Happy 2026, and best of luck in this year's circuit. This thread will lay out the structure and schedule for the official 2026 LC Circuit, a series of official tournaments to earn points where at the end of the year the top 16 players will compete in a best of three, single elimination championships to earn a ribbon (
The format for the 2026 circuit will be mostly identical to the 2025 circuit. We will still be using the point system explained in this thread with Type A, B and C Tournaments having point ratios of 3:2:1 - in other words, the maximum number of points earnable for Type A, B, and C Tournaments will be 500, 333, and 166 points respectively. Playoffs will still be have the top 16 players from the 2026 circuit tours compete. In addition, we will be keeping the same replay requirements as last year. For all circuit tournaments, replays will be required starting in Round 2 of the winners bracket and Round 3 of losers bracket (in tournaments with a losers bracket). This is both to encourage higher quality games throughout the 2026 circuit as well as aid metagame development. Reminders of this will be posted in tournament threads.
The schedule for the 2026 LC Circuit tournaments is as follows.
Type A
Winter Seasonal: January 19th - early April
LC Open: April - early June
Fall Seasonal: September 13th - late November
Type B
Last Chance: October 18th - early December
LC Majors: July 19th - September
Type C
LC Ladder Tour: May 3rd - June
LC Classic: Late February - late May
Winter Seasonal: January 19th - early April
LC Open: April - early June
Fall Seasonal: September 13th - late November
Type B
Last Chance: October 18th - early December
LC Majors: July 19th - September
Type C
LC Ladder Tour: May 3rd - June
LC Classic: Late February - late May
Single elimination tours will use this for scoring and double elimination tours will use this. Note that the listed point values are for Type A Tournaments, Type B and C Tournaments will use ratios of 3:2 and 3:1 for equivalent placements.
3 Team Tournaments are also planned to be held throughout the year. The schedule for these is as follows:
Little Cup Champions League: late February - April
Little Cup Premier League: late May - July
Little Cup Winter Teamtour: December - 2027
This thread will be updated to announce signups for each tour and other major updates. Best of luck to everybody!
If you're interested in hosting any tours this year, please reach out to me or one of the other tier leaders!
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