The Vancouver Surge, fresh off reaching the final of the Call of Duty League’s Stage 3 Major, lost their opening match in Stage 4 Major qualifying on Friday.
The Atlanta FaZe pulled out a 3-2 win over Vancouver. In other opening-day action, the Toronto Ultra topped the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-1, and Cloud9 New York swept the Vegas Falcons 3-0.
The Stage 4 Major qualifying round has the league’s 12 teams playing five qualifying matches apiece through May 18 to determine seeding for the Stage 4 Major playoffs, slated for May 23-25 in Dallas.
On Friday, Vancouver opened with a 250-190 win on Vault Hardpoint before Atlanta claimed Rewind Search and Destroy 6-3 and Hacienda Control 3-0. The Surge rebounded to capture Rewind Hardpoint 250-176, but the FaZe sealed the series with a 6-1 decision on Protocol Search and Destroy.
Toronto posted a 250-184 victory on Skyline Hardpoint ahead of Carolina’s 6-5 triumph on Dealership Search and Destroy. The Ultra closed it out with a 3-2 win on Protocol Control and a 250-177 victory on Hacienda Hardpoint.
New York downed Vegas 250-213 on Vault Hardpoint, 6-1 on Dealership Search and Destroy and 3-2 on Hacienda Control.
Seven matches remain in the Week 1 qualifying schedule: Saturday –Minnesota Rokkr vs. Vegas Falcons –Carolina Royal Ravens vs. Boston Breach –Vancouver Surge vs. OpTic Texas –Los Angeles Thieves vs. Miami Heretics Sunday –Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 vs. Miami Heretics –Cloud9 New York vs. Toronto Ultra –Atlanta FaZe vs. Los Angeles Thieves
Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major qualifying standings (with match record and map differential): 1. Cloud9 New York, 1-0, plus-3 2. Toronto Ultra, 1-0, plus-2 3. Atlanta FaZe, 1-0, plus-1 T4. Boston Breach, 0-0, even T4. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-0, even T4. Los Angeles Thieves, 0-0, even T4. Miami Heretics, 0-0, even T4. Minnesota Rokkr, 0-0, even T4. Optic Texas, 0-0, even 10. Vancouver Surge, 0-1, minus-1 11. Carolina Royal Ravens, 0-1, minus-2 12. Vegas Falcons, 0-1, minus-3
–Field Level Media
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