The stage, or rather stages, is now set for the 2025 Cigar Smoking World Championship qualification circuit. This year Andorra is temporarily off the schedule, but with the addition of Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Mauritius and Colombia, the number of participating countries are now up to 50. It’s roughly ten more than last year, and an astonishingly 25 percent of all the world countries.
With the addition of La Réunion last year and now Mauritius, the competition is present in all the continents besides Antarctica. It starts in Denmark and Armenia on May 1 and wraps up in Estonia on August 16, two weeks before the grand final.
Denmark, May 1 Armenia, May 1 Belarus, May 3 Norway, May 3 North Macedonia, May 7 France, May 13 Finland, May 15 Lebanon, May 17 Jordan, May 18 Kuwait, May 21 Slovakia, May 22 Austria, May 22 Qatar, May 23 Romania, May 24 Switzerland, May 24 Greece, May 28 Uzbekistan, June 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 6 Kazakhstan, June 7 Georgia, June 13 Latvia, June 14 Sweden, June 14 Dominican Republic, June 15 Australia, June 21 Germany, June 21 Azerbaijan, June 21 Colombia, June 21 Canada, June 21 Hungary, June 24 USA, June 27 Thailand, June 28 Kosovo, June 28 Spain, June 28 UK, June 29 Cyprus, June 29 Hong Kong, July 2 China, July 3 Reunion Island, July 5 Japan, July 5 Belgium, July 6 Ireland, July 9 Montenegro, July 10 India, July 15 Poland, July 19 Croatia, July 20 Israel, July 23 Mauritus, July 26 Italy, July 26 Malaysia, August 9 Estonia, August 16 Grand final, August 29-31
