Call of Duty Challengers

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[e][h]Call of Duty Challengers
Series Information
Organizer:
Location:
World World
Cumulative Prize Pool:
$8,547,000 USD
Links

About[edit]

Call of Duty Challengers (CDC) is the amateur esports league for Call of Duty, organized by Activision.

2026 Prizing[edit]

Challengers Elite Prizing
Result CDC Points Prize
1st 15000 $20,000 USD
2nd 10000 $10,000 USD
3rd 7500 $6,000 USD
4th 5000 $5,000 USD
5th - 6th 4000 $4,000 USD
7th - 8th 3000 $2,000 USD
9th - 10th 2500 $1,000 USD
11th - 12th 2500 $1,000 USD
Challengers Cup Prizing
Result CDC Points NA/EU AP/LA
1st 2000 $2,000 USD $1,000 USD
2nd 1500 $500 USD $500 USD
3rd 1250 - -
4th 1200 - -
5th - 6th 1000 - -
7th - 8th 800 - -
9th - 16th 600 - -
17th - 32nd 200 - -
33rd - 64th 100 - -
Challengers Open Prizing
Result CDC Points Prize
1st 25000 $30,000 USD
2nd 20000 $18,000 USD
3rd 17500 $12,000 USD
4th 15000 $6,000 USD
5th - 6th 12500 $3,000 USD
7th - 8th 10000 $1,500 USD
9th - 12th 7500 -
13th - 16th 5000 -
17th - 24th 3000 -
25th - 32nd 2000 -
33rd - 48th 1000 -
49th - 64th 500 -
Challengers Finals Prizing
Result Prize
1st $60,000 USD
2nd $36,000 USD
3rd $24,000 USD
4th $12,000 USD
5th - 6th $6,000 USD
7th - 8th $3,000 USD
9th - 12th -
13th - 16th -

2026 Format[edit]

  • Cup
    • All matches Bo5
    • Single Elimination
    • Double Elimination from Top 8
    • Grand Final Bo7
  • Elite
    • 12 teams per Elite
      • Stage 1: Top 12 teams from Qualifier
      • Stages 2-4: Top 8 teams from previous Stage and Top 4 from Qualifier
    • Group Stage
      • 2 groups of 6 teams
      • Round Robin Bo5
      • Top 4 teams in each group qualify for Playoffs and the next Stage
      • Bottom 2 teams in each group are eliminated
    • Playoffs
      • Double Elimination Bo5
      • Grand Finals Bo7
  • Open
    • Two Stage Bracket
      • All Matches Bo5

Challengers Finals[edit]

S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Jun 27 - 29, 2025
$150,000
Canada Kitchener
16 participants
Jul 19 - 21, 2024
$150,000
United States Allen
16 participants
Jun 16 - 18, 2023
$150,000
United States Las Vegas
16 participants
Aug 5 - 6, 2022
$250,000
United States Los Angeles
8 participants
Aug 4 - 8, 2021
$100,000
North America North America
32 participants
Aug 1 - 8, 2021
$50,000
Asia Asia
16 participants
Aug 1 - 8, 2021
$100,000
Europe Europe
32 participants
Aug 15 - 16, 2020
$200,000
Europe Europe
32 participants
Aug 15 - 16, 2020
$250,000
North America North America
32 participants
Aug 15 - 16, 2020
$50,000
Asia Asia
16 participants

Seasons[edit]

S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Dec 5, 2025 - Jul 19, 2026
 
World World
-
 
TBD
 
TBD
Nov 23, 2024 - Jun 29, 2025
 
World World
-
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jan 20 - Jul 21, 2024
 
World World
-
 
TBD
 
TBD
Nov 12, 2022 - Jun 18, 2023
 
World World
-
 
TBD
 
TBD
Dec 5, 2020 - Aug 8, 2021
$1,000,000
World World
-
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jan 26 - Aug 16, 2020
$1,000,000
World World
-
 
TBD
 
TBD

Organization[edit]

Active[edit]

IDNameJoin Date
United States Daniel Tsay
(Daniel Tsay)
Daniel Tsay
Role: 
(General Manager)
Join Date: 
United States Spencer Peterson
(Spencer Peterson)
Spencer Peterson
Role: 
(Player Relations)
Join Date: 

Past[edit]

IDNameJoin Date
United States Johanna Faries
(Johanna Faries)
Johanna Faries
Role: 
(League Commissioner)
Join Date: 
Canada Xav
(Xav de Matos)
Xav de Matos
Role: 
(Head of Public Relations)
Join Date: 

References[edit]