Namur to host WFTDA European Regional Championships in June
Namur gets Europe’s postseason spotlight June 12-14, with four Malmö bids on the line and 12 teams chasing WFTDA’s road to championship play.
Traveling teams get more than a weekend trip, local organizers get a postseason showcase, and fans get a bracket where every game can move a season forward. The WFTDA European Regional Championships are set for June 12-14 at Centre Namurois des Sports Tabora in Namur, Belgium, with Namur Roller Derby hosting a tournament that sends four European teams on to Malmö.
That makes Namur more than a stop on the calendar. It is a pressure point in the women’s flat track postseason, where the reward is not a trophy for the shelf but a clearer path to the 2026 WFTDA Championships. Namur Roller Derby gives the city real credibility as a host, too. Founded in 2011, the league says it is now Belgium’s biggest roller derby club, with four teams spanning discovery-level participation through international competition. That kind of depth matters when a regional championship needs more than a rink and a draw.
WFTDA’s postseason structure gives this event its bite. The organization says its competitive regions have been unchanged since they launched in 2023, and Europe sits alongside Latin America, North America and Oceania as one of the postseason tracks. In Europe’s case, the margin is especially sharp: WFTDA allocated four championship bids to the region for 2026, so the difference between a strong weekend and a short one is the difference between Namur and Malmö.
Malmö itself raises the stakes even higher. The 2026 WFTDA Championships are scheduled for October 15-18 at Baltiska Hallen and will be hosted by Crime City Rollers. WFTDA says it will be the first four-day championship and the first WFTDA Global Championship tournament held in Europe, which gives the Namur field a direct line to the sport’s biggest stage. For the teams in this bracket, that is not abstract geography. It is the next rung on the ladder.
The published Europe schedule lists 12 teams, led by top seeds Rainy City All-Stars, Toulouse, Paris All Stars and Crime City A-Team. The opening round is already set with London Brawling facing Lomme, Antwerp One Love taking on Tiger Bay, Nantes Les Duc.hesse.s meeting Stockholm, and Helsinki All Stars drawing Barcelona Ingles de Acero. WFTDA’s announcer roster is also in place, with dorkmistress listed as head announcer and Toxic Lady and Hémo’ as assistant head announcers. The production side is moving, the bracket is locked, and Namur now carries the weight of a championship gateway for European derby.
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