How to get into the Berlin Half

Berlin Half Marathon lottery

Runner places go by lottery, used for the first time for the 2026 race after a record 40,721 runners registered for 2025. The 2026 lottery ran April 10 to May 22, 2025. The organizers do not publish applicant numbers or a success rate for either draw.

The 2027 lottery ran April 2 to May 28, 2026. You enter through a free SCC EVENTS account and add payment details, but the €89 fee is charged only if you are drawn. Teams of 2 or 3 share a team code and are drawn together. If one team member cannot run, the others keep their places and no substitute can be named.

Runners must be born in 2011 or earlier. The time limit is 3 hours 15 minutes, and runners who have not reached km 18 by 2:15 p.m. leave the course without a time or medal.

Berlin Half Marathon lottery results

Results for 2027 went out by email on June 16, 2026, to everyone who entered, drawn or not. Adyen charged the €89 fee to winners the same day. If the charge failed, the entry stayed valid and a payment request appeared in the runner's account.

The organizers have not announced the 2028 lottery. Both draws so far opened in April and closed in late May, with results in mid-June, so expect the 2028 lottery from about April 2027 and results in June 2027.

Berlin Half Marathon charity places

Charity is a guaranteed route even when the race is sold out. The official charity page lists 12 partners, and each sets its own target and deadline. The charity confirms the place, then sends a personal code to register with the organizer.

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe offers 30 places for a €390 minimum, and all 2027 places are taken. HelpAge Deutschland gives a free entry once a runner raises €350. Kinderhilfe asks €650 for a single SuperHalfs race in 2027 and is full, with a waiting list. WWF Deutschland sets a per-event target and gives a shirt from €150 raised.

International runners can apply through realbuzz, the SuperHalfs charity partner. Its Berlin listing names more than 40 charities, mostly from the UK, with places guaranteed once the fundraising target is met. Alzheimer's Research UK, YMCA Black Country Group, White Lodge and Kinderhilfe were marked full in November 2026.

Berlin Half Marathon tour operators

Entries outside the lottery are sold only through the 78 official tour operators on the race site, in 36 countries. Operators sell entry inside a package, not as a bib alone: Destiny2Sport says it is not authorized to sell entry only. Packages are first come, first served while each operator has places.

Destiny2Sport's 2027 package is $1,195 per runner in a double room, $1,795 single and $1,045 for a non-running guest, for 3 nights at the Berlin Marriott (April 2 to 5, 2027). It includes entry, breakfast, expo and start transfers, a shakeout run and a pasta dinner, with a $200 non-refundable deposit and the balance due by February 15, 2027. Fitness International Travel lists $1,780 with a $400 deposit.

Sports Tours International prices entry and extras at £135 in the UK and $179 in the US inside a 3-night hotel package. Dream Travel Canada sells 3 nights at the Berlin Marriott priced in euros, with a CA$350 deposit and final payment by January 29, 2027. Operator entries follow the operator's own cancellation terms.

Berlin Half running course and Sozialticket

SCC EVENTS, the organizer, runs four 3-month preparation courses in Berlin that can include a race entry. Each costs €189, plus €130 for the entry, and meets once a week between January 12 and April 1, 2027. Booking opened June 16, 2026, and the entry comes as an access code in January. The €99 personal training plan cannot include an entry.

Fifty runners with a Berlin Sozialticket S can enter for €35. They email their ID and ticket to sozialticket@scc-events.com and receive an access code.

Berlin Half and the SuperHalfs

Berlin is one of the six SuperHalfs Originals, with Lisbon (March 7, 2027), Prague (April 3), Copenhagen (September 19), Cardiff (October 3) and Valencia (October 24). A free SuperPassport records each finish when you add its number at registration, or claim the result afterward. Finishing all six, in any order and with no time limit, earns the SuperMedal at no cost, handed out at the finish of the last race. Berlin results count from 2024 only.

The passport gives no guaranteed entry, so passport holders enter the Berlin lottery. Back on Track emails a unique registration link to runners with at least 2 finishes in a series and no race in it for 2 years or more, with a complete profile and email sign-up. It is automatic, goes to the longest wait first, can be used once per level and expires after a set time. You pay the race fee. SuperVouchers were sold only in 2023, and they were never valid in Berlin.

SuperHalfs Europa starts in 2027 with Napoli (February 21), Warsaw (March 14), Belgrade (April 17), Vienna (April 18), Riga (May 16) and Stockholm (August 21). It has its own medal, results count from 2027, and races do not mix across the two series.