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Team Belgium Qualifiers WTCOC 2023

You can now register for the pre-qualification tournament (until 23/01 at 20h). 
More info about the entire qualification process can be found here.
Belgian Carcassonne ONLINE Championship 2023 

FINAL: Friday 22/01 at 21u
Where: Online @ Boardgamearena

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

When: Saturday March 4th 2023 (start 9u45)
Where: Sint-Katelijne-Waver.
Host: Belgian Boardgame Federation

The tournament will start with a couple of rounds with 4-player tables using the swiss system. The best 16 will qualify for the knock-out rounds which will determine who wins the Belgian Title and the right to participate in the World Championship in Essen later that year. If you register, please fill in “Carcassonne Belgium” under Club, to create more awareness of our online community.

(You can also participate in the Belgian Championship Catan which will take place a day later at the same venue.) 

I hope to see you all there!
4th Catan Clan Tournament

When: Sunday March 12th 2023 (start 10u)
Where: Sint-Katelijne-Waver.
Host: Karl (BGA* 71Knives) & Els

This is a tournament for teams of 4 people. You will play both the basic version and the 'Cities and Knights'-expansion twice against other 'clans'. The scores of all team members are added up to form a final clan-score. The clan with the highest overall score wins this very enjoyable tournament. And everybody goes home with a prize, isn't that great!

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National Carcassonne Team International Matches

Hungary vs Belgium 2-4
Stakes: Friendly
When: November 17th 2022 (start 21u)
Where: Boardgamearena
Info: 6 vs 6 / ELO vs ELO
szigfrid vs N2xU 0-2
mosopal vs JinaJina  0-2
cszs vs obiwonder 0-2
kissemo vs Nicedicer 2-0
HarveyWH vs CraftyRaf 1-2
robill vs 71Knives 2-0
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.
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The all decisive curve against Arpad
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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.
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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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