WCL 2026: Registration - Chess Forums

Sep 1, 2025

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Registration is open for the 2026 season of the World 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 WCL 2026 by posting two team representatives in the thread below (and a link to the team homepage if your team is new to the WCL). -- Observe:

Registration will remain open until September 30th. 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 1st). De definite composition of divisions will be determined on the announced cut-off date (September, 30th).
Minimum team sizes are 20 (Div. 1), 15 (Div. 2), 10 (Div. 3), 5 (Div 4). If you doubt whether your team can reach this size, withdrawal to a lower division might be an option.
The first round of the WCL 2026 will be announced on October, 22th and start on November, 5th.

Division 1 (10 teams)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Shostka (UKR)	confirmed	@KatyKat11
Buenos Aires (ARG)	confirmed	@Guinie	@Delirantetotal
Kyiv (UKR)	alerted (3)
The Hague (NLD)	confirmed	@RainPiper	@smirknov
Prishtina (KOS)	confirmed	@armendmulakaj1984	@kali_i_bekuar
Barcelona (ESP)	confirmed	@Mortadeloking	@robl3
Beograd (SRB)	confirmed	@grujicdragan	@nemirena
Odessa (UKR)	alerted (3)
Kherson (UKR) (2)	confirmed (2)	@believepony	@kostyazaharov
Kharkiv (UKR) (2)	confirmed	@YanaB	@Enhard

Division 2 (20 teams, 2 parallel groups)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Baku (AZE) (1)	confirmed	@ramin_chess	@seyranhacibeyli
Prague (CZE) (1)	confirmed	@dale00007	@LancelotDuLac
Zagreb (CRO)	confirmed	@tomislav_1979	@zvonimirz
Messini (GRE)	confirmed	@manitarius	@chesswine27
Niš (SRB)	confirmed	@laki_69	@iksnicamod
Sofia (BGR)	confirmed	@panstoy	@Valyo1954
Minsk (BLR)	confirmed	@hervasij_vylivaha	@sergtaw
Sydney (AUS)	confirmed	@kookaburrra	@spiritof_Australia
Glasgow (GBR)	confirmed	@rogerthecabinboy	@StuartFAnderson
Athens (GRE)	confirmed	@Anastasakis	@chessnna
Almaty (KAZ)	confirmed	@krypton00	@alchemist01
Sheffield (GBR)	confirmed	@KittyB	@superdrewe53
Metz (FRA)	confirmed	@blastingchess	@menthe
Lviv (UKR)	confirmed	@karina55	@SergijTymchuk
Inverness (SCO) (3)	confirmed	@martinhind3	@arendijus
Udine (ITA) (3)	confirmed	@MauTrav	@andrewud
Košice (SVK) (3)	confirmed	@SlovakAustralia	@yosipko
Bucharest (ROM) (3)	confirmed	@costinc19	@lvali40
Toulouse (FRA) (3)	confirmed	@deep-blou	@captainmorue
Melbourne (AUS) (3)	confirmed	@durny	@19andrew64

Division 3 (30 teams, 3 parallel groups)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Quebec (CAN) (2)	confirmed	@mlongpre2	@borisside
Brisbane (AUS) (2)	confirmed	@igroki789	@forest888
Yerevan (ARM) (2)	confirmed	@gevorg1983	@hikohil
Adelaide (AUS) (2)	confirmed	@stephen0804	@mc-aarony
Edinburgh (GBR) (2)	confirmed	@Penguin89C	@CCCUKI
Perth (AUS) (2)	confirmed	@vetuspetram	@dugite295
Donetsk (UKR)	confirmed	@serhiivolokh	@V1738
Toronto (CAN)	confirmed	@Penguincw
Reggio Emilia (ITA)	confirmed	@pacio8	@purplechess46
Uttar Pradesh (IND)	confirmed	@shikharthechampionn	@CHEEKU_07
Lisbon (PRT)	confirmed	@jcoelho72	@lmcduarte
Norwich (GBR)	confirmed	@matt1979	@mrsdribble
Lyon (FRA)	confirmed	@felinferoce	@ludovic69
Singapore (SGP)	confirmed	@hiyyo	@boonthamchess
London (GBR)	confirmed	@markh01	@paulyd81
Bratislava (SVK)	confirmed	@security1985	@enoshan
Berdychiv (UKR)	confirmed	@Berdgross	@Defenderalist
Maracena (ESP)	confirmed	@XeKinJok	@Pertinhez76
Budapest (HUN)	confirmed	@atudor60	@carina_e
Torino (ITA)	confirmed	@giampiero111	@danieleairola
Brno (CZE)	confirmed	@vezekmin	@lamanchacz
Fortaleza (BRA) (4)	confirmed	@CzarPc	@Fabricio3D2Y
Rostock (GER) (4)	confirmed	@jabba-ranks	@bravehart1811
Chelmsford (ENG) (4)	confirmed	@cccuki	@captainstarkiller
Philadelphia (USA) (4)	confirmed	@jcohen42	@WafflesASAP
Dhaka (BGD) (4)	confirmed	@Afiyajr	@N8sun
Khmelnitskiy (UKR) (4)	confirmed	@serhiivolokh	@ruslan_immunity
Córdoba (ARG) (4)	confirmed	@pulpopaz	@wallyup
Bretagne (FRA) (4)	confirmed	@kookaburrra	@bluewarriorbird
Perth (SCO) (4)	confirmed	@munrobagger	@cccuki
Calabria (ITA) (4)	confirmed	@lupodellasila	@FrancescoCicero92

Division 4 (all remaining teams, several parallel groups)
Team	status	admin 1	admin 2
Thessaloniki (GRE) (3)	confirmed	@anastasios	@erotokritos
Castilla y León (ESP) (3)	confirmed	@postari	@maxi1968
Munster (IRL) (3)	withdrawn
Ulster (GBR/IRL) (3)	confirmed	@kookaburrra	@vivoj
Canberra (AUS) (3)	confirmed	@kookaburrra	@spiritof_Australia
Aberdeen (SCO) (3)	confirmed	@russtay73	@Toddy1997
Ternopil (UKR) (3)	confirmed	@zybex9	@ninifu
Korca (ALB) (3)	withdrawn
São Paulo (BRA) (3)	confirmed	@Schincariol	@Silver-grayknight
Sumy (UKR)	confirmed	@Yanenko70	@vstrelnik
Hertford (GBR)	confirmed	@chambro1970	@boringlovechild
Leeds (GBR)	confirmed	@pannalman	@tricky_dicky
Hobart (AUS)	confirmed	@tpd	@kookaburrra
Mexico City (MEX)	confirmed	@benjatorr	@buazel
New Delhi (IND)	alerted (3)
Mykolayiv (UKR)	confirmed	@Dimon131	@kyrylo26
Birmingham (GBR)	confirmed	@sezlez	@eblingmis
Bologna (ITA)	confirmed	@JFSebastianKnight	@DirkFlasche
Changsha (CHN)	club inactive
Levice (SVK)	confirmed	@Peter_Geffert	@martinez_95
Isle of Man (GBR)	confirmed	@dfhunter	@CCCUKI
Roma (ITA)	confirmed	@racine6	@barocci
Chisinau (MDA)	club inactive
Venezia (ITA)	confirmed	@Doktor_Oleg
Slovyansk (UKR)	club inactive
Bradford (GBR)	confirmed	@chriswray
Zaporizhzhia (UKR)	confirmed	@serhiivolokh	@larsorub
Farsley (GBR)	confirmed	@r00k_lift	@davet65
Connacht (IRL)	confirmed	@rizlaprince	@cccuki
Baltimore (USA)	club inactive
Plovdiv (BUL)	confirmed	@pistons
Manila (PHI)	withdrawn
Salerno (ITA)	alerted (3)
Milano (ITA)	confirmed	@dag_stinner	@supermatt69
Dublin (IRL)	withdrawn
Brasilia (BRA)	alerted (3)
Darwin (AUS)	confirmed	@nods69	@kookaburrra
Makeevka (UKR)	confirmed	@Zodchy-8686	@ivankosh
Bordeaux (FRA)	confirmed	@Rookover	@ChezTreize
Santiago (CHI)	alerted (3)
Boulogne (FRA)	confirmed	@rclboris	@bryanflr
Honolulu (USA)	confirmed	@uptophigh	@alohakauai
Cherkasy (UKR)	confirmed	@yuriy_leonidov	@shumaaher
Oxford (GBR)	confirmed	@BizzOX14	@CCCUKI
Karagandy (KAZ)	confirmed	@vmlopach	@bruno_asfalto
Kansas City (USA)	confirmed	@VivaLaOdin	@blktgr
Kish Island (IRI)	confirmed	@mobarez	@kiavash21
Tehran (IRI)	confirmed	@mobarez	@leila-love
Atlanta (USA)	confirmed	@badger2222222222222	@aitm19
Izmir (TUR)	confirmed	@sademh	@ege_izmir
Nottingham (GBR)	confirmed	@cccuki	@cheeseman1998
Jakarta (INA)	confirmed	@niskala-wastukancana	@ssakti
Tlmače (SVK)	confirmed	@kikobbx	@mestaniskoo88
Washington DC (USA)	alerted (3)
Khankendi (AZE)	confirmed	@seyranhacibeyli	@riadfuadoglu777
São José RP (BRA)	confirmed	@acm_arthurkhachaturyan
Marseille (FRA)	confirmed	@idbsystem	@grognard37