How is the Call of Duty League Scored?

How the Call of Duty League is scored? What CDL maps and game modes are played? Here is everything you need to know.

The Call of Duty League had its inaugural season in 2020, bringing a city-based franchised league for Call of Duty. 12 teams compete in three weekends of Qualifiers, followed by a four-day weekend of Bracket Play. 

Contents

1. CDL Hardpoint Maps
2. CDL Search and Destroy Maps
3. CDL Control Maps
4. How CDL Teams Earn Points?
5. Tiebreakers

Each team competes in scheduled games against opposing teams in a best-of-five match, which features current game modes such as Hardpoint, Search and Destroy, and Control. Each game mode features different maps, but not all maps are featured in each game mode.

CDL Hardpoint Maps

• Al Bagra Fortress
• Breenburgh Hotel
• Embassy
• Mercado Las Almas
• Zarqwa Hydroelectric

CDL Search and Destroy Maps

• Al Bagra Fortress
• Breenburgh Hotel
• El Asilo
• Embassy
• Mercado Las Almas

CDL Control Maps

• Al Bagra Fortress
• Breenburgh Hotel
• El Asilo

In 2023, there are five double elimination Majors, with Qualifiers being online and Majors being played on LAN in front of a live audience. Each team's performance in Qualifiers determines their seeding heading into the Major. Each match win totals ten CDL points, making each round played exceptionally critical. The top eight teams from Qualifiers make it to the Winners Bracket, with the final four teams starting in the Losers Bracket. 

How CDL Teams Earn Points?

Teams will score ten points for each Qualifier win, but placing is what's key once the Major begins. Points throughout Qualifiers and Majors will reflect where teams will be seeded once the Post Season begins.

• 1st - 65 CDL Points
• 2nd - 50 CDL Points
• 3rd - 40 CDL Points
• 4th - 30 CDL Points
• 5th-6th Place - 20 CDL Points
• 7th-8th Place - 10 CDL Points
• 9th-12th Place - 0 CDL Points

Tiebreakers

How do tiebreakers work in the Call of Duty League in 2023?

• Head to Head Match Win Percentage (skipped if all Teams have not played all other tied Teams)
• Head to Head Game Win Percentage (skipped if all Teams have not played all other tied Teams)
• Overall Match Win Percentage
• Overall Game Win Percentage
• Teams Strength of Schedule Match Win Percentage
• Teams Strength of Schedule Game Win Percentage
• Tiebreaker Match