CODM World Championship 2026 India Slots and Schedule
When is the CODM World Championship 2026, who holds the India region's 2 slots and can either team reach the playoffs? The Finals run from December 4 to 6 in Mexico City, with 16 teams and a $500,000 prize pool. The India region's slots belong to Galorys and GodLike Esports.
GodLike field an all-Indian lineup, while Galorys are a Brazilian roster registered in the India region. Galorys won the regional championship. I'd favor them for the playoffs based on their international results, though the group draw could change that assessment.
CODM World Championship 2026 Schedule
Activision has confirmed the city and the first day. The official esports account announced Mexico City on X in July and said the event begins on December 4. Liquipedia and Pokde list December 4 to 6.
The rest of the schedule is still open. Activision's FAQ says the Finals schedule will be announced later, and no venue has been named.
Liquipedia's 2025 results put the Katowice group stage on day 1 and the playoffs on days 2 and 3. If Mexico City follows that schedule, both India-region qualifiers would play on December 4.
Mexico City runs 11 hours 30 minutes behind India. These are plain time conversions for now, and I'd come back to them once Activision publishes match times.
Mexico City time | India time (IST) |
|---|---|
9:00 am | 8:30 pm, same day |
12:00 pm | 11:30 pm, same day |
3:00 pm | 2:30 am, next day |
6:00 pm | 5:30 am, next day |
9:00 pm | 8:30 am, next day |
An afternoon series in Mexico City is a late night in India, and an evening grand final on December 6 would land on the morning of Monday, December 7.
Format, Modes and Maps
The match rules are published, and the stage format is pending. The official rules say the format for the Finals will be announced at a later date.
This is what Activision has fixed so far:
- Every series is a best of 5, except the Grand Final.
- The Grand Final is a best of 7, and the team from the winners bracket starts with a 1-map advantage.
- A best of 5 runs Hardpoint, Search and Destroy, Control, Hardpoint, then Search and Destroy.
- Hardpoint is played to 250 points, Control to 3 rounds and Search and Destroy to 9 rounds.
- Teams pick and ban maps before each series.
The map pool on Activision's esports settings page has 13 maps:
- Hardpoint: Summit, Hacienda, Combine, Takeoff, Arsenal
- Search and Destroy: Tunisia, Firing Range, Coastal, Slums, Meltdown
- Control: Raid, Standoff, Crossroads Strike
The winners-bracket advantage points to double-elimination playoffs, but the full format is still pending. Liquipedia records 4 groups of 4 last year, with 2 teams per group advancing to an 8-team double-elimination bracket.
All 16 Teams by Region
All 16 seats are filled, as listed by Sportskeeda's qualified-teams report and Liquipedia. China has 3, Africa has 1 and every other region has 2. Region labels below describe qualification slots, not roster nationality.
Region | Team | How it qualified |
|---|---|---|
China | OUG | China qualification |
China | Wolves | China qualification |
China | Qing Jiu Club | China qualification |
South East Asia | Al-Ula Club | Garena Qualifier winner |
South East Asia | Elevate | Garena Qualifier runner-up |
North America | Sybarites | Regional champion |
North America | UnDream | Points leader |
Latin America | Street Gaming | Regional champion |
Latin America | Amigos | Points leader |
Europe | Exclusive | Regional champion |
Europe | Wanted | Points leader |
India | Galorys | Regional champion |
India | GodLike Esports | Points leader |
Japan | Diavolos | Regional champion |
Japan | HYDRAX | Points leader |
Africa | ParadoX | Carry1st Africa Cup winner |
Liquipedia lists Qing Jiu Club as the defending champions, Elevate as the 2024 winners and Wolves as the 2023 winners. The last 3 champions are all in the qualified field. Pokde writes Al-Ula Club as Alula SC.
How India's 2 Slots Were Won
The India region sends its Regional Championship winner and its World Championship Points leader. The season had 8 points tournaments: 6 Open Qualifiers plus the 2 invitationals below.
- The Points Major ran from July 10 to 12.
- The Regional Championship ran from September 4 to 6.
PlayMobile's match history and Liquipedia record GodLike and Galorys meeting twice in each of those 8 events. The second meeting was the grand final each time.
Event | Dates | First meeting | Grand final | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Summer Qualifier 1 | May 29 to 31 | Galorys 3-1 | GodLike 4-3 | GodLike |
Summer Qualifier 2 | Jun 12 to 14 | Galorys 3-2 | Galorys 4-3 | Galorys |
Summer Qualifier 3 | Jun 26 to 28 | GodLike 3-1 | Galorys 4-3 | Galorys |
Points Major | Jul 10 to 12 | GodLike 3-0 | GodLike 4-0 | GodLike |
Fall Qualifier 1 | Jul 24 to 26 | Galorys 3-2 | GodLike 4-2 | GodLike |
Fall Qualifier 2 | Aug 7 to 9 | GodLike 3-1 | GodLike 4-2 | GodLike |
Fall Qualifier 3 | Aug 21 to 23 | GodLike 3-1 | GodLike 4-2 | GodLike |
Regional Championship | Sep 4 to 6 | Galorys 3-1 | Galorys 4-0 | Galorys |
The grand final scores include the 1-map advantage. Over the season, that comes to:
- Events won: GodLike 5, Galorys 3
- Series won: GodLike 9, Galorys 7
- Final points, as listed by Liquipedia: GodLike 1,532, Galorys 1,500, Elite Titans 1,096
Bhai, that's 16 official series against the same opponent in 1 regional season.
Galorys won the event that carries the direct slot. PlayMobile's page for the India Regional Championship shows them beating GodLike 3-1 in the winners final and 4-0 in the grand final.
That 4-0 is 3 map wins plus the head start. Liquipedia's match records give Galorys 18 played maps won and 1 lost across the whole event.
GodLike still finished 32 points ahead on the season table, which gave them the second slot. Elite Titans finished 404 points behind Galorys, leaving a large gap behind the 2 qualifiers.
GodLike and Galorys Rosters
Both rosters below are registered on PlayMobile, the official tournament platform, as of November 12. Real names, nationalities and coaching details follow Liquipedia.
GodLike Esports
GodLike have 6 registered players, and all 6 are Indian.
Player | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
Abh1z | Abhishek Nagar | Captain |
SkullG | Aniket Majumdar | Vice-captain, MVP of the Points Major |
Warden | Arnav Kalantri | Played the 2025 Finals for Newgen Ninjas |
VipeR | Manas Dhruv Jani | Registered player |
Flirt | Nishad Gavali | Registered player |
Prevail | Gaurang Palav | Registered player |
Jash "Learn" Shah coaches the team. Liquipedia lists the Regional Championship lineup as Abh1z, SkullG, Warden, VipeR and Prevail.
Galorys
Galorys are a Brazilian organization with a Brazilian roster that includes Argentina's Tempo. PlayMobile lists the team in the India points region.
Player | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
Mihawk | Danilo Kim | Brazil |
PABZERA | Pedro Arthur Barbosa | Brazil |
FOKEEy | Allan Geraldo Torres | Brazil |
Henricat | Henrique Olveira | Brazil |
Tempo | Matias Barrecca | Argentina |
Ygor Simão coaches the team and is registered as its sixth member. Mihawk is the captain. Liquipedia lists an Indian manager, Lakshya Sain, and no Indian player.
Liquipedia records this core at the Finals before as a Latin America team. Galorys finished 3rd-4th in 2024 and 5th-6th in 2025, with Mihawk, FOKEEy and Henricat on both rosters.
Playoff Chances
The groups aren't drawn, so I can only work from last year's shape. If the Finals again use 4 groups of 4 in the GSL format, each team plays 2 or 3 series. In that format, 2 series wins send a team through and 2 losses send it home.
The useful comparison comes from China. Liquipedia's Call of Duty Mobile Major results include foreign invitees. 8 of the 16 Finals teams played there this year, including both India-region qualifiers.
Team | Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 |
|---|---|---|
Qing Jiu Club | 1st | 4th |
Al-Ula Club | 2nd | 3rd |
Elevate | 3rd | 7th-8th |
GodLike Esports | 4th | 5th-6th |
Wolves | 5th-6th | 2nd |
Galorys | 5th-6th | 5th-6th |
OUG | 7th-8th | 1st |
Diavolos | 7th-8th | 9th-10th |
3 results stand out for me:
- GodLike finished above Wolves and OUG in Spring, and both passed them in Summer.
- Neither India-region qualifier finished above Qing Jiu Club or Al-Ula Club in either season.
- Galorys' last series in each season was a loss to a South East Asia seed: 2-4 to Elevate and 1-4 to Al-Ula Club.
The 5 teams from China and South East Asia took 7 of the 8 top-4 places across those 2 seasons. GodLike took the other. If the Finals retain 4 groups, at least 1 must contain 2 of those 5 teams.
A team drawn with 1 of the 5 can lose that series and still go through by beating the other 2 teams.
Liquipedia records Galorys taking that route in 2025: they beat Xochitl Gaming 3-0, lost 0-3 to Qing Jiu Club and beat Diavolos 3-0.
Galorys have recent results against the other half of the field. At the Awuah Sports Invitational, a small online event that began on October 21, Liquipedia records these results through November 12:
- beating Sybarites twice, Exclusive twice, Wanted and ParadoX
- losing once, 1-2 to UnDream
I'd favor Galorys to reach the playoffs, with a harder path against the teams from Asia. They went out of both China seasons against the 2 South East Asia seeds. Liquipedia records their 3 losses at last year's Finals against Qing Jiu Club, Wolves and Stalwart Esports.
I'd put them in the top 6, with a semifinal possible if the bracket keeps them away from Qing Jiu Club early.
GodLike also have a fair case for the playoffs. They finished level with Galorys in the Summer season in China and won 9 of their 16 regional series against them. Liquipedia's 2023 roster includes Abh1z, SkullG and Prevail, with Learn playing on that Grand Final team too.
Those results support a playoff target for GodLike. I'd wait for the group draw before projecting a finish beyond the top 8.
Prize Pool
Activision's FAQ confirms $500,000 and says the payout structure will be announced later. Liquipedia's historical totals show the pool shrinking whenever it changed after 2022:
- 2022: $1.7 million
- 2023 and 2024: $1 million each
- 2025: $850,000, with $350,000 for the champion
- 2026: $500,000, which is 59% of last year's pool and 29% of the 2022 pool
The 2026 champion's share hasn't been announced.
Where to Watch in India
Liquipedia lists Activision's CODM Esports YouTube channel for the English broadcast and Garena Call of Duty Mobile for South East Asia.
I haven't seen a Hindi stream or an Indian TV or OTT partner announced.
India's Record at the CODM World Championship
GodLike have carried most of India's history at this event. The record below is from Liquipedia's pages for each year.
Year | Host | Indian result |
|---|---|---|
2021 | Online East Finals | GodLike 8th |
2022 | Raleigh | Team Vitality 9th-12th, GodLike 13th-16th |
2023 | Atlanta | GodLike 2nd, Team Vitality 15th-16th |
2024 | Atlanta | GodLike 5th-8th, Team Vitality 9th-11th |
2025 | Katowice | Newgen Ninjas 7th-8th |
The 2023 run is the high point. GodLike beat Stand Point Gaming 3-0 and Luminosity 3-2, then lost the Grand Final 2-4 to Wolves and took home $170,000.
The 2025 entry was a combined lineup. Liquipedia records players from GodLike and S8UL competing as Newgen Ninjas, including VipeR and Warden from GodLike.
Indian teams are also competing at the Free Fire World Series in Bangkok this month. No Indian team has won the CODM World Championship.
FAQs on CODM World Championship 2026
Who won the CODM World Championship 2025?
Liquipedia records Qing Jiu Club of China winning the 2025 title in Katowice, beating Elevate 4-3 in the Grand Final. Their prize was $350,000 from an $850,000 pool.
Do players use their own phones at the CODM World Championship Finals?
No. Activision's rules require players to use tournament-provided devices at the Finals. The 2026 model has not been announced. Liquipedia lists the OnePlus 15 for 2025.
Why does a Brazilian roster hold one of India's slots?
Galorys were registered in the India points region for 2026 and won its Regional Championship, which carries a direct slot. Their roster has 4 Brazilian players and 1 Argentine. A regional slot does not establish player nationality.
Is S8UL playing the CODM World Championship 2026?
No. S8UL are not in the qualified field listed by Sportskeeda and Liquipedia. The India region's slots went to Galorys and GodLike Esports. In 2025, S8UL and GodLike players competed together as Newgen Ninjas.
How many players are on a team at the CODM World Championship?
A team has 5 players and may register a sixth as a substitute. Matches are 5 against 5, and a team cannot change its starting lineup in the middle of a match.
What I'd Watch Next
I'd wait for the group draw and daily match times before planning any late nights. The draw decides how hard each qualifier's road is, and Mexico City's time zone could push the decisive matches past midnight in India.
If day 1 is the group stage again, I'd keep the night of December 4 free for GodLike. I'd follow Galorys too, because their results count for the India region even with a Brazilian roster.
