Brought to you by the Clan Department
Tournament Organizers: groovysmurf and Keefie
The Most Prestigious Clan Event of the Year!
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Conquerors Cup 16
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> BRACKET > CCXV
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War Page Links and Final Results for All Rounds
War Page Links and All Final Results
Round One
Round 2
Round Three - Semi-Finals
Round Four - Finals
Round 2
Round Three - Semi-Finals
Round Four - Finals
A Little History
In January 2010, Chuuuuck started the first Annual Conqueror's Cup. It was obviously a success, since then we have had one (almost) every year. Over the years we have had some minor changes to the format. For 2016 (CC6) the clan department revamped the tournament to keep the duration down to about a year. The basics have remained the same for the past 15 years though. Now, in 2026, we run the 16th edition!
- 2010: CC1 - TO: Chuuuuck - Clans: 17; KORT beat THOTA in the final. MVP: none
- 2011: CC2 - TO: Chuuuuck - Clans: 29; KORT beat TSM in the final. MVP: none
- 2012: CC3 - TO: Chuuuuck > Dako - Clans: 33; TOFU beat AFOS in the final. MVP: Chariot of Fire
- 2013: CC4 - TO: Chemefreak - Clans: 34; KORT beat TOFU in the final. MVP: josko.ri
- 2014: CC5 - TO: Chemefreak > Keefie - Clans: 30; FALL beat TOFU in the final. MVP: IcePack
- 2016: CC6 - TO: Lindax > Keefie - Clans: 23; TOFU beat FALL in the final. MVP: rockfist
- 2017: CC7 - TO: Lindax > Keefie - Clans: 21; S&M beat FALL in the final. MVP: davekettering
- 2018: CC8 - TO: Keefie > Lindax - Clans: 19; TOFU beat LHDD in the final. MVP: rockfist
- 2019: CC9 - TO: Lindax - Clans: 18; LHDD beat FOED in the final. MVP: Donelladan
- 2020: CCX - TO: Lindax - Clans: 15; S&M beat TOFU in the final. MVP: Josko.ri
- 2021: CCXI - TO: Shoop76 > JPlo64 - Clans: 16; FALL beat LHDD in the final. MVP: rcfritz
- 2022: CCXII - TO: JPlo64 - Clans: 12; S&M beat A^ in the final. MVP: ballenus
- 2023: CCXIII - TO: Caymanmew - Clans: 13; TOFU beat FALL in the final. MVP: Caymanmew
- 2024: CCXIV - TO: Caymanmew > grooovysmurf - Clans: 14; LHDD beat REP in the final. MVP: _Untouchable
- 2025: CCXV - TO: Keefie > grooovysmurf - Clans: 14; LHDD beat ACES in the final. MVP: tba
Please Read the Details Below Carefully!
Some things have been changed.
Notable changes marked in blue.
CC16 Format
CC16 Format
This is a clan war tournament with a single elimination bracket. There is a limit of 32 clans participating and 8 clans will be seeded. The finalists of CC15 will be the first 2 seeds*, the other 6 will be based on the January 2026 D400 Clan Ranking. In case of byes, the higher seeds will get those. The rest of the bracket will be filled randomly.
Every round will be a clan war of an increasing amount of games, starting with 43 games in round 1 and concluding with 61 games in the final. Every round has 1 tie-breaker game built in. Every round counts as a full standard clan war and the players on the winning team will receive a Clan Achievement Medal, so long as they play in a minimum of 3 games. The overall CC16 winners and the runners-up players will receive an additional Clan Achievement Medal, as well as the MVP, so long as the minimum number of games is met.
As usual, clans can negotiate certain clan war "defaults", such as settings, use of maps, etc. For more details, see below.
The schedule will be strictly enforced, see below for more info. Round 1 will start Sunday, January 25, 2026.
*First place will be 1st seed and second place 2nd seed. If final match does not have an official winner by the time the six week deadline needs to be announced for one of the matches in question, the January 2026 D400 ranking will be used to determine seeding.
Every round will be a clan war of an increasing amount of games, starting with 43 games in round 1 and concluding with 61 games in the final. Every round has 1 tie-breaker game built in. Every round counts as a full standard clan war and the players on the winning team will receive a Clan Achievement Medal, so long as they play in a minimum of 3 games. The overall CC16 winners and the runners-up players will receive an additional Clan Achievement Medal, as well as the MVP, so long as the minimum number of games is met.
As usual, clans can negotiate certain clan war "defaults", such as settings, use of maps, etc. For more details, see below.
The schedule will be strictly enforced, see below for more info. Round 1 will start Sunday, January 25, 2026.
*First place will be 1st seed and second place 2nd seed. If final match does not have an official winner by the time the six week deadline needs to be announced for one of the matches in question, the January 2026 D400 ranking will be used to determine seeding.
Signing Up
To be eligible for entering CC16, a clan must:
To sign up, please post:
- Be a member of the CAT Forum.
- Have successfully completed at least 1 full clan war.
To sign up, please post:
- Clan Name and Abbreviation
- First Contact
- Second Contact
- Confirmation that he/she has read this post completely and understands everything
CC16 Estimated Schedule by Round
- Start round 1: January 2026
- Start round 2: March/April 2026
- Start round 3: July/August 2026
- Start final: October/November 2026
Scheduling Clan Wars
From the start of any round, clans have 6 weeks to have all games started.
Round 1 has a set start date, Sunday, January 25, 2026. Subsequent rounds start the Sunday after the 2 clans meeting in the next round have been decided AND at least 80% of the games in that war are concluded.
Round 2 starts Sunday, February 22, 2026 for those clans that already know who they are playing in round 2. Clans are free to start earlier, as long as they let us know. To be fair to the other clans, the 6 Week Deadline will still be in effect if they do indeed start earlier.
The default schedule is:
Notes:
Round 1 has a set start date, Sunday, January 25, 2026. Subsequent rounds start the Sunday after the 2 clans meeting in the next round have been decided AND at least 80% of the games in that war are concluded.
Round 2 starts Sunday, February 22, 2026 for those clans that already know who they are playing in round 2. Clans are free to start earlier, as long as they let us know. To be fair to the other clans, the 6 Week Deadline will still be in effect if they do indeed start earlier.
The default schedule is:
- 1 Week for negotiating and posting the war thread
- 1 Week for planning and exchanging the first set of games
- 2 Weeks for filling the first set of games and exchanging the second set of games
- 2 Weeks to fill all games
Notes:
- Clans are free to negotiate and deviate from the default schedule, as long as they meet the 6 week deadline to have all games started.
- If clans negotiated a schedule different than the default schedule (never exceeding the 6 weeks) it has to be posted in the war thread. See "Clan War threads" below.
- IMPORTANT: If no deviations of the default schedule are agreed upon and posted within 1 week, the default schedule stands.
- In regards to exchanging games based on the default schedule, the home clan must create AND invite their players to those games, in order for the games to be considered "exchanged".
- Participating clans are solely and totally responsible for meeting the 6 week deadline. There will be no mercy. Not meeting the deadline will have consequences!
- There will be a hard set deadline of 5 weeks to have all games created. If a clan does not have all home games created by the 5 week deadline, one game will be forfeited for every day that clan fails to create their games. If after 1 week there are still games that have not been created, the offending clan will be disqualified.
- A clan will ALWAYS be allowed 7 days to fill the other clan's home games. They will receive an extension to fill away games of however many days a home clan is late in creating. Which means if the other clan creates their home games 3 days late, the away clan will be given an extension of 3 days to fill those games without incurring penalties.
- If the games are created on time and the away clan fails to fill those games within the 6 week deadline, they will forfeit one game for every day they are late in filling (this means the games are actually started, not just invites sent). If after 1 week there are still games that have not been started, the offending clan will be disqualified.
Games
Amount of games per round:
Round 1: 43 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
21 Home Games
Round 2: 49 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
24 Home Games
Round 3: 55 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
27 Home Games
Round 4: 61 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
30 Home Games
The Tie-Breaker game for all of the rounds will be Triples on Classic, no spoils, chained, sunny and does not count towards the player game maximum.
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Creating games:
Round 1: 43 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
21 Home Games
- 7 Doubles
- 7 Triples
- 7 Quads
Round 2: 49 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
24 Home Games
- 8 Doubles
- 8 Triples
- 8 Quads
Round 3: 55 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
27 Home Games
- 9 Doubles
- 9 Triples
- 9 Quads
Round 4: 61 Games, including 1 Tie-Breaker Game
30 Home Games
- 10 Doubles
- 10 Triples
- 10 Quads
The Tie-Breaker game for all of the rounds will be Triples on Classic, no spoils, chained, sunny and does not count towards the player game maximum.
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Creating games:
- All games have to be created with the [CC16] privileges.
- The game labels should include the set and the clan that created the home games (for example - Set 1: LHDD Home).
- The clan creating the clan war thread will also create the tie-breaker game for that clan war.
- Once the home games have been created they must be posted in the Active Clan War Lists for Full Wars thread.
Default Rules and Settings
Default Rules & Settings:
Note: This ability to adjust rules only applies to individual war settings not to overall rules of CC16. For example, clans may not increase the number of games in their match, change the 6 week limit for having all games started, violate the 1 Clan Rule, etc.
IMPORTANT: If no deviations of defaults are agreed upon and posted within 1 week, the defaults stand.
- Only game types allowed are "Teams". (Polymorphic is not considered a team game)
- All games must have automatic initial troop deploy. (no manual)
- All games must be sequential. (no freestyle)
- All games must have 24 hour round length. (no speed)
- All spoils are allowed except zombie spoils. (negotiable)
- All forts are allowed except "no forts". (negotiable)
- There is no limit on the number of trench games allowed per war. (negotiable)
- Round limits are allowed, but not mandatory (negotiable for "No Reinforcements" and "Trench")
- Each map can only be used twice per clan per clan war but can only be used once per game type. (dubs/trips/quads)
- Beta maps are not allowed.
- Each clan will pick the map and settings for exactly half of the games.
- Games will be exchanged in 2 sets.
- In regards to exchanging games, the home clan must create AND invite their players to those games, in order for the games to be considered "exchanged". (negotiable)
- At least half of the quads games will be exchanged in the first set. Clans that don't obey will be forced to strip and give lap dances to a polar bear.
- 12 Hour Fog of War Rule will not be in effect. With the new automated snapshots, this should no longer be an issue. (negotiable - TO will allow, but will NOT monitor nor enforce the rule)
- New settings that are implemented after the start of the Cup will be excluded from wars. (negotiable with specific approval of TO)
Note: This ability to adjust rules only applies to individual war settings not to overall rules of CC16. For example, clans may not increase the number of games in their match, change the 6 week limit for having all games started, violate the 1 Clan Rule, etc.
IMPORTANT: If no deviations of defaults are agreed upon and posted within 1 week, the defaults stand.
Player Eligibility and Game Count
The standard 1 Clan Rule will be in effect.
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Maximum amount of games a player can participate in, per round (tie-breaker not included):
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Maximum amount of games a player can participate in, per round (tie-breaker not included):
- Round 1: 16 Games
- Round 2: 18 Games
- Round 3: 20 Games
- Round 4: 22 Games
Clan War Threads
At the start of every round, by default the higher ranked clan will set up the clan war thread. As long as both clans agree, they can choose to have the other clan do it.
The clan war thread needs to be created in the "Active Challenges" section of the clan forums. In the title the prefix [CC16] has to be used, followed by the round and the abbreviations of the two clans (for example: [CC16] R1: TOFU vs FALL).
The clan that sets up the clan war thread is responsible for the following:
Sending PMs to the TO and ATO helps us to avoid delays, which helps clans stick to the schedule.
If your clan is not running the clan war thread, please send a PM with your home games to the clan contact who does run the thread. That way it's easier for that person to copy and paste the games in the various threads. You're free to post them in the clan war thread as well.
Please post the game numbers with a link to the game ([game][/game]).
The clan war thread needs to be created in the "Active Challenges" section of the clan forums. In the title the prefix [CC16] has to be used, followed by the round and the abbreviations of the two clans (for example: [CC16] R1: TOFU vs FALL).
The clan that sets up the clan war thread is responsible for the following:
- Post any negotiated and agreed upon changes to the default rules/settings, marked in red
- Post any negotiated and agreed upon deviations from the default schedule, marked in blue
- Send a PM to the TO, ATO and contacts for the other clan when the above has been posted
- Request privileges for both clans by posting in the "Clan Gaming Privileges Request" thread once the terms are approved by the TO or ATO and the other clan
- Post all the games in "Active War Game Lists" thread for standard clan wars
- Post a link to the Clan War Page in the first post of the thread
- Update the clan war thread when applicable (results, etc.)
- Update the title of the thread with the score
- Send a PM to the TO and ATO when the clan war is decided
Sending PMs to the TO and ATO helps us to avoid delays, which helps clans stick to the schedule.
If your clan is not running the clan war thread, please send a PM with your home games to the clan contact who does run the thread. That way it's easier for that person to copy and paste the games in the various threads. You're free to post them in the clan war thread as well.
Please post the game numbers with a link to the game ([game][/game]).
Requirements
To be eligible for a Clan Achievement Medal for winning a clan war (every round is a clan war), a player must:
To be eligible for the Clan Achievement Medal for the overall win of CC16 (or second place), a player must:
To be eligible for the Clan Achievement Medal for the MVP of CC16, a player must:
- Play a minimum of 3 games
To be eligible for the Clan Achievement Medal for the overall win of CC16 (or second place), a player must:
- Play in a minimum of 7% of their clans' total games
- Participate in a minimum of 2 rounds
To be eligible for the Clan Achievement Medal for the MVP of CC16, a player must:
- Play in a minimum of 20% of their clans' total games
- Play in all rounds of the tournament
- Have a clean record with regards to game abuse
Spoiler
All the Conquer Club standard rules will be in effect, including the unwritten game abuse rules of CC. If anyone suspects a site rule has been broken, a C&A report must be filed. Should a player be found to have broken a site rule in clan games by C&A, any consequences as it pertains to the tournament will be determined by the CD team on a case by case basis, depending on the severity, repetitiveness, timing of the report and possible effects on the results of this tournament. The consequences can vary from a warning to the remaking of a game, forfeits, point deductions or in the worst case, expulsion of a player and/or disqualification of a clan.
In regards to clan rules and tournament rules, the CD team will do investigations and make determinations once again on a case by case basis. Conquences will be made depending on the severity, repetitiveness, timing of the report and possible effects on the results of this tournament. The consequences can vary from a warning to the remaking of a game, forfeits, point deductions or in the worst case, expulsion of a player and/or disqualification of a clan. In severe cases, players may be forced to perform sexual favors for a group of brown bears.
If you notice a player from the other clan has violated the number of games they are allowed to participate in, please bring it to the TOs attention immediately. If the clan/player is found in violation, the opposing clan will get to pick any game(s) that the offending player is/was in from the last batch played, equal to the number of games that went over the limit, to be re-made without that player participating. The selected games must still be in round 1 at the time they are requested to be remade.
Timing out in a game that leads to an advantage for your team (whether deliberately or not) will not be tolerated by any players. This is not a common occurrence and we do not expect to see it happen at all but a rule should be in place to prevent abuse. If a player breaks this rule, the opposing clan must make a request to remake the game to the TOs within 24 hours. The TOs will then investigate and determine if the game should be remade. If a clan repeatedly breaks this rule than an escalating scale of punishment will apply.
If one suspects any game abuse (in any form) that would result in the remake of a game, it must be reported to the TOs within 24hrs of the turn beiong taken. It is NOT considered reporting to complain or remark in game chat or the public forum.
If a clan is disqualified from CC16, or leaves CC16 for whatever reason(s) the clan will not be eligible to enter CC17.
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Comments:
Clans are encouraged to solve minor issues between themselves. However, if you feel that a clan or a player has broken a rule, please report this to the TOs immediately. Same goes for any other problem you encounter during this clan event.
By signing up your clan, you, your clan and your players express agreement with all the rules mentioned in this post.
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Disclaimer:
The format and the rules are subject to change if deemed appropriate by the CD Team.
In regards to clan rules and tournament rules, the CD team will do investigations and make determinations once again on a case by case basis. Conquences will be made depending on the severity, repetitiveness, timing of the report and possible effects on the results of this tournament. The consequences can vary from a warning to the remaking of a game, forfeits, point deductions or in the worst case, expulsion of a player and/or disqualification of a clan. In severe cases, players may be forced to perform sexual favors for a group of brown bears.
If you notice a player from the other clan has violated the number of games they are allowed to participate in, please bring it to the TOs attention immediately. If the clan/player is found in violation, the opposing clan will get to pick any game(s) that the offending player is/was in from the last batch played, equal to the number of games that went over the limit, to be re-made without that player participating. The selected games must still be in round 1 at the time they are requested to be remade.
Timing out in a game that leads to an advantage for your team (whether deliberately or not) will not be tolerated by any players. This is not a common occurrence and we do not expect to see it happen at all but a rule should be in place to prevent abuse. If a player breaks this rule, the opposing clan must make a request to remake the game to the TOs within 24 hours. The TOs will then investigate and determine if the game should be remade. If a clan repeatedly breaks this rule than an escalating scale of punishment will apply.
If one suspects any game abuse (in any form) that would result in the remake of a game, it must be reported to the TOs within 24hrs of the turn beiong taken. It is NOT considered reporting to complain or remark in game chat or the public forum.
If a clan is disqualified from CC16, or leaves CC16 for whatever reason(s) the clan will not be eligible to enter CC17.
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Comments:
Clans are encouraged to solve minor issues between themselves. However, if you feel that a clan or a player has broken a rule, please report this to the TOs immediately. Same goes for any other problem you encounter during this clan event.
By signing up your clan, you, your clan and your players express agreement with all the rules mentioned in this post.
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Disclaimer:
The format and the rules are subject to change if deemed appropriate by the CD Team.
