How to organize events - European Unity League


Abstract

The European Unity League is an independent Magic: the Gathering tournament series culminating in the European Magic Cup with €20k prizes.

From the smallest FNM to the largest convention, every event can participate and award League Points.
Players collect these points to qualify for their National Championships, which award invites to the European Magic Cup.

Eligible events

Events must fulfill the following requirements to award League Points for the European Unity League:

Both WPN stores and independent organizers (clubs/associations) from all countries (also outside EU) may participate. Events can be held in all formats and structures.

Choose an event type

To each of your events, you will assign one of the following event types. The higher the multiplier, the more points are awarded.

Local

€ 0

Default type for all your regular events

Register
  • 1x multiplier
  • Limited results per player
Regional

€ 1

per participant. Minimum €25 if the event has a top cut.

Stand out in your region with a higher multiplier

Register
  • 3x multiplier
National

€ 0

Limited spots, apply early

Host your country's finals in Oct-Dec 2025

Apply
  • 4x multiplier
  • 4 European Magic Cup invites
  • Dual land for 1st place
    (e.g. Volcanic Island)
  • Playmats for top 16
  • Champion trophy
Qualifier

€ 300

only 20 kits available

Run an exclusive event with unique prizes.

Apply
  • 5x multiplier
  • 1 European Magic Cup invite
  • 4 Altered Flooded Strands
  • 1 ETB Playmat
  • 4 RFG Deckbox MAX
  • 4 RFG Deckbox
  • Champion trophy
Grand_Prix

€ 0

only large EU conventions

Become a premier Magic destination in Europe

Apply
  • 6x multiplier
  • 1 European Magic Cup invite
  • Additional EMC invites can be purchased
  • Merch/Trophy can be purchased

The fees you pay are used to finance the goodies of the National finals and the prizes of the European Magic Cup.
You can also participate for free by running all of your events with type Local.

How to award League Points

In the following we explain all the necessary steps to register your events.

First make sure to create an account, confirm your email and login.

Advertise your event

  1. In the Welcome menu in the top right, you click Create new event.
  2. Enter at least the Name, Date, Format, and Type of the event.
  3. On the bottom, select:
    • Create event for one-time events
    • Schedule event as series for weekly or monthly events
  4. To host Qualifier, National and Grand Prix events, please contact us.

Now your events will be listed in our Event calendar. To see all of your events, go to My events in the Welcome menu.

Event calendar

Grand Prix
· COUPE DE FRANCE DUEL COMMANDER EN EQUIPE - CDFE
Grand Prix
· 4Seasons
All events

Upload results

After your event has finished, you have 30 days to upload the results.

  1. In the Welcome menu, go to Upload results.
  2. Select the tournament app* and the event you want to upload results for.
  3. Follow the instructions to export the results from the app and upload them on our site.
  4. For most apps the top cut/playoffs is reported automatically. To do it manually click Edit playoff results.
    5. *Alternatively you can upload the results as an Excel/CSV file or select Manual to enter them by hand.

It may take up to 24h for the points to show up on the leaderboard. If you encounter issues, please contact us.

Correct results

Players might contact you if their points are wrong or their name is misspelled. To fix it:

  1. Go to My events and find the affected event.
  2. Scroll down to the result of the player and click on Edit.
  3. Enter the correct name or change the number of matches won, lost and drawn.

If the player has many wrong results, please contact us.

Inform Players

When uploading results to Unity League, you are sharing player names with us, which are considered personal data. You must ensure you comply with local data protection laws, when sharing this data with us.

Please show a short privacy notice on your event page or during registration to inform players that their name and result will be published on our website.

For more information, see our terms of use and privacy policy.

Suggested Privacy Notice

Add this to your event page or signup form:

By joining this event, your name and results will be submitted to Unity League (unityleague.gg) to earn points, climb the rankings, and qualify for major tournaments. Learn more or opt out at unityleague.gg/privacy.

Host an EUL Qualifier

Bring the excitement to your local community by hosting a direct qualifier to the European Magic Cup.

You'll receive an exclusive prize kit, including:

Flat fee: €300
No special requirements — just run a normal competitive Magic event!

Only 20 kits are available, so make sure to apply early:
Apply here

EUL Qualifier kit content

Host an EUL Nationals

Between October and December 2025, organizers in each country will host a national finals, where only the best players of the country may participate.

Each national championship will be a normal, local competitive event sponsored by the EUL. We will ship various goodies including a dual land (e.g. Volcanic Island), playmats, and a trophy free of charge.

Hosting Nationals will typically be offered to our most supporting organizers, which host many events and actively promote the league in their region.
We also factor in travel distances for players and prefer regions with many participating organizers.

Frequently asked questions

All events can participate and we actively encourge small, independent clubs and associations to join us. From the smallest 6-player draft at a local restaurant to the largest main event at a convention, everything is allowed.

However events need to be public, played with Magic: the Gathering cards, and held in real life (no online events).

We will send an invoice via email every few months. In case you have unpaid invoices, we will also show a reminder when you log in.

Any country (not just EU members) are eligible to host a Nationals and award invites to the EMC, provided there's strong interest in the community.

There's no fixed number of organizers required in a country to host a Nationals; one can be enough if the community is very engaged. We aim for a sustainable league system, where the fees organizers pay for EUL Regional events are used to finance the Nationals. For this reason we only sponsor an EUL Nationals in countries where we see a good chance of success.

Participating events can be run in any Magic format, including formats not officially supported by WotC. However we recommend running National, Qualifier and Grand Prix events in some of the most popular formats in your country.

If your format is not listed on our website, please let us know and we will add it.

We are using a combination of different methods to prevent cheating:

  • Players are required to use their real name. This allows fellow participants to verify the correct players attend.
  • For Local events, only the player's best 40 results and 5 playoff results count.
  • We have a fraud detection system that checks events and results for suspicious patterns.

We reserve the right to lifetime ban any player or organization on our platform that we suspect of cheating.

In Switzerland the Unity League is already an established series with a huge community supporting the project. Key figures Jari Rentsch, Antoine Albertelli, and Dae-Jin Rhee are taking the next step in running a EU-wide series and founding a company.

  • Organizers pay fees for some events they organize.
  • Entry fees for the National Championships and the European Magic Cup.
  • We will run a crowd funding campaign.
  • In the first year the founders ( Jari Rentsch, Antoine Albertelli, and Dae-Jin Rhee ) will sponsor the project.
  • Hopefully we will find some sponsors evnentually. ;)