In the Game Manager, there are two additional areas for tournaments:

1. Official Tournaments
2. Community Tournaments

You can select these areas in the Game Manager via pull-down menu; each of them has its own chat channel. In the tournament areas, the Ignore List has no function regarding players joining a game, but the chat is still being blocked.

Official Tournaments

At intervals of 1-2 weeks, official tournaments are held. A tournament day lasts from 10 CET (daily restart of the game server) until 10 CET of the following day (except 2 days tournaments, which end at 10 CET on the third day). The tournament dates for the whole game period are entered into a list that can be viewed in the Tavern. During these tournaments, the cities of the Catan Online World compete against each other. The number of players in tournament games is fixed.

These games take place exclusively in the area "Official Tournaments"!

At official tournaments, each citizen can play up to 3 games, which are counted for his/her current city of residence. Importantly, only players from different cities are admitted to each game, meaning that more than one player from the same city are not allowed to participate in a game. The city of residence is indicated by a number that appears after the player's nickname. For the game to be started, all participating players must thus have a different city number.

An abandoned game counts as one of the 3 possible tournament games. For the quitter, such a game scores 0 points (individual score). For a substitute player, the game counts toward his/her individual score (and the number of his/her tournament games) only in case of success. In addition, only players from the original player's city may enter the game as a substitute. Therefore, since the substitute always comes from the same city as the quitter, the game always counts toward this city, no matter whether the substitute wins or loses. That way, the city is never at a disadvantage, because each tournament game increases the city score.

If a game cannot be finished, and the remaining players terminate the game by mutual agreement, it neither counts toward the number of games nor toward the score (the quitter is an exception, see above). Before terminating the game in this fashion, the players must observe the usual time-out.

To obtain the score, all points scored by the citizens of a city are added up and divided by the citizen count (average number of Premium users during the last 4 weeks). The score for the individual games is given according to the established pattern. The cities occupying the first three places receive gold for the treasure chest (1st place: 30 gold - 2nd place: 20 gold - 3rd place: 10 gold).

The 100 best players of the Tournament Days are also entered into a chart (Player Chart). To be able to qualify for this individual score, the players must finish all three games. The result shown in this chart represents the average over the three games and is added to the champion value (see below).

City of Champions

At the end of the tournament, the city score is added to the list "City of Champions." The city which, at the end of the game period, occupies the 1st place on this list is awarded the title "City of Champions." The list is displayed in the chart "City Titles" in the Town Hall. In the following game period, the city receives the corresponding statue as a sign of its success. No gold is awarded for this list.

Champions

Furthermore, each player can become a Champion over the course of the game period. After each tournament, the value in the tournament's Player Chart is added to the player's champion value in the Champions List. The players occupying the first 15 places receive the title "Champion" in the following game period. A medal is awarded for the title, but no gold is distributed. The Champions list is displayed in the chart "Citizen Titles" in the Town Hall. You can also view your current position on this list in the chart "Player Titles" in your own house.

Community Tournaments

These are tournaments hosted by the Catan Online World community; they strongly differ regarding their rules. You can get information on these tournaments in the Community News at www.playcatan.com and on the PlayCatan Forum.