How to organize events - European Unity League
Abstract
The European Unity League is a 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
All real life events played with Magic: the Gathering cards in any formats and structures may participate in the European Unity League and award League Points.
- Both official WPN stores and independent organizers can participate.
- Online events are not allowed (no MTG Arena or Magic Online, etc.)
Choose an event type
To each of your events, you will assign one of the following event types. The multiplier defines the number of points awarded.
- 1x multiplier
- Limited results per player
Regional
€ 1
per participant, events with top cut minimum €25
Competitive 1k, RCQs, Store Champs, etc.*
Register- 3x multiplier
- 4x multiplier
- 4 European Magic Cup invites
- Dual land for 1st place
(e.g. Volcanic Island) - Playmats for top 16
- Winner trophy
- 5x multiplier
- 1 European Magic Cup invite
- Fetch lands for top 8
- Playmats for top 8
- Winner trophy
- 6x multiplier
- 1 European Magic Cup invite
- Additional EMC invites can be purchased
- Merch/Trophy can be purchased
*We recommend to assign the given type to these events. You may also choose to assign a different type.
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 register events for the league
In the following we explain all the necessary steps to award points at your events.
First make sure to create an account, confirm your email and login.
Create an event
- In the Welcome menu in the top right, you click Create new event.
- Enter at least the Name, Date, Format, and Type of the event.
- On the bottom, click Create event or Schedule event as series if the event takes place regularly.
- 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.
Upload results
After your event has finished, you have 30 days to upload the results.
- In the Welcome menu, go to Upload results.
- Select the tournament app* you used for the event.
- Select the event you want to upload results for.
- Login to your tournament app and download the standings from the last round of the event.
- Go to our import form and Submit. (for some apps you can also share a link to the standings)
- For most apps the top cut/playoffs is reported automatically. To do it manually click Edit playoff results.
- After importing the results, you can scroll down to verify that all results are imported correctly. *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 in the leaderboard. If you have any issues, please contact us.
Hosting a EUL National Championship
Between October and December 2025, 1-3 organizers in each country will host the national finals. Only the top 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 groups 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. There will also be a message shown when you login to the website.
Generally all countries (not only EU Member States) are eligible to host a National Championship and award invites to the European Magic Cup. However there must be a significant number of participating events in the country.
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.
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 at Regional and Qualifier events.
- 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. ;)