Changes for the 2027 Season have been released by TPCI, you can read the full article here. We will update this page as more information is released.
Worlds Qualification
Several events for the 2026-2027 season have already been unveiled, including all three International Championship Dates and Locations.
Worlds Qualification
- Worlds invites have returned to being a fixed amount per region instead of using a Championship Point bar to determine who qualifies. The amount of invites per region is as follows:
- North America: Top 90 in Championship Points
- Europe: Top 90 in Championship Points
- Latin America: Top 60 in Championship Points
- Oceania: Top 20 in Championship Points
- Middle East + South Africa: Top 5 in Championship Points
- Regional champions will still earn automatic invites to Worlds, regardless of final CP standing.
- Players who place in the top four of any of the three International Championships will earn an automatic invite to worlds.
| Tournament / Placement | League Challenge | League Cup | Global/Grand Challenge | Regional/Special Event | International |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 50 | 75 | 350 | 500 |
| 2 | 12 | 40 | 65 | 325 | 480 |
| 3-4 | 10 | 32 | 54 | 300 | 420 |
| 5-8 | 8 | 25 | 52 | 280 | 380 |
| 9-16 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 200 | 300 |
| 17-32 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 160 | 240 |
| 33-64 | 13 | 11 | 120 | 180 | |
| 65-128 | 7 | 80 | 140 | ||
| 129-256 | 5 | 60 | 100 | ||
| 257-512 | 4 | 45 | 85 | ||
| 513-1024 | 3 | 22 | 42 |
- Note that Premier Challenges and Midseason Showdowns have been replaced by League Challenges and League Cups, respectively.
- Please see the individual pages for events listed on the article for Kicker information.
Several events for the 2026-2027 season have already been unveiled, including all three International Championship Dates and Locations.
- For Regionals, Special Events, and PBLs the confirmed events are as follows:
- North America:
- Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD (September 18th-20th 2026)
- Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, KY (October 9th-11th 2026)
- Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (December 4th-6th 2026)
- Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA (January 15th-17th 2027)
- Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Canada (April 2nd-4th 2027)
- Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI (April 16th-18th 2027)
- San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA (May 28th-30th 2027)
- Europe:
- Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (September 26th-27th 2026)
- Palais des Expositions - Nice Acropolis, Nice, France (October 17th-18th, 2026)
- AMBEREXPO, Gdańsk, Poland (October 31st - November 1st 2026)
- Messe Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (November 28th-29th 2026)
- The NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom (January 30th-31st 2027)
- Feira Internacional de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (April 10th-11th 2027)
- PVA EXPO PRAGUE, Prague, Czechia (May 8th-9th 2027)
- Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (May 22nd-23rd 2027)
- BolognaFiere, Bologna, Italy (June 5th-6th 2027)
- Latin America
- Centro de Convenções de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil (October 3rd-4th 2026)
- Puebla Centro Expositor, Puebla, Mexico (October 24th-25th 2026)
- Centro de Convenciones de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 14th-15th 2026)
- Centro de Congresos Yucatán Siglo XXI, Mérida, Mexico (January 23rd-24th 2027)
- Espacio Riesco, Santiago, Chile (February 27th-28th 2027)
- Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (March 6th-7th 2027)
- CINTERMEX, Monterrey, Mexico (April 10th-11th 2027)
- Centro de Exposiciones Jockey, Lima, Peru (April 24th-25th 2027)
- FIERGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil (May 8th-9th 2027)
- Oceania
- Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia (September 26th-27th 2026)
- ICC Sydney, Sydney, Australia (January 16th-17th 2027)
- Te Atatū Peninsula Community Centre, Auckland, New Zealand (January 30th-31st 2027)
- Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia (May 29th-30th 2027)
- Asia
- Tangerang Regency, Banten, Indonesia (September 19th-20th 2026)
- North America:
- For International Championships, the event locations and dates are as follows
- Centro de Convenções - Distrito Anhembi, São Paolo, Brazil (November 20th-22nd 2026)
- ExceL London, London, United Kingdom (February 19th-21st 2027)
- McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, United States (June 18th-20th 2027)
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