Full rules and information about the tournament: Carcassonne 2026 Rules PDF

• Tournament Length: 7 rounds plus play-offs

• Preliminary Rounds: All players play 7 games.

• Direct Qualification: Any player who scores a perfect 7/7 (14 Tournament Points) in a qualifier automatically advances to Sunday’s finals tournament.

• Play-offs Qualification: Any player who scores 6/7 (12 Tournament Points) advances to the play-offs.

• Play-offs Format:
  A single-elimination bracket determines the remaining finalists.
  Matches that decide a finals place are played as Best of 3.
  Any additional play-off matches are played as Best of 1 to keep the play-offs shorter.

To check-in to qualification, you will need to be a member of our BGA group (https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=9962498)

Subsequent Rounds – Each follows immediately after the conclusion of the previous round. We expect each game to take approximately 30 minutes but this will vary based upon the speed of play. Play-offs are co-ordinated via Discord.

If there are fewer than 16 players qualified for the playoffs then byes will be inserted as required. If there are more than 16 players qualified for the playoffs then the format will be extended by a round following the same pattern as shown.

• Double elimination phase: Players need to win 2 out of 3 rounds to progress

• Double elimination rounds: All pairings play a ‘Best of 1’ games.

• Knockout phase: 4 progress to a Single elimination bracket to determine a winner.

• Knockout rounds: 2 rounds (Semi Final and Final, plus Bronze Play-off). All pairings play a ‘best of 3’ games.

• Total Duration: A maximum of 9 games against 5 opponents to win. A minimum of 6 games against 4 opponents to win.