The first-ever Red Bull Tetris World Final kicks off December 11 in Dubai, and it’s bringing together champions from 60 countries for what might be the most surreal competitive gaming event of the year. The grand finale on December 13 will literally be played in the sky, with over 2,000 drones creating a live, playable Tetris match above the Dubai Frame.
Red Bull Tetris World Final Format
Red Bull’s Tetris circuit has been running for months across six continents. Players started by grinding mobile qualifiers. Millions of games played worldwide just to crack the top spots on national leaderboards. From there, top performers advanced to in-person National Finals played on PC, where Red Bull’s version of Tetris throws power-ups, gravity shifts, speed boosts, and the Golden Tetrimino into the mix, turning classic puzzle gameplay into pure chaos.
Winners of those National Finals earned their country’s slot at the World Final.
Once in Dubai, the format compresses into three days. December 11-12 are for practice and seeding rounds at a desert venue, shaping the bracket for the big night. December 13 is the main event. Knockout 1v1 matches with live commentary, musical performances, and the whole thing building toward a final match rendered by thousands of drones above the Dubai Frame at 8 PM. Public tickets start around 75 AED.
It’s the first time Tetris has been played like this in history.
Red Bull Tetris World Final Finalists
Red Bull hasn’t released a full master list of all 60 participants yet, but National Finals have been wrapped up globally and almost all champions are confirmed. Following are all the finalists:
- Sonald Zenelaj – Albania
- Jota– – Argentina
- Subin Park – Australia
- Aturu – Austria
- Elnur Cəlilov – Azerbaijan
- Lyosha Shamyna – Belarus
- Yasi6n – Belgium
- Harun Zubčević – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Felix Galeano – Brazil
- liolio – Bulgaria
- markgamed7794 – Canada
- SimpShrimp – Chile
- Esteban Guerrero – Colombia
- Sergio Peralta – Costa Rica
- mat1jaczyyy – Croatia
- ASRvojta – Czechia
- Salubris – Denmark
- Melina Díaz – Dominican Republic
- The Black Tiger – Egypt
- Miko Saarniit – Estonia
- MörköS – Finland
- Merlin – France
- Oki – Germany
- evesy – United Kingdom
- Kostas Caelum – Greece
- Leslie Alfaro – Guatemala
- Wan Tsz Wing – Hong Kong
- Szabolcs – Hungary
- Kaminari14 – India
- TBD – Ireland
- Federico Zhou – Italy
- AK – Japan
- Dulat Zhumashev – Kazakhstan
- Nermin Shabani – Kosovo
- Ali Al Mahdi – Kuwait
- Teto – Latvia
- Donatas L. – Lithuania
- Rodolfo Escobar – Mexico
- Isidora – Montenegro
- massi4h – New Zealand
- usernamegold – North Macedonia
- z2sam – Norway
- Alkaline – Peru
- Świdr – Poland
- Carlos Sampaio – Portugal
- Marcus – Qatar
- Anca R. – Romania
- Branko Isakov – Serbia
- Migi – Slovakia
- Danielle Kleyn – South Africa
- Fucidin – South Korea
- Tbricks – Spain
- flowerpetal – Sweden
- Unnamed – Switzerland
- PowerTech – Taiwan
- Dark_Shadow – Netherlands
- Atlar – Turkey
- Chingun C – United Arab Emirates
- Coldless – United States
- Jakhongir Kamalov – Uzbekistan
Tomorrow marks the start of what might be the wildest three days in competitive Tetris history. It will be exciting to see how this event turns out!