European Jigsaw Puzzle Championship©

Teams Category

It will consist of 2 phases: preliminary round and final.

Teams must be composed of a minimum of 3 people and a maximum of 4. No changes will be allowed during the competition.

Each team must choose the first puzzle, not being able to start assembling second puzzle until first puzzle has been correctly completed and a judge verifies the correct assembly, records the time in participation act and authorizes to start next puzzle.

Teams Preliminary Round: A maximum of 140 teams will participate, divided into 2 groups (A, B) with a maximum of 70 teams per group. The teams will have 3 hours to assemble two 1.000-piece jigsaw puzzles from 4 Ravensburger models. The team will have a few minutes before the start to choose 2 models, removing the 2 discarded models from the table. During the test, it is not possible to modify the 2 chosen puzzles.

The first 50 classified teams from each group will advance to the final.

Teams Final: 100 teams will participate (50 classified from each group). The European Champion team will be the one that assembles in the fastest possible time two unpublished 1.000-piece Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles in the given order. In the case in which no team finishes both puzzles in the maximum period of 3 hours, the winning team will be the one that has placed the highest number of pieces correctly.

Registration fee in this category is €90 per team. The amount includes all the 1.000-piece jigsaw puzzles in the rounds in which they participate.

Participants may keep the puzzles.