A tournament is the competitive format of the Life Capital simulation. Teenagers play in teams of six, and each team member sits at a different table, so at every table they have to make deals with players from other teams. International tournaments ran in Vienna (2024) and Frankfurt (2025); national stages in Kyiv (2025), Ottawa (2025 and 2026) and Irpin (2026). The next international stage is in Geneva, October 2026.
The next fixed date is Geneva, 31 October 2026, for players who came through the national stages. Open sessions in Ottawa carry no published dates: a date is agreed in the reply to an enquiry, and both national stages of 2026 ran in March, as Global Money Week events. How a date is agreed, and what a seat costs →
Participants, host institutions and photographs from each stage.
Played at the same time in Ottawa, Calgary and Regina, with the Ottawa tables at Carleton University.
A 3-day international stage in Frankfurt am Main: 42 players in seven teams, four teams at tables in the room and three online. The program included visits to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Money Museum.
Twelve countries were on the Vienna entry list, and five national teams made the final standings: Germany, Ukraine, Greece, Canada and Slovakia. The Ambassador of Ukraine to Austria and a Ministry of Education representative attended.
Held at Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University with the National Bank of Ukraine, the Deposit Guarantee Fund and the Ministry of Education: 36 players in 6 teams.
Played in Ottawa on 14 March 2026 as a Global Money Week event, with 36 teenagers registered through the official form, from Ontario, Quebec and Alberta according to Arnprior Today. The day closed with medals struck for the tournament and printed diplomas.
| Date | Tournament | Location & Host | Scale | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26–28.04.2024 | 1st International Tournament | Vienna, Austria | 12 countries entered, 5 teams in the standings | Team Germany |
| 21.03.2025 | 1st National Tournament: Ukraine | Kyiv, Vadym Hetman KNEU | 6 teams, 36 players: Cherkasy, Odesa, Ternopil, Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast | Kyiv team |
| 25–27.04.2025 | 2nd International Tournament | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 7 teams, 42 players, hybrid | Team Odesa |
| 26.04.2025 | 1st National Tournament: Canada | Ottawa, Carleton University | Ottawa, Calgary and Regina at the same time | — |
| 14.03.2026 | 2nd National Youth Financial Literacy Tournament | Ottawa, Invest Ottawa | 36 registrations | — |
| 26.03.2026 | 2nd National Tournament: Ukraine | Irpin, State Tax University | Regional-stage winners, a Global Money Week 2026 event | — |
| 31.10.2026 | 3rd International Tournament | Geneva, Switzerland | Upcoming | — |
Ottawa 2026 closed with medals and printed diplomas. A dash in the last column means no winner is published here. Geneva has not been played.
In a Life Capital tournament each team of six splits up across separate tables. At every table the players come from rival schools and regions, and they still have to negotiate, invest together and trade assets with each other.
A player wins by reaching the circle of financial freedom and buying their Dream. At a tournament table the way there runs through deals with rivals.
Every table has a certified Trainer who runs the session and a Banker who pays out and collects the money.
The European stages of 2024 and 2025 were organized by the Financial Literacy Ambassador League — a professional association set up by Ukraine’s Deposit Guarantee Fund — with the NGO «Діловий клуб „Партнер“» (Business Club Partner), Kharkiv, the Ukrainian rights holder of the methodology. An enquiry from Europe is passed to that network with your city, your language and the number of players in it.
Leave a contact and you get the dates and the tournament rules as soon as they are set: Geneva, October 2026, for players from the national stages, and the next Canadian national stage.
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