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Call for Participation - RoboCup 2026 Soccer Simulation 2D League

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We invite you to participate in the RoboCup 2026 Soccer Simulation League 2D competition, to be held from June 30 to July 6, 2026, in Incheon, Korea.

The RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D League is one of the oldest RoboCup Soccer competitions. It is based on the RoboCup Soccer Simulator, which enables two teams of 11 simulated autonomous robots, plus an autonomous coach agent, to play a soccer game with very realistic rules and gameplay. Due to its stability, the RoboCup Soccer Simulator is an outstanding research and educational tool for multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

If you are interested in participating, please submit your team's qualification materials.

To view the full Call for Participation document, please visit:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vHs1W82DnE7Ch7R6w35UiepX4WPB6FNADV--mlbwAm4/edit?usp=sharing

Important Dates​

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Qualification Deadline: March 8th, 23:59 UTC

  • Qualification Notification: March 23rd, 23:59 UTC
  • Competitions: June 30 - July 6, 2026

Participation Procedure​

Submit qualification materials through the online form:

Qualification Materials​

1. Team Description Paper (TDP)​

  • The TDP must be 2 to 8 pages (plus references) and submitted in Springer LNCS style as a PDF.
  • Filename: TDP_TeamName.pdf.
  • The TDP should comprise the scientific focus of the team, the team's current efforts, progress since the last TDP, and originality of the team's approach.
  • Note: The TDP must describe the team's scientific efforts and explicitly illustrate whether a team has used external knowledge (ideas, code, agent base, or the like) to build upon.

2. Log Files​

  • Teams must submit two log files against two different teams from the top four of RoboCup 2025 (HELIOS2025, YuShan2025, FRA-UNIted, RobôCIn).
  • Filename: LogFiles_TeamName.tar.gz (archived into a single file).
  • Please use the most recent version of the Soccer Server to include both rcg and rcl files in version 5 (server::game_log_version = 5).

Rules & Restrictions​

Participants must follow several restrictions:

  • One-Team-Per-One-Person Rule: Each participant can belong to only ONE team. Do not submit qualification materials from several teams.
  • Plagiarism-Penalty Rule: If a team commits plagiarism, the team and its members will be banned from this year's and next year's RoboCup competitions. Plagiarism comprises any use of external knowledge without proper referencing.
  • No-Show Penalty Rule: If a team qualifies but cannot participate, it must cancel its participation before the early registration deadline. Failure to do so ('no-show') will result in a ban from the RoboCup 2027 competition.
  • Automatic Qualification: The top four teams from the last RoboCup (HELIOS2025, YuShan2025, FRA-UNIted, RobôCIn) are automatically qualified.

Competitions Overview​

The competitions of the soccer simulation 2D league in RoboCup 2026 consist of:

  1. Main Tournaments: Determine the year's world champions. They consist of seeding rounds, qualification rounds, and the final ladder tournaments.
  2. Challenge: Competitions meant to develop a specific part of the soccer simulation 2D to achieve RoboCup's ultimate aim. Details are expected to be announced in April 2026. Teams that only want to join in the challenge are also welcome.

Resources & Contacts​

If you have any questions, please send a message to the Contact Form or use the q_and_a forum on our Discord server.

RoboCup 2025 is Happening Now in Salvador, Brazil! 🌎⚽

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The excitement is real! RoboCup 2025 is underway in the vibrant city of Salvador, Brazil — and the action is more intense than ever. Teams from around the world are gathering to push the boundaries of AI and robotics through the beautiful game of soccer.

Want to see cutting-edge AI in motion? You can catch all the matches live on YouTube — no matter where you are!

📺 Watch live now: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@rcsoccersim

Don’t miss a moment of the drama, the strategy, and the innovation. Cheer for your favorite teams and witness the future of robotics, one goal at a time!