CDL Stage 2 Major 2026 Schedule, Qualifiers, Results and Team Takeaways

A $150,000 winners' prize and 100 CDL Points are the headline stakes as Major II moves from online qualifiers into a LAN at DreamHack Birmingham March 27–29. The online qualifier window opened February 13; published schedules list either a three-week slate through March 1 or an extended online window through March 22, creating a discrepancy teams must navigate before the LAN weekend.

The Stage 2 Major Qualifiers use best-of-three series in a single round robin, with each series win worth 10 CDL Points. The top six teams after the round robin advance directly to the Playoffs, seeds seven through ten enter best-of-five Play-ins for the last two Playoff spots, and the bottom two squads are eliminated. Playoffs are double-elimination with best-of-five matches and a best-of-seven grand final.

Standings through the most recent published snapshot show Los Angeles Thieves at 4-0 with a 12-2 map record and OpTic Texas also 4-0 with a 12-3 map record. Paris Gentle Mates sit 3-0 with a 9-3 map record. G2 Minnesota, FaZe Vegas, and Riyadh Falcons are all 2-2 with map records of 8-8, 8-6, and 8-7 respectively. Outside the top ten, Miami Heretics are 1-2 (5-6 maps), Vancouver Surge 1-2 (4-7), Carolina Royal Ravens 1-3 (4-9), Toronto KOI 1-3 (4-9), Boston Breach 1-3 (4-10), and Cloud9 New York 0-3 (1-9).

Week 1 action shows how those records formed. Paris Gentle Mates beat Miami Heretics 3-1 on Day 3, with game scores Scar Hardpoint 250-224, Raid Search and Destroy 4-6, Scar Overload 2-1, and Den Hardpoint 250-172. Earlier Week 1 lines include OpTic Texas 3-0 Boston Breach, Toronto KOI 0-3 Carolina Royal Ravens, and Miami Heretics 3-0 FaZe Vegas, while Day 2 featured OpTic Texas 3-2 G2 Minnesota and Vancouver Thieves 3-2 Boston Breach in other matchups.

Rosters and recent form matter at this stage. Paris Gentle Mates enter with Ghosty, Envoy, Sib, and Neptune after winning Stage 1. OpTic Texas fields Dashy, Shotzzy, Huke, and Mercules after a Stage 1 runner-up finish. FaZe Vegas (Simp, Drazah, 04, Abuzah) placed third in Stage 1, with Los Angeles Thieves (HyDra, Scrap, aBeZy, Nium) tied for fifth-sixth coming into Stage 2. G2 Minnesota’s Estreal, Skyz, Kremp, and Mamba and Riyadh Falcons’ Exnid, Pred, Cellium, and KiSMET are also in the hunt.

Points context sharpens the picture: qualifier series wins award 10 CDL Points apiece, while Minors and Majors carry larger allocations. The season table in current tally shows Paris at 180 total points, OpTic at 145, FaZe 130, and LA Thieves 110, with G2 Minnesota at 85 and Riyadh Falcons at 75. Those totals underscore why teams chase qualifier series as much as the LAN prize.

Data sources show friction points. One published schedule lists Stage 2 weeks through March 1 while the broader season calendar cites an online qualifier window running February 13 to March 22 ahead of the March 27–29 LAN. Separately, match logs with January dates appear in raw records, including TOR 2-3 PAR on January 23 and MIN 3-1 VGS on January 18, which do not align with the Stage 2 timeframe and appear to belong to an earlier window.

With online play ongoing and the DreamHack Birmingham LAN fixed for March 27–29, the immediate objective for teams is clear: secure top-six safety to avoid Play-ins while accumulating the 10-point series wins that can swing season seeding and the 100-point Major payday.