Sudoku World Cup
For the first three rounds, each team in each group will play against each other. The highest total score wins the match. The top two teams from each group make the knockout stage of the tournament.
Group A – Bulgaria, Denmark, Luxembourg, China
Group B – Italy, Philippines, Japan, Netherlands
Group C – Czechia, Belarus, Taiwan, USA
Group D – India, Croatia, Slovakia, Argentina
Group E – Canada, France, Vietnam, Estonia
Group F – Türkiye, Latvia, Malaysia, Austria
Group G – Thailand, UK, Poland, Greece
Group H – Germany, Russia, Hungary, South Korea
Round 1 – First named country vs second named country and third named country vs fourth named country
Round 2 – First named country vs third named country and second named country vs fourth named country
Round 3 – First named country vs fourth named country and second named country vs third named country
If a player authors a round, the highest scoring player not already in the team for that round will be substituted in. There are no substitutes for players who do not compete for other reasons.
SWC2026 Round 1
| Match | Country | Score | Result |
| A1 | Bulgaria | 0 | L |
| A1 | Denmark | 339 | W |
| A2 | Luxembourg | 416 | L |
| A2 | China | 1892.8 | W |
| B1 | Italy | 955 | L |
| B1 | Philippines | 1186 | W |
| B2 | Japan | 1734.3 | W |
| B2 | Netherlands | 908 | L |
| C1 | Czechia | 1635.5 | W |
| C1 | Belarus | 451 | L |
| C2 | Taiwan | 1121.9 | L |
| C2 | USA | 1391.3 | W |
| D1 | India | 1386.3 | W |
| D1 | Croatia | 892 | L |
| D2 | Slovakia | 563 | W |
| D2 | Argentina | 141 | L |
| E1 | Canada | 893 | W |
| E1 | France | 331 | L |
| E2 | Vietnam | 1383 | W |
| E2 | Estonia | 761 | L |
| F1 | Türkiye | 792 | L |
| F1 | Latvia | 1116 | W |
| F2 | Malaysia | 757 | L |
| F2 | Austria | 903 | W |
| G1 | Thailand | 542 | L |
| G1 | UK | 944 | W |
| G2 | Poland | 1219 | W |
| G2 | Greece | 706 | L |
| H1 | Germany | 1180.7 | W |
| H1 | Russia | 460 | L |
| H2 | Hungary | 517 | L |
| H2 | South Korea | 1239.3 | W |
Sudoku World Cup Players 2026
| Name | Country | Group | 2025 Average | 2026R1 |
| Deyan Razsadov | Bulgaria | A | 240 | |
| Rado Bo4ev | Bulgaria | A | 230 | |
| Tantan Dai | China | A | 1000 | 983.3 |
| Hu Yuxuan Hu | China | A | 930 | 909.5 |
| Charles Steinhardt | Denmark | A | 260 | |
| Henning Kalsgaard Poulsen | Denmark | A | 240 | 339 |
| Claudine Thiry | Luxembourg | A | 340 | 294 |
| Roxana Diana Ilisei | Luxembourg | A | 160 | 122 |
| Matteo Fedeli | Italy | B | 470 | 608 |
| Laura Tarchetti | Italy | B | 350 | 347 |
| Kota Morinishi | Japan | B | 860 | 863 |
| Ken Endo | Japan | B | 800 | 871.3 |
| Dennis Keetman | Netherlands | B | 490 | 526 |
| Lennart Muijres | Netherlands | B | 450 | 382 |
| Candice Solidarios | Philippines | B | 540 | 629 |
| CJ Tan | Philippines | B | 440 | 557 |
| Gennady Korotkevich | Belarus | C | 360 | 291 |
| Olga Shut | Belarus | C | 260 | 160 |
| Jakub Ondroušek | Czechia | C | 790 | 822.7 |
| Jan Vondruška | Czechia | C | 700 | 812.8 |
| Don Wu | Taiwan | C | 530 | 734.9 |
| Chen-Xiu Lin | Taiwan | C | 400 | 387 |
| Jordyn Hyde | USA | C | 570 | 665 |
| Lucy Epstein | USA | C | 560 | 726.3 |
| Manuel Poliszuk | Argentina | D | 410 | 106 |
| Jorge Robledo | Argentina | D | 60 | 35 |
| Tina Bratim | Croatia | D | 510 | 629 |
| Iva Rabar | Croatia | D | 270 | 263 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | India | D | 860 | 874.3 |
| Kishore Sridharan | India | D | 640 | 512 |
| Stefan Gaspar | Slovakia | D | 500 | 303 |
| Miroslav Salaga | Slovakia | D | 280 | 260 |
| David Jones | Canada | E | 550 | 596 |
| Kevin Sun | Canada | E | 490 | 297 |
| Hannes Sidorov | Estonia | E | 470 | 447 |
| Margit Scheler | Estonia | E | 290 | 314 |
| Nathalie Catinot | France | E | 470 | 331 |
| Anne Limoges | France | E | 460 | |
| Đức Chiến Nguyễn | Vietnam | E | 680 | 720 |
| Khả Lê Minh | Vietnam | E | 660 | 663 |
| Eva Schuckert | Austria | F | 580 | 564 |
| Hawel Manuela | Austria | F | 370 | 339 |
| Jelena Balanova | Latvia | F | 540 | 629 |
| Arvis Brizga | Latvia | F | 310 | 487 |
| Wan Pei Jun | Malaysia | F | 360 | 482 |
| KG Lim | Malaysia | F | 220 | 275 |
| Can Erturan | Türkiye | F | 650 | |
| Salih Alan | Türkiye | F | 570 | |
| Leonidas Giannouzakos | Greece | G | 320 | 392 |
| Pavlos Zacharopoulos | Greece | G | 310 | 314 |
| Dominik Bezkosty | Poland | G | 570 | 661 |
| Tomasz Stróżak | Poland | G | 560 | 558 |
| Tawan Sunathvanichkul | Thailand | G | 590 | |
| Sumate Juariyamark | Thailand | G | 580 | 542 |
| Mark Goodliffe | UK | G | 510 | 389 |
| Tom Collyer | UK | G | 460 | 555 |
| Martin Merker | Germany | H | 660 | 729.7 |
| Christian König | Germany | H | 530 | 451 |
| Gyimesi Zoltán | Hungary | H | 460 | 377 |
| György Herke | Hungary | H | 320 | 140 |
| Seungjae Kwak | South Korea | H | 740 | 812.3 |
| hyuk sun Kwon | South Korea | H | 510 | 427 |
| Vladlen Karpov | Russia | H | 280 | 208 |
| Alexander Kirlitsa | Russia | H | 240 | 252 |