The Call of Duty League’s grand reveal has just taken place for the 2026 season, and fans are immensely excited. The new season starts on December 5, and in the months that follow, the CDL 2026 season will greet fans in three countries. Majors are set to take place in the United States, England, and France, all wrapping up with a grand COD Champs event in Las Vegas.
Plenty of changes are coming for the new season, including the first 10-team Major, the return of Minor tournaments, and beefed-up Challengers opportunities at every LAN event in the season.
CDL 2026 Schedule Looks Insane
The Call of Duty League 2026 schedule is already running wild. It confirms my earlier exclusive reports that the COD League is coming to the United Kingdom, as well as hosting a Major in Paris, France. It also confirms the placement of COD Champs in Las Vegas, which I exclusively revealed earlier this year.
Here’s the schedule for the 2026 Call of Duty League:
- Opening Weekend: December 5 – 7
- Major I (Dallas, Texas): January 29 – February 1
- Major II (DreamHack UK): March 27 – 29
- Minor I: April 24 – 26
- Major III (DreamHack Atlanta): May TBC
- Minor II: June 5 – 7
- Major IV (Paris, France): June 25 – 28
- COD Championship (Las Vegas, Nevada): July 16 – 19
Major III at DreamHack Atlanta will be a Pro-Am event, and the Minor tournaments will feature teams outside the core CDL structure, as will Major II in Birmingham, UK.
It has already been too long since the end of the last season, during which OpTic Texas claimed the top spot and won the first back-to-back COD Champs in Call of Duty esports history. The team would then go on to win at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, solidifying a spot in the history books.
The team is set to host Major I in Dallas, Texas, at the end of January – will the winning streak continue on home turf?
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