Everything You Need to Know About CoD Challengers Elite Stage 1

Here’s all the info on the first CoD Challengers Elite stage of the season.

The Call of Duty League has upped its support for the amateur players year after year since the inaugural 2020 season. One of the biggest additions in support was the Challengers Elite. Challengers Elite sees the 12 best teams from NA and EU play in their own mini-league across a month, resulting in a winning team who ultimately takes home $20K.

This season saw Challengers Elite bump up to 12 qualified teams from the previous 8. Here are all the teams competing, alongside the schedule and prize money.

NA Qualified Teams

Boston Breach Academy

Censor
Beans
Kremp
Seany

Phase One

Dak
Whiz
Cruze
Flames

Undeniable

MohaK
Estreal
Purj
Squirt

PRS Gaming

ProMR
Sizkie
Lunarz
Gus

Aphelion

Gwinn
Gio
Cryptic
Gunsiii

RVNG

Capsidal
GRVTY
Davpadie
Hicksy

Convoy Gaming

Yeez
Wrecks
Wardy
Classic

SMOG x Alpha

Snoopy
Thresh
Ruper
Infinit

Iron Blood

Gunless
Pentagrxm
Prestinni
Bink

TFeL Enterprises

FeLo
Uli
2Real
Ghosty

Team WaR

Parasite
Fire
oJhnny
Lao

ROKKR Academy

ReeaL
Pandur
Fame
GodRx

EU Qualified Teams

Aw0babobs

Breszy
Abuzah
Cobra
Lynz

Elevate

Lucky
JurNii
Dezna
Vortex

Team Notorious

Weeman
Maple
MettalZ
EriKBooM

Falcons Esports

Pac
Vampire
Exnid
KingAbody

ClutchRayn

Yazaah
Fibrone
Twizz
Izaac

Orgless Teams

Harry, Gismo, Furiious, FDot

Mythix, Niall, Character, Detain

Sukry, RenKoRm SupeR YaKo

Dqvee, Rafi, Henry, Defrag

Schedule and Prizing

The Challengers Elite Stage 1 Qualifiers were held over January 4th and 5th to get our 12 teams for each region. The first week of matches will stage place on January 11-12th, with Week 2 being Jan 18-19th before the final week and Playoffs on Jan 25-26th.

Teams will play a round-robin format in groups, with the best record teams advancing to the playoff bracket in the final week of matches. The prize money will be distributed as follows:

1st – $20K
2nd – $10K
3rd – $6K
4th – $4K
5-6th – $3K
7-8th – $2K
9-12th – $1K

Teams will also earn Pro Points alongside their prize money, giving them a higher seed in future tournaments. The Challengers Elite gives Call of Duty fans, even more, gameplay to watch, as it will be played on the Wednesday and Thursday of each week ahead of the main Call of Duty League matches on Friday – Sunday.