Format:	Set Test and Own Choice
Test Piece:	Alienus 2026
Adjudicators:	Margaret S. Antrobus , Edward Gregson , Philip Harper , Thomas Ludescher , Grethe Tonheim , Jan Van der Roost
Venue:	Brucknerhaus, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Set Test Draw	Own Choice Draw	Set Test	Own Choice	Total
1	Flowers	Paul Holland	West Wind - Metamorphoses for Brass Band 2026	8	12	98	98	196
2	Valaisia Brass Band	Arsène Duc	Mnemosyne Phrases 2025	12	15	96	97	193
3	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	So Spoke Albion 2019	13	1	95	93	188
4	3BA Concert Brass	Erik Janssen	A Brussels Requiem 2017	9	14	92	94	186
5	Brass Band Willebroek	Frans Violet	Orpheus & Eurydice 2025	2	7	89	96	185
6	Hauts-de-France Brass Band	Luc Vertommen	Dial 'H' for Hitchcock 2017	11	8	93	90	183
7	Festival Brassband	Guy Audenaert	Wisdom or Madness 2025	15	5	91	91	182
8	Göta Brass Band	Ryan Watkins	Kosmoz 2025	14	3	94	85	179
9	Italian Brass Band	Giuseppe Saggio	Angels and Demons 2014	6	11	90	89	179
10	Manger Musikklag	David King	This World 2024	3	2	85	92	177
11	Whitburn	Nicholas Childs	Ben-Hur 1925 2026	10	4	88	88	176
12	Brass Band Oberösterreich	Günther Reisegger	Lost Paradise 2026	1	10	87	84	171
13	Concord Brass Band	Jesper Juul Windahl	REM-Scapes 2013	4	9	84	87	171
14	Brass Band De Wâldsang	Rieks van der Velde	This World 2024	7	13	86	83	169
15	Brass LT	Russell Gray	Audivi Media Nocte 2011	5	6	83	86	169

General

Set Work placing takes precedence in event of a tie.

Best Soloist: Tim De Maeseneer, Tenor Horn - Brass Band Willebroek
Invitation to the 2027 British Open (highest placed European band outside the UK): Valaisia Brass Band

Set Test

Contest (and draw): Fri 24 Apr 2026
Adjudicators (closed box): Margaret Antrobus, Jan Van der Roost, Philip Harper

Own Choice

Contest (and draw): Sat 25 Apr 2026
Adjudicators (closed box): Grethe Tonheim, Edward Gregson, Thomas Ludescher

World Premiere: Lost Paradise (Oberösterreich), Ben-Hur 1925 (Whitburn), West Wind (Flowers)
EBBC Premiere: Kosmoz (Göta), Orpheus & Eurydice (Willebroek), Wisdom or Madness (Festival), Mnemosyne Phrases (Valaisia)