The Call of Duty League Major 4 tournament is the final stop before COD Champs, which means it’s one of the most important events of the CDL 2026 schedule. It’s being hosted in Paris by the Gentle Mates, and by sheer ticket sales alone, it’s set to be the biggest Call of Duty League Major in history.
In this guide, you’ll find everything you need to know about CDL Major 4, including the schedule, format breakdown, teams competing, and even some Major 4 predictions to help you with Call of Duty esports betting.
Read on to learn everything possible about CDL Major 4!
CDL Major 4 2026 Schedule and Format
CDL Major 4 starts on June 26th and ends on June 28th, which means it’s your traditional, short-form Call of Duty tournament. Over those three days, teams will compete in a double-elimination bracket event, which every COD esports fan should be familiar with.
It’s a best-of-five bracket, except for the grand final, which will be a best-of-seven series.
Here are the first matches for CDL Major 4 on Friday, June 26th:
- LA Thieves v TBC
- Paris Gentle Mates v TBC
- Riyadh Falcons v TBC
- OpTic Texas v TBC
At the time of writing, the final qualifying matches were yet to be played, which meant that not all teams had been arranged in their starting position for Major 4.
In terms of prize money, here’s the split for Major 4:
- 1st Place: $150,000 & 100 CDL Points
- 2nd Place: $90,000 & 75 CDL Points
- 3rd Place: $50,000 & 60 CDL Points
- 4th Place: $30,000 & 45 CDL Points
- 5th – 6th Place: $15,000 & 30 CDL Points
- 7th – 8th Place: $7,500 & 15 CDL Points
- 9th – 12th Place: $0 and 0 CDL Points
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COD League Major 4 Teams
Here are all the teams heading to Paris for the CDL Major 4 event, listed by their regular season standings rank at the time of writing:
- OpTic Texas
- LA Thieves
- FaZe Vegas
- Paris Gentle Mates
- Toronto KOI
- Riyadh Falcons
- Miami Heretics
- G2 Minnesota
- Carolina Royal Ravens
- Boston Breach
- Vancouver Surge
- Cloud9 New York
How to Watch CDL Major 4
You can watch the fourth Major of the season via the usual channels:
CDL Major 4 2026 Predictions
The LA Thieves enter Major 4 as the number-one seed and top-rated team to win the trophy, again. At Major 3, LAT beat OpTic Texas in a dramatic grand final to secure the $150,000 prize, a victory that came almost an entire year after the organization’s last major victory and followed several miserable defeats at the hands of all comers.
Now, nothing stands in the way of LAT and victory going into Major 4 in Paris, except for perhaps the Riyadh Falcons, on top form in the last few weeks. OpTic Texas has been flagging a bit recently, but there’s still no doubting the team’s efficacy in the CDL right now.
Looking at sheer standings alone, the predictions would be LAT to win, and either OpTic Texas or Riyadh Falcons to make it to the grand final, but everyone knows that you can discredit the other challengers in the lineup.
For instance, Paris Gentle Mates sits on home turf, and that can be powerful for an organization. The squad has had a fairly paltry year so far since winning at Major 1, winding up in fifth place twice beyond that first win of the season. Could we see Paris repeat the opener for the 2026 CDL season and make it big in the first-ever CDL Major in Paris?
If we’re talking about Call of Duty betting, my money would be on LAT to pull off a back-to-back Major win, going into this year’s Call of Duty League Championship in Las Vegas with white-hot momentum.
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