WCL 2026: Divisions and team contacts - Chess Forums

RainPiper

Oct 2, 2025

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Below you find the divisions for WCL 2026 with team contacts.

Please provide a second team contact if it is still missing.
Team contacts in parentheses are closed, inactive or don't accept messages. Please replace.

If team contacts change, report the new contacts in the comment section.

Promotion and degradation has been determined by the live standings on chessteams.info of 1 oktober 2025. Due to withdrawals, some wild cards have become available, which have been filled with reduced degradation and additional promotion. Please check whether your teams has been allocated to the division you expected (or which is acceptable for you). Some swaps might still be possible.

Anyone who is interested in helping with the organisation of the Cities Leagues is invited to contact @RainPiper or @serhiivolokh.

Division 1
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Buenos Aires (ARG)	@Guinie	@Delirantetotal
The Hague (NLD)	@RainPiper	@smirknov
Barcelona (ESP)	@Mortadeloking	@robl3
Shostka (UKR)	@KatyKat11
Prishtina (KOS)	@armendmulakaj1984	@kali_i_bekuar
Beograd (SRB)	@grujicdragan	@nemirena
Baku (AZE)	@ramin_chess	@seyranhacibeyli
Zagreb (CRO) (2)	@tomislav_1979	@zvonimirz
Kharkiv (UKR) (2)	@YanaB	@Enhard
Glasgow (GBR) (2)	@rogerthecabinboy	@StuartFAnderson

Division 2A
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Prague (CZE) (1)	@dale00007	@LancelotDuLac
Messini (GRE)	@manitarius	@chesswine27
Athens (GRE)	@Anastasakis	@chessnna
Metz (FRA)	@blastingchess	@menthe
Lviv (UKR)	@karina55	@SergijTymchuk
Almaty (KAZ)	@krypton00	@alchemist01
Edinburgh (GBR)	@Penguin89C	@CCCUKI
Udine (ITA) (3)	@MauTrav	@andrewud
Košice (SVK) (3)	@SlovakAustralia	@yosipko
Melbourne (AUS) (3)	@durny	@19andrew64

Division 2B
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Kherson (UKR)	@believepony	@kostyazaharov
Niš (SRB)	@laki_69	@iksnicamod
Sydney (AUS)	@kookaburrra	@spiritof_Australia
Minsk (BLR)	@hervasij_vylivaha	@sergtaw
Sheffield (GBR)	@KittyB	@superdrewe53
Sofia (BGR)	@panstoy	@Valyo1954
Québec (CAN)	@mlongpre2	@borisside
Inverness (GBR) (3)	@martinhind3	@arendijus
Bucharest (ROM) (3)	@costinc19	@lvali40
Toulouse (FRA) (3)	@deep-blou	@captainmorue

Division 3A
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Yerevan (ARM) (2)	@gevorg1983	@hikohil
Perth (AUS) (2)	@vetuspetram	@dugite295
Uttar Pradesh (IND)	@shikharthechampionn	@CHEEKU_07
Berdychiv (UKR)	@Berdgross	@Defenderalist
Singapore (SGP)	@hiyyo	@boonthamchess
Lyon (FRA)	@felinferoce	@ludovic69
Norwich (GBR)	@matt1979	@mrsdribble
Chelmsford (GBR) (4)	@cccuki	@captainstarkiller
Khmelnitskiy (UKR) (4)	@serhiivolokh	@ruslan_immunity
Calabria (ITA) (4)	@lupodellasila	@FrancescoCicero92

Division 3B
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Brisbane (AUS) (2)	@igroki789	@NorthAussie421
Budapest (HUN)	@atudor60	@carina_e
Bratislava (SVK)	@security1985	@enoshan
Brno (CZE)	@vezekmin	@lamanchacz
Donetsk (UKR)	@serhiivolokh	@V1738
Torino (ITA)	@giampiero111	@danieleairola
Fortaleza (BRA) (4)	@CzarPc	@Jiffyc
Philadelphia (USA) (4)	@jcohen42	@WafflesASAP
Córdoba (ARG) (4)	@pulpopaz	@wallyup
Hertford (GBR) (4)	@chambro1970	@boringlovechild

Division 3C
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Adelaide (AUS) (2)	@stephen0804	@mc-aarony
London (GBR)	@markh01	@paulyd81
Toronto (CAN)	@Penguincw
Reggio Emilia (ITA)	@pacio8	@purplechess46
Maracena (ESP)	@XeKinJok	@Pertinhez76
Lisbon (PRT)	@jcoelho72	@lmcduarte
Rostock (GER) (4)	@jabba-ranks	@bravehart1811
Dhaka (BGD) (4)	@Afiyajr	@N8sun
Bretagne (FRA) (4)	@kookaburrra	@bluewarriorbird
Perth (GBR) (4)	@munrobagger	@cccuki

Division 4A
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Castilla y León (ESP) (3)	@postari	@maxi1968
Plovdiv (BUL) (3)	@pistons
Bordeaux (FRA)	@Rookover	@ChezTreize
Farsley (GBR)	@anthonychess82	@davet65
Honolulu (USA)	@uptophigh	@alohakauai
Boulogne (FRA)	@rclboris	@bryanflr
Mexico City (MEX)	@benjatorr	@buazel
Bologna (ITA)	@JFSebastianKnight	@DirkFlasche
Kansas City (USA)	@VivaLaOdin	@blktgr
Rochester (USA)	@wlsonb	@PlatypusofDoom

Division 4B
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Thessaloniki (GRE) (3)	@anastasios	@Vasilis_64
Tehran (IRI)	@mobarez	@leila-love
Nottingham (GBR)	@cccuki	@cheeseman1998
Tlmače (SVK)	@kikobbx	@mestaniskoo88
Connacht (IRL)	@rizlaprince	@cccuki
Cherkasy (UKR)	@yuriy_leonidov	@shumaaher
Milano (ITA)	@dag_stinner	@supermatt69
Atlanta (USA)	@badger2222222222222	@aitm19
Mykolayiv (UKR)	@Dimon131	@kyrylo26
Brasilia (BRA)	@Victor_SEP	@luizevandro

Division 4C
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Ulster (GBR/IRL) (3)	@kookaburrra	@vivoj
Roma (ITA)	@racine6	@barocci
Leeds (GBR)	@pannalman	@tricky_dicky
Oxford (GBR)	@BizzOX14	@CCCUKI
Karagandy (KAZ)	@vmlopach	@bruno_asfalto
Hobart (AUS)	@etoile7	@kookaburrra
São José RP (BRA)	@acm_arthurkhachaturyan
Kish Island (IRI)	@mobarez	@kiavash21
Venezia (ITA)	@Doktor_Oleg
Kyiv (UKR)	@adriano81

Division 4D
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Canberra (AUS) (3)	@kookaburrra	@spiritof_Australia
Ternopil (UKR) (3)	@zybex9	@ninifu
Zaporizhzhia (UKR)	@serhiivolokh	@larsorub
Darwin (AUS)	@nods69	@kookaburrra
Jakarta (INA)	@niskala-wastukancana	@ssakti
Sumy (UKR)	@Yanenko70	@vstrelnik
Levice (SVK)	@Peter_Geffert	@martinez_95
Izmir (TUR)	@sademh	@ege_izmir
Sfantu Gheorghe (ROM)	@Bold17A	@PatilnikBlockade
Lleida (ESP)	@xaviof

Division 4E
Team	admin 1	admin 2
Aberdeen (GBR) (3)	@russtay73	@Toddy1997
São Paulo (BRA) (3)	@Schincariol	@Silver-grayknight
Makeevka (UKR)	@Zodchy-8686	@ivankosh
Bradford (GBR)	@chriswray
Birmingham (GBR)	@sezlez	@eblingmis
Khankendi (AZE)	@seyranhacibeyli	@riadfuadoglu777
Isle of Man (GBR)	@dfhunter	@CCCUKI
Marseille (FRA)	@memento_usque_ad_mortem	@grognard37
Porto Alegre (BRA)	@dkrummenauer	@wind
Dnipro (UKR)	@serhiivolokh	@eduard_1980

mc-aarony

Oct 2, 2025

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#2

I can confirm the team contacts are correct for Team Adelaide, SA.

SPIRITOF_AUSTRALIA

Oct 2, 2025

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#3

Confirm for Sydney

lvali40

Oct 2, 2025

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#4

Team Bucharest confirm.

Jabba-Ranks

Oct 2, 2025

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#5

Team Rostock confirmed

RainPiper

Oct 2, 2025

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#6

You need not confirm explicitly. Only leave a comment if something needs to be changed.

CzarPc

Oct 2, 2025

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#7

Fortaleza Chess: Please change the second ADM to @Jiffyc

Thank you.

pannalman

Oct 3, 2025

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#8

Leeds still needs to be in Division 4 (as per the confirmation) because we can’t consistently raise 10 players.

RainPiper

Oct 3, 2025

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#9

We'll look for a substitute for Leeds in Division 3.

Idbsystem

Oct 3, 2025

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#10

Ok Marseille 4E thanks !!

RainPiper

Oct 4, 2025

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#11

Update 4 October:

Leeds and Hertford have swapped divisions.
Rochester has been added to Division 4A.

RainPiper

Oct 7, 2025

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#12

Update 8 October:

Brasilia has been added to Division 4B.

RainPiper

Nov 6, 2025

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#13

Kyiv has been added as 10th team to Division 4C. They are likely to be too strong for this division, but the didn't want to miss a season. We will compensate this with an additional promotion spot in Division 4C.

RainPiper

Nov 10, 2025

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#14

Lleida has been added as 10th team to Division 4D.