How to qualify for One Piece Worlds
Regionals (and Store Championships in NA/EU) → area Finals → World Championship Finals in Japan in March 2027.
The path
A simple ladder — start at step 1 and climb.
- Store Championships — NA & EU only — early rung of Season 1 / Season 2.
- Regionals — Season 1 (Mar–Jul 2026) and Season 2 (Aug–Dec 2026).
- Area Finals — End of each season. NA/EU need a Regional invite; LATAM/Oceania Finals are open.
- World Finals — Japan, March 20–21, 2027.
In plain English
Bandai’s Championship 26–27 has three levels. Level 1 is Regionals across two seasons (plus Store Championships in North America and Europe). Level 2 is area Finals at the end of each season. Level 3 is the World Championship Finals in Japan on March 20–21, 2027. Finals invite volumes published for Season 2 include North America Top 8, Europe Top 6, Latin America Top 2 and Oceania Top 2 (with travel support tiers by place).
What to do
- Play Regionals
Season 1 Regionals ran roughly March–July 2026; Season 2 Regionals August–December 2026. In North America and Europe, strong Regional finishes earn Finals invites for that same season only.
- Make Finals
Season 1 Finals (NA / EU / LATAM) were Aug–Sep 2026; Season 2 Finals are in January 2027 (Orlando, London, Melbourne, Puebla and others). Oceania and Latin America Finals do not require a Regional invite. Last Chance Qualifiers run at some Finals weekends.
- Represent your region at Worlds
You may play events outside your home region, but you must reside in a region to represent it at Worlds. If a non-resident wins a Finals event, the Worlds invitation passes to the next highest-ranking resident.
- World Finals
Regional representatives meet in Japan, March 20–21, 2027. Passport and visa planning is on you once you qualify.
Unconfirmed / watch this
- Full World Finals format, prize pool and exact global invite list beyond the published Finals top cuts are still marked “details coming soon” on Bandai’s English pages.
- Asia uses a parallel STAGE structure (Store Preliminaries → Regional Finals → Asia Final → World Final); amounts and cuts differ by region.