GeoGuessr World Championship
The GeoGuessr World Championship is the top level of professional GeoGuessr competition worldwide. The single-player in-person esports event is organized by GeoGuessr and was held in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2023 and 2024 editions when it was called GeoGuessr World Cup. In 2025, the event was rebranded as the GeoGuessr World Championship, with that year's event held between 29–30 August 2025, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
After co-sponsoring the GeoGuessr Team World Cup in October 2022 to great success, the company launched their own official edition of the event for individual competitors. World Championships and other official events, such as regional qualifiers and finals, have been hosted annually since 2023 and broadcast to sites like Twitch.Format
The World Championship is divided into several stages. All participants take part in the group phase. The best player from each group advances directly to the quarter-finals, while the second and third-placed players compete in an intermediate stage for a chance to qualify as well. The tournament continues with the semi-finals and the final, which determines the overall winner. All matches are duels played over 10 rounds of 60 seconds each.As of 2025, the GeoGuessr World Championship adopted a single-elimination tournament format. Players compete in best-of-five duels, with the winner advancing to the next stage. The tournament progresses through the quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place match, and concludes with the Grand Final. A third-place match determines the third and fourth positions. Matches are played on standard and specialized formats such as Move, No Move, and NMPZ. The event features regional representation, with players from the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa qualifying through preliminary stages.