Sep 9, 2025

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Registration is open for the 2026 season of the European Cities League. In order to reduce problems with unresponsive teams to a minimum, we ask all teams for confirmation of their participation and for an update of their team representatives. Please confirm your participation in the ECL 2026 by posting two team representatives in the thread below (and a link to the team homepage if your team is new to the ECL). -- Observe:

Registration will remain open until October 19th. We will try to accommodate teams that register after this date, but this cannot be warranted.
Team representatives need to be accessible for communication. In the settings, "Send and Receive Messages" must be set to "All members".
The allocation of teams to divisions below is preliminary (based on the live standings of September 11th). The final composition of the divisions will be determined by the ranking at the cut-off on October, 19th.
Minimum team sizes are 15 (Div. 1), 12 (Div. 2), 9 (Div. 3), 7 (Div. 4), 5 (Div. 5). If you doubt whether your team can reach this size, withdrawal to a lower division might be an option.
The first round of the ECL 2026 will be announced on November, 2nd and start on November, 16th.
Rules will follow WCL rules. See Appendix F for specific ECL rules.
If you are not registered in the World Cities League, let's check this forum with ongoing registration. WCL matches can be counted into ECL if both teams play in the same division in both competitions.

Division 1 (10 teams, 15+ players)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Messini (GRC)	confirmed	@manitarius	@chesswine27
Kyiv (UKR)
Barcelona (ESP)	confirmed	@MortadeloKing	@robl3
Niš (SRB)	confirmed	@Laki_69	@iksnicamod
Beograd (SRB)	confirmed	@grujicdragan	@nemirena
Kherson (UKR)	confirmed	@kostyazaharov	@believepony
Pristina (KOS)	confirmed	@armendmulakaj1984	@kali_i_bekuar
Lviv (UKR)	confirmed	@karina55	@SergijTymchuk
Kharkiv (UKR)	confirmed	@YanaB	@Enhard
Budapest (HUN)	confirmed	@atudor60	@carina_e

Division 2 (10 teams, 12+ players)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Prague (CZE)	confirmed	@Dale00007	@LancelotDuLac
Sofia (BGR)	confirmed	@panstoy	@Valyo1954
Zagreb (HRV)	confirmed	@homodiurnus	@tomislav_1979
Minsk (BLR)
London (ENG)	confirmed	@markh01	@PaulyD81
Perth (SCT)	confirmed	@munrobagger	@cccuki
Athens (GRC)	confirmed	@anastasakis	@chessnna
Edinburgh-Lothian (SCT)	confirmed	@Penguin89C	@Chambro1970
Glasgow (SCT)	confirmed	@rogerthecabinboy	@StuartFAnderson
Bratislava (SVK)	confirmed	@security1985	@enoshan

Division 3 (10 teams, 9+ players)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Odessa (UKR)
Brno (CZE)	confirmed	@Vezekmin	@lamanchacz
Donetsk (UKR)	confirmed	@serhiivolokh	@V1738
Bucharest (ROU)	confirmed	@lvali40	@costinc19
Rostock (DEU)	confirmed	@Jabba-Ranks	@Bravehart1811
Torino (ITA)	confirmed	@giampiero111	@danieleairola
Maracena (ESP)	confirmed	@Pertinhez76	@XeKinJok
Ippogrifo Reggio Emilia (ITA)	confirmed	@Purplechess46	@pacio8
Inverness (SCT)	confirmed	@martinhind3	@arendijus
Toulouse (FRA)	confirmed	@deep-blou	@captainmorue

Division 4 (10 teams, 7+ players)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Lyon (FRA)	confirmed	@felinferoce	@ludovic69
Ternopil (UKR)	confirmed	@zibex9	@Ninifu
Almaty (KAZ)	confirmed	@krypton00	@alchemist01
Glamorgan (WAL)	confirmed	@Andrewsmith
Metz (FRA)	confirmed	@Biart39	@SamVimaire
Sheffield (ENG)	confirmed	@KittyB	@superdrewe53
Dnipro (UKR)	confirmed	@Eduard_1980
Bologna (ITA)	confirmed	@JFSebastianKnight	@DirkFlasche
Marsac-sur-l`Isle (FRA)	confirmed	@dangregor	@Esmeralda82
Lisboa (PRT)	confirmed	@jcoelho72	@LMCDuarte

Division 5 (all remaining teams, 5+ players)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Lille (FRA)	confirmed	@l0ul0u_11kub	@claire59000
Salerno (ITA)
Berdychiv (UKR)	confirmed	@berdgross	@defenderalist
Hastings (ENG)	confirmed	@horsechessnut	@GhoulishFungus
Birmingham (ENG)	confirmed	@EblingMis	@sezlez
Ulster (GBR)	confirmed	@kookaburrra	@vivoj
Chelmsford (ENG)	withdrawn
Karagandy (KAZ)	confirmed	@vmlopach	@bruno_asfalto
Cherkasy (UKR)	confirmed	@Yuriy_Leonidov	@shumaaher
Khmelnitskiy (UKR)	confirmed	@serhiivolokh	@ruslan_immunity
Burton (ENG)	confirmed	@themanwithno_name	@staloqq
Levice (SVK)	confirmed	@Peter_Geffert	@martinez_95
Farsley (ENG)	confirmed	@r00k_lift	@davet65
Bretagne (FRA)	confirmed	@kookaburrra	@bluewarriorbird
Isle of Man (IOM)	confirmed	@dfhunter	@Chambro1970
Rome (ITA)	confirmed	@barocci	@racine6
Sumy (UKR)	confirmed	@Yanenko70	@vstrelnik
Bordeaux (FRA)	confirmed	@Rookover	@Cheztreize
Tlmače (SVK)	confirmed	@KikoBBX	@mestaniskoo88
Boulogne (FRA)	confirmed	@rclboris	@BryanFlr
Prešov (SVK)	confirmed	@Markof	@milos88
Dublin (IRL)	withdrawn
Mykolaiv (UKR)	confirmed	@Kyrylo26	@Dimon131
Bradford (ENG)	confirmed	@chriswray
Zaporizhzhia (UKR)	confirmed	@serhiivolokh	@Larsorub
Thessaloniki (GRC)	confirmed	@erotokritos	@anastasios
Izmir (TUR)	confirmed	@sademh	@ege_izmir
Istanbul (TUR)
Bristol (ENG)
Košice (SVK)
Marseille (FRA)	confirmed	@Idbsystem	@13Sheriff