Call of Duty League 2022: Schedule, format, standings…

The 2022 Call of Duty League season has finally started. Here’s all the info you need to know with timing, ranking, format and more.

The Call of Duty League has finally started its season in 2022. All franchises have presented their rosters and the League has revealed its format for the competition on CoD Vanguard.

So if you want to follow the progress of HyDra, Scump, Paris Legion or even Atlanta FaZe, here is a complete summary of the program for the 2022 season.

General classification CDL 2022

The Call of Duty League regular season isn’t scheduled to kick off until February 4, about two weeks after the CDL Kickoff. This will mark the launch of the pre-season of the competition before finally seeing the teams compete for the first time in a competitive framework at the beginning of February.

Each meeting will be to be followed live on the Call of Duty League YouTube channel.

CDL Calendar 2022

To kick off the 2022 Call of Duty League season on Vanguard, the CDL Kickoff will be held from January 21 to 24. The 12 teams in the League will be able to try out and find their bearings before the official start of the competition. From there, the regular season will go like this:

Stage 1: February 4 – March 6

• February 4-20 : Online qualifying
• March 3-6 : Major I in LAN organized by OpTic Texas

Stage 2: March 11 – April 3

• March 11-27 : Online qualifying
• March 31 – April 3 : Major II in LAN organized by Minnesota RØKKR

Mid-season tournament: April 9 – May 8

• April 9-10 : All-Star Weekend
• April 24 : CDL Warzone Pacific Tournament
  • Each of the 12 League teams will assemble a squad of four and drop in squads in Rebirth Island’s Resurgence mode. The last person standing on each map wins a cash prize for their team and additional prizes are awarded for kills.
• May 5-8 : Pro-Am Classic (LAN)
  • The 12 teams of the League will have to compete live in LAN in front of the public alongside the four best Challengers teams. $100,000 for first place will be at stake. No CDL points will be awarded for this event.

Stage 3: May 13 – June 5

• May 13-29 : Online qualifying
• June 2-5 : Major III in LAN organized by Toronto Ultra

Stage 4: July 1 – July 24

• July 1-17 : Online qualifying
• July 21-24 : Major IV in LAN organized by New York Subliners

CDL’s 2022 season schedule on Vanguard.

CDL 2022 Season Format: Stages, Majors and Playoffs

Steps

• The 2022 season is divided into 4 Stages
• There are no more “Home Series” hosted by a team
• Regular season games will all be online and serve as “qualifiers” for the Majors.
• Qualifiers will consist of franchises playing 5 pre-scheduled online matches against randomly drawn teams.

Majors

• The Majors will feature all 12 League teams well.
• A LAN weekend will be organized by individual franchises
• The prize pool for the Majors has yet to be set, although in 2021 each of them was $500,000.

Playoffs

• No date or place has yet been determined for the CDL Playoffs or the final weekend of the championship.
• No cash prize has been announced at this time. In 2021, the last prize pool was $2.5 million.

CDL 2022 teams and rosters

There have been big changes in the offseason and there are two new franchises competing this year. All the details can be found in our dedicated article by clicking here. Here are all the teams and their current rosters:

And there you have it, that was everything you need to know about Call of Duty League 2022 on Vanguard. In-game rewards for Vanguard will be up for grabs on select weekends if you watch CDL matches on the YouTube channel.