CDL Championship 2022 Preview

In just a couple of hours, the CDL Championship 2022 will begin - a long-awaited event for the best teams of the competitive season. Over the next three days, participants will compete for a prize pool of $2,550,000. Well, we offer to get acquainted with the format of the championship, teams, schedule and distribution of the prize fund of the championship.

Format of the CDL Championship 2022

The championship will offer participants a classic double elimination bracket. The teams will start their journey from the quarter-final stage, from where the winners will advance to the semi-finals, and the losers will fall into the lower bracket. All matches of the championship, with the exception of the grand final, will be held in the BO5 format. In turn, the final confrontation of the event will take place in the BO9 format.

Participants of CDL Championship 2022

Position in the CDL 2022 season standings

Compound

Atlanta FaZe

1st place (330 points)

aBeZy, Arcitys, Cellium, Simp

OpTic Texas

2nd place (265 points)

Dashy, iLLeY, Scump, Shotzzy

Los Angeles Thieves

3rd place (215 points)

Drazah, Envoy, Kenny, Octane

London Royal Ravens

4th place (190 points)

Afro, Gismo, Nastie, Zer0

Seattle Surge

5th place (185 points)

Accuracy, Mack, Pred, Sib

Boston Breach

6th place (180 points)

Methodz, Nero, TJHaLy, Vivid

Toronto Ultra

7th place (180 points)

Bance, Cammy, CleanX, Insight

New York Subliners

8th place (160 points)

Crimsix, HyDra, KiSMET, PaulEhx

CDL Championship 2022 schedule

Thursday, August 4:

• London Royal Ravens—Seattle Surge (BO5)
• Los Angeles Thieves—Boston Breach (BO5)
• OpTic Texas—Toronto Ultra (BO5)
• Atlanta FaZe—New York Subliners (BO5)

Friday, August 5:

• Upper bracket semi-final A (BO5)
• Upper bracket semi-final B (BO5)
• First Round of Lower Bracket A (BO5)
• First Round of Lower Bracket B (BO5)

Saturday, August 6:

• Upper Bracket Final (BO5)
• Lower bracket quarter-final A (BO5)
• Lower bracket quarter-final B (BO5)
• Lower bracket semi-finals (BO5)
• Lower Bracket Final (BO5)

Sunday, August 7:

• Grand Final (BO9)

Prize pool distribution for CDL Championship 2022

• 1st place: $1,200,000
• 2nd place: $650,000
• 3rd place: $320,000
• 4th place: $160,000
• 5th-6th place: $80,000
• 7th-8th place: $30,000

CDL Championship 2022 will be held from August 4 to 7 in Los Angeles at the Galen Center. As part of the championship, the eight best North American and British teams of the season will compete for a total prize pool of $2,550,000.