Qatar Catan Championship

Entry Fee per participant is 75 QAR.

Participants who register and pay to enter the tournament will be given free entry to Geekend.

Catan Qatar Championship 2025

Are you ready to be the winner and represent Qatar at the Catan World Championship 2025? This February, Lusail Boulevard transforms into the ultimate battleground for strategy and resource management:

• 16 Players
• 3 Rounds
• Top ranked 4 players qualify for the Final Game
• Winner of the Final will be crowned Catan Qatar Champion and will be fully sponsored by SuperHeated Neurons at the Catan World Championship, 4-6 April 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany!

Event Highlights:

• Showcase your strategy and negotiation skills as you compete to become the ultimate ruler of Catan.
• Intense, head-to-head matches where every decision counts.
• Prizes and bragging rights for the champion!

Whether you're a seasoned settler or a first-time builder, this is your chance to experience the excitement of Catan like never before. Rally your friends, sharpen your wits, and prepare for an unforgettable board game showdown!

• Date: 7 February 2025
• Location: Lusail Boulevard

Don't miss your chance to claim victory and prove you're the best settler in the land. Let the dice roll and the competition begin! ?✨

For the complete rules for the Tournament, click HERE.

Definitions

• Tournament: Any event (Qualifier or Championship Finals) where players will meet to compete in one or more CATAN games.
• Qualifier: A tournament held in a specific location with the purpose of qualifying a certain number of players to the National Championship Finals.
• Championship Finals: A tournament played between all qualified players from multiple qualifiers, in which 1 player will be crowned the national champion and who will represent their country at the CATAN World Championship.
• CATAN National Championship: The overall term to combine all Qualifiers and the Championship Finals played during one calendar year for 1 specific country.

Tournament Standards:

• Rules will apply to all CNC tournaments, regardless of country of origin.
• Games will follow the CATAN 5th Edition rule book.
• Games will be played using the European version of CATAN (branded SuperHeated Neurons).

Tournament Format

• There will be multiple Qualifiers in each country.
• During the Qualifiers, the organizers will generate a schedule that determines the table distribution for each game.
• Players will be randomly seated taking into consideration these 2 guidelines:
• Players not seated at tables with friends and/or family members
• Playing different opponents
• The Qualifiers will be constituted of three games. After 3 games, the players will be ranked (Check “Ranking System” section for more details) and the top player/players will qualify for the National Championship Finals.
• 16 qualified players will participate in the National Championship Finals. In case a player is unable to attend, the next best-ranked player from all the Qualifiers will qualify in their place. The finals will be constituted of three games. After 3 games, the 4 players with the highest ranking will play a final game. The winner will be crowned the CATAN National Champion and will represent their country at the CATAN World Championship.

Ranking System

• Whenever a ranking is needed, it will be based respectively on the following metrics:
• The greatest number of games won (max. 3).
• In case of ties, the greatest total sum of victory points (VPs) across all 3 games will be used as the first tiebreaker (max. 10 VPs per game).
• Development cards with Victory Points on them always count towards the player’s score even if they were not revealed during game time.
• In case of ties, the greatest player’s VP percentage will be used as the second tiebreaker. It is calculated as per the following equation: player’s total number of VPs across 3 games divided by total number of all the players’ VPs across 3 games.

Example (after three rounds):

• Players A and B both won 2 games. We need to check their total VPs.
• Both got 8 victory points in one of their 3 games, so they have a total of 10+10+8 = 28 VPs. They are still tied so we need to calculate their VP Percentage.

Player A:

-Game 1: A got 10 VPs and there were 32 VPs at the table.

-Game 2: A got 8 VPs and there were 30 VPs at the table.

-Game 3: A got 10 VPs and there were 36 VPs at the table.

Player A’s VP Percentage would be: 28 / 98 = 28.57%

Player B:

-Game 1: B got 10 VPs and there were 33 VPs at the table.

-Game 2: B got 10 VPs and there were 31 VPs at the table.

-Game 3: B got 8 VPs and there were 35 VPs at the table.

Player B’s VP Percentage would be: 28 / 99 = 28.28%

Player A is ranked higher than Player B as they have a higher VP percentage than player B.

In the case of a three-player game, a fourth score will be created by averaging the other three scores (rounding any 0.4 remainder down, and any 0.5 remainder up). This average score is included into the calculation as if it were a fourth player for purposes of the VP percentage earned.

If ties still exist after that and the tied players positions need to be taken into consideration, a development card draw will happen. The referee will shuffle a deck of development cards, and the youngest player will get to decide if he/she wishes to start drawing or if he/she wishes that their opponent starts. The 1st player to draw a victory point will be ranked higher.