SC2 AI Tournament 2026

SC2AI Ladder 2026 Tournament will happen from From the 10th Jan up until the final on 15th March

Tourney will run each Saturday at 8pm UTC starting 10th Jan on:
https://www.twitch.tv/starcraft2ai
and
https://www.youtube.com/laughngamez/live


Format:
Bots will be seeded into a 5 round Swiss tournament bracket according to ladder rank.
The first round of the swiss bracket will be seeded first by ladder rank
For the first and second round, each bot will play a best of 1 game against another bot based on swiss tournament rules.
Rounds 3 - 5 of the swiss bracket will be best of 3 series.
Any bot which manages 3 wins will advance to the bracket stage. Any bot that loses 3 times will be eliminated.
All replays will be available immediately after the final stream of each round.
The top 8 bots from the swiss stage will play off in single elimination bracket.

Elimination bracket will be seeded with the two best performing bots from the swiss stage seeded into opposite halves of the draw, and drawing teams at random from those with a 3-2 record in the swiss stage.
Remaining teams will be drawn at random into the bracket.
Elimination bracket will be Bo5 games.

In case of any disputes tournament organizers decision will be final.

Prize pool:
1st: $125
2nd: $75
3rd: $50

Website: https://aiarena.net/wiki/sc2ai-arena-2026-tournament/