The RoboCup Italian Open 2026 took place in conjunction with Maker Faire Rome from October 23 to 25. It hosted a competition in the Middle Division (6 teams) and the Large Division (3 teams).
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- Schedule/Results: Google Sheets
Winners and final rankings
Middle Division
1. whIRLwind Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2. HULKs, Technical University of Hamburg, Germany
3. FOOMBOT, Independent team, Warsaw, Poland
4. RoboÉireann, Maynooth University and University of Galway, Ireland
5-6. Berlin United, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
5-6. Ruhrbot Devils, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
Large Division
1. CAU Mountain&Sea, China Agricultural University, China
2. SPQR Team, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
3. FC Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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Middle Division
Tournament structure
Group phase followed by single elimination.
Due to the presence of two new teams and insufficient HSL results for the others, the teams were randomly split into two groups:
Group A: FOOMBOT, RoboÉireann, Ruhrbot Devils
Group B: whIRLwind Amsterdam, HULKs, Berlin United
Each group then played round-robin within itself.
The group phase results were used to seed a single elimination bracket composed of: relegation games (for teams placed 2nd and 3rd), semifinals, third-place match, final.
The following tiebreakers were set to determine advancement in case of a tie in points:
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Goal difference counting only the games between the teams still tied
- Goals scored counting only the games between the teams involved in 3.
- Least red cards (none were called in either division)
- Least yellow cards (none were called in either division)
- Random extraction
Results
Group A
- RoboÉireann (4 points)
- FOOMBOT (3 points)
- Ruhrbot Devils (1 point)
| Home | Away | Score | Head ref | Assistant refs | GC operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A-1 | FOOMBOT | RoboÉireann | 0:1 | HULKs | Berlin United | HULKs |
| Group A-2 | RoboÉireann | Ruhrbot Devils | 0:0 | Berlin United | whIRLwind | Berlin United |
| Group A-3 | Ruhrbot Devils | FOOMBOT | 0:2 | whIRLwind | HULKs | whIRLwind |
Group B
- whIRLwind Amsterdam (6 points)
- HULKs (3 points)
- Berlin United (0 points)
| Home | Away | Score | Head ref | Assistant refs | GC operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group B-1 | whIRLwind | HULKs | 4:1 | RoboÉireann | FOOMBOT | RoboÉireann |
| Group B-2 | HULKs | Berlin United | 7:0 | RoboÉireann | SPQR | RoboÉireann |
| Group B-3 | Berlin United | whIRLwind | 0:4 | Ruhrbot Devils | FOOMBOT | Ruhrbot Devils |
Elimination phase
| Home | Away | Score | Head ref | Assistant refs | GC operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relegation #1: A-2nd vs. B-3rd | FOOMBOT | Berlin United | 3:0 | RoboÉireann | FC Isar | RoboÈireann |
| Relegation #2: B-2nd vs. A-3rd | HULKs | Ruhrbot Devils | 10:0 | SPQR | whIRLwind | SPQR |
| Semifinal #1: B-1st vs. R1-W | whIRLwind | FOOMBOT | 6:0 | Ruhrbot Devils | Berlin United | Ruhrbot Devils |
| Semifinal #2: A-1st vs. R2-W | RoboÈireann | HULKs | 0:10 | SPQR | Berlin United | SPQR |
| Third place: S1-L vs. S2-L | FOOMBOT | RoboÉireann | 4:1 | Ruhrbot Devils | SPQR | Ruhrbot Devils |
| Final: S1-W vs. S2-W | whIRLwind | HULKs | 5:0 | SPQR | RoboÉireann + Berlin United | SPQR |
Large Division
Tournament structure
Double round-robin followed by final.
Due to the small number of teams (3 teams), each team played each other twice, for a total of 6 games. The top two teams then played a final game to determine the winner.
Results
Double round-robin
- SPQR Team (10 points)
- CAU Mountain&Sea (7 points)
- FC Isar (0 points)
| Home | Away | Score | Head ref | Assistant refs | GC operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | CAU Mountain&Sea | FC Isar | 2:0 | SPQR | Berlin United | SPQR |
| Match #2 | SPQR | CAU Mountain&Sea | 2:1 | FC Isar | RoboÉireann | FC Isar |
| Match #3 | FC Isar | SPQR | 1:7 | whIRLwind | CAU Mountain&Sea | whIRLwind |
| Match #4 | FC Isar | CAU Mountain&Sea | 1:3 | SPQR | FOOMBOT | SPQR |
| Match #5 | CAU Mountain&Sea | SPQR | 3:3 | FC Isar | Ruhrbot Devils | Ruhrbot Devils |
| Match #6 | SPQR | FC Isar | 2:1 | CAU Mountain&Sea | HULKs | CAU Mountain&Sea |
Final
| Home | Away | Score | Head ref | Assistant refs | GC operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final: 1st vs. 2nd | SPQR | CAU Mountain&Sea | 1:2 | HULKs | whIRLwind | HULKs |