diff --git a/app/models/__tests__/scoring-calculator-qp-notify.test.ts b/app/models/__tests__/scoring-calculator-qp-notify.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c9f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/__tests__/scoring-calculator-qp-notify.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+// Spy on the QP Discord notification, and no-op the per-participant total recalc
+// (its own eventResults query would otherwise interfere with the before/after
+// snapshot counter below). Everything else in the scorer runs for real.
+vi.mock("~/services/qualifying-points-discord.server", () => ({
+  notifyQualifyingPointsUpdate: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("~/models/qualifying-points", async (importActual) => {
+  const actual = await importActual<typeof import("~/models/qualifying-points")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    recalculateParticipantQP: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ totalQP: 0, eventsScored: 0 }),
+  };
+});
+
+import { processQualifyingEvent } from "../scoring-calculator";
+import { DEFAULT_QP_VALUES } from "../qualifying-points";
+import { notifyQualifyingPointsUpdate } from "~/services/qualifying-points-discord.server";
+
+const EVENT_ID = "event-1";
+const SPORTS_SEASON_ID = "sports-season-1";
+
+type ResultRow = {
+  id: string;
+  seasonParticipantId: string;
+  placement: number | null;
+  qualifyingPointsAwarded: string | null;
+  scoringEvent: { id: string; sportsSeasonId: string };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Mock db for the non-bracket `processQualifyingEvent` path. `eventResults.findMany`
+ * returns `before` on its first call (the initial getEventResults snapshot) and
+ * `after` on its second (the post-reprocess re-query that drives change detection).
+ * Awarding updates go to a no-op update chain — `after` stands in for the DB state
+ * once the scorer has written its QP.
+ */
+function makeDb(before: ResultRow[], after: ResultRow[]) {
+  const results = [before, after];
+  let findManyCall = 0;
+  return {
+    query: {
+      scoringEvents: {
+        findFirst: async () => ({
+          id: EVENT_ID,
+          sportsSeasonId: SPORTS_SEASON_ID,
+          isQualifyingEvent: true,
+          bracketTemplateId: null,
+          sportsSeason: { majorsCompleted: 1 },
+        }),
+      },
+      eventResults: {
+        findMany: async () => results[Math.min(findManyCall++, 1)],
+      },
+      qualifyingPointConfig: {
+        findMany: async () =>
+          DEFAULT_QP_VALUES.map((qp) => ({ placement: qp.placement, points: qp.points.toString() })),
+      },
+    },
+    update: () => ({ set: () => ({ where: async () => [] }) }),
+  } as never;
+}
+
+const scoringEvent = { id: EVENT_ID, sportsSeasonId: SPORTS_SEASON_ID };
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("processQualifyingEvent — QP change notification", () => {
+  it("notifies only participants whose QP changed (first-time score: null → value)", async () => {
+    const db = makeDb(
+      [
+        { id: "r1", seasonParticipantId: "p1", placement: 1, qualifyingPointsAwarded: null, scoringEvent },
+        { id: "r2", seasonParticipantId: "p2", placement: 20, qualifyingPointsAwarded: "0.00", scoringEvent },
+      ],
+      [
+        { id: "r1", seasonParticipantId: "p1", placement: 1, qualifyingPointsAwarded: "100.00", scoringEvent },
+        { id: "r2", seasonParticipantId: "p2", placement: 20, qualifyingPointsAwarded: "0.00", scoringEvent },
+      ],
+    );
+
+    await processQualifyingEvent(EVENT_ID, db);
+
+    expect(notifyQualifyingPointsUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [ssId, evId, , filter] = vi.mocked(notifyQualifyingPointsUpdate).mock.calls[0];
+    expect(ssId).toBe(SPORTS_SEASON_ID);
+    expect(evId).toBe(EVENT_ID);
+    // p1 went null → 100 (changed); p2 stayed at 0 (unchanged).
+    expect([...(filter as Set<string>)]).toEqual(["p1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not notify when a re-sync produces identical QP", async () => {
+    const rows: ResultRow[] = [
+      { id: "r1", seasonParticipantId: "p1", placement: 1, qualifyingPointsAwarded: "100.00", scoringEvent },
+      { id: "r2", seasonParticipantId: "p2", placement: 20, qualifyingPointsAwarded: "0.00", scoringEvent },
+    ];
+    const db = makeDb(rows, rows.map((r) => ({ ...r })));
+
+    await processQualifyingEvent(EVENT_ID, db);
+
+    expect(notifyQualifyingPointsUpdate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts b/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
index ef12e60..3b16eb7 100644
--- a/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
+++ b/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
@@ -879,6 +879,16 @@ export async function processQualifyingEvent(
   // Check if this was already processed (for majorsCompleted counter)
   const wasAlreadyProcessed = hasProcessedQualifyingPlacement(results);
 
+  // Snapshot awarded QP before reprocessing so the Discord notification below can
+  // announce only the participants whose QP actually changed. Without this, a
+  // sibling window re-scored on every fan-out sync (syncTournamentResults) would
+  // re-ping the full QP standings each run even when nothing changed.
+  const beforeQP = new Map<string, number>(
+    results
+      .filter((r) => r.qualifyingPointsAwarded !== null)
+      .map((r) => [r.seasonParticipantId, parseFloat(r.qualifyingPointsAwarded as string)])
+  );
+
   if (event.bracketTemplateId) {
     // Bracket-based qualifying event (e.g. CS2 Champions Stage): QP is owned by the
     // bracket/stage writers, which assign each placement its STRUCTURAL tie span.
@@ -960,10 +970,27 @@ export async function processQualifyingEvent(
     `[ScoringCalculator] Processed qualifying event ${eventId}: awarded QP to ${results.length} participants`
   );
 
-  try {
-    await notifyQualifyingPointsUpdate(event.sportsSeasonId, eventId, db);
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error(`[ScoringCalculator] QP Discord notification failed for event ${eventId}:`, error);
+  // Announce only participants whose awarded QP changed vs. the pre-reprocess
+  // snapshot (a differing value, or a first-time score: null → value). This keeps
+  // repeated fan-out syncs of an unchanged window from re-pinging the standings.
+  const afterRows = await db.query.eventResults.findMany({
+    where: eq(schema.eventResults.scoringEventId, eventId),
+  });
+  const changedParticipantIds = new Set<string>();
+  for (const r of afterRows) {
+    if (r.qualifyingPointsAwarded === null) continue;
+    const newQP = parseFloat(r.qualifyingPointsAwarded);
+    if (beforeQP.get(r.seasonParticipantId) !== newQP) {
+      changedParticipantIds.add(r.seasonParticipantId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (changedParticipantIds.size > 0) {
+    try {
+      await notifyQualifyingPointsUpdate(event.sportsSeasonId, eventId, db, changedParticipantIds);
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`[ScoringCalculator] QP Discord notification failed for event ${eventId}:`, error);
+    }
   }
 }