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For the video game series, see Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship.
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The World Championship logo
The World Championship is an international, invitational Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game 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.
World Championship tournaments use a special banlist, where all cards are set at their lowest allowed status in any region. For example, a card that is on the Semi-Limited list in one region but the Limited list in another will be Limited on the World Championship banlist, and a card that is Forbidden in one region but Unlimited in another will be Forbidden. In addition, any cards that are not legal in any one of the regions are automatically Forbidden on the World Championship list.
Contents
Annual Rankings and Leader Boards
2003
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2003
- Champion -
Yu-Leung Ng (Yata-Lock) - 2nd Place -
Shigeki Kitamura (Yata-Lock) - 3rd Place - Mike Rosenberg (Yata-Lock)
- 4th Place - Huai Tao Sun (Yata-Lock)
2004
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004
- Champion - Masatoshi Togawa (Chaos Control)
- 2nd Place - Wan-Hang Chan (Chaos Control)
- 3rd Place - Yoshinobu Suekane (Chaos Control)
- 4th Place - Ryan Pugh (Chaos Control)
2005
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005
- Champion - Markou Miltiadis (Chaos Restrict)
- 2nd Place - Jorge Fabian Piña Lizarraga (Tomato Control)
- 3rd Place - David Kretschmer (Chaos Restrict)
- 4th Place - Guan Sian Li
2006
Main article: World Championship 2006
- Champion - Dario Longo (Chaos Recruiter)
- 2nd Place - King-Hang Shum
- 3rd Place - Poland Adrian Madaj
- 4th Place - Markou Miltiadis
2007
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007
- Champion - Andres Toro (Trooper Monarch)
- 2nd Place - Mattia Sarpa (Trooper Monarch)
- 3rd Place - Adam Corn
- 4th Place - Dexter Dalit
2008
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008
- Champion - Kazuki Mutsuoka (Gladiator Beast)
- 2nd Place - Robert Ackerman (Gladiator Beast)
- 3rd Place - Takeru Norihama (Lightsworns)
- 4th Place - Claudio Kirchmair (Gladiator Beast)
2009
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2009
- Champion - Tan Hong Hwee, Benjamin (Blackwing)[1]
- 2nd Place - Chien Yen Jui (Gladiator Beast)
- 3rd Place - Roy St.Clair
- 4th Place - Hong-Kyu Lee (Gladiator Beast)
2010
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010
- Champion - Panama Galileo De Obaldia (Frog FTK) [2]
- 2nd Place - Vincent Paglia (Blackwings) [3]
- 3rd Place - Kei Kuwano (Heralds)
- 4th Place - Tae Woo Kim (Blackwings)
2011
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2011
- Champion - Takashi Ogawa (Agent-Fairy) [4]
- 2nd Place - Kei Murakoshi (Junk Doppel)
- 3rd Place - Panama Galileo De Obaldia (Junk Doppel)
- 4th Place - Kongjaroen Phanupak (Machina Gadget)
2012
Main article: World Championship 2012
- Champion - Akikazu Saito (Inzektor)
- 2nd Place - Stefano Memoli (Inzektor)
- 3rd Place - Joshua Schmidt (Inzektor)
- 4th Place - En Wei Wesley Seek (Inzektor)
2013
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2013
- Champion - Shin-En Huang (Dragon Ruler)
- 2nd Place - David Keener III (Prophecy)
- 3rd Place - Hiromi Kudou (Dragon Ruler)
- 4th Place - Weerapun Suebyoubol (Dragon Ruler)
2014
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2014
- Champion - Sehabi Kheireddine (Rank 4 Infernity)
- 2nd Place - Shunsuke Hiyama (Hand Artifact Traptrix)
- 3rd Place - Oliver Tomajko (Rank 4 Infernity)
- 4th Place - Niccoló Mazzoleni (Bujin)
2015
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2015
- Champion - Shunsuke Hiyama (Tellarknight)
- 2nd Place - Panama Galileo De Obaldia (Hand Nekroz)
- 3rd Place - Akira Hasegawa (Nekroz)
- 4th Place - Chase Robert Cunningham (Artifact Tellarknight)
2016
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2016
- Champion - Shunsuke Hiyama (Blue-Eyes)
- 2nd Place - Erik Christensen (Blue-Eyes)
- 3rd Place - Kajihara Soichiro (Majespecter)
- 4th Place - Matthew Adam Casiero (Monarch)
2017
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2017
- Champion - Ryosuke Tsujimura (True King Yang Zing Dinosaur)
- 2nd Place - Shen-Fei Milton Chua (True King Yang Zing Dinosaur)
- 3rd Place - Marcello Barberi (Demise True Draco)
- 4th Place - Michael Forner (Invoked Windwitch)
2018
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2018
- Champion - Chia Ching Wang (Trickstar)
- 2nd Place - Bohdan Temnyk (Altergeist)
- 3rd Place - Francesco Simoncelli (Gouki)
- 4th Place - Seung-Chul Jung (Sky Striker)
2019
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2019
- Champion - Kouki Kosaka (Salamangreat)
- 2nd Place - Chia Ching Wang (Salamangreat)
- 3rd Place - Panama Angel Fernando Ovalle (Salamangreat)
- 4th Place - Dakota Angeloff (Crusadia Thunder Dragon)
2020
Cancelled
References
- ↑ Konami-Asia World Championship 2009
- ↑ Championships, Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010 > Panama’s Galileo De Obaldia wins 2010 World Championship
- ↑ Championships, Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010 > Day 2 – Finals Begin
- ↑ >Takashi Ogawa overcomes his fellow countryman Kei Murakoshi in the finals of the 2011 World Championship
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