In the 2026 season you can look forward to the traditional array of tournaments, from the National Tour through the Team Championship, the Classic Tour and the World Series, all the way to the GreenHorn Cat; the season closes with the Masters gala, announcing the Player of the Year and the Team of the Year.
A tournament featuring the season’s top ten players and a gala evening to announce the Player of the Year and Team of the Year.
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San Diego Padres
CDR RIKER
RUPRECHT
AUNTIE CATHERINE
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Smoking Chingiss Dashinchilen
KOCOUR
BATBOLD
PACZESSA
FENHO
PADRE
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Midgard
AUGUSTYN
NITI
MACZKA
OLDIN
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Animais de Sintra
SIISA
KERRY
TERRA
ONDRALDO
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Royal SCC Vinohrady
SCHROTT
HAVLAS
PAUL VON REICHENBERG
PETRA
MATITI
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Désert Dessert 2026
27/7 2026 Doha
Cork Defeats Bílá Hora — Dung Stayed Home
Beautiful summer weather prevailed at the Désert Dessert 2026 open-air classic, held in the oasis, which, together with the wonders of Qatar, illuminated the 113th Smoking Cat tournament.
River Cat 2026
19/5 2026 USA du
Glide and Schrott burned out. A first podium for Majestic Crown. African misery.
The first classic was hosted, in lovely if slightly cramped premises and at the last minute, by the Žižkov pub U sadu. River Cat classic traditionally draws the strongest line-up of players. It’s hard to say why that is so, since the material prizes here usually don’t stand out from the average and a classic played in May then means a long card-playing fast, but this year too, many experienced great guys and players in superb current form gathered here.
Team Championship 2026
27/4 2026 Úl
Glide the best player – Schrott fought to the last game – The return of Ondraldo
The jubilee tenth Team Championship moved after two seasons from Únětice to Prague, specifically to Úl, the hive in Ďáblice, which brought a higher turnout of teams than last year. And we could just about end the news there, because otherwise this year’s edition was quite similar to the last year’s.
Fiesta Praga Olé! 2026
29/3 2026 From the Bolivian smoke
Blanche celebrates her first title, Niti takes a sixth silver, the Mongolians shine, a lesson for a newcomer
The last National of the 2026 season—the Bolivian Fiesta Praga Olé!, again held at Cafe Míšeňská, albeit with a new organising team—carried only echoes of its first edition. The quality of the entrants, however, was fantastic.
Copo do Monteiro 2026
5/3 2026 From the sloth enclosure
Maczka silver for the third time - Vietnamese newcomers score - Weak standard of play
The seventh Copo do Monteiro, for the seventh time at the vegan burger joint Belzepub, opened the second half of the National Tour. The traditional technical problems are being minimised, and with the whole starting field rarely punctual, the tournament began practically without delay just after half past six, so it was due to finish reasonably comfortably a little after ten in the evening. Such was the tournament plan,…
AfroCat 2026
25/2 2026 From the buffet under the Union Jack
The Africans return in grand style - a first final for Sir Diamond
The 8th AfroCat at Kladno Castle hit the first day of spring, and the traditionally best-funded tournament of the whole season drew delegations from Nepal, Mongolia and Great Britain, plus the Vinohrady player Schrott. The home side fielded a complete five-player squad, and the registered eleven was rounded out by Paczessa, playing with no claim to points.
Mongolian Open 2026
5/2 2026 Down in the mine
A majestic misfire from the British Crown - Anjelik burned out in front of brilliant fans
The 17th season of Smoking Cat brought strong player competition to the pub Výdejna We right to the very first tournament—the legendary Mongolian Open.
9/1 2026 Prague Video
The calendar for the 2026 season is here.
The tournament venues are still to be confirmed. The Union is counting on GreenHorn!
