Qualification Stage

• Qualification 1 - For associations ranked 1-24.
  4 groups in a double elimination format.
  2 players from each group advance to the Group Stage.
   
• Qualification 2 - For associations ranked 25-50.
  3 groups in a double elimination format.
  2 players from each group advance to the Group Stage.
   

• Qualification 3 - For other competitions winners.
  1 group in a double elimination format.
  2 players from the group advance to the Group Stage.
   

• Qualification 4 - For Top ELO players.
  1 group in a double elimination format.
  2 players from the group advance to the Group Stage.

Group stage

8 groups with 6 players.

First 3 players move to playoff:

• 2nd and 3rd places - to the Playoff Round 1
• 1st place - to the Round of 16

Playoff

• Playoff Round 1
• Round of 16
• Quater-finals
• Semi-finals
• Grand Final
   

Best of Three:

• Qualifications
• Group stage
• Playoff Round 1
• Round of 16

Best of Five:

• Quater-finals
• Semi-finals
• Grand Final

At least one player in the duel has BGA Premium:

• Real-time/Slow speed

• or Tournament with 15 minutes per player - only if both players agreed

Both players in the duel don't have BGA Premium:

• Tournament with 15 minutes per player

If in the duel both players are with BGA Premium, the "home" player (the fisrt player in the duel) will be in charge of creating the first game and press the Rematch button

Note:

If both players agree, they can set-up a 5-game real time swiss-tournament with a 15-minute clock for each player. This to allow an alternation of the start-player between the first 2 games. The possible third game of a duel will thus decide who will have the start-player advantage 2 times (instead of the first game in the previous edition). Players will have to abandon their second and/or third game of the tournament if the start player stays the same as in game 1. (In case players started playing without alternating the starting player and the starting player can play his/hers 4th tile, play will have to continue and the game will be valid). The 4th (and possible 5th) game of the tournament will have to be played regardless who starts.

Each player should play one match per week.

Both players agree the date and time of the match within the week.

If no date has been agreed upon by Friday 23:59 UTC then both players need to contact admins (carcassonne.gg@gmail.com) and provide details of the efforts made to organise the match

A player who does not contact their opponent to agree on a match time by Friday 23:59 UTC gets a warning 🟨

The 3rd and all next warnings are an automatic loss of the match 🟨+🟨+🟨 → 🟥

If your opponent does not appear 15 minutes after the match starts, notify administrators about that by 'Send Match Time / Results' button.

Then players must agree on a new time and play the match this week or ASAP next week.

The player who missed the start of the match (15 minutes) gets a warning 🟨

The 3rd and all next warnings are an automatic loss of the match 🟨+🟨+🟨 → 🟥

List of warning check on the Rules page.

Both players are responsible for ensuring that their opponent is not blocked at the time of the match.

Blocking occurs on BGA in the player’s profile under: My opinion about [player] = ‘I dislike playing with this player’.

If the player who is supposed to create the game cannot do so because the opponent has blocked them, they should notify the administrators 15 minutes after the scheduled match time using the ‘Send Match Time / Results’ button.

Then players must agree on a new time and play the match this week or ASAP next week.

The player who does not unblock their opponent gets a warning 🟨

The 3rd and all next warnings are an automatic loss of the match 🟨+🟨+🟨 → 🟥

List of warning check on the Rules page.

Players are expected to play their own games without advice or coaching from others, and the use of tile-counting or memory aids (e.g. apps, spreadsheets, or pen and paper) is strictly forbidden. Players are also responsible for avoiding potential unrequested aid.

If a player runs out of time, they automatically lose the current game, but not the entire match.