Cosplay Central Crown Championships

Cosplay Central Crown Championships

Every year, cosplayers from around the world show off their creations at conventions - and the best of the best chase glory in the Cosplay Central Crown Championships. From Australia to South Africa, and across Europe, master-level cosplayers head to their local conventions to compete for the chance to represent their regions and a round-trip ticket to the global finals.

The Crown Championships is a celebration of cosplay artistry. The competition is judged on the cosplayers' design skills and the construction of the costume before they take to the stage to proudly show off their creations to the world in front of a packed audience. The costumes selected for the final are extremely complex, highly detailed, and executed with precision. Each of the finalists are already champions in their home nation, so you can be sure to see some incredible costumes from passionate creators.

The 2026 Cosplay Central Crown Championships Final will be held at MCM London Comic Con in May 2026

How to Join the Championships

Selecting events are free to set the format, rules and criteria of their independent qualifier, make sure to check your local event’s rules carefully before taking part. All finalists selected to take part in the Global Final are bound by the rules as published.

Qualifier Events for the 2026 Final

Australia

PAX Australia

10-12 October 2025

Baltic Region
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia

Unicon

15-17 August 2025

France

Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show By TGS

4-5 October 2025

Hungary
and neighbors

MondoCon Spring

11-12 April 2026

Nordic Region
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland

Comic Con Denmark X

J-Popcon 15-16 November 2025  

Poland

Magnificon Expo

29 - 30 November 2025

South Africa

Comic Con Africa

28-31 August 2025

Spain

Japan Weekend Madrid

20-21 September 2025

UK

MCM Birmingham Comic Con

28-30 November 2025

USA

C2E2

27-29 March 2026

Note: For the USA - regional selections are held at ECCC, Florida Supercon, NYCC and C2E2, with the overall National Champion being selected at C2E2 – please see the individual show websites for details of the regional selections.

Past Crown Champions

2025

Henchwench

(Australia)

2024

Matthew Barry

(UK)

2023

Nerds Gone Mild

(USA)

2022

Amazonian Cosplay

(UK)

2020

Jinxie Cosplay

(South Africa)

2019

CowbuttCrunchies

(USA)

2018

Jacquistuffnthings

(USA)

2017

Okkido Cosplay

(Hungary)

2016

Major Sam

(Australia)