{"id":12112,"date":"2026-01-19T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/?p=12112"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:42:50","slug":"the-lags-battle-italy-the-selection-stages-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/the-lags-battle-italy-the-selection-stages-are-back\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LAGS BATTLE ITALY &#8211; The selection stages are back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"default-heading2\">LAGS &#8211; 19\/01\/2026<\/h3>\n<p>The Italian selection stages for the <strong>Latte Art Grading System competitions 2026<\/strong> are back. These events will host professionals from the LAGS circuit and will crown the champions of the <strong>Green, Red, Black, and Gold<\/strong> levels, who will advance to the <strong>LAGS 2026 Italian National Final<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A journey made up of <strong>3 selection stages + the National Final<\/strong>, a key step on the road to the <strong>World Championship on 7\u20138 November in Gij\u00f3n (Asturias, Spain)<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>First Prize: Trip to Spain offered by the sponsors!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>ACCESS TO THE 2026 STAGES \u2013 NUMBER OF PLACES<\/h4>\n<p>The number of available places for this year\u2019s selection stages will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>8 places \u2013 Green level<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4 places \u2013 Red level<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4 places \u2013 Black level<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f <strong>Gold level competitors<\/strong> will participate <strong>directly in the Italian National Final on 26 June 2026 in Milan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc The <strong>dates and locations of the 2nd and 3rd stages<\/strong> will be announced gradually through the official LAGS channels.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the new regulation <strong>\u201cThe LAGS Battle 5.0\u201d<\/strong> is now in force and can be downloaded from the LAGS website after logging in.<\/p>\n<h4>1st SELECTION STAGE &#8211; SHADOW ARENA<\/h4>\n<p><strong>20 FEBRUARY 2026 \u2013 MILAN (ASSAGO), at ANFIM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From <strong>26 January at 3:00 PM<\/strong>, it will be possible to register for the first stage scheduled for 2026, for <strong>Green, Red, and Black levels<\/strong>*.<br \/>\nRegistrations will be available through the <strong>LAGS website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will be possible to register for <strong>one stage at a time<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>Participation in the competition requires a <strong>fee of \u20ac45<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note that each stage has a <strong>limited number of places<\/strong>. The Latte Art Grading System therefore reserves the right to define the number of participants based on the number of registrations received. If the number exceeds availability, competitors will be moved to the <strong>next stage<\/strong> they wish to participate in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Don\u2019t waste time<\/strong>: register as soon as registrations open and secure your spot in the <strong>first LAGS BATTLE 2026 selection stage<\/strong> via the LAGS website.<\/p>\n<h4>LAGS NATIONAL FINAL 2026<\/h4>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd <strong>26 June 2026 \u2013 Milan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Final will crown the <strong>Italian Champions 2026<\/strong> and represents a crucial step toward the <strong>World Championship on 7\u20138 November in Gij\u00f3n (Asturias, Spain)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL FINAL \u2013 GOLD LEVELS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For <strong>GOLD level competitors<\/strong>, participation will take place <strong>directly in the National Final<\/strong><br \/>\n(<strong>26 June 2026 \u2013 Milan<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Team LAGS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/championship\/\">www.latteartgrading.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAGS &#8211; 19\/01\/2026 The Italian selection stages for the Latte Art Grading System competitions 2026 are back. These events will host professionals from the LAGS circuit and will crown the champions of the Green, Red, Black, and Gold levels, who will advance to the LAGS 2026 Italian National Final. A journey made up of 3&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23482,"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112\/revisions\/23482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latteartgrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}