osu!catch World Cup 2016 - Registrations open!

We'd like to welcome all of you to this year's official osu!catch World Cup. As usual, the rules have been adjusted from the previous CWC, so please read them carefully before registering for this tournament.

For more details, refer to the osu!catch World Cup 2016 wiki article.
You can discuss this event in the official forum thread.

Tournament Schedule

• Registration Phase: 12-30 Apr 2016
• Live Drawings: 15 May 2016 14:00 UTC
• Group Stage: 21-22 May 2016
• Round of 16: 28-29 May 2016
• Quarterfinals: 4-5 Jun 2016
• Semifinals: 11-12 Jun 2016
• Finals - Week 1: 18-19 Jun 2016
• Finals - Week 2: 25-26 Jun 2016

What has been changed?

• Sign-ups are handled via this registration page.
• We raised the winning conditions for the Finals - Week 2 to Best-of-13 (used to be Best-of-11)
• We added more clear regulations regarding disconnects and inappropriate behavior during the matches.
• We added a cash prize pool for this competition! Additionally, everyone is able to support funding this prize pool by purchasing support banners for their user profile when available.

Prizes

We are aiming to have a $3,800 cash prize pool for this world cup. You can support raising this amount of money. We will publish a method for that, as soon as we have it available!

• 1st: 50% of the raised prize pool, profile badge, "osu!catch Champion" user title
• 2nd: 38% of the raised prize pool, profile badge
• 3rd: 12% of the raised prize pool, profile badge

How do I register?

• Click here to sign-up!
• Do not create teams in advance! Teams will be formed after registration phase concluded by country's team captains.
• Hand in your registration before 30. April 2016.

Note that you can only participate if you are of a osu!catch global ranking of #5000 or higher and did not violate the osu! community rules in the past 12 months.

If your registration was successful, you will be put on the candidate list of your country. Whenever a captain for your country has been assigned, the list will be sent to them. This may take a while, so please be patient.

Remember that any registrations past the deadline will not be considered under any circumstances - so get your registrations done early to avoid any last-minute issues.

—Loctav