Field Level Media
03 May 2026, 11:55 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK)
OpTic Texas rallied for a 3-2 victory over Toronto KOI and improved to 3-0 on Saturday in the second week of qualifying for the Call of Duty League's Stage 3.
The Carolina Royal Ravens (1-3), Miami Heretics (1-1) and Riyadh Falcons (1-2) also were winners on Saturday.
The 12 Call of Duty League teams are playing a full qualifying round robin to determine seeding for the third major of the season, to be held May 15-17 as part of the DreamHack Atlanta event.
The Carolina Royals Ravens started strong on Saturday, winning on Colossus Hardpoint 250-138 before Cloud9 New York drew even with a 6-4 triumph on Raid Search and Destroy. Carolina won the next two maps, 5-0 on Den Overload and 250-247 on Den Hardpoint, to clinch the match.
Logan 'Lurqxx' Brown of the United States earned match MVP honors with 104 kills and a plus-22 kill-death differential for the Royal Ravens. Teammate Jay 'Craze' Malhi of the U.S. had 109 kills and a plus-21 K-D differential.
The Miami Heretics followed a similar pattern in defeating FaZeVegas 3-1 -- starting with a 250-158 win on Sake Hardpoint. Vegas drew level with a 6-3 decision on Plaza Search and Destroy before Miami closed out the match with wins on Scar Overload (5-3) and Den Hardpoint (250-87).
Spain's David 'RenKoR' Isern was the match MVP with 78 kills and a plus-16 K-D differential for Miami. Teammate and fellow Spaniard Adrian 'MettalZ' Serrano had 84 kills and a plus-16 differential.
The Riyadh Falcons went up 2-0 on Vancouver -- winning on Den Hardpoint (250-113) and Fringe Search and Destroy (6-4). The Surge rallied with a 4-2 victory on Scar Overload before the Falcons secured the match with a 250-148 triumph on Gridlock Hardpoint.
McArthur 'Cellium' Jovel of the United States was selected the match MVP with 83 kills and a plus-27 K-D differential for the Falcons.
OpTic Texas fell behind by losing the opening map before coming through for a 3-2 win over Toronto KOI. Toronto captured Sake Hardpoint (250-238), then Texas tied it with a 6-3 win on Plaza Search and Destroy. KOI again went up, taking Scar Overload 5-3. But Texas won on Colossus Hardpoint 250-159 and Den Search and Destroy 6-3 to take the match.
Bandon 'Dashy' Otell of Canada was match MVP with 98 kills and a plus-5 K-D differential for OpTic.
The Week 2, Day 3 schedule for Sunday:
--Vancouver Surge vs. Los Angeles Thieves
--Miami Heretics vs. G2 Minnesota
--Paris Gentle Mates vs. Boston Breach
Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying, with match record and map differential
1. OpTic Texas 3-0, 9-4
2. FaZe Vegas, 3-1, 10-6
3. Los Angeles Thieves, 2-0, 6-1
4. Paris Gentle Mates, 2-0, 6-2
5. Toronto KOI, 2-1, 8-5
6. Vancouver Surge, 2-1, 7-5
7. Miami Heretics, 1-1, 4-4
8. Riyadh Falcons, 1-2, 5-7
9. Carolina Royal Ravens, 1-3, 8-10
10. G2 Minnesota, 0-2, 1-6
T11. Boston Breach, 0-3, 2-9
T11. Cloud9 New York, 0-3, 2-9
--Field Level Media
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