The Carcassonne Champions League is an individual tournament for players from all over the world.

Each country can be represented by at least one player. The number of players from an association depends on the country’s position in the association rankings, as well as additional achievements by the country or individual players.

The winner of the Carcassonne Champions League will earn a spot at the World Championship in Herne, Germany

 

The tournament consists of a qualification stage, group stage, and playoffs, with all games played in a Best of Three or Best of Five format.

 

Qualification:

• Registration deadline: 20.Nov 20:00 UTC

• Fix ELO rating for seeding pots: 20.Nov 21:00 UTC

• Player selection for Q4: 21-22.Nov

• Draw: 23 or 24.Nov

• Qualification dates: 25.Nov - 29.Dec 2024

 

Main Stage:

• Registration deadline: 29.Dec 23:59 UTC

• Fix ELO rating for seeding pots: 30.Dec 12:00 UTC

• Draw: 2-4.Jan 2025

• CCL 2025 dates: 6.Jan - 9.Mar 2025

Total number of players for the CCL 2025 Main Stage: 48

Direct tickets to the Main Stage: 30

Tickets to Qualification: 72-80. Qualified players: 18

Associations Ranking for the CCL 2025.

 

Direct tickets for associations 1-24 will be allocated to players according to the results of local online championships.
Starting at least from the quarterfinals, the matches of these championships must be played in a Best of 3 format. If the championship is played in a round-robin format from all matches in the Best of 3 format, a playoff is not mandatory.

 

Limitations:

• Not more than 5 players from 1 association: direct tickets and qualifying tickets combined

• Not more than 3 players from 1 association with direct tickets

• Tickets to Q4: Not more than 1 player from 1 association

 

Qualifications Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 will be held separately.

Number of qualified players to the Main CCL Stage:

• Q1: 8

• Q2: 6

• Q3: 2

• Q4: 2