Toronto KOI finishes 4-1 at CDL Major 3 qualifying

Toronto KOI moved up to second in the standings with a victory on Sunday, the final day of qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major.

G2 Minnesota and the Miami Heretics also won on Day 3 of Week 3. OpTic Texas, which had concluded its five-match slate on Saturday, finished atop the standings as the only unbeaten team. Toronto KOI went 4-1.

The 12 Call of Duty League teams were 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.

Each team received 10 CDL points for each win. OpTic Texas earned 50 CDL points and advanced as the top seed, followed by Toronto KOI (40), the Los Angeles Thieves (30) and FaZe Vegas (30) in the first four. Cloud9 New York, the lone winless team at 0-5, earned no points.

On Sunday, the Miami Heretics outlasted the Paris Gentle Mates 3-2 after a fast start with wins on Colossus Hardpoint 250-195 and Plaza Search and Destroy 6-5. Paris responded with victories on Exposure Overload 4-3 and Sake Hardpoint 250-208 before the Heretics closed out with a 6-2 win on Fringe Search and Destroy.

Miami's David "RenKoR" Isem of Spain was selected the match's most valuable player with 101 kills and a plus-13 kill-death differential.

G2 Minnesota downed the Los Angeles Thieves 3-1. Minnesota opened with a 250-148 triumph on Gridlock Hardpoint before Los Angeles drew even with a 6-0 shutout on Raid Search and Destroy. G2 Minnesota, however, captured the last two maps, Exposure Overload (6-5) and Colossus Hardpoint (250-153).

Minnesota's Justice "Estreal" McMillan of the United States was selected match MVP with 88 kills and a plus-23 K-D differential.

Toronto KOI defeated Cloud9 New York 3-1. Toronto started strong with a 250-194 victory on Den Hardpoint before Cloud9 leveled the match with a 6-5 win on Scar Search and Destroy. Toronto claimed the match with wins on Scar Overload (6-1) and Scar Hardpoint (250-233).

Toronto's Joseph "JoeDeceives" Romero of the United States was match MVP with 117 kills and a plus-35 K-D differential.

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

1. OpTic Texas 5-0, 15-6, 50 points

2. Toronto KOI, 4-1, 14-6, 40

3. Los Angeles Thieves, 3-2, 12-8, 30

4. FaZe Vegas, 3-2, 12-9, 30

5. Riyadh Falcons, 3-2, 11-9, 30

6. Paris Gentle Mates, 3-2, 11-10, 30

T7. Carolina Royal Ravens, 2-3, 11-12, 20

T7. G2 Minnesota, 2-3, 9-10, 20

T7. Vancouver Surge, 2-3, 8-11, 20

10. Miami Heretics, 2-3, 8-12, 20

11. Boston Breach, 1-4, 7-14, 10

12. Cloud9 New York, 0-5, 4-15, none

--Field Level Media