A victory screen flashes during the Call of Duty League Pro-Am Classic esports tournament at Belong Gaming Arena in Columbus on May 6, 2022.
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The Vancouver Surge outlasted Cloud9 New York 3-2 on Sunday in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major.
Vancouver grabbed an early lead by prevailing 250-181 on Vault Hardpoint, but it could never pull away from New York. Cloud9 took two of the next three maps to set up a winner-take-all meeting on Protocol, where the Surge cruised to a 6-1 victory while playing Search & Destroy.
Each of the 12 CDL teams will play seven qualifying matches through March 16, setting up seeding for the Stage 2 Major, slated for March 20-23 in Dallas.
In other action Sunday, the Los Angeles Thieves and Toronto Ultra each came away with a 3-1 win. Los Angeles beat the Vegas Falcons, while Toronto tackled the Carolina Royal Ravens.
The Minnesota Rokkr had no trouble getting past OpTic Texas, winning 3-0 by taking Skyline Hardpoint 250-226, Vault Search & Destroy 6-4 and Vault Control 3-2.
Week 2 of Stage 2 Major qualifying begins Friday with three matches:
–Minnesota Rokkr vs. Carolina Royal Ravens
–Miami Heretics vs. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8
–Vegas Falcons vs. Cloud9 New York
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying standings (with match record and map differential):
T1. Los Angeles Thieves, 2-0, plus-5
T1. Minnesota Rokkr, 2-0, plus-5
T3. Boston Breach, 2-0, plus-3
T3. Vancouver Surge, 2-0, plus-3
5. Cloud9 New York, 1-1, plus-2
6. Atlanta FaZe, 1-1, plus-1
7. Toronto Ultra, 1-1, minus-1
8. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-1, minus-1
9. Miami Heretics, 0-1, minus-2
10. Vegas Falcons, 0-2, minus-4
11. Carolina Royal Ravens, 0-2, minus-5
12. OpTic Texas, 0-2, minus-6
–Field Level Media
