FaZe Vegas won't be denied at CDL Championship grand final

Jul 19, 2019; Miami Beach, FL, USA; A general view of custom PlayStation controllers sold by a vender during the Call of Duty League Finals e-sports event at Miami Beach Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images FaZe Vegas completed an undefeated tournament run with a 5-2 victory over OpTic Texas on Sunday in the grand final of the 2026 Call of Duty League Championship in Las Vegas. The victory was worth $800,000 in the $2 million prize pool, with OpTic Texas collecting $480,000. American Chris "Simp" Lehr of FaZe Vegas was named tournament Most Valuable Player. This was the final event and the world championship of the Black Ops 7 competitive season. Eight of 12 teams qualified for the CDL Championship in the regular season from Dec. 5, 2025 to June 29, led by first-place OpTic Texas (40-12, +69). The playoff format was a double-elimination bracket, with all matches best-of-five except for Sunday's grand final, which was best-of-nine. OpTic Texas took the opening map, Colossus Hardpoint, 250-216. FaZe Vegas responded by capturing the next four maps to be on the brink of the championship. Vegas won 6-5 on Raid Search and Destroy, 4-3 on Scar Overload, 250-194 on Scar Hardpoint and 6-5 on Den Search and Destroy. Texas stayed alive with a 4-3 victory on Den Overload, before FaZe Vegas closed out with another close outcome, 6-5 on Hacienda Search and Destroy. Zack "Drazah" Jordan paced FaZe Vegas with a match-high 153 kills for a plus-23 kill-death differential. Teammate Jordan "Abuzah" Francois of Belgium posted 151 kills and a match-best plus-40 K-D differential. All four Vegas players had positive differentials. All four OpTic players were in the negative, with Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro recording a team-best 129 kills but also a team-worst 156 deaths for a minus-27 K-D differential. FaZe Vegas went unscathed in the tournament, downing G2 Minnesota 3-1, the Riyadh Falcons 3-0 and OpTic Texas 3-2 in the upper bracket to advance to the grand final. OpTic Texas opened with a sweep of the Miami Heretics 3-0, then topped the Paris Gentle Mates 3-1. After losing to Vegas and dropping to the elimination side of the bracket, Texas beat the Falcons 3-1 on Saturday to get another shot at FaZe. Call of Duty League Championship prize pool 1. $800,000, FaZe Vegas 2. $480,000, OpTic Texas 3. $320,000, Riyadh Falcons 4. $160,000, Paris Gentle Mates 5-6. $80,000, Miami Heretics, G2 Minnesota 7-8. $40,000, Los Angeles Thieves, Toronto KOI --Field Level Media