World Championship

The World Championship is an international Yu-Gi-Oh tournament held anually, usually in Japan, consisting of national champions and other high-ranked players.

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2003

 * Champion - Ng Yu Leung from Hong Kong
 * 2nd place - Shigeki Kitamura from Japan
 * 3rd place - Adam McNeely United States

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004

 * Champion - Masatoshi Togawa from Japan
 * 2nd place - Chan Wan Hang from Hong Kong
 * 3rd place - Yoshinobu Suekane from Japan
 * 4th place - Ryan Pugh from United Kingdom
 * 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

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
 * 2nd place - Mattia Sarpa from Italy
 * 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 from Japan
 * 2nd place - Robert Ackerman from United States
 * 3rd place - Takeru Norihama from Japan
 * 4th place - Claudio Kirchmair from Austria
 * 5th place - Jung-Ho Ahn from South Korea
 * 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 - Benjamin Hong from Singapore
 * 2nd place - Chien Yen Jui from Taiwan
 * 3rd place - Roy St. Clair 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