We know you’ve been waiting for news about this year’s UK tournament – and we have some very big news indeed!

We’ve received an incredibly exciting invitation from our friends at CTWC and CTG (Classic Tetris Germany), which we’re thrilled to accept. So, this summer we’ll once again be hosting our CTWC UK tournament in Manchester…

…and we will also be hosting CTWC DAS 2026!

CTWC UK + CTWC DAS 2026

The World Cup of DAS is coming to the UK!

The CTUK and CTG teams will be joining forces to host both tournaments back-to-back over 4 days, at the same location:

CTWC UK: Thu 30 Jul to Fri 31 Jul
CTWC DAS: Sat 1 Aug to Sun 2 Aug

Location: 422 Community Hub
422 Stockport Rd,
Longsight Manchester, UK M12 4EX

We understand that not everyone will want (or be able) to compete in both tournaments,and that’s absolutely fine. Each event will stand on its own, and separate registration will be available for each (or combined, if you do want to come for all 4 days!). This is a unique chance for us to create something really special: an unprecedented MEGA EVENT! that will draw in more players, more spectators, and more excitement than ever before!

The CTUK team is excited to work with our CTG friends to build an unforgettable experience that will strengthen connections across the global Classic Tetris community

Questions?

More details, including registration and schedules, will be shared soon – so stay tuned!

We encourage everyone to join the discussion in the #⁠ctwc-uk and ⁠#ctwc-das channels which we’ve created, in our Discord server. We’ll answer any questions as soon as we can, and will take your feedback on board.

We can’t wait to see you in Manchester for what promises to be an incredible 4 days of Tetris!

The CTUK team

We are excited to announce that we’ll be having another Scotland meet-up on Sat 7th Mar, 2026 – everyone is welcome and it will be free to attend!

The details:

• PAL NEStris mini-tournament (and maybe some GB action too)
• Sat 7th March, 1500 to 2000
• We’ll have the venue from 1300, so you’re welcome to arrive then if you want (we’ll be setting up for a couple of hours, and then the actual Tetris will be occurring from 1500 onwards)
• Venue is the community hall at St James Church, in Leith, Edinburgh

If you have any questions, please give us a shout in our Discord channel. Hope to see you there!

A huge thank-you to everyone who attended CTWC UK 2025 last weekend!

Congrats to our champion evesy and runner-up Sam Vaughan!

Thank you to everyone who generously donated to our Matcherino, raising a tremendous $1600.69 for our top 4 players (evesy, Sam Vaughan, Tugi and Hepps )

Congrats also to our 💚 CTUK Game Boy champion Alex H and runner-up Sonic!

Special tech-related thank-yous to:
Pascal from Switzerland, who helped us with setting up and also with our CTUK Game Boy side tournament; Muf for stepping up to run our stream single-handedly in the absence of Archina (who very generously allowed us to use so much of his equipment this year – thank you!). Thank you also to Matisyahu from CTEC for his work on Zero Climax, the capture tool we used this year to display the matches (originally written by Jago)!

Thank you to Breandan and all the team for keeping things running smoothly, Alex and all the commentators, Ethan and all the refs, and Hepps for photos!

This year was a particularly challenging and stressful one for us, as we had to deal with the absence of our main tech wizard and also had a number of issues with the venue, but we are really grateful to everyone who attended for their patience with the delays to the schedule, and I think it’s fair to say this has been our biggest and best CTUK event to date! It was great to see so many new faces, and we hope to see you all again next year!

We have now released the full CTWC UK 2025 rule-set!

Here’s a quick summary of the most important points to know…

Qualification

• any level start allowed from 0 to 19
• 60 minutes
• ranking based on CTWC multiple max-outs rule (number of maxes + kicker score)
• rocket screen off

Tournament

• 32 player flat bracket
• Round 1 Best of 3, level 15 and 18 starts
• All other rounds Best of 5, level 18 only

Bookings for CTWC UK 2025 qualification stations are now live!

Remember booking is necessary this year if you want to qual for the NES tournament (general entry to the tournament and to take part in our Game Boy tournament will still be free)

• £20 per 1 hour qual slot
• Please only book 1 slot per person!
• Stations 1 to 4 will be on-stage
• Stations 5 to 8 will be to the side of the stage

Remember that Qual Slot 5 (1830 – 1930) is probably going to clash with the beginning of our CTUK Game Boy tournament – so don’t book this slot if you want to take part in the Game Boy action!

Also, please fill in our player sign-up form here!

If anyone needs any help or has any questions, please just give us a shout via our Discord channel

The CTUK team is excited to announce the return of CTWC UK and CTUK GB this year!

CTWC UK 2025 + CTUK GB 2025
Live NTSC Tetris tournament (CTWC UK regional) + Game Boy side-tournament

Date
Sat 2nd to Sun 3rd August 2025 (schedule TBA)

Location
657 Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 6RA

More info
Keep an eye here on our website, and also our Discord server for further announcements!

A big thank-you to everyone who attended our recent Scotland meet-up/mini-tournament in Edinburgh! We were all very impressed with the venue, and we’re hoping to put on another event there sometime soon(ish) – please join our Discord server and keep an eye on the #scotland channel if you’re interested in attending!

Congratulations to our winner Sunny, runner-up Tim and third-place finisher mikatubi!

You can watch the vod of the tournament here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2345638444

We also now have all our photos up from CTWC UK 2024 – thanks to Hepps, Jamie and Muf for the photos! classictetrisuk.com/photos

Happy New Year, everyone!

Over in the Scotland channel, we have been thinking about having a meet-up and now the time has come to officially announce our venue and date:

Venue: St James Scottish Episcopal Church, 11A John’s Place, Leith, Edinburgh

Date: Sat 4th Jan, 2025 – 2pm to 8pm

Format: NES PAL (with maybe some GB on the side!)

No entry or qual fee

Hope to see you there!

We now have a provisional schedule for CTWC UK 2024 and CTUK Game Boy!

We now have all 32 qualification slots booked; we’re intending to run the tournament as a maximum 32-player flat bracket, however we are aware that there may be more people wishing to book a qual slot (including people who may just turn up on the day). So, we are considering opening up an extra hour-long slot, if there is demand for it – just be aware that this slot might slightly overlap with the Game Boy tournament. Also, if we do expand the qual slots beyond 32 players, it will mean that anyone who has already booked a qual slot will not necessarily be guaranteed a spot in the 32-bracket tournament.

Keep an eye on this page for updates regarding extra qual slots:
https://classictetrisuk.com/ctwc-uk-2024-rental-stations/

Just as a reminder, people wishing to come and be part of the audience don’t need to pay any entry fee, and also the Game Boy tournament on Saturday will be completely free to enter – the quals for this will be running at the same time as the NES quals, but you don’t need to book a slot, you can just turn up and have a go! The Game Boy tournament will be run as a 16-player bracket, and will be played on the link cable 2-player mode.

Also on Saturday, we are planning some fun surprise side events after the GB tournament – more info to come soon!

(The times on the schedule are estimates and possibly subject to change; we shall do our best to inform everyone of any changes as and when they might happen!)

P.S. if you’ve already booked a slot but haven’t yet completed your player sign-up form, it would be a great help if you could do so! https://bit.ly/ctwcuk2024-sign-up

Bookings for CTWC UK 2024 rental stations will go live tonight at 19:00 BST, at this link:

https://classictetrisuk.com/ctwc-uk-2024-rental-stations/

Booking a qual slot is necessary this year if you want to qual for the NES tournament (entry to the tournament and to qual for the Game Boy tournament will still be free)

• £20 per 1 hour qual slot
• Please only book 1 slot per person!
• Stations 1 to 4 will be streamed/recorded, and onstage
• Stations 5 to 8 will NOT be streamed/recorded, and will be on ground level (although we’ll do our best to create space around these stations to minimise distractions from people walking past, etc.)
• If you have a strong preference for the type of station you want to qualify on, then please double-check your selection before finalising your booking

If you need any help, please just contact the team on the CTUK Discord or at: classictetrisuk@gmail.com

Also, don’t forget to fill in the player sign-up form here (thanks everyone who’s already done it!):
https://bit.ly/ctwcuk2024-sign-up

RENTAL STATION BOOKINGS LIVE HERE AT 19:00 BST! 🥳
https://classictetrisuk.com/ctwc-uk-2024-rental-stations/