eFootball™ Championship 2026

Competition Structure

Round 1

Mode

Dream Team

Event type

Tour Event

Competition Schedule

18/12/2025 02:00 – 25/12/2025 01:59 (UTC)

Conditions to Qualify for Round 2

Earn at least 1,000 Event Points in the related Tour Event.

*By registering Arsenal FC players in your Game Plan, you can earn more Points depending on the number of applicable players registered.

Event Point Rewards

1,000 Points

1,000 eFootball™ Points

How to participate

[Home] > [Match] > [Tournament] > [Championship Club Event] > [Round 1]

Select the above to participate.

Notes

The online qualifiers (Rounds 1–3 and Club Regional Qualifiers) will be held in four separate geographical areas.
The region in which you participate is determined by the Country/Region you selected at the start of the game. This selection cannot be changed.

Click here to see which region your Country/Region of residence belongs to.

Round 2

Mode

Dream Team

Event type

Challenge Event

Competition Schedule

18/12/2025 02:00 – 25/12/2025 01:59 (UTC)

Conditions to Qualify for Round 3

Clear Challenge 2 in the applicable Challenge Event

Rewards

Challenge 1	Exp. 10,000 Training Program x1
Challenge 2	50 eFootball™ Coins

How to participate

Earn at least 1,000 Event Points in Round 1
[Home] > [Match] > [Tournament] > [Championship Club Event] > [Round 2]

Select the above to participate.

Round 3

Mode

Dream Team

Event type

Ranking Event

Competition Schedule

25/12/2025 – 28/12/2025

Qualifying Conditions for the Club Regional Qualifiers

Console Category: top 16 users in the applicable Ranking Event
Mobile Category: top 16 users in the applicable Ranking Event

Rewards

Ranking Reward	1,000 eFootball™ Points
Participation Reward	Exp. 10,000 Training Program x1

How to participate

Clear Challenge 2 in Round 2
[Home] > [Match] > [Tournament] > [Championship Club Event] > [Round 3]

Select the above to participate.

Notes

In Round 3, participants can only use "Arsenal FC" as their team of choice.
Please note that participants with user-generated content (UGC) restrictions will be excluded from the rankings and may not advance to the Club Regional Qualifiers.
Please submit your passport information to KONAMI or the competition administrators when participating in the Club Regional Qualifiers. Please also note that your passport must be valid for at least six months at the time of the Club Finals.
If you fail to provide your passport information to KONAMI or to the competition administrators, you will be deemed disqualified.

Click here to see the Ranking

Club Regional Qualifiers

Mode

Dream Team

Event type

Friend Match

Console Category: A total of 16 participants from each console platform in the Round 3, will be divided and placed in a group of 4 to compete. The top-ranked user from each of the 4 groups will then compete in a tournament format

Mobile Category: The top 16-ranked users in the Round 3 will be divided and placed in a group of 4 to compete. The top-ranked user from each of the 4 groups will then compete in a tournament format

Competition Schedule

17/01/2026

Conditions to Qualify for the Club Finals

1st Place in the Club Regional Qualifiers

How to participate

Users eligible to participate in the Club Regional Qualifiers will be contacted separately.
In addition, participants are required to have a KONAMI ID and to use the chat application "Discord" in order to communicate with KONAMI and the outsourced operators of the competition.

Notes

Only Arsenal FC players can be registered in Game Plan.
Only Standard, Highlight, Trending and Big Time Player Cards can be registered in Game Plan.
Only Arsenal FC manager can be assigned in the matches.
For more information, please refer to the guidelines distributed by the competition administrators.
Regulations are subject to change prior to the start of the competition.

Notes

・The eFootball™ Terms of Use will be in effect throughout the course of eFootball™ Championship 2026 Arsenal FC.
・Any violation of the Terms of Use will result in disqualification from the competition, regardless of the offending user's performance up to that point. Furthermore, offending users may have sanctions applied to their accounts in accordance with the Terms of Use.
・The region in which you participate is determined by the Country/Region you selected at the start of the game. This selection cannot be changed.
・Participants cannot change their participating platform during the course of the competition.
・Rewards earned in the eFootball™ Championship 2026 Arsenal FC are distributed in-game as Event Rewards when conditions are met.
・For more information on eFootball™ Points: https://www.konami.com/wepes/efootball_point/
・Players from Countries/Regions where we do not provide online services for the game are not eligible to participate.
・Upon advancing to the Club Regional Qualifiers, participants are required to have a KONAMI ID and to use the chat application Discord in order to communicate with KONAMI and the competition administrators.
・As the competition administrators, we reserve the right to refuse participation in the competition at our sole discretion.
・Participants in the Club Regional Qualifiers and Club Finals must grant permission for the use of their likeness and voice (including but not limited to the distribution of competition footage).
・Depending on their Country/Region, participants may not be able to participate in the upper Rounds of the competition due to technical limitations of the game or other reasons (including, but not limited to, limited access to third-party cloud services used by the game to conduct player-to-player competitions).
・KONAMI shall not be liable for any disqualification of a participant or any disadvantageous situation with regard to participation in the competition due to a malfunction of the software or the game server.
・KONAMI shall not be liable for any disputes arising amongst participants, and between participants and other third parties.
・The competition is subject to change, suspension or cancellation without notice at KONAMI's discretion.