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The Video Game World Championship was an international, invitational tournament held annually alongside the TCG/OCG World Championship from 2003 to 2011. It was the first virtual Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, making it the predecessor to Duel Links and Master Duel. At the time, it was the only alternative World Championship.
In 2003, at the inaugural Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, the Video Game tournament was played on the Game Boy Advance game Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel which had been released about four months prior to the tournament. After this, all subsequent tournaments were played using the annual Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship game series. From 2007 onwards, the platform of choice was the Nintendo DS.
The Video Game World Championship eventually ceased to exist as no new World Championship game was released after 2011.
Tournaments[]
2011[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus (Nintendo DS)
Date: 13 - 14 August 2011
Location: 
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 12
Ref: [1]
Champion: 
Jonghwan Lee ("Dragunity")
Runner-Up: 
Makoto Ito ("Chaos Lightsworn")
Third Place: 
Eduard Alvarez ("Anti-Meta")
Fourth Place: Takahiro Nose
2010[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia (Nintendo DS)
Date: 14 - 15 August 2010
Location: 
Long Beach, California, USA
Attendance: ?
Ref: [2]
Champion: Arturo Oviedo ("Hero Beat")
Runner-Up: 
Vincent Ralambomiadana ("Frog Monarch")
Third Place: Naoki Shibata ("Blackwing")
Fourth Place: Cesar Gonzalez
2009[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator (Nintendo DS)
Date: 8 - 9 August 2009
Location: Akihabara, Japan
Attendance: 13
Ref: [3]
Champion: Takuya Kagami ("Cat Synchro")
Runner-Up: Daisuke Yokoi ("DARK Zombie")
Third Place: Emily Fuchs ("DARK Synchro")
Fourth Place: 
Jamie Stafford ("Cat Synchro")
2008[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008 (Nintendo DS)
Date: 9 - 10 August 2008
Location: 
Berlin, Germany
Attendance: 12
Ref: [4]
Champion: Su-Hyung Kim ("Perfect Circle")
Runner-Up: Emily Fuchs ("Perfect Circle")
Third Place: Besnik Kajtazi ("Perfect Circle")
Fourth Place: Ryo Nakamura
2007[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007 (Nintendo DS)
Date: 28 - 29 July 2007
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Attendance: ?
Ref: [5]
Champion: Michel Grüner ("Perfect Circle")
Runner-Up: Yohann Descamps ("Perfect Circle")
Third Place: Manuel Lopez ("Apprentice Monarch")
Fourth Place: Masahiro Eguchi
2006[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006 (Game Boy Advance)
Date: 5 - 6 August 2006
Location: Akihabara, Japan
Attendance: 12
Ref: [6]
Champion: Kenji Watanabe ("Reversal Quiz FTK")
Runner-Up: 
Christian Gilberti
Third Place: Yoshimitsu Odaka
Fourth Place: Marco Krist
2005[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005 (Game Boy Advance)
Date: 6 - 7 August 2005
Location: Ariake, Japan
Attendance: 14
Ref: [7]
Champion: Ryuzo Ikuta
Runner-Up: Junichi Natsume
Third Place: Marco Krist
Fourth Place: Patrick Dicks
2004[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 (Game Boy Advance)
Date: 25 July 2004
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Attendance: 12
Ref: [8]
Champion: Ryon Peyton
Runner-Up: Pere Torrellas
Third Place: Patrick Dicks
Fourth Place: Junichi Natsume
2003[]
Game: Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel (Game Boy Advance)
Date: 10 August 2003
Location: New York, USA
Attendance: 9
Ref: [9]
Champion: Francois Ferry
Runner-Up: Michael McFall
Semi-Finalist: Koichi Yasuma
Semi-Finalist: ?
References[]
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-ds-world-championships-pt-2/#2011
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-ds-world-championships-pt-2/#2010
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-ds-world-championships-pt-2/#2009
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-ds-world-championships-pt-1/#2008
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-ds-world-championships-pt-1/#2007
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-gba-world-championships/#2006
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-gba-world-championships/#2005
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-gba-world-championships/#2004
- ↑ https://ygovghistory.com/the-first-world-championship/
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