How to organize events - European Unity League

European Unity League is an independent Magic: The Gathering tournament series with national championships across Europe.

Any organizer can report events to award League Points. Players collect those points to qualify for Nationals, and ultimately the European Cup.


In the following we explain all steps to organize events and report results.

Promote events

To each of your Magic events you'll assign an event type. The higher the type, the more points and qualifications for the National Championship are awarded.

Regular
0

Default type for your events

  • Players get 1x points
League
€1 € 0.50
per participant (€0.50 for events until 31.03.26, then €1)

Weekly league with finals

  • Players get 2x points
  • Finals winner qualifies for National
District
€2 1
per participant (€1 for events until 31.03.26, then €2)

Higher impact competitions

  • Players get 4x points
  • Announce 7 days in advance
Premier
Custom

Highlights of the season

  • Players get 6x points
  • Event winner qualifies for National

Prices excl. VAT. We will be registered for VAT soon. No VAT will be charged for businesses with a valid EU VAT ID.

Fees help operate the Unity League system and support the National Championship in your country.

You may also participate for free by running all events with type Regular.

Organizer League

Turn your weekly League events into a seasonal competition.

1. Weekly league events

Host a League event each week in the same format.

2. Local leaderboard

Run your own leaderboard where only your League events count.

3. Top 8 Playoff

After 15 - 52 events, host a finals for the top 8. Winner earns a National qualification.

Requirements

  1. To run a League, you announce at least 15 League events (one per week). Cancelled events are allowed and have no penalty.
  2. To award a National qualification, a League needs 150+ total participations, defined as the sum of participants across all League events.
  3. If the League ends below 150 total participations, the qualification can still be awarded for €1 per missing participation.
Example: Let's say 3 of 15 events get cancelled due to low attendance. So 12 League events take place, each with 10 participants. That's a total of 120 participations, so you can get the National qualification for 30€.

National Championship

A National Championship is hosted in each country. It serves as the seasonal highlight of the Unity League and as a strong incentive for players to participate regularly in local events.

Any organizer of the country can apply to host the National Championship. We will select an organizer based on experience, engagement in the league, cost-effectiveness, and having a central location. Applications will be accepted starting from May 2026.

Financing

League activity across the country contributes to the organization of the National Championship.

How to report events

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

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

1. 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 Premier 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

2.1 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.

2.2 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.

3. 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.

Frequently asked questions

Ultimately the organizer decides which type to assign. All events can also be Regular to participate for free.

We provide the following guidelines/recommendations:

Event Recommended type
Prerelease & casual play Regular (occasionally also District)
Friday Night Magic, weeklies & leagues League
Store Championship, monthlies & side events District
Regional Championship Qualifier, competitive & big prize events District (occasionally also Premier)
Main events & yearly highlights Premier

Organizers collect Unity League fees through their event entry fees. We send a combined invoice for all events every few months, which is paid by the organizer via bank transfer.

Result fraud

Please not that the following scenarios are not allowed:

  • Players paying (bribing) organizers directly to upgrade an event
  • Not reporting the full standings, to avoid paying the full fees (as some players might not care about points).
  • Creating fake events to farm points

We reserve the right to permanently ban players or organizers violating these rules.

Participating events can be run in any Magic format, including formats not officially supported by Wizards of the Coast.

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

To be eligible to award points, events must meet the following criteria:
  • The event must be publicly advertised and anyone must be able to participate (or qualify for the event).
  • The event must be played with physical Magic: The Gathering cards.
  • The event must be held in real life (no online events).
  • At least 4 players must participate and play at least one round.
  • We expect you to follow the recommended number of rounds according to the Magic Tournament Rules. If you wish to run an event with more rounds, please contact us.
  • We expect Premier events to be played at REL Competitive with at least 1 judge present. All other events can be played at any REL, meaning judges are not required and may also play in the tournament.

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 Regular events, only the player's best 40 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.