#RoboCup2026 – humanoid league day 1

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Robocop 2026 The city of Incheon, South Korea, kicked off today, and the league competitions will continue until the fifth of next July. It’s an exciting time for RoboCup, as there has been some time Updates To leagues and competition format. Most importantly, football associations will focus primarily on humanoid robots. In a series of daily updates, we’ll be bringing you the latest scores, videos and news from the Humanoid Football League.

This year, the Human League was divided into three sizes: a large division, a medium division, and a small division. There are 18 teams participating in the Small Division, 16 teams in the Central Division, and 22 teams competing in the Large Division.

The first two days of competition will be dedicated to the classification round. Teams play using Swiss system Rankings to determine who will advance to the knockout stages.

Live broadcasts can be found from different playing fields here.

At the end of the first day of competition, the Junior and Intermediate Division teams played two matches each, with the Senior Division ending the day during the second round. The top leaders in the Small Division, with six full points from two matches, are: GeoHBots, CAU Mountain and Seaand Hamburg bit robots. There are also three teams in the Central Division that have earned six points: B- Human, Roborusand HTWK Robots.

You can watch a short recap of the first day, including some of the robots in action, from KBS News:

This short video from RoboCup gives a glimpse into the day’s events, which also included the opening ceremony.

We’ll be back tomorrow with more updates on the competition results, some highlights from the day, and insights into how the event is progressing.