Carcassonne Belgium

Events

WTCOC 2026

Belgium was placed in Group G and had to face vice-champion Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Vietnam to reach the play-offs. After only suffering a defeat against Brazil, Belgium ended up third in the group stage. The Czech Republic proved to be a tough opponent In the round of 24, but was finally beaten with a 3-2 score, thanks to the tie-breaker in an all deciding game. In the round of 16, Belgium encountered Italy, the winner of group E. It was the first match of Belgium in the WTCOC 2026 that didn't end with a 3-2 score: 4-1. Next up, in the quarter finals is a very familiar opponent: Hong Kong. It will already be their 7th encounter! For which team will it be "lucky 7" The WTCOC is organized by carcassonne.cat and played on Board Game Arena.

Round of 16

Round of 24

Group Stage: schedule Group G

CraftyRaf becomes the 5th BCOC champion!

After taking the Belgian Live Championship in 2025, CrafyRaf Mesotten also takes the BCOC 2026 title. 3rd time the charm they say, and that is exactly what happened. After losing the BCOC finals of 2024 and 2025, CraftyRaf beat mobidic (Maud Quaniers) by 2-0. In a battle between close friends valmir79 (Thomas Declerck) took the bronze by winning 2-1 against Learn to fly (Michiel Meire). Full results here.
Stream.

CraftyRaf becomes the 5th BCOC champion!

Raf Mesotten (CraftyRaf) takes bronze at the World Championship Carcassonne 2025!

This year a record number of 52 players took their chance at the world title in the 19th Carcassonne World Championship in Spielezentrum Herne.

Our very own Raf Mesotten made his remarkable debut at the WC. Keeping his nerves well under control, he played an excellent preliminary round, losing only his game against the later winner of the tournament Chinese player Xiangyu Qin (qazxswedc) by just 1 point.

In the quarter finals he faced Kyrylo Manakhov (adrear) from Ukraine succesfully to secure a spot in the semi-final against Uruguyan player Horacio Mastandrea (The Alchimist). Unable to overcome an early shortage of city caps, the dream of playing the final came to an unfortunate end. In a battle for 3rd place against the Latvian Carcassonne-live-stream-phenomenon and former WC runner-up Aleksejs Pegusevs (Alexey_LV), Raf however was able to recover and conclude his tournament day in a very satisfying way. Full final score

ETCOC 2025: BELGIUM REACHES 4TH PLACE!

Belgium was awarded a place in the smallest group; group D with only 4 teams. After a painfull loss against Greece (1-4), Belgium made a remarkable recovery beating Spain with 5-0. In a deciding match against UK, Belgium won convincingly with 4-1, hereby claming the group win and earning a quarter final spot for the day after. Belgium became the surprise of the tournament, beating Czech Republic to reach the semi-final of a major tournament for the very first time. Despite great efforts later winner RCP proved to be a little too much to chew (2-3). In a battle for the 3rd place, Belgium fell just one game short for the podium. The ETCOC is organized by carcassonne.cat and played on Board Game Arena.

Duels played by Belgium:

Belgium vs Greece 1-4
Belgium vs Spain 5-0
Belgium vs UK 4-1
QF Belgium vs Czech Republic 3-2
SF Belgium vs RCP 2-3
3rd/4th Belgium vs Ukraine 2-3

Full scores

Belgian Championship Carcassonne 2025 (...the not online one)

On Saturday May 10 in Sint-Katelijne-Waver a new Belgian Champion was crowned. Raf Mesotten (CraftyRaf) proved to be the best of the field that day, by beating recordholder Johan Nuyts (obiwonder) in the final. It was the first edition with only 1 vs 1 matches.

You can rewatch the final of the championship here.

Full results here.

WTCOC 2025

Belgium was placed in Group G and had to face Taiwan, Latvia, Tutejšyja and Croatia in their quest for the title of Team World Champion. Unfortunately Belgium was only able to win the match against Tutejšyja. The WTCOC is organized by carcassonne.cat and played on Board Game Arena.

Group Stage: schedule Group G

Friendly duels played by Belgium before the WTCOC 2025:

Belgium vs Australia 4-4
Belgium vs U.K. 4-3
Belgium vs Ukraine 6-5
Belgium vs Finland 3-2
Belgium vs Hong Kong 3-2
Belgium vs Netherlands 4-1
Belgium vs Italy 4-4
Belgium vs Croatia 7-3

Full scores

FabianM_be crowns himself the BCOC 2025 champion!

CraftyRaf became second for the second time in a row. Nicedicer also held on to his 3rd place from last year.

You can watch the final here.

All results can be found here.

WTCOC 2024

Belgium took another shot at a World Team Championship. Belgium faced Peru, China, France, Vietnam and Germany in the group stage but was unfortunately not able to qualify for the knock-out stage. The WTCOC is organized by carcassonne.cat and played on Board Game Arena.

Group Stage: schedule Group D

Friendly duels played by Belgium before the WTCOC 2024:

Belgium vs Latvia 2-4
Belgium vs China 2-5
Belgium vs Hong Kong 3-2
Belgium vs Ukraine 2-6
Belgium vs Spain 3-3
Belgium vs Croatia 5-1

Full scores
Stream

Belgian Championship Carcassonne 2024 (...the not online one)

On Saturday March 16 in Sint-Katelijne-Waver a new Belgian Champion was crowned. In a nailbiting final, Nico Wellemans (N2xU) was able to defeat Niels Ongena by claiming a decisive large field in the endgame.

Some links regarding to the championship:

Rewatch some games from the championship here.
Quarter final: N2xU vs FabianM_be (Fabian Mouton) 3:31:00
Semi-final: N2xU vs JinaJina (Nicolas Victor) 4:10:00
Final: N2xU vs Tarakadzin (Niels Ongena) 4:54:00
Many thanks to Nallerheim (Otto Ikonen)!

Full results here.

Meeple podcast interview with the new champion.

BCOC 2024

71Knives (Karl Verheyden) became the Belgian Carcassonne Online Champion 2024 after a 2-0 win in the final agains CraftyRaf ( Raf Mesotten). With his win he takes the double, after already winning the Belgian Carcassonne Championship 2023!

See how 71Knives won the final.

ETCOC 2023

Belgium was awarded a place in the group of death at the ETCOC. This is proven by the fact that we had to take on the two later finalists Poland and RCP. Although we ended up last in our group, we could proudly leave the scene after a win against the defending champion RCP. RCP was unable to retain the title though, they were on the loosing end of a very close final against Poland. Congratulations Poland! The ETCOC is organized by carcassonne.cat and played on Board Game Arena.

Group Stage: Final Results Group C

Duels played by Belgium:

Belgium vs Poland 1-4
Belgium vs Portugal 1-4
Belgium vs RCP 3-2
Full scores

WTCOC 2023

Belgium's run for the WTCOC title stranded in the group stage this year. In the 'World Team Carcassonne Online Championship' national teams battle each other, in a 5 vs 5 and best of 3 concept, for the title of Best Team of the World. It is organized by carcassonne.cat and played on Board Game Arena. Best result for Belgium remains the 6th place in the 2022 edition.

Group Stage: Final Results Group D

Duels Played by Belgium:

Belgium vs Peru 5-0
Belgium vs USA 3-2
Belgium vs Portugal 2-3
Belgium vs France 1-4
Belgium vs Greece 2-3
Belgium vs Argentina 3-2
Belgium vs Chile 2-3
Full scores
Stream

National Carcassonne Team International Matches

Stakes: Friendly
Where: Boardgamearena
Streams: By CraftyRaf on Twitch
Details

Belgium vs Latvia 2-3

Stakes: Friendly
When: April 5th 2023
Where: Boardgamearena
Line-up:
mobidic vs Biku-Beku      2-1
AnTHology vs Alexey_LV 1-2
N2xU vs AppleG                 2-0
Defdamesdompi vs Ki_r 0-2
JinaJina vs Margots          0-2

Belgium vs Germany 3-2

Belgium vs Ukraine 0-6

Belgium vs Poland 2-5

Belgium vs Hong Kong 3-2

Belgium vs Spain 2-4

News

Belgian Championship Carcassonne 2023 (...the not online one)

Belgium has a new Live Carcassonne Champion ...and his name is Karl.

Saturday march 4th, early morning, the temperature started to rise in a school hall in Sint-Katelijne-Waver. A crowd of 84 people gathered. Not for detention this time, but for the annual Belgian Championship Carcassonne. Among these people, plenty of regular and some new faces of our online Carcassonne community showed up. We instantly know that the rising level of the last years will even be higher this year. Will defending Champion Nicolas Victor (BGA JinaJina) prolong his title? Will last years losing finalist Raf Mesotten (BGA CraftyRaf) get his revenge? Will fresh 2023 online Champion Nico Wellemans (BGA N2xU) take the double? Who will surprise and who will be left behind in the minefield that those qualifying rounds are? How many points will be needed to reach that top 16?

Concept of the tournament? 3 rounds of 4-player games will decide who's going through to the knock-out stage (Top16). There, in a 1 vs 1 game with a time limit of 15 minutes each, will be decided who will crown him- or herself the new Belgian Champion 2023.

The organizer is announcing the names of the first draw when a big 'oooooooh!' echoes through the hall. Sensation! Fate has decided that the tournament will start where it ended last year. '22 finalists Raf and Nicolas are instantly meeting each other again in the first round. Nicolas turned this high level nail biting warm-up game to his hand. Raf ended close in 2nd place. The trend was set for a tense but very enjoyable day.

After 3 rounds and at the start of the knock-out stage, 2 players are still unbeaten; 2016 Belgian Champion Wannes Vansina (BGA Carcharoth 9) and Karel Demeersseman. They will be joined by regular faces Karl Verheyden (BGA 71Knives), Nicolas Victor (BGA JinaJina), Raf Mesotten (BGA CraftyRaf), Joren DeRidder (BGA jorenderidder), Patrick De Wilde (BGA Esquire Pat) and Renaud Godfraind. But also the unfamiliar faces are not to be underestimated, such as Fabian Mouton (BGA FabianM_be), who has already proven himself to be a very solid player on the online platform of Boardgamearena.

Karl in his last 16-game against Tim Van Den Bossche

While the last 16-round doesn't bring any surprises, the quarterfinals have some yummies for the audience. Nicolas beats Raf for the second time today after a brain breaking game and Wannes brings his clash against two time Belgian Champion Joren to a good end. Karl and Renaud also take their quarterfinal win and meet each other in the semifinal, where Karl claims his place in the final after a close win. In the other semifinal between Wannes and Nicolas, the all deciding monastery in the last tiles falls in the hands of Wannes.

The final! Will Karl finally take his first title, or will Wannes take his second? That's the question! In a tight game, Karl's adventurous style of playing takes the overhand when some risky choices pay off. The game ends with a score of 101-96 in his advantage. Congrats to our 2023 Belgian Champion Carcassonne Karl Verheyden!

Fltr: Wannes (2nd), Karl (Champion), Nicolas (3th), Renaud (4th)

2023 Belgian Champion Carcassonne Karl Verheyden (BGA 71Knives)

Belgian Carcassonne ONLINE Championship 2023

N2xU (Nico Wellemans) became the new Belgian Carcassonne Online Champion 2023 by winning against title defender JInaJina (Nicolas Victor) with 2-1 in a very close final.

You can rewatch the final here: Alexey's Carcassonne Channel - YouTube

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Belgian player Nicolas Victor (BGA* JinaJina) ends 13th (...or 12th)
in the World Championship Carcassonne 2022 (the live one).

The international fair Spiel in Essen, Germany, was once again the scene for the 16th Carcassonne World Championship.
34 National Champions met in 5 preliminary rounds and the 8 top ranked players faced each other in the knock-out stages.

In the first round Nicolas encountered the seasoned, and later finalist, Taiwanese player Min-Wei Chen (BGA* HotlyHotly) not an easy opponent to begin with. Min-Wei's experience took the overhand: 64-73

With his back against the wall (because you can't qualify with 2 losing games), Nicolas mastered his favorite style of playing against Bulgarian player Borislav Aymaliev (BGA* aymaliev). Meeple control and a massive ruin of 28 points led to his first win: 75-44

In the third round awaited Romanian Champion Arpad Gere (BGA* g3rappa).
In a tight game, Arpad had to bet on getting the last simple curve to be able to win the game and not face elimination. Sadly for Nicolas, the bold 50/50-move paid of on the last tile. Nicolas was eliminated for the k.o.-stages that way and Arpad would go on and even become the new World Champion Carcassonne 2022.

The all decisive curve against Arpad

The 28 point ruin vs Aymaliev

The last 2 games had no qualifying purpose anymore, except the personal goal of doing as well as possible. Finnish opponent Rasmus Raurala (BGA* R4muzero) for sure had the same idea and a very interesting game ended in a 77-61 win for our Belgian Champ. The last game against Hungarian top-player Jozsef Tihon (BGA* Szigfrid) ended in a super tight 75-74 in favor of Nicolas.

Overall, Nicolas had a good tournament with 3 wins over 2 and actually only lost from the two later finalists, Min-Wei Chen (Taiwan) and new World Champion Arpad Gere (Romania).
His final 13th place was later corrected to a 12th place due to a minor calculation error on the day it self.

Full final score

Do you also want a shot at the Carcassonne World Champion title, then be sure to enter the Belgian Championship first.

Belgium reaches 6th place on the
World Championship Carcassonne for teams 2022 (online)

The online platform Boardgamearena was once more the venue for the World Team Carcassonne Online Championship (WTCOC). The Belgian team came with ambition to do better than in the 2021 edition, where they got kicked out in the group stages. Belgium, under the lead of team captain N2xU, suprised by taking the first place in a tough group with American Champion Mexico, Catalunya, Hong Kong, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

In the quarter finals, our Red Meeples met those of China. After the first 4 games it couldn't be closer, 2-2, so the 3rd and decisive battle between high ranked Chinese player mitaocat and Belgian captain N2xU would decide who would go through to the semi final. Sadly, the nailbiter ended in favor of China.

In the end, China was going to contest the final against two times World Champion Japan. There, Japan showed why they are one of the best teams in the world and took their third consecutive title home.

Played for Belgium:
*BGA-ID (M/W/L/LegBalance)
JinaJina, obiwonder, 71Knives, N2xU, CraftyRaf, Nicedicer, mobidic, rally8, vanbaekel-

Nicolas Victor (BGA* JinaJina) Belgian Champion Carcassonne 2022 (the live one).

Sint-Katelijne-Waver was the venue for the by the Belgian Boardgame Federation organized Belgian Championship Carcassonne 2022.

In 3 preliminary rounds of 3/4-player games, Nicolas was the only player to remain undefeated. A trend which he continued through a 16-player, 1 vs 1, knock-out stage. In a tense final against chessmaster Raf Mesotten, experience in playing with public took the overhand and made it possible for him to be crowned Belgian Champion 2022! This means he is a double 2022 Belgian Champion after already winning the Belgian Carcassonne Online Championship (BCOC) earlier this year.

Funfact:

The top 5 were all (former) players of Team Belgium.

1.) Nicolas Victor (JinaJina)
2.) Raf Mesotten (CraftyRaf)
3.) Dominic Rébérez (Defdamesdompi)
4.) Joren De Ridder (jorenderidder)
5.) Bert Jacobs (rally8)

Read an interview with our new Belgian Champion on the website of 999-games.

Take a shot at the title of Belgian Champion Carcassonne yourself!

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