2026 Altador Cup Tournament

Altador Cup XX Dates

In 2026, the Altador Cup took a very different schedule from previous years by doing away with the concept of Round Robin matches, practice days, bye days, and final round matches. Rather, there's a singular 9-day play period broken into three rounds.

• Press Tour Begins: Monday, June 22
• Sign-Ups Open: Monday, June 29
• First Day of Play: Monday, July 6
• Last Day of Play: Tuesday, July 14
• Winners Announced/Prize Shop Opens: Wednesday, July 15

During all 9 days of play, users can submit scores to earn prize points and Neopoints. However, only some days will have relevance to the team competition:

• Round 1 (Jul 6): Each team plays one random other team.
  • The 10 winners are placed in the "Upper Mid" bracket.
  • The 10 losers are placed in the "Mid" bracket.
• Round 1 "Break" (Jul 7): No team matches, but personal prize points can be earned.
• Round 2 (Jul 8): Each team plays one random other team from the same bracket.
  • The 5 Upper Mid winners are placed in the "Top" bracket.
  • The 5 Upper Mid losers remain in the "Upper Mid" bracket.
  • The 5 Mid winners remain in the "Mid" bracket.
  • The 5 Mid losers are placed in the "Lower" bracket.
• Round 2 "Break" (Jul 9): No team matches, but personal prize points can be earned.
• Round 3 (Jul 10–14): Each team plays every other team in their bracket, one per day plus one bye day per team.

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Historical AC Dates

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