European and Rest of the World Team Championship 2025

Saturday, June 14, 2025: Announcement

The next round of 2025 European and Rest of the World Team Championships will commence on 1st September 2025.

Each event will have a maximum playing time of four years and use the standard ICCF time control of 50 moves in ten days. The team events will be played over eight boards for the European Team Championship and four boards for the RoW Team Championship.

The finals will only be open to qualified teams (see below) and there will be no additional entry fee.

Semi-finals will comprise of multiple sections and be open to all federations within a region, and there will be an entry fee of €4.00 Euros per board (€32.00 Euros total for the team for the European Championship and €16.00 for the RoW Championship). Entry fees will be invoiced by the ICCF Finance Director in the 2024 annual invoices.

Federations must confirm their participation to the tournament organiser and submit their teams (including the names and ICCF ID numbers of each of the eight players and the team captain) before 1st August 2025, late entries will not be accepted. Entries should be sent to the Tournament Organiser, Juan Alberto Martello (juanmartello@gmail.com).

The following teams are qualified to enter:

12th European Team Championship Final

1. Ukraine (first place in SF1)
2. Poland (second place in SF1)
3. Romania (fourth place in SF1)
4. Lithuania (first place in SF2)
5. Spain (second place in SF2)
6. Slovakia (fourth place in SF2)
7. Netherlands (first place in SF3)
8. Belgium (second place in SF3)
9. Sweden (third place in SF3)
10. Luxembourg (fourth place in SF3)
11. Austria (second place in 11th final)
12. Slovenia (third place in 11th final)
13. Germany (replacement, fourth place in 11th final)

1st Rest of the World Team Championship Final

1. South Africa (first place in 5th Africa Asia Team Championship)
2. India (second and third place in 5th Africa Asia Team Championship)
3. Indonesia (fourth place in 5th Africa Asia Team Championship)
4. Peru (first place in 1st World Zone Team Championship)
5. Argentina (second place in 1st World Zone Team Championship)
6. USA (third place in 1st World Zone Team Championship)
7. Mexico (fourth place in 1st World Zone Team Championship)
8. Panama (fifth place in 1st World Zone Team Championship)
9. Brazil (sixth place in 1st World Zone Team Championship)

2nd Rest of the World Team Championship Semi-final

1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Brazil
4. Canada
5. Chile
6. Cuba
7. Ecuador
8. Guatemala
9. India
10. Indonesia
11. Japan
12. Mexico
13. New Zealand
14. Nicaragua
15. Panama
16. Peru
17. Philippines
18. South Africa
19. Türkiye
20. USA

13th European Team Championship Semi-final

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Czechia
6. Denmark
7. England
8. Estonia
9. Finland
10. France
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Hungary
14. Iceland
15. Ireland
16. Israel
17. Italy
18. Latvia
19. Lithuania
20. Luxembourg
21. Netherlands
22. Norway
23. Poland
24. Portugal
25. Romania
26. Scotland
27. Slovakia
28. Slovenia
29. Spain
30. Sweden
31. Switzerland
32. Ukraine
33. Wales

Uwe Staroske, World Tournament Director
Leonardo Madonia, Super Regional Tournament Commissioner
Juan Martello Deputy Super Regional Tournament Commissioner (Rest of the World)
Austin Lockwood Deputy Super Regional Tournament Commissioner (Europe)