General Info
General Info
Welcome to the European Open Andorra
This is the fourth edition of an international tournament that aims to give more opportunities to European teams to participate in different tournaments to motivate the participants and to improve their projects.
Event is open for all European teams!
This tournament is sponsored by the Andorra Telephone Company Andorra Telecom.
There are two distinct tournaments in this multifaceted event. This is the V5 - Middle & High School Tournament. If you are looking for the VEX IQ tournament (Elementary & Middle School), please return to the main VEX Events page and select the proper tournament.
Engineering Notebook
ALL teams are strongly encouraged to submit a digital engineering notebook. These will be reviewed via a digital copy you can submit on your Team Account on events.vex.com. A review of your engineering notebook will be the first step in potentially earning the Design Award.
Due one week before the tournament.
- Venue
- Centre Esportiu de Lòria
- Address
- Plaça de Calonge, Sant Julià de Lòria, AD600, Andorra
- Dates
- March 20 – 21, 2027
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 15
- Spots Open
- 14
- Event Region
- Andorra
- Standard Registration Opens
- 16-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 28-Feb-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 28/02/2027
- Price
- USD$110.00 / €100.00
Agenda
Saturday, March 20th, 2027
8:00 Teams Registration Arrive, Inspection and Pit Opens
9:00-9:15 Drivers and Coaches Meeting
8:45-18:00 Skills field open (Each team is allotted 3 attempts at each skills challenge)
9:15-10:00 Practice matches
10:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony
10:30-13:00 Qualifying Rounds
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00 Judges Invitations interviews
14:00-18:00 Qualifying Rounds
18:00 Venue Closes
Sunday, March 21th, 2027
8:00A Pit Opens
8:30-9:30 Skills field open
8:30-9:30 Qualifying Rounds
9:30-10:30 Alliance Selection
10:30-12:00 Elimination Matches
12:00-12:30 Finals
12:30-13:00 Closing Ceremony
13:30 Event Closes
Stream
https://www.youtube.com/user/Andorratelecom
Webcast The event is scheduled to be broadcast live on the Andorra Telecom YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/Andorratelecom
Travel Info
Date: 20-Mar-2027 - 21-Mar-2027 Centre Esportiu de Lòria Plaça de Calonge Sant Julià de Lòria, AD600 Andorra Travel Info Travel Information For visitors from other countries and far-flung destinations, flying is a great option for getting to Andorra. There are transport connections to all of the main airports in our vicinity, with the largest being Barcelona Airport (located some 200 kilometres from Andorra). The Directbus line connecting Andorra to Barcelona Airport boasts a high frequency of departures throughout the year, in both directions. Additionally, the Directbus always stops at Sants bus station in Barcelona city. The journey between Andorra and Barcelona Airport is approximately 3.5 hours. Directbus stops at both terminals in Barcelona Airport. At Terminal 1, the arrival and departure point is the Arrivals area on the ground floor; and at Terminal 2, the arrival and departure point is next to the Bloc Tècnic building (between terminals 2B and 2C). En route, and as mentioned above, the bus also stops at Sants bus station in Barcelona city. In Andorra, the arrival and departure point is the National Bus Station on Carrer de la Cúria s/n in Andorra la Vella, close to the city centre, from where taxi services are readily available. To travel from Barcelona Airport to Andorra, you can travel with the BUS DIRECT company. In the following link you can find all the information. Visit Andorra (Touris Information) Direct Bus Hotel Information & Facilities Comming soon Tourist Information Visitor Information Atypical Andorra Winter (EN) Atypical Andorra - Shopping (EN)
Judging Format
Judging Format All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should submitting a digital notebook. Please DO NOT print a digital notebook. Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. Due one week before the event.
Volunteer
Volunteer Join our great team of volunteers! Benefits include a event t-shirt, and the pride of knowing you were part of making the event a success.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy Due to the nature of scheduling an event of this size there is no viable way to have contigency dates due to weather and weather related events.