At the final event of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 season, a lot of money in the amount of $ 2,000,000 will be raffled off — Activision decided not to change the prize pool compared to last year. The whole movement, by the way, will unfold at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas from July 16 to July 19. In general, of the twelve existing teams, only eight of the strongest teams will be allowed into Nevada, which will compete for the lion’s share of the pot.
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The prize pool and format of the CDL 2026 championship
The amount of 2,000,000 bucks (which, by the way, is about 1,400,000 pounds) completely duplicates the budget of CDL 2025. Then, if you remember, the guys from OpTic Texas hit the jackpot of $ 800,000 and took the coveted cup. Interestingly, this year’s championship is being organized by the ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) in tandem with FaZe Esports, a powerful collaboration, however. EFG, by the way, has a lot of experience in Call of Duty, they ate a dog in this discipline even before the appearance of the franchise league.
— Prize pool: $2,000,000. — Location: Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas. — Participants: The top 8 teams in the league.
The start of the season turned out to be fiery: Paris Gentle Mates have already managed to pick up Major 1 in Dallas. This tournament showed crazy viewing figures — a peak of 350,000 viewers at the finals against OpTic Texas. In fact, the event almost broke the historical record of the 2025 Championship, where there were 353,525 people at its peak.
Schedule of qualifications and Major 2 in Birmingham
After the triumph in Dallas, fans, frankly, froze in anticipation of qualifying for the second Major. The selections will start on February 13. As a result, six weeks of tough online searches will reveal ten trains that will fly to England for DreamHack Birmingham, scheduled for March 27-29.
There were also dramas: Cloud9 New York freaked out after a disastrous last place at the first major. The organization, in principle, took a radical step and dissolved absolutely the entire roster. Now they have until February 9th to assemble a new top five — not an easy task, apparently.
