Yesterday morning, TPCi unveiled the structure for the 2025 season for all the regions under its jurisdiction (US + Canada, Latin America, Europe, Australia + NZ). A link to the full article can be found here. This thread will summarize the changes for the coming season.
Worlds Qualification
Several events for the 2024-2025 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 75 in Championship Points
- Europe: Top 75 in Championship Points
- Latin America: Top 50 in Championship Points
- Australia + New Zealand: Top 20 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, expanded from top two the previous season.
| Tournament / Placement | League Challenge | League Cup | Global Challenge | Regional/Special Event | International |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 50 | 170 | 350 | 750 |
| 2 | 12 | 40 | 160 | 325 | 700 |
| 4 (Kicker 8) | 10 | 32 | 150 | 300 | 650 |
| 8 (Kicker 17) | 8 | 25 | 140 | 280 | 600 |
| 16 (Kicker 33) | 6 | 20 | 130 | 160 | 400 |
| 32 (Kicker 65) | 4 | 16 | 120 | 125 | 350 |
| 64 (Kicker 129) | 13 | 80 | 100 | 250 | |
| 128 (Kicker 257 | 65 | 80 | 150 | ||
| 256 (Kicker 513) | 50 | 60 | 120 | ||
| 512 (Kicker 1025) | 35 | 40 | 80 | ||
| 1024 (Kicker 2049) | 20 | 20 | 40 |
- Note that Premier Challenges and Midseason Showdowns have been replaced by League Challenges and League Cups, respectively.
- Prizing at events follows the same cash payout introduced in the 2023-2024 season.
- 9th-16th in a given region will now have access to priority registration for the upcoming International Championship.
- TCG Booster pack prizing has been greatly expanded (full payout here).
- The format for Swiss at Regional+ events has been changed, noted in the attached table below.
- The top cut bracket will now be asymmetrical for all events, with the bracket including all players that have the same record as the 8th seed (to a maximum of 32).
Several events for the 2024-2025 season have already been unveiled, including all three International Championship Dates and Locations
- For Regionals and Special Events, the confirmed events are as follows:
- North America:
- Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD (September 13th-15th)
- Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, KY (October 11th-13th)
- SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento, CA (November 22nd-24th
- Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (December 13th-15th)
- Europe:
- Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany (September 28th-29th)
- Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France (October 19th-20th)
- Amberexpo, Gdansk, Poland (November 2nd-3rd)
- Messe Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (November 30th-December 1st)
- Latin America
- Convention and Exhibition Center Expoville, Joinville, Brazil (September 28th-29th)
- Centro Vasco - Salon Basaldua, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 9th-10th)
- Radisson Bogotá Metrotel, Bogota, Colombia (December 7th-8th)
- North America:
- For International Championships, the event locations and dates are as follows
- Expo Center Norte – Pavilhão Azul, Sao Paolo, Brazil (November 15th-17th)
- ExCeL Center London, London, United Kingdom (February 21st-23rd)
- Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (June 13th-15th)