Surge shine in CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying opener

The Vancouver Surge recorded the lone sweep as qualifying for the Call of Duty League's Stage 3 got underway on Friday.

The Surge topped G2 Minnesota 3-0, albeit in three tight maps. In the opening day's other results, the Paris Gentle Mates downed the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-1, and the Los Angeles Thieves topped the Miami Heretics 3-1.

The 12 Call of Duty League teams are playing a full qualifying round robin to determine seeding for the third major of the season, to be held May 15-17 as part of the DreamHack Atlanta event.

On Friday, Vancouver eked past Minnesota 250-249 on Gridlock Hardpoint, 6-4 on Raid Search and Destroy and 7-5 on Scar Overload.

Carolina opened with a 250-138 victory on Gridlock Hardpoint, but Paris responded by capturing Den Search and Destroy 6-3, Den Overload 4-1 and Sake Hardpoint 250-188.

The Thieves began by claiming Sake Hardpoint 250-137 and Fringe Search and Destroy 6-5. The Heretics extended the match by taking Scar Overload 5-3, but Los Angeles wrapped up the win by prevailing 250-197 on Colossus Hardpoint.

The weekend schedule:

Saturday

--FaZe Vegas vs. Boston Breach

--Toronto KOI vs. Riyadh Falcons

--Paris Gentle Mates vs. G2 Minnesota

--Vancouver Surge vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

Sunday

--Toronto KOI vs. Boston Breach

--Riyadh Falcons vs. FaZe Vegas

--OpTic Texas vs. Cloud9 New York

Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying, with match record and map differential

1. Vancouver Surge, 1-0, 3-0

T2. Los Angeles Thieves, 1-0, 3-1

T2. Paris Gentle Mates, 1-0, 3-1

T4. Boston Breach, 0-0, 0-0

T4. Cloud9 New York, 0-0, 0-0

T4. FaZe Vegas, 0-0, 0-0

T4. OpTic Texas, 0-0, 0-0

T4. Riyadh Falcons, 0-0, 0-0

T4. Toronto KOI, 0-0, 0-0

T10. Carolina Royal Ravens, 0-1, 1-3

T10. Miami Heretics, 0-1, 1-3

12. G2 Minnesota, 0-1, 0-3

--Field Level Media