diff --git a/app/features/tournament/SavedCalendarEventRepository.server.ts b/app/features/tournament/SavedCalendarEventRepository.server.ts
index 7fe818811..a0cc6a89d 100644
--- a/app/features/tournament/SavedCalendarEventRepository.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/tournament/SavedCalendarEventRepository.server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { db } from "~/db/sql";
 import { actorId } from "~/features/auth/core/user.server";
 import type { ShowcaseCalendarEvent } from "~/features/calendar/calendar-types";
 import * as ShowcaseTournaments from "~/features/front-page/core/ShowcaseTournaments.server";
+import { databaseTimestampNow } from "~/utils/dates";
 
 export function saveOwn(tournamentId: number) {
 	return db
@@ -58,11 +59,18 @@ export async function isSaved({
 	return Boolean(row);
 }
 
-export async function countByUserId(userId: number): Promise<number> {
+/** Counts the saved tournaments of the user that haven't started yet. */
+export async function countUpcomingByUserId(userId: number): Promise<number> {
 	const result = await db
 		.selectFrom("SavedCalendarEvent")
 		.select((eb) => eb.fn.countAll<number>().as("count"))
-		.where("userId", "=", userId)
+		.where("SavedCalendarEvent.userId", "=", userId)
+		.where("SavedCalendarEvent.calendarEventId", "in", (eb) =>
+			eb
+				.selectFrom("CalendarEventDate")
+				.select("CalendarEventDate.eventId")
+				.where("CalendarEventDate.startsAt", ">", databaseTimestampNow()),
+		)
 		.executeTakeFirstOrThrow();
 
 	return result.count;
diff --git a/app/features/tournament/actions/to.$id.info.server.test.ts b/app/features/tournament/actions/to.$id.info.server.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c1a948db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/tournament/actions/to.$id.info.server.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { addDays, subDays } from "date-fns";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import * as SavedCalendarEventFactory from "~/db/seed/factories/SavedCalendarEventFactory";
+import * as TournamentFactory from "~/db/seed/factories/TournamentFactory";
+import * as UserFactory from "~/db/seed/factories/UserFactory";
+import { dateToDatabaseTimestamp } from "~/utils/dates";
+import { wrappedAction } from "~/utils/Test";
+import * as SavedCalendarEventRepository from "../SavedCalendarEventRepository.server";
+import { TOURNAMENT } from "../tournament-constants";
+import type { saveTournamentSchema } from "../tournament-schemas";
+import { action as infoAction } from "./to.$id.info.server";
+
+const info = wrappedAction<typeof saveTournamentSchema>({ action: infoAction });
+
+const users = UserFactory.pool();
+const saverId = () => users.id(1);
+
+describe("SAVE_TOURNAMENT", () => {
+	beforeEach(async () => {
+		await users.create(1);
+	});
+
+	test("tournaments saved in the past don't count towards the saved limit", async () => {
+		for (let i = 0; i < TOURNAMENT.MAX_SAVED_COUNT; i++) {
+			await saveTournamentStartingAt(subDays(new Date(), 30 + i));
+		}
+		const upcoming = await createTournamentStartingAt(addDays(new Date(), 7));
+
+		const response = await save(upcoming.id);
+
+		expect(errorToastOf(response)).toBeNull();
+		expect(await isSaved(upcoming.id)).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	test("rejects saving once the limit of upcoming saved tournaments is reached", async () => {
+		for (let i = 0; i < TOURNAMENT.MAX_SAVED_COUNT; i++) {
+			await saveTournamentStartingAt(addDays(new Date(), 1 + i));
+		}
+		const upcoming = await createTournamentStartingAt(addDays(new Date(), 30));
+
+		const response = await save(upcoming.id);
+
+		expect(errorToastOf(response)).toBe("Maximum saved tournaments reached");
+		expect(await isSaved(upcoming.id)).toBe(false);
+	});
+});
+
+function createTournamentStartingAt(startTime: Date) {
+	return TournamentFactory.create({
+		authorId: saverId(),
+		startTimes: [dateToDatabaseTimestamp(startTime)],
+	});
+}
+
+async function saveTournamentStartingAt(startTime: Date) {
+	const tournament = await createTournamentStartingAt(startTime);
+	await SavedCalendarEventFactory.create({
+		userId: saverId(),
+		tournamentId: tournament.id,
+	});
+}
+
+function save(tournamentId: number) {
+	return info(
+		{ _action: "SAVE_TOURNAMENT" },
+		{ user: saverId(), params: { id: String(tournamentId) } },
+	);
+}
+
+function isSaved(tournamentId: number) {
+	return SavedCalendarEventRepository.isSaved({
+		userId: saverId(),
+		tournamentId,
+	});
+}
+
+function errorToastOf(response: Response | null | undefined) {
+	if (!response) return null;
+
+	return new URLSearchParams(
+		response.headers.get("location")?.split("?")[1],
+	).get("__error");
+}
diff --git a/app/features/tournament/actions/to.$id.info.server.ts b/app/features/tournament/actions/to.$id.info.server.ts
index 368f1c584..1d57772ac 100644
--- a/app/features/tournament/actions/to.$id.info.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/tournament/actions/to.$id.info.server.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ export const action = defineAction(
 
 		switch (body._action) {
 			case "SAVE_TOURNAMENT": {
-				const count = await SavedCalendarEventRepository.countByUserId(user.id);
+				const upcomingCount =
+					await SavedCalendarEventRepository.countUpcomingByUserId(user.id);
 				errorToastIfFalsy(
-					count < TOURNAMENT.MAX_SAVED_COUNT,
+					upcomingCount < TOURNAMENT.MAX_SAVED_COUNT,
 					"Maximum saved tournaments reached",
 				);
 
diff --git a/changelog/2026-11-08-saved-tournaments-limit.md b/changelog/2026-11-08-saved-tournaments-limit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b50f02125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/2026-11-08-saved-tournaments-limit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+navItem: medal
+type: bug
+---
+Fixed saving tournaments failing with "Maximum saved tournaments reached" once 20 of your saved tournaments had already happened
diff --git a/scripts/benchmark-db/cases.ts b/scripts/benchmark-db/cases.ts
index 3a692f585..92f7587f4 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmark-db/cases.ts
+++ b/scripts/benchmark-db/cases.ts
@@ -2013,8 +2013,10 @@ export function buildCases(fx: Fixtures): {
 				tournamentId,
 			}),
 	);
-	add("SavedCalendarEventRepository.countByUserId", fx.heavyUser, (user) =>
-		SavedCalendarEventRepository.countByUserId(user.id),
+	add(
+		"SavedCalendarEventRepository.countUpcomingByUserId",
+		fx.heavyUser,
+		(user) => SavedCalendarEventRepository.countUpcomingByUserId(user.id),
 	);
 	add(
 		"SavedCalendarEventRepository.findAllUpcomingByUserId",