Call of Duty League Championship 2025 team preview: Toronto Ultra

The 2025 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend will see the top eight franchises from the regular season compete in Kitchener, Canada, to be crowned the king of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

Throughout the Black Ops 6 season, Toronto Ultra has shown moments where it’s more than capable of competing against the CDL’s heaviest hitters. Heading into a hometown event, there’s every chance it will be aiming for championship glory. 

Esports Insider takes a closer look at Toronto Ultra’s journey ahead of the 2025 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend.

The players representing Toronto Ultra at Championship Weekend are as follows: 

Danish player CleanX is the longest-standing Toronto Ultra member in its line-up, having represented the franchise since it revealed its purple branding in October 2019. He is the first player from outside of North America and the UK to win a Call of Duty esports event, after taking home the Toronto Home Series in 2020.

Insight has spent the last four years under the Ultra banner. The Englishman has established himself as one of the strongest UK-based players to compete in the CDL since the league’s inception, thanks to his aggressive style of play. 

In October 2024, Beans became the most recent English player to represent the franchise following breakout performances in 2022 and 2023 under Boston Breach and an impressive track record in Challengers. 2022 saw Beans earn a place in the European Challengers team of the year. 

Joining the franchise at the same time as Beans was JoeDeceives, the sole North American player made his name while competing for the likes of the Los Angeles Guerrillas and the Los Angeles Thieves, notably finishing second at the 2024 Esports World Cup.

For Toronto Ultra, the Black Ops 6 season has been a tale of steady improvement. In the second half of the season, the franchise has competed for places in Major Grand Finals regularly. 

Major 1 kicked off Toronto Ultra’s year with a top-eight finish after a defeat to Minnesota Rokkr. Following the defeat, Ultra bounced back, cementing its place as one of the stronger franchises in the CDL.

Major 2 was a return to form, securing the third seed in the online qualifiers, before transferring impressive online performance over to LAN with a third-place finish. This included scoring convincing 3-0 sweeps over the likes of OpTic Texas and LA Thieves. 

The third Major of the season was another strong showing after dropping into the elimination bracket early in the tournament. Wins over Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, Minnesota Rokkr, Boston Breach, and Miami Heretics put the team within touching distance of its first Black Ops 6 Grand Final. Unfortunately, the run of the gauntlet came to an end at the hands of an in-form Vancouver Surge. 

After coming so close to a Grand Final appearance, Major 4 would be the last time Toronto Ultra had a chance of competing for a Major trophy. Due to Beans being unable to travel to the event, the franchise called upon Mason ‘Mercules’ Ramsey to fill in, and despite his lack of CDL experience, the young talent shone on the big stage. 

After falling into the elimination bracket after an early defeat to OpTic Texas, the new-look Toronto side defeated the Carolina Royal Ravens and LA Guerrillas M8 before eventual winners LA Thieves stopped what could’ve been an unprecedented run to a final. Despite a top-six placement, Ultra had all but secured one of the eight places at Championship Weekend. 

Having come close to a Grand Final appearance during the regular season, Toronto Ultra has all the ingredients required to make a run to the latter stages of Championship Weekend. 

With a hometown crowd backing the franchise, the team possesses the aggression and coordination needed to take down the likes of Atlanta FaZe and the LA Thieves.

Toronto Ultra begins its Champs campaign with a first-round clash against the Carolina Royal Ravens, a franchise which has experienced a downward turn in form during the second half of regular-season competition. If it clips the wings of the Royal Ravens, a match against either Atlanta or OpTic awaits. 

To find out about Call of Duty League’s other Championship Weekend contenders ahead of the big event, check out Esports Insider’s other previews.

Toronto Ultra is owned by Canadian esports holding company OverActive Media. In addition to Toronto Ultra, the company also owns League of Legends franchise Movistar KOI and competes in the LEC.

Toronto Ultra was founded in May 2019, with its branding and debut roster being revealed in October. The franchise was one of the first to confirm its entry into the Call of Duty League after the esports circuit transitioned to a franchise model following the conclusion of the 2019 season.

Toronto Ultra has won three Call of Duty League events in the past five years. The franchise won tournaments during the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 seasons.