2026 Classic Tetris World Championship took place at SoCal Gaming Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. It happened on June 5-7, 2026.
Tournament Rules can be found here.
Qualifying Format is different this year, featuring a Qualifying Point System where players earn Qualifying Points for every score that is a maxout or above. The sessions are 90 minutes in length instead of 2 hours. Qualifying Point breakdown can be found here.
Seeds 1-48 (48 players) advance to Gold Bracket
Seeds 49-80 (32 players) advance to Silver Bracket
Seeds 81-112 (32 players) advance to Bronze Bracket
Gold Bracket
- Seeds 1-16 had byes to Round 1
- Seeds 17-48 start in Round 0
- All matches are Best of 5
2026 Classic Tetris World Championship Timestamps
- Qualifying
- Round 0 – Top 48
- Round 1 – Top 32
- Round 2 – Top 16
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
- Finals
- Results
- Photos
Qualifying
ClassicTetris (CT1)
Qualifying Session #1: sillyshark123, Coal, DMJ, HydrantDude
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Qualifying Session #2: Myles, Dog, Sidnev, Fractal
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Qualifying Session #3: Sharky, Blue Scuti, iBall, Alex T
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Kingsman Presents Tetris Friendlies Champion
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Qualifying Session #4: Zrobot, aGameScout, Meme, PixelAndy
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Qualifying Session #5 (Saturday): Sam Z, Dengler, Huff, Alex Kerr (Kitaru)
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ClassicTetris2 (CT2)
Qualifying Session #1: Shake, Tyler (Tytris), Eren, Doge
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Qualifying Session #2: Sodium, Tristop, Evesy, DanV
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Qualifying Session #3: SV, Tugi, CryticaLapis, TetrisTime
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Qualifying Session #4: Pkric, Night, Doodle, Cobra
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Qualifying Session #5 (Saturday): Sight, Yashichi, Tsuki, Greentea
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ClassicTetris3 (CT3)
Qualifying Session #1: stolenshortsword, Talvot, Kyradev, Summerburst
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Qualifying Session #2: Dillan, Gwafey, Winterra, Crabrangoon
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Qualifying Session #3: Wallbant, ID_Kirby, RedShurt, Rhubarb
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Qualifying Session #4: pacoistaco, Klovelace, Daasian, Oscar Godinez
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Qualifying Session #5 (Saturday): Arbaro, Ninja, Chris Bidwell, Zempro
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ClassicTetris4 (CT4)
Qualifying Session #1: CoxDannyJ, Omenvoir, 0op, Packie619
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Qualifying Session #2: Firedox, Hana, Wylie, Mari
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Qualifying Session #3: DocPi314, Phloxae, Nowi, ChaoticHazel
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Qualifying Session #4: Draco, GrandDesigns, ArcticXC, Mil0
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Qualifying Session #5 (Saturday): Zohassadar, Toast, Pollo, Andrew4043
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Round 0 – Top 48
Photo Shoot with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Bracket players
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Match #1: sillyshark123 vs Sodium
Match #2: RedShurt vs SV
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Match #3: Gunter vs Night
Match #4: Dekk vs pacoistaco
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Match #5: Zrobot vs shqdwnight
Match #6: Coal vs Phloxae
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Match #7: ID_Kirby vs Dillan
Match #8: Rhubarb vs Eren
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Match #9: Sakes II (fur_of_kitten) vs Fractal
Match #10: Crabrangoon_24 vs DaAsiann
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Match #11: Winterra vs Doge
Match #12: Tugi vs Tsuki
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Match #13: Wallbant vs HydrantDude
Match #14: brodindamp vs DanV
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Match #15: Nowi vs Pkric
Match #16: Firedox vs Evesy
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Round 1 – Top 32
Match #1: Alex T vs Sodium
Match #2: Gwafey vs SV
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Match #3: DMJ vs Night
Match #4: pacoistaco vs Myles
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Match #5: iBall vs Coal
Match #6: Dog vs Zrobot
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Match #7: Rhubarb vs PixelAndy
Match #8: ID_Kirby vs Sidnev
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Match #9: Fractal vs Dengler
Match #10: Meme vs DaAsiann
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Match #11: Winterra vs TetrisTime
Match #12: CryticaLapis vs Tugi
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Match #13: Tristop vs Evesy
Match #14: Blue Scuti vs Pyric
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Match #15: HydrantDude vs Cobra
Match #16: DanV vs Huff
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Round 2 – Top 16
Tetris Anthem
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Match #1: iBall vs Dog
Match #2: Night vs Alex T
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Match #3: PixelAndy vs Sidnev
Match #4: SV vs Myles
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Match #5: Tristop vs Blue Scuti
Match #6: Meme vs Fractal
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Match #7: Cobra vs Huff
Match #8: TetrisTime vs Tugi
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Quarterfinals
Vince Clemente presents Lifetime Achievement Awards
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Player Intro
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Match #1: Myles vs Alex T
Match #2: Sidnev vs Dog
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Interview with Loser of Match #1
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Player Intro
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Match #3: Blue Scuti vs Huff
Match #4: Tugi vs Meme
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Interview with Loser of Match #3
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Interview with Loser of Match #4
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Interview with Loser of Match #2
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Semifinals
Interview with Winner of Bronze and Silver Bracket
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Player Intro
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Match #1
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Interview with Loser of Match #1
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Player Intro
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Match #2
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Interview with Loser of Match #2
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Finals
Player Intro
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Ava introduces Padless Controllers
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Finals Match
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Interview with Runner-up
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Interview with Winner
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Closing Remarks
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