Road to the World Cup is coming to Battle City Games!
Join us for a full weekend of Blood Bowl as coaches battle across six games in a two-day tournament designed to provide a fantastic competitive experience and the perfect opportunity to test, refine and develop your World Cup roster ahead of the big stage.
📅 Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st January 2027
📍 Battle City Games, Portsmouth
🎟️ Entry: £35 per player — including food
👥 46 Player Spaces Available
🍔 Lunch included on BOTH days
🏈 6 Games — 3 Games Per Day
⏱️ 2 Hours 15 Minutes Per Game
🏈 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The tournament will consist of six games of Blood Bowl played across two days, with three games taking place on Saturday and three on Sunday.
With 46 player spaces available, we're looking forward to bringing together a fantastic field of coaches for a full weekend of competitive Blood Bowl.
🌍 Preparing for the World Cup?
Road to the World Cup is a great opportunity to put your potential World Cup rosters through their paces in a competitive tournament environment.
Rules Pack
Experiment with different builds, test your skill selections, see how your roster performs across six games and get valuable experience against a variety of races and coaching styles.
Whether you've already settled on your World Cup race or you're still deciding what to take, this is the perfect opportunity to get games in, identify weaknesses and refine your roster before the big event.
All participating teams, pairings, match results, scores and tournament standings will be tracked and recorded through TourPlay throughout the weekend.
Full information regarding team building, roster submission, tournament rules, scoring, tiebreakers and additional tournament-specific rules will be provided in the official Road to the World Cup Rules Pack.
⏰ SATURDAY — DAY ONE
09:30 — Registration & Coach Check-In
10:00 – 12:15 — Game One
12:15 – 13:00 — Lunch
13:00 – 15:15 — Game Two
15:15 – 15:30 — Break / Round Reset
15:30 – 17:45 — Game Three
🍻 SATURDAY EVENING
Once Game Three concludes, coaches are invited to stick around at Battle City Games for our evening festivities, including:
🎤 Blood Bowl Quiz
🎟️ Raffle
🏆 Competitions & Prizes
🍻 Battle City Tavern
🎲 Games, socialising and plenty of Blood Bowl nonsense!
⏰ SUNDAY — DAY TWO
10:00 – 12:15 — Game Four
12:15 – 13:00 — Lunch
13:00 – 15:15 — Game Five
15:15 – 15:30 — Break / Round Reset
15:30 – 17:45 — Game Six
18:00 — Awards & Prize Presentation 🏆
Following Game Six, the final results will be entered and confirmed through TourPlay before we bring everyone together for the Road to the World Cup Awards Ceremony.
We'll crown our tournament champion and present the weekend's awards and prizes.
🎟️ WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Your £35 tournament ticket includes:
🏈 Entry into all six tournament games
🍔 Lunch on Saturday
🍔 Lunch on Sunday
🎤 Saturday evening quiz
🎟️ Weekend festivities
🏆 Tournament prizes & awards
📊 Full tournament tracking through TourPlay
🌍 THE ROAD STARTS HERE
Whether you're preparing for the World Cup, testing a potential roster, sharpening your competitive game or simply want an entire weekend of Blood Bowl with a fantastic community, Road to the World Cup is for you.
Bring your roster. Test your skills. Find the weaknesses. Make the changes.
Then take what you've learned onto the biggest stage in Blood Bowl.
46 Coaches. 6 Games. 2 Days. £35 including food. 1 Champion.
The Road to the World Cup starts at Battle City Games.
