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CDL Major 2 2026 – Birmingham: Bracket, schedule, and how to watch

Joey Carr

Joey Carr

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CDL Major 2 2026 – Birmingham: Bracket, schedule, and how to watch

CDL Major 2 2026 is starting soon at DreamHack Birmingham, and here's everything you need to know about it.

After a grueling round of qualifiers, it’s finally time for the second Major of the 2026 Call of Duty League season. This time around, we’re headed to the United Kingdom for DreamHack Birmingham. There’s set to be both a full-fledged Challengers event as well as a 10-team Major over the course of the upcoming weekend, providing plenty of Call of Duty action for viewers. However, before CDL Major 2 officially starts, you’ll want to know how to watch it as well as the full bracket and schedule so you can plan accordingly.

How to watch CDL Major 2

As always this season, CDL Major 2 will be broadcast on both YouTube and Twitch through the official Call of Duty League channels. If you want to watch the Challengers event from March 27-29, you can tune into the official channels for the amateur league as well. Here are some direct links so you don’t have to search for them yourself:

While you can tune into the official streams, there will also be a number of Watch Parties you can join. Scump, ZooMaa + The Flank, Gotaga, and plenty of other former professionals and content creators will be watching along with the main broadcast, so those are official options as well.

CDL Major 2 bracket and schedule

Now that you know how to watch the event, what about the bracket and schedule for CDL Major 2? Unlike most CDL Majors, Major 2 will begin on Friday instead of Thursday. This is to compensate for the two fewer teams in attendance, as the Major 2 qualifiers forced two teams to miss the event due to their overall win/loss record.

So, with Major 2 beginning on Friday, March 27, here’s the full bracket and schedule for the event:

Image via CDL

Friday, March 27

  • Paris vs. Carolina – Friday, March 27 @ 10:00 AM
  • Vancouver vs. Toronto – Friday, March 27 @ 10:00 AM
  • Los Angeles vs. FaZe – Friday, March 27 @ 11:30 AM
  • Miami vs. TBD – Friday, March 27 @ 11:30 AM
  • Minnesota vs. Riyadh – Friday, March 27 @ 1:00 PM
  • OpTic vs. TBD – Friday, March 27 @ 1:00 PM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Friday, March 27 @ 2:30 PM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Friday, March 27 @ 2:30 PM

Saturday, March 28

  • TBD vs. TBD – Saturday, March 27 @ 10:00 AM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Saturday, March 27 @ 11:30 AM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Saturday, March 27 @ 1:00 PM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Saturday, March 27 @ 2:30 PM

Sunday, March 29

  • TBD vs. TBD – Sunday, March 29 @ 9:00 AM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Sunday, March 29 @ 10:30 AM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Sunday, March 29 @ 12:00 PM
  • TBD vs. TBD – Sunday, March 29 @ 1:30 PM

CDL Major 2 features a double-elimination bracket, but only for six of the teams. The four “play-in” teams, Vancouver, Paris, Toronto, and Carolina, will have to earn their right to advance to the winner’s bracket. If one of the play-in teams loses its first round, then it will be sent home immediately. However, if a play-in team wins its first round, then it will move on to the double-elimination portion of the bracket.

So, in reality, this is more of an eight-team Major, as two of the teams competing are sent home right away on day one to join the other two teams, Boston and New York, who didn’t even make it to the event.

It should be a fantastic weekend of Call of Duty, and it all starts on Friday, March 27, at 10:00 AM. We’ll be recapping CDL Major 2 at the end of each day, so stay tuned for our full coverage all weekend.