March 5

Round Match Time
PST EST GMT
Losers Round 2 Boston Breach 3-1 Paris Legion 12pm 3pm 8pm
Winners Semi-Final London Royal Ravens 3-1 Toronto Ultra 1.30pm 4.30pm 9.30pm
Winners Semi-Final Atlanta FaZe 2-3 OpTic Texas 3pm 6pm 11pm
Losers Round 3 Boston Breach 2-3 Toronto Ultra 4.30pm 7.30pm 12.30am
Losers Round 3 LA Thieves 2-3 Atlanta FaZe 6pm 9pm 2am

Day 4 — Sunday, March 6

Round Match Time
PST EST GMT
Winners Final London Royal Ravens 1-3 OpTic Texas 12pm 3pm 8pm
Losers Round 4 Toronto Ultra 0-3 Atlanta FaZe 1.30pm 4.30pm 9.30pm
Losers Final London Royal Ravens 1-3 Atlanta FaZe 3pm 6pm 11pm
Grand Final OpTic Texas 5-2 Atlanta FaZe 4.30pm 7.30pm 12.30am

CDL Major 1 teams

Team Starters
Substitute(s) Coach(es)
OpTic Texas Shotzzy iLLeY Scump Dashy General Rambo, Sender
Atlanta FaZe Simp aBeZy Cellium Arcitys Prestinni Crowder, RJ, Easy Mac
Boston Breach Methodz TJHaly Nero Capsidal Zed Zed, Denz
Florida Mutineers Skyz Davpadie Owakening Vivid Yeez Willett
New York Subliners Royalty Clayster Crimsix HyDra Neptune DREAL, Boble, JP
London Royal Ravens Afro Nastie Zer0 Gismo Harry Dominate
Toronto Ultra Bance Insight Cammy CleanX Hicksy MarkyB
Minnesota RØKKR Priestahh Attach MajorManiak Standy Saintt Saintt, Loony
Los Angeles Thieves Drazah Kenny Octane Envoy Pentagrxm JKap
Paris Legion John GRVTY Felo Temp Decemate Theory
Seattle Surge Accuracy Mack Sib Pred Fenix
Los Angeles Guerrillas SlasheR Gunless Asim Huke Spart Ricky, Bevils, Doug Liebe

Be sure to tune in to the Major 2 Qualifiers, which start on March 11!