World Championship


 * For the Video game series, see: World Championship (Video games).

The World Championship is an international, invitational Yu-Gi-Oh tournament held annually—usually in Japan— between the top-ranked Duelists of various countries. In order to receive an invitation to the World Championship, a player generally must win a National event in their native country (during that year’s main tournament season). Thus, the participants are National champions from various countries.

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2003
Source: http://www.pojo.com/yu-gi-oh/killerdecks/2003/Sept2003/KDR-27/Basic%20Hand%20Desruption%20Dawn%20Yoshi%20World%20Championship%202003%20New%20York.htm
 * Champion - Ng Yu Leung from Hong Kong
 * 2nd place - Shigeki Kitamura from Japan
 * 3rd place - Mike Rosenberg from United States
 * 4th place - Huai Tao Sun from United States

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004

 * Champion - Masatoshi Togawa from Japan (Chaos)
 * 2nd place - Chan Wan Hang from Hong Kong
 * 3rd place - Yoshinobu Suekane from Japan
 * 4th place - Ryan Pugh from United States
 * 5th place - Roy St.Clair from United States
 * 6th place - Felipe Luque from Chile
 * 7th place - Kenyou Ueda from Japan
 * 8th place - Anthony Kok Khing Woon from Malaysia

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005

 * Champion - Markou Miltiadis from Greece
 * 2nd place - Jorge Fabian Piña Lizarraga from México
 * 3rd place - David Kretschmer from Germany
 * 4th place - Guan Sian Li from Taiwan
 * 5th- 8th -  Dexter Dalit from Canada
 * 5th- 8th -  Gonzalo Ercole from Chile



Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2006

 * Champion - Dario Longo from Italy
 * 2nd place - Hang Shum,King from Hong Kong
 * 3rd place - Adrian Madaj from Poland
 * 4th place - Markou Miltiadis from Greece
 * 5th place - Shin, Ishikawa from Japan
 * 6th place - Javier Juan, Pinilla Segovia from Chile
 * 7th Place - Miguel Flores from United States
 * 8th Place - Yoshiteru, Nishino from Japan

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007

 * Champion - Andres Toro from Chile (Trooper Monarch)
 * 2nd place - Mattia Sarpa from Italy (Trooper Monarch)
 * 3rd place - Adam Corn from United States
 * 4th place - Dexter Dalit from Canada
 * 5th place - Dario Longo from Italy
 * 6th place - Toshiki Muramatsu from Japan
 * 7th place - Yuen Ka Wa from Hong Kong
 * 8th place - Oliver Schmidt-Voss from Germany

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008

 * Champion - Kazuki Mutsuoka (Gladiator Beasts) from Japan
 * 2nd place - Robert Ackerman (Gladiator Beasts) from United States
 * 3rd place - Takeru Norihama from Japan
 * 4th place - Claudio Kirchmair from Austria
 * 5th place - Gabriel Vázquez from México
 * 6th place - Chris Gehring from New Zealand
 * 7th place - Wei-Hao She from Taiwan
 * 8th place - Takahiro Kawaguchi from Japan



Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2009

 * Champion - Tan Hong Hwee, Benjamin from Singapore
 * 2nd place - Chien Yen Jui from Taiwan
 * 3rd place - James Andress from United States
 * 4th place - Hong-Kyu Lee from South Korea
 * 5th place - Au Man Lai from Hong Kong
 * 6th place - Alexander Antonios from Australia
 * 7th place - Chris Gehring from New Zealand
 * 8th place - Kee Kian Sim from Malaysia

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010
Top 5th~8th Finalists
 * Champion - Galileo De Obaldia from Panama (Frog FTK)
 * 2nd Place - Vincent Paglia from United States (Blackwings)
 * 3rd Place - Kei Kuwano from Japan (Heralds)
 * 4th Place - Tae Woo Kim from South Korea (Blackwings)
 * Hideki Kawai from Japan (Frog Monarchs)
 * Aaron Noel from Canada (Blackwings)
 * She Wei Hao from Taiwan (Frog Monarchs)
 * Stefano Sluis from Netherlands (Infernities)