It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Chaos. Starting next weekend, Christmas Chaos XV will make our holiday season more jolly, bringing with it exciting and fierce battles, though only the armies on Santa’s list will receive the gift of advancing to the Grand Finals.

Information

Christmas Chaos XV is set to commence next weekend with a Qualifier Round. The victorious armies will proceed to the next round, the Quarter Finals, which will happen the following week. As usual, this tournament follows a single-elimination format.

For the first time in history, the tournament will feature a special Small/Medium trophy for the S/M army that advances the furthest in the tournament. If two or more S/M armies end up being disqualified in the same round, a battle will be hosted between them to determine the winner.

This time, we see 11 armies participating in the tournament, making it a challenging one. The full schedule of the tournament is as follows:

Qualifiers: December 6th & 7th

Quarter Finals: December 13th & 14th

Semi Finals: December 20th & 21st

Grand Finals: December 27th

Information about the Quarter Finals round will be published after the Qualifiers.

Rules

To ensure the tournament runs smoothly, we have established the following rules based on previous and recently updated tournament policies. Please make sure to read them carefully.

• Reviews will only be allowed for the Grand Finals (Major and S/M, if any) and will be conducted by unaffiliated (to the battle) Head Judges.
  • Just like in the previous tournaments, there have been deadlines set concerning the review process:
  • Leaders cannot request a review more than three hours after the final results are posted. Additionally, they cannot submit evidence later than 21 hours after requesting a review (videos should be submitted as soon as possible).
  • Head Judges must notify both armies about the review and whether it will proceed as soon as possible. The deadline for the Head Judges to complete the review is 24 hours after the evidence submission deadline.
• Attendance policy: Individuals are allowed to attend for an army if:
  1. They enlisted in the army before December 6, 3 PM EST. It does not matter if they are also enlisted in another army. Advisors count as an active rank.
  2. They are not enlisted in any army. The Ice Warriors and other former armies that have not held events for four weeks, like the Scarlet Republic, do not count as armies.
     • They must stick with the same army throughout the tournament. If this army is eliminated, they cannot attend battles for any other.
• The judging will be undertaken by Club Penguin Army Judges and organized by the Head Judges.
• Each army has the right to veto up to two judges per battle. Once an army has used both vetoes, it cannot issue any more for that battle. Vetoes must be made before the four-hour mark and cannot be used against Head Judges unless they are affiliated with an army. If no available judges remain after the vetoes, the Head Judges may appoint individuals, including those previously vetoed, to ensure the battle proceeds smoothly.
• Judges will be announced well in advance (typically shortly after the week’s schedule is announced).
• Each room will have three judges. If there are not enough judges, a Head Judge may count as two. The Grand Finals will have five judges.
• Anybody banned from CPA: Battleground cannot participate in tournament battles (including but not limited to attending on alts, leading from Discord or other third-party websites, etc.). If found guilty of violating this rule by the administrator’s discretion, the army they are involved with will be disqualified.

To avoid color clashes in battles, the Head Judges have requested that armies wear differing colors for battles that may have a clash in color during the tournament. Club Penguin Armies will contact armies in private to determine color changes.

Armies are encouraged to make custom Christmas-themed uniforms for the tournament. Make sure not to use large items in your uniform. Direct message a picture of your uniform to the Administration for approval.

seedings

Just like previous tournaments, the seedings for Christmas Chaos XV were established by the Top Ten Armies Of October 2025. In case of a tie, the highest size average was taken into account.

1. Aliens

2. Rebel Penguin Federation

3. Army of Club Penguin

4. Water Vikings

5. Help Force

6. Dark Warriors

7. People’s Imperial Confederation

8. Templars

9. Shadow Legionnaries

10. Romans

11. Special Weapons and Tactics

groups & timings

Saturday, December 6th

Shadow Legionnaries vs. Templars

3pm EST | 2pm CST | 1pm MST | 12pm PST | 8pm UK | 12:30am IST

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Sunday, December 7th

People’s Imperial Confederation vs. Romans 

3pm EST | 2pm CST | 1pm MST | 12pm PST | 8pm UK | 12:30am IST

Dark Warriors vs. Special Weapons and Tactics

4pm EST | 3pm CST | 2pm MST | 1pm PST | 9pm UK | 1:30am IST

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As always, we would like to thank Master DS for providing all the graphics for the tournament. We would also like to extend our gratitude to the Head Judges and Judges at Club Penguin Army Judges for their support and preparation.

Best of luck to all participants, may the best army win! Who do you think will move forward to the next round? Which battle are you most excited to watch? The Administration wishes a merry Christmas Chaos to all armies!

Edu14463 & Jojo Teri
Golden Age of CPA

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