The Paris Gentle Mates and Carolina Royal Ravens grabbed a share of first place in qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 1 Major by posting victories on Friday.
Paris rallied past the Toronto KOI 3-2, and Carolina downed OpTic Texas 3-1 as the final week of qualifying began.
The winners both improved to 4-2, tied for the top spot with FaZe Vegas and the Riyadh Falcons. Texas holds fifth place at 4-3.
The 12 teams are playing seven matches apiece during qualifying, each win earning them 10 CDL points. While all 12 qualify for Major 1, which runs Thursday through Feb. 1 in Dallas, the results will determine whether teams begin the major in the upper or lower bracket.
On Friday, Toronto began with a 250-219 win on Scar Hardpoint before Paris claimed Colossus Search and Destroy 6-1. The KOI jumped on top again by taking Den Overload 3-0 before the Gentle Mates captured Colossus Hardpoint 250-173 and Scar Search and Destroy 6-3.
After OpTic 250-186 on Colossus Hardpoint, the Royal Ravens reeled off three consecutive map wins: 6-3 on Scar Search and Destroy, 5-2 on Scar Overload and 250-133 on Den Hardpoint.
Six qualifying matches remain:
Saturday
–Toronto KOI vs. G2 Minnesota
–Riyadh Falcons vs. Cloud9 New York
–Los Angeles Thieves vs. Boston Breach
Sunday
–Paris Gentle Mates vs. Miami Heretics
–Los Angeles Thieves vs. Carolina Royal Ravens
–Vancouver Surge vs. FaZe Vegas
Call of Duty League 2026: Stage 1 Major qualifiers standings (match record, map differential)
1. Paris Gentle Mates, 4-2, plus-5
T2. FaZe Vegas, 4-2, plus-3
T2. Riyadh Falcons, 4-2, plus-3
4. Carolina Royal Ravens, 4-2, plus-2
5. OpTic Texas, 4-3, plus-1
6. Los Angeles Thieves, 3-2, plus-1
7. Toronto KOI, 3-2, plus-3
8. Miami Heretics, 3-3, plus-2
9. Boston Breach, 3-3, minus-1
10. G2 Minnesota, 2-4, minus-2
11. Cloud9 New York, 1-5, minus-4
12. Vancouver Surge, 1-5, minus -13
–Field Level Media
