There are many cosplay competitions in the Netherlands, but I lacked a clear overview of which ones are where and what preliminairy rounds are to be held for international competitions. So, I decided to ask around, investigate and look around on the internet to compile a list of cosplay competitions in the Netherlands. For now I have sorted them in three categories: international, held at an anime convention, held at a fantasy event/comic con. Those are NOT limitations in what you can enter with. Please read the rules of each individual competition at their own pages.
I’ll try to keep this page up-to-date, so do inform me if I am missing something. We can all use some clarity in this sea of competitions. 🙂
Last updated: 28-8-2023, sorry about that. Information became even more difficult to find 🙁
International Prelims
Tournament of Champions – Animecon
World Cosplay Summit – Animecon
GICOF – Animecon
Dutch competitions anime
Animecon Solo competition – Animecon
Animecon Group competition – Animecon
Hallway cosplay competition – Abunai!con
Cosplay Catwalk – Abunai!con
Cosplay act competition – Abunai!con
Dutch competitions fantasy/video games
Elfia costume parade – Elfia Haarzuilens and Elfia Arcen
Cosplay competition Saturday/Sunday – GameForce