Oceanic Championship

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The Oceanic Championship, officially referred to as WCQ Oceania, is an annual two-day tournament determining the Oceanic Champion. It was introduced in 2011.

The tournament happens every year in the summer, after all Australian and New Zealand State Championships (pre-2022: National Championships) have taken place. Only players who live within Oceania and have earned an invite at an official Konami event (like a Regional) are allowed to participate in the Oceanic Championship.

The two finalists of the event receive an invite to that year's World Championship.

Interestingly, Oceania was the only TCG region that did not introduce a World Qualifying Points system in 2017, something all other regions (Europe as well as North, Central and South America) did. To this day, players from Oceanic can only earn their World Championship invitation by making it to the finals of the Oceanic Championship.

Currently, only one player, namely Oliver Parle, has managed to win this tournament more than once, being the 2012 and 2015 Champion.

Tournaments

2024

Main article: 2024 Oceanic Championship

Date: 29 - 30 June 2024
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: 271
Ref:
Champion: Fox Chudleigh ("Kashtira Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye")
Runner-Up: Kalist Uremovic ("Branded Despia")
Semi-Finalist: Ellie Flynn ("Yubel")
Semi-Finalist: Tim Davis ("Purrely")

2023

Main article: 2023 Oceanic Championship

Date: 1 - 2 July 2023
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Attendance: 335
Ref:
Champion: Kunlun Lei ("Kashtira")
Runner-Up: Poe Jiang ("Purrely")
Semi-Finalist: Jason Maher ("Kashtira")
Semi-Finalist: Shawn Hu ("Labrynth")

2022

Main article: 2022 Oceanic Championship

Date: 3 - 4 September 2022
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Dino Spasovski ("Tearlaments")
Runner-Up: Bohdan Temnyk ("Danger! Tearlaments")
Semi-Finalist: Daniel Peck ("Danger! Tearlaments")
Semi-Finalist: Michael Duan ("Adventurer Branded Eldlich")

2019

Main article: 2019 Oceanic Championship

Date: 8 - 9 June 2019
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Attendance: 248
Ref:
Champion: Charles Loo ("Salamangreat")
Runner-Up: Onur Gezer ("Salamangreat")
Third Place: Bohdan Temnyk ("Danger! Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link")
Semi-Finalist: Yuri Milkenkov ("Altergeist")

2018

Main article: 2018 Oceanic Championship

Date: 9 - 10 June 2018
Location: ?
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Poe Jiang ("Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Trickstar")
Runner-Up: Bohdan Temnyk ("Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Trickstar")
Third Place: Peter Mitro ("Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Trickstar")
Fourth Place: ?

2017

Main article: 2017 Oceanic Championship

Date: 1 - 2 July 2017
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Ryan Slot ("Zoodiac")
Runner-Up: Taden Williams ("Zoodiac")
Semi-Finalist: Onur Gezer ("Zoodiac")
Semi-Finalist: Cory Lewis ("Zoodiac")

2016

Main article: 2016 Oceanic Championship

Date: 11 - 12 June 2016
Location: ?
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Matthew Casiero "Extra Deck Monarch"
Runner-Up: Bohdan Temnyk ("Phantom Knights Burning Abyss")
Semi-Finalist: Isaac Stott ("Kozmo")
Semi-Finalist: Callum Scott ("Extra Deck Monarch")

2015

Main article: 2015 Oceanic Championship

Date: 6 - 7 June 2015
Location: ?
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Oliver Parle ("Nekroz")
Runner-Up: Jak Lubcke ("Nekroz")
Semi-Finalist: Dominic Ho ("Tellarknight")
Semi-Finalist: Wade Stringer ("Nekroz")

2014

Main article: 2014 Oceanic Championship

Date: 5 - 6 July 2014
Location: ?
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Donald Thompson
Runner-Up: Jonno Ritzau
Semi-Finalist: AJ Davey
Semi-Finalist: Bohdan Temnyk

2013

Main article: 2013 Oceanic Championship

Date: ?
Location: ?
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Chris Mattiske ("Dragon Ruler")
Runner-Up: Kye Baker ("Spellbook")
Semi-Finalist: ?
Semi-Finalist: ?

2012

Main article: 2012 Oceanic Championship

Date: 14 - 15 July 2012
Location: ?
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Oliver Parle ("Chaos Dragon")
Runner-Up: Jonno Ritzau ("Dino Rabbit")
Third Place: Ryan MacLean ("Dino Rabbit")
Fourth Place: Jack Huo ("Chaos Dragon")

2011

Main article: 2011 Oceanic Championship

Date: ?
Location: ?
Attendance: ?
Ref:
Champion: Aaron Dennis ("Tengu Plant")
Runner-Up: Kevin Matsuoka ("T.G. Plant")
Third Place: Oliver Parle ("Tengu Plant")
Fourth Place: Sezan Hossain ("Tengu Plant")