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UCI Indoor Cycling WorldsMHPArena Ludwigsburg30 October – 1 November 2026

Cycle‑ball Worlds 2026 Results

Men Elite, Women and the Challenger League: all results, plus tables, the road to the title and the schedule in your time zone.

Schedule

Friday, 30 October

  1. Slovakia – Great Britain Challenger ·Group A ·Game 6
  2. Armenia – Malaysia Challenger ·Group B ·Game 7
  3. Great Britain – Hong Kong Challenger ·Group A ·Game 13
  4. Malaysia – Italy Challenger ·Group B ·Game 14
  5. Slovakia – Hong Kong Challenger ·Group A ·Game 20
  6. Armenia – Italy Challenger ·Group B ·Game 21
  7. 2nd Group A – 3rd Group B Challenger ·Quarter-final 1 ·Game 26
  8. 2nd Group B – 3rd Group A Challenger ·Quarter-final 2 ·Game 27
  9. 1st Group A – Winner QF 2 Challenger ·Semi-final 1 ·Game 32
  10. 1st Group B – Winner QF 1 Challenger ·Semi-final 2 ·Game 33
  11. Switzerland – Japan Women Elite ·Round robin ·Game 39
  12. Japan – Belgium Men Elite ·Group A ·Game 40
  13. Czechia – Hungary Men Elite ·Group B ·Game 41
  14. Germany – Switzerland Women Elite ·Round robin ·Game 47
  15. Austria – Switzerland Men Elite ·Group B ·Game 48
  16. Germany – France Men Elite ·Group A ·Game 54

Saturday, 31 October

  1. Loser QF 1 – Loser QF 2 Challenger ·Fifth place ·Game 55
  2. Loser SF 1 – Loser SF 2 Challenger ·Third place ·Game 56
  3. Austria – Hungary Men Elite ·Group B ·Game 62
  4. Switzerland – Czechia Men Elite ·Group B ·Game 63
  5. Winner SF 1 – Winner SF 2 Challenger ·Final ·Game 64
  6. Germany – Japan Women Elite ·Round robin ·Game 65
  7. France – Belgium Men Elite ·Group A ·Game 66
  8. Germany – Japan Men Elite ·Group A ·Game 67
  9. Switzerland – Germany Women Elite ·Round robin ·Game 72
  10. Austria – Czechia Men Elite ·Group B ·Game 73
  11. Germany – Belgium Men Elite ·Group A ·Game 74
  12. Switzerland – Hungary Men Elite ·Group B ·Game 79
  13. France – Japan Men Elite ·Group A ·Game 80
  14. 4th Group A – 4th Group B Men Elite ·Round 2 ·Game 81
  15. 3rd Group A – 3rd Group B Men Elite ·Round 2 ·Game 82
  16. 2nd Group A – 2nd Group B Men Elite ·Round 2 ·Game 87
  17. 1st Group A – 1st Group B Men Elite ·Round 2 ·Game 88
  18. Winner 3A–3B – Loser 2A–2B Men Elite ·Quarter-final 1 ·Game 93
  19. Winner 2A–2B – Loser 3A–3B Men Elite ·Quarter-final 2 ·Game 94
  20. Loser 1A–1B – Winner 4A–4B Men Elite ·Quarter-final 3 ·Game 99

Sunday, 1 November

  1. Switzerland – Japan Women Elite ·Round robin ·Game 103
  2. Challenger winner – Elite 8th place Men Elite ·Promotion play-off ·Game 108
  3. Germany – Japan Women Elite ·Round robin ·Game 109
  4. Winner 1A–1B – Winner QF 1 Men Elite ·Semi-final 1 ·Game 110
  5. Winner QF 3 – Winner QF 2 Men Elite ·Semi-final 2 ·Game 111
  6. 1st in table – 2nd in table Women Elite ·Final ·Game 112
  7. Loser SF 1 – Loser SF 2 Men Elite ·Bronze final ·Game 117
  8. Winner SF 1 – Winner SF 2 Men Elite ·Final ·Game 122

Nations

About the Worlds

  • 30 Oct – 1 Novthree days, 44 cycle-ball matches
  • LudwigsburgMHPArena, Germany
  • 14 nations8 Elite, 3 Women, 6 Challenger
  • Ticketsat rad-wm.com

When and where are the 2026 Cycle-ball World Championships?

From 30 October to 1 November 2026 at the MHPArena in Ludwigsburg, Germany. They were first planned for 16–18 October at Derby Arena in England; after the cancellation there, the German federation German Cycling took over, with the agency 8action organising. For Germany it is the third Indoor Cycling Worlds in a row, after Bremen 2024 and Göppingen 2025.

How is the cycle-ball tournament played?

The seven best men’s nations of the 2025 Worlds and promoted Belgium play the Elite League: two groups of four, then crossover matches between teams with the same group position, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. The loser of the match between the two last-placed teams finishes eighth and faces a play-off against the winner of the Challenger League, where six more nations play for promotion. In the women’s event three nations play each other twice, and the top two meet in the final. A match lasts two halves of seven minutes; a win earns three points, a draw one. A drawn knock-out match is decided by a 4-metre penalty shoot-out.

Who are the defending champions?

Germany, in both the men’s and the women’s event. The 2024 and 2025 champions, Raphael Kopp and Bernd Mlady, have ended their international careers; Germany now fields Michael Birkner and Robert Mlady of RMC Stein. In the women’s event, Judith Wolf and Danielle Holzer of SG Hofen/Prechtal defend their title. All champions since 1930 are in our list of cycle-ball world champions.

Where do the results on this page come from?

Bikeball enters the results, mostly after the matches and some matches live; they then appear for everyone with the page open, without reloading. The official UCI results are binding. Times follow the official schedule; if things shift in the hall, a match may start later.

Can I add my nation’s games to my calendar?

Yes. Follow your country under “Nations”, and “Add to calendar” in the schedule exports exactly its games — with the right times, even outside Central Europe. Without a followed nation you get all 44 matches.

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