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, League stage, and Playoffs, with all games played in a Best of Three or Best of Five format.

Dates

Qualification:

• Q1, Q2:
  • Register by: 15.Nov 2026
  • Draw: 21 or 22.Nov 2026
  • Matches: 23.Nov - 27.Dec 2026
• Q3:
  • Register by: 8.Nov 2026
  • Draw: 14 or 15.Nov 2027

  • Matches: 16.Nov - 27.Dec 2027 

Main Stage:

• Register by: 27.Dec 2026
• Draw: 28.Dec 2026 - 3.Jan 2027
• League stage: 4.Jan - 7.Feb 2027

• Playoffs stage: 8.Feb - 14.Mar 2027

Total number of players for the CCL 2026 Main Stage: 60

Direct tickets to the Main Stage: 39

Tickets to Qualification: 90-96. Qualified players: 21

Associations Ranking for the CCL 2027.

Direct tickets for associations 1-32 will be allocated to players according to the results of local online championships.
Starting at least from the semifinals, 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 Q3: A team can receive only 1 additional spot based on the results of WTCOC, ETCOC, Copa América, or the Asian Cup.

Qualifications Q1, Q2, Q3 will be held separately.

Number of qualified players to the Main CCL Stage:

• Q1: 10
• Q2: 8
• Q3: 3