Lille
Lille is a football region before it is anything else, and the metropolitan area has plenty of indoor and outdoor five-a-side halls. MCC brings a 5-a-side tournament to Lille in 2027 with three grounds: Roubaix/North-East, Villeneuve-d'Ascq/East and Lomme/West. Each one crowns a Pitch Champion worth $20,000, and that team goes straight into the French Country Championship at the end of May.
Three grounds, three champions
Two halves of 15 minutes on a stop clock. Every team plays three group matches in a group of four, and the top two go into the playoffs, where a tie level after two halves goes to penalties. Five weeks of football on each ground leave Lille with three Pitch Champions, and each goes straight to the Country Championship.
Roubaix/North-East
64 to 128 teams · $20,000 to its Pitch Champion
Villeneuve-d'Ascq/East
64 to 128 teams · $20,000 to its Pitch Champion
Lomme/West
64 to 128 teams · $20,000 to its Pitch Champion
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Foot a 5 in the Lille metropolis
Small-sided football in northern France goes by several names: foot a 5, futsal, foot en salle. The Lille area has a deep habit of it, with company teams, student sides from the university campuses at Villeneuve-d'Ascq and Lille itself, and groups of friends who book a pitch by the hour after work. Most of them play inside their own league or workplace.
A 5-a-side tournament across the whole metropolis changes that. A side from Roubaix can draw a side from Lomme, and the result counts toward a place in the French Country Championship, a route that a weekly league seldom offers and that gives every game a purpose.
Roubaix/North-East, Villeneuve-d'Ascq/East and Lomme/West
The three Lille grounds follow the shape of the metropolis. Roubaix/North-East covers Tourcoing and the textile towns along the Belgian border. Villeneuve-d'Ascq/East takes the east and south-east, around the campuses and the stadium district. Lomme/West anchors the west, with Lambersart, La Madeleine and the Deule valley close by.
The metro and the tram link most of this area, with line 1 serving Villeneuve-d'Ascq and line 2 running through Roubaix and out to Lomme. Each ground holds from 64 to 128 teams and plays its own full round, so a team chooses the closest one. The venue for each ground is chosen via the MCC pitch owner programme; its name goes up on this page when the agreement has been signed.
April and May in Nord
Spring in Nord is mild and changeable. Expect highs around 13 to 17 degrees, some showers, and long evenings by early May. Football starts on Friday 9 April 2027 and groups are played over the next three weekends; the knockout rounds begin on the 30th, and the Lille grounds close their rounds with finals on 9 May.
Each of the three Pitch Champions then plays the Country Championship over the last weekend of May 2027 (28 to 30), facing the sides that came through in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and the other French grounds. After that is the continental stage and, on 7 July 2027, the World Final.
How MCC compares with the local cups
Lille has a busy calendar of one-day foot a 5 cups and club evenings, and many are well run. MCC is built differently: a published format with groups of four, three group matches and penalties for any level playoff tie, and prizes that run from $20,000 to $5,000,000 up to the World Final. Amateur teams only, one Team License each, and a named Team President.
The road out of Lille
- 01 · 9 Apr - 9 May 2027
Pitch Round
Groups of four on every pitch, three group matches each. The top two of every group go into the playoffs, and penalties settle a level playoff tie.
$20,000 - 02 · 28-30 May 2027
Country Championship
The Pitch Champions of each country play for the national title: two halves of 15 minutes, a league table, then the playoffs.
$150,000 - 03 · 2027
Continental Championship
Country Champions compete within their region for a place on the world stage.
$500,000 - 04 · 7 Jul 2027
World Championship
A five-team mini-league, then the World Final: two halves of 15 minutes, penalties if level. One MCC World Champion.
$5,000,000
Questions from Lille
How does a team enter MCC in Lille?
Register on this site and pick one of Lille's three grounds: Roubaix/North-East, Villeneuve-d'Ascq/East, Lomme/West. One Team License per team: USD 1,200 for one year until 1 March 2027 (then 2,500), or 5,000 for three years. Payment and KYC verification follow the application.
When does the tournament start in Lille?
The Pitch Round runs 9 April to 9 May 2027 on all three Lille grounds. The group matches are played on 9-11, 16-18 and 23-25 April, the playoffs from 30 April, and each ground's final on 9 May. Pitch Champions go straight to the Country Championship on 28-30 May 2027.
How many teams can play in Lille?
Up to 384: each of the three grounds takes up to 128 teams, and each needs a minimum of 64 to run its round. A full ground puts an entry on its waitlist instead of turning it away.
What can a Lille team win?
$20,000 per Pitch Champion, $150,000 for the France title, $500,000 continental and $5,000,000 for the World Champion - plus championship rings from Country level up.
Can a team from Tourcoing or Lambersart enter in Lille?
Yes. The grounds are named after Roubaix, Villeneuve-d'Ascq and Lomme but they serve the whole metropolitan area. Choose the ground whose metro or tram stop is nearest to where most of your squad lives.
Do university teams count as amateur at MCC?
Student teams are amateur, so they can enter, provided the squad has no more than nine players and a named Team President is on the entry. Each team holds one Team License, USD 1,200 for one year until 1 March 2027, then 2,500, or 5,000 for three years.
Will matches be indoors or outdoors in Lille?
That depends on the venue confirmed for each ground. The venue is named on this page once its agreement is signed, and the ground cards show which of the three are already settled.
What happens if a Lille team wins its ground?
It takes $20,000 and a place at the Country Championship on 28 to 30 May 2027, where it faces the other French Pitch Champions, including those from Paris, Marseille and Lyon.
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Claim a pitch in Lille
One Team License per team, for one year or three years. Squads of up to 9 are built in the MCC app after licensing. Registration takes the team, its coach and its Team President.
- USD1,200One year
- 5,000Three years