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WCQ 2023

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World Championship Qualifiers came up in 2010 as an official name for all National Championships and Continental Championships held in many countries around the world. National Championship were held in selected countries by Konami, then occurred a Continental Championship for each continent or region which reserved seats for the World Championship.

Historically, starting from 2003, there were only National Champions in both the TCG and OCG, the winners (or in some cases, multiple top players) of which would be invited to the World Championship. Over the years though, more and more TCG regions introduced Continental Championships: The first one was the South American one, which started in 2005. One year later, Europe followed suit. 2010 was the year of the first Central American Championship. Last but not least, the US and Canadian Nationals were fused into the North American Championship and the Oceanic Championship was introduced in 2011. From this point onwards, the only way a TCG player could qualify for the World Championship was via one of the Continental Championships.

The OCG underwent a slightly different timeline. Originally, the various Asian National Champions would be invited to the World Championships. The only exception was Japan, where the Top 2 players from the two regions (West and East) would qualify, making for a total of four players. It stayed this way until 2014, when various National Championships were replaced by the Asia Championship. Now, only the Top 2 players from the Asia Championship would be invited, instead of all the National Champions. The only countries that remained 'independent' were South Korea and Japan.
In 2023, the year of the first World Championship after the Covid-19 pandemic, there two more changes made in regards to the OCG region: Firstly, the two Japanese WCQs (West and East) were abolished and replaced by a unified Japan Championship, which would now be the only place where Japanese players could earn a World Championship invite. Secondly, a WCQ tournament was held in China for the first time in Yu-Gi-Oh! history.

The amount of World Championships invites per region varies slightly from year to year. As of 2023, they are the following: 7 from Europe, 6 from North America, 5 from Japan, 2 from Oceania, Central America, South America and Asia as well as 1 from China and South Korea. Additionally, the reigning World Champion (Between 2012-2019 also the Dragon Duel World Champion, if they were old enough to participate in regular events) also receives an invite.

As for National Championships, the hosting countries have varied quite a bit over the years. Generally speaking, there has been a trend of Konami getting rid of smaller Nationals. Because of this, post-Covid National Championships will almost always exceed 100 players. The biggest Nationals (typically found in Germany, France and Italy) are much larger, having attracted about 2000 players each in recent years.
In 2022, another small change to the Nationals system was made, as the countries of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa no longer hold one unified National Championship. Instead, multiple smaller tournaments, called State Championships, are held.

World Championship Qualifiers

2024 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2024-07-19 North America Aditya Dharap "Fiendsmith Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye" [1]
2024-06-21 Central America Gabriel Romo "Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye" [2]
2024-06-28 South America Juan Carlos La Torre "Ice Barrier Melffy Spright" [3]
2024-07-26 Europe Esteban Re "Tenpai Dragon" [4]
2024-06-29 Oceania Fox Chudleigh "Kashtira Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye" [5]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2024-07-13 Asia Charles Loo "Fiendsmith Yubel" [6]
2024-06-29 China "補助" "Fiendsmith Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye" [7]
2024-06-30 South Korea Dawn Lim "Voiceless Voice" [8]
2024-07-14 Japan Daigo Noguchi "Fiendsmith Sinful Spoils Rescue-ACE" [9]


2023 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2023-07-07 North America Jeremy Mitchell "Kashtira" [10]
2023-06-09 Central America Carlos Mercado "Runick Live☆Twin Spright" [11]
2023-06-23 South America Santiago Marin "Kashtira" [12]
2023-06-30 Europe Jessica Robinson "Therion Sunavalon Rikka" [13]
2023-07-01 Oceania Kunlun Lei "Kashtira" [14]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2023-07-01 Asia You Jyun Lin "Purrely" [15]
2023-07-16 China Zhi Li "Superheavy Samurai" [16]
2023-06-24 South Korea Jeong Hyeon Suh "Ishizu Kashtira Tearlaments" [17]
2023-07-15 Japan Akira Hasegawa "Purrely" [18]


2022 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2022-07-16 North America Hansel Aguero "Tenyi Swordsoul" [19]
2022-06-18 Central America Alain Munoz "Floowandereeze" [20]
2022-06-25 South America Hernan Bravo "Branded Eldlich" [21]
2022-08-20 Europe Marcus Patel "Sunavalon Rikka" [22]
2022-09-03 Oceania Dino Spasovski "Tearlaments" [23]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2022-09-24 Asia Hsieh Ming Hsuan "Ishizu Tearlaments" [24]
2022-08-19 South Korea Da-Hyun Choi "Ishizu Tearlaments" [25]
2022-08-13 Japan Shuu Kanamaru "Ishizu Tearlaments" [26]


2019 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2019-06-21 North America Koty Angeloff "Danger! Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link" [27]
2019-06-07 Central America Angel Ovalle "Salamangreat" [28]
2019-06-14 South America Nicolas Vera "Salamangreat" [29]
2019-06-28 Europe Gabriel Soussi "Salamangreat" [30]
2019-06-10 Oceania Charles Loo "Salamangreat" [31]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2019-06-16 Asia Angelino Espiritu "Phantom Knights Orcust" [32]
2019-06-30 South Korea Duh-yeon Eun "Phantom Knights Orcust" [33]
2019-06-22 West Japan Kohei Tsukimitsu & Kei Murakoshi "Trickstar" & "Phantom Knights Orcust" [34]
2019-06-29 East Japan Kotaro Yamagishi & Kouki Kosaka "Sky Striker" & "Salamangreat" [35]


2018 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2018-06-30 North America Gabriel Vargas "Sky Striker Gouki" [36]
2018-06-09 Central America Roger Guzman "Sky Striker Trickstar" [37]
2018-06-30 South America Jefferson Salas "Pendulum Magician" [38]
2018-07-07 Europe Luke Parkes "Gouki" [39]
2018-06-11 Oceania Poe Jiang "Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Trickstar" [40]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2018-07-08 Asia Weng-Fong Low "Sky Striker" [41]
2018-07-01 South Korea Seung-Chul Jung "Sky Striker" [42]
2018-06-23 West Japan Ryuhei Arikawa & Taishi Okamoto "Pendulum Magician" & "Sky Striker" [43]
2018-06-29 East Japan Ryota Kagei & Akira Hasegawa "Sky Striker" & "Sky Striker" [44]


2017 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2017-07-08 North America Chester Henson "True Draco Zoodiac" [45]
2017-06-24 Central America Pedro Benhumea "Zoodiac" [46]
2017-07-01 South America Rafael Jose "Zoodiac" [47]
2017-06-24 Europe Marcello Barberi "Zoodiac" [48]
2017-07-02 Oceania Ryan Slot "Zoodiac"
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2017-07-08 Asia Yun-Kang Ho "True Draco Zoodiac" [49]
2017-07-02 South Korea Tae-Hoon Kim "Pendulum Magician" [50]
2017-06-23 West Japan Naoki Takeda & Takayoshi Kasada "True Draco Zoodiac" & "Trickstar" [51]
2017-07-01 East Japan Ryosuke Tsujimura & Daiki Momiji "True Draco Zoodiac" & "True King Dinosaur" [52]


2016 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2016-07-09 North America Erik Christensen "Domain Monarch" [53]
2016-06-11 Central America Brandon Aguilar "Extra Deck Monarch" [54]
2016-06-18 South America Joaquin Rinaldi "Dracoslayer Performapal" [55]
2016-07-16 Europe Samir Bachar "Majespecter Dracoslayer Performapal" [56]
2016-06-13 Oceania Matthew Casiero "Extra Deck Monarch"
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2016-06-19 Asia Tsun-Yu Hsiao "ABC" [57]
2016-07-02 South Korea Byung-hyuk Choi "Phantom Knights" [58]
2016-07-02 West Japan Makoto Yada & Soichiro Kajihara "ABC" & "D/D/D" [58]
2016-07-01 East Japan Kai Satou & Daiki Momiji "D/D/D" & "D/D/D" [58]


2015 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2015-06-27 North America Noah Greene "Burning Abyss" [59]
2015-06-20 Central America Galileo de Obaldia "Nekroz" [60]
2015-07-04 South America Gerardo Delgado "Nekroz" [61]
2015-07-04 Europe Ido Marcus "Shaddoll" [62]
2015-06-08 Oceania Oliver Parle "Nekroz"
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2015-06-19 Asia Kian-Sim Kee "Atlantean Mermail" [63]
2015-07-12 South Korea Seong-min Ahn "Nekroz" [64]
2015-07-04 West Japan Akira Hasegawa & Hayato Kawanama "Nekroz" & "Train Shaddoll" [64]
2015-06-27 East Japan Akira Kitaya & Issei Nakayama "HERO" & "Clownblade" [64]


2014 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2014-07-12 North America Korey McDuffie "Hand Artifact Traptrix" [65]
2014-07-05 Central America Jose Lagunes "Atlantean Mermail" [66]
2014-06-28 South America Rogger Vera "Machina Gadget" [67]
2014-06-28 Europe Eugen Heidt "Atlantean Mermail" [68]
2014-07-05 Oceania Donald Thompson "Hand Artifact Fire Fist"
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2014-xx-xx Asia Calvin Ang "Star Seraph Tellarknight" [69]
2014-06-28 South Korea Jun-hyeong Choi "Atlantean Mermail" [70]
2014-07-05 West Japan Kenshi Fujita & Kyousuke Takano "HERO" & "Chaos Shaddoll" [70]
2014-06-28 East Japan Yoshihito Sugama & Shunsuke Hiyama "Infernity" & "Star Seraph Shaddoll" [70]


2013 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2013-07-13 North America Patrick Hoban "Dragon Ruler" [71]
2013-07-06 Central America Alejandro Vivaldo "Dragon Ruler" [72]
2013-06-29 South America Carlos Perez "Dragon Ruler" [73]
2013-06-29 Europe Chris Bountaloudis "Spellbook" [74]
2013-xx-xx Oceania Chris Mattiske "Dragon Ruler" [75]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2013-xx-xx Hong Kong Wing Ho Cheung "Dragon Ruler" [76]
2013-xx-xx Malaysia Zhen Pei Teoh "Dragon Ruler" [76]
2013-xx-xx Philippines Irwin Arogo "Dragon Ruler" [76]
2013-05-26 Singapore William Oh "Dragon Ruler" [76]
2013-xx-xx Taiwan Shin En Huang "Dragon Ruler" [76]
2013-xx-xx Thailand Weerapun Suebyoubol "Dragon Ruler" [76]
2013-xx-xx South Korea Jin-woo Park "Dragon Ruler") [76]
2013-xx-xx West Japan Atsushi Fujiwara & Kei Murakoshi ("Blue-Eyes Spellbook") & ("Dragon Ruler") [76]
2013-xx-xx East Japan Hiromi Kudou & Nobuhiko Kuroiwa ("Dragon Ruler") & ("Dragon Ruler") [76]


2012 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2012-06-30 North America Tyler Tabman "Wind-Up" [77]
2012-06-16 Central America Alvaro Gonzalez "Six Samurai" [78]
2012-06-23 South America Jonathan Oviedo "Wind-Up" [79]
2012-07-07 Europe Stefano Memoli "Wind-Up" [80]
2012-06-14 Oceania Oliver Parle "Chaos Dragon" [81]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2012-xx-xx Hong Kong Chi-Wai Leung "Inzektor" [82]
2012-xx-xx Malaysia Sung-Lee Tan "Chaos Dragon" [82]
2012-xx-xx Philippines Irwin Arogo "Inzektor" [82]
2012-xx-xx Singapore Wesley Seek "Inzektor" [82]
2012-xx-xx Taiwan Shu-Jen Chang "Inzektor" [82]
2012-06-09 Thailand Santi Phromduangsri "Chaos Dragon" [82]
2012-xx-xx South Korea Heo Seung Hwee "Gravekeeper's" [82]
2012-xx-xx West Japan Akikazu Saito & Yohei Arimura "Inzektor" & "Skill Drain Beatdown" [82]
2012-xx-xx East Japan Takeru Norihama & Kota Yumoto "HERO" & "Machina Gadget" [82]


2011 World Championship Qualifiers

Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2011-07-16 North America Hansel Aguero "T.G." [83]
2011-06-26 Central America Jose Cubero "Tengu Plant" [84]
2011-07-02 South America Juan Carlos Ubilla "Machina Gadget" [85]
2011-07-16 Europe Michel Grüner "Tengu Plant" [86]
2011-xx-xx Oceania Aaron Dennis "Tengu Plant" [87]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2011-xx-xx Hong Kong Hoi Ki Liu "Dark World" [88]
2011-xx-xx Malaysia Kian Sim Kee "Agent" [88]
2011-xx-xx Philippines William Sy "Six Samurai" [88]
2011-xx-xx Singapore Daniel Ang "Blackwing" [88]
2011-xx-xx Taiwan Wei Hao She "Six Samurai" [88]
2011-xx-xx Thailand Phanupak Kungjaroen "Machina Gadget" [88]
2011-xx-xx South Korea Young-Duk Yang "Six Samurai" [88]
2011-xx-xx Japan ?


2010 World Championship Qualifiers

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2010-07-10 Australia Ewan O'Keefe "X-Saber" [89]
2010-05-23 Brazil Lucas Vernaschi de Oliveira "Gladiator Beast" [90]
2010-xx-xx Canada Aaron Noel "Infernity" [91]
2010-06-06 New Zealand Kevin Lau "X-Saber" [92]
2010-xx-xx USA Sean Montague "X-Saber" [93]
Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2010-xx-xx Central America Ricardo Lora "Flamvell Cat" [94]
2010-xx-xx South America Juan Pablo Vera "Frog FTK" [95]
2010-xx-xx Europe Rodrigo Togores "Frog FTK" [96]
World Championship Qualifiers (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2010-xx-xx Hong Kong Chi-Hang Luk "Quickdraw Dandywarrior" [97]
2010-xx-xx Malaysia Michael Yap Wei Keong "Frog Monarch" [97]
2010-xx-xx Philippines Alvin Lim "Blackwing" [97]
2010-xx-xx Singapore Jeremy Chua "Machina Gadget" [97]
2010-xx-xx Taiwan Wei Hao She "Blackwing" [97]
2010-xx-xx Thailand Apinan Chalermchatvichien "Blackwing" [97]
2010-xx-xx South Korea Tae-Woo Kim "Blackwing" [97]
2010-xx-xx Japan ?

2009 National and Continental Champions

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2009-xx-xx Argentina Ezequiel Falco
2009-xx-xx Australia Alexander Antonios "Lightsworn" [98]
2009-04-25 Austria Claudio Kirchmair "DARK Synchro" [99]
2009-xx-xx Belgium Jerome Legrand
2009-xx-xx Brazil Patric Gallo
2009-xx-xx Bulgaria Atanas Dimitrov
2009-xx-xx Canada Charles Easton "Cat Synchro"
2009-xx-xx Chile Gonzalo Ercole
2009-xx-xx Colombia ?
2009-xx-xx Costa Rica Bismark Perez
2009-xx-xx Croatia Luka Sterbic
2009-xx-xx Czech Republic Michal Mlynay
2009-xx-xx Denmark Casper Frederiksen
2009-xx-xx Ecuador Jose Ubilla "DARK Synchro" [100]
2009-xx-xx Estonia Mihkel Kukk
2009-xx-xx Finland Alexander Trivedi
2009-04-18 France Yohan Dudognon "Gladiator Beast" [99]
2009-xx-xx Germany Roland Gress "Oppression Synchro" [101]
2009-04-19 Greece Nick Boulbasakos "Chaos Lightsworn" [99]
2009-xx-xx Hungary Tamas Nemeth
2009-04-19 Ireland Robert Stefanuik "Chaos Lightsworn" [99]
2009-xx-xx Israel Ido Marcus "Chaos Lightsworn" [99]
2009-04-25 Italy Andrea D'Angelo "Lightsworn" [99]
2009-xx-xx Latvia Igors Kogans
2009-xx-xx Lithuania Kazimieras Kanarskas
2009-xx-xx Malta Clint Caruana
2009-xx-xx Mexico Jose Leija Hernandez [102]
2009-04-26 Netherlands Sven Schuurhuis "Chaos Lightsworn" [99]
2009-xx-xx New Zealand Calum Rickard "Chaos Lightsworn" [103]
2009-xx-xx Panama Galileo de Obaldia
2009-xx-xx Peru Daniel Velasquez
2009-xx-xx Poland Sebastian Waldyra
2009-05-03 Portugal Andre Lopes "Gladiator Beast" [99]
2009-xx-xx Romania Gheorghe Radu-Teodor
2009-xx-xx Slovenia Matej Lavrinsek
2009-xx-xx South Africa Abdul Gaffoor
2009-xx-xx Spain Andres Almozara
2009-xx-xx Sweden Axel Vilhelmsson
2009-xx-xx Switzerland Marco Ahr [104]
2009-04-25 UK Nathan Pang "Chaos Lightsworn" [99]
2009-xx-xx USA Kris Ferber
Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2009-xx-xx South America Esteban Almeida [105]
2009-xx-xx Europe Vittorio Wiktor "Cat Synchro" [106]
National Championships (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2009-xx-xx Hong Kong Man Lai Au "Lightsworn" [107]
2009-xx-xx Malaysia Kian Sim Kee "Blackwing" [107]
2009-xx-xx Singapore Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee "Blackwing" [107]
2009-xx-xx Taiwan Yen Jui Chien
2009-xx-xx South Korea Hong-Kyu Lee
2009-xx-xx Japan ?


2008 National and Continental Champions

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2008-xx-xx Argentina Guido Cunarro
2008-xx-xx Australia Richard Hahn
2008-xx-xx Austria Tolga Erkoc [108]
2008-xx-xx Belgium Sebastien Gonzalez
2008-xx-xx Brazil Mario Vinnicius "Diamond Dude Turbo"
2008-xx-xx Bulgaria Ivan Todorov
2008-06-28 Canada Lazaro Bellido "Gladiator Beast" [109]
2008-xx-xx Chile Franco Cuneo
2008-xx-xx Croatia Gordan Bareza
2008-xx-xx Costa Rica Rodrigo Jimenez
2008-xx-xx Denmark Soheil Afriday
2008-xx-xx Ecuador Gabriel Hernandez "DMOC Destiny Hero OTK" [110]
2008-xx-xx Estonia Kaspar Kelder
2008-xx-xx Finland Jaakko Penttinen
2008-xx-xx France Vincent Ralambomiadana "DAD Return" [111]
2008-xx-xx Germany Florian Chitic [112]
2008-xx-xx Greece Pashos Akis
2008-xx-xx Hungary Kis Gabor
2008-xx-xx Ireland Brian Donnelly
2008-xx-xx Israel Ido Marcus
2008-xx-xx Italy Emanuele Giusti
2008-xx-xx Jamaica Romeo Wint
2008-xx-xx Latvia Kirils Obuks
2008-xx-xx Lithuania Karolis Minkevicius
2008-xx-xx Malta Ryan Farrugia
2008-xx-xx Mexico Alejandro Vivaldo
2008-xx-xx Netherlands Mitch Wanders
2008-xx-xx New Zealand Chris Gehring
2008-xx-xx Panama ?
2008-xx-xx Poland Lukasz Strukowski
2008-xx-xx Portugal Antonio Santos
2008-xx-xx Slovenia Mitja Kach
2008-xx-xx Spain Borja Atienza
2008-xx-xx Sweden Johan Bisenius
2008-xx-xx Switzerland Marco Ahr
2008-xx-xx UK Han-Wei Tang
2008-06-21 USA Chris Bowling "Gladiator Beast" [113]
Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2008-xx-xx South America Santiago Vera [114]
2008-xx-xx Europe Vasilis Boulbasakos
National Championships (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2008-xx-xx Hong Kong Kit Chun Li
2008-xx-xx Malaysia Eddy Fang Chou Yong
2008-xx-xx Singapore Michael Santoso
2008-xx-xx Taiwan Wei Hao She
2008-xx-xx South Korea Jung-Ho Ahn
2008-xx-xx Japan ?

2007 National and Continental Champions

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2007-xx-xx Argentina Rodolfo Coton "Monarch"
2007-xx-xx Australia Egon Cardenas
2007-xx-xx Austria Hanspeter Rokita [115]
2007-xx-xx Belgium Jonas Couvreur
2007-xx-xx Brazil Andre Marchetto "Diamond Dude Turbo"
2007-xx-xx Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev
2007-06-16 Canada Dexter Dalit "Gadget" [116]
2007-xx-xx Chile Gonzalo Ercole
2007-xx-xx Costa Rica Nelson Zuniga
2007-xx-xx Croatia Marko Bozac
2007-xx-xx Ecuador Jonny Ona "Diamond Dude Turbo" [117]
2007-xx-xx Estonia Sten-Robert Pullerits
2007-xx-xx Finland Alexander Trivedi
2007-xx-xx France Pierre Pradelles [118]
2007-xx-xx Germany Vittorio Wiktor "Monarch" [119]
2007-xx-xx Greece Nasos Bouboulis
2007-xx-xx Hungary Kis Gabor
2007-xx-xx Ireland Brian Dunne
2007-xx-xx Italy Marco Mazzuoccolo
2007-xx-xx Jamaica Neufville Brown
2007-xx-xx Lithuania Kazimieras Kanarskas
2007-xx-xx Malta Matthew Cossai
2007-xx-xx Mexico Jorge Olivella [120]
2007-xx-xx Netherlands Michael Smits
2007-xx-xx New Zealand Daniel Schofield "Trooper Monarch" [121]
2007-xx-xx Poland Pawel Brzostowski
2007-xx-xx Portugal Helio Babo
2007-xx-xx Spain Anthony Apaestegui
2007-xx-xx Sweden Sebastian Öberg
2007-xx-xx Switzerland Roman Patane
2007-05-30 UK Andrew Lam "Giant Rat Toolbox" [122]
2007-06-23 USA Adam Corn "Trooper Monarch" [123]
Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2007-xx-xx South America Andres Toro "Monarch" [124]
2007-06-30 Europe Davide Bellocchio "Destiny Hero Beatdown (T-Hero)" [125]
National Championships (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2007-xx-xx Hong Kong Ka Wa Yuen
2007-xx-xx Malaysia Ban Siong Lee
2007-xx-xx Singapore Poh Choon Lim
2007-xx-xx Taiwan Shin En Huang
2007-xx-xx South Korea Dong-Hub Lee
2007-xx-xx Japan ?

2006 National and Continental Champions

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2006-xx-xx Argentina Andres Furio "Chain Burn"
2006-xx-xx Australia Marcus Rokman
2006-xx-xx Austria Phillip Bohar [126]
2006-xx-xx Belgium Wim Eliano
2006-xx-xx Brazil Guilherme Jardim
2006-06-25 Canada Calvin Tsang "Chaos Return" [127]
2006-xx-xx Chile Javier Segovia
2006-xx-xx Costa Rica Sebastian Astuas
2006-xx-xx Croatia Karlo Mrvic
2006-xx-xx Ecuador Andres Murillo "Chaos Return" [128]
2006-xx-xx Estonia Henri Viiard
2006-xx-xx France Jeremy Dezani
2006-06-01 Germany Michel Grüner "Chaos Return" [129]
2006-xx-xx Greece Giorgos Volakis
2006-xx-xx Ireland Darren Walsh
2006-xx-xx Israel Roi Dan
2006-xx-xx Italy Dario Longo
2006-xx-xx Netherlands Baran Güntekin
2006-xx-xx New Zealand Sam Bell
2006-xx-xx Poland Jarek Pajor
2006-xx-xx Serbia Strahinja Kljaic
2006-xx-xx Spain Anthony Apaestegui
2006-xx-xx Sweden Robin Ruus
2006-xx-xx Switzerland Remo Lehmann
2006-05-06 UK Wayne Pinkney "Chaos Warrior Toolbox" [130]
2006-06-03 USA Austin Kulman "Chaos Return" [131]
Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2006-xx-xx South America Javier Pinilla
2006-07-01 Europe Vincent Wielandt "Chaos Return" [132]
National Championships (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2006-xx-xx Hong Kong King Hang Shum
2006-xx-xx Malaysia Mung Tuch Lau
2006-xx-xx Singapore Siew Foong Cheong
2006-xx-xx Taiwan Ruei Sian Chen
2006-xx-xx South Korea Kuen-Soo Kim
2006-xx-xx Japan ?


2005 National and Continental Champions

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2005-xx-xx Argentina Gaston Mazzuquini "Last Turn"
2005-xx-xx Australia Stewart Brine
2005-xx-xx Belgium Guy Israel
2005-xx-xx Brazil Andre Marchetto "Chaos"
2005-xx-xx Canada Dexter Dalit "Warrior Toolbox"
2005-xx-xx Chile Gonzalo Ercole
2005-xx-xx Croatia Joso Zrilic
2005-xx-xx Dominican Republic Teodoro Lai
2005-xx-xx Ecuador Francois Dau "Goat Control" [133]
2005-xx-xx Estonia Valter Liblik "Chaos Warrior Toolbox"
2005-xx-xx France Pierre Pradelles
2005-xx-xx Germany David Kretschmer [134]
2005-xx-xx Greece Miltiadis Markou [135]
2005-xx-xx Hungary Atilla Szili
2005-xx-xx Ireland James Kinsella
2005-xx-xx Israel Ido Marcus
2005-xx-xx Italy Namer Merli
2005-xx-xx Lithuania Antanas Poluninas
2005-xx-xx Mexico Jorge Pina "Empty Jar"
2005-xx-xx Netherlands Guan Her Ng
2005-xx-xx New Zealand Cindie Uddstrom [136]
2005-xx-xx Poland Pawel Marcinkowski
2005-xx-xx Slovenia Marko Thuma
2005-xx-xx Sweden Christopher Westholm
2005-xx-xx Switzerland Luis da Silva
2005-05-03 UK Adam Kruszynski "Chaos Control" [137]
2005-07-01 USA Max Suffridge "Goat Control" [138]
Continental Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2005-xx-xx South America Gonzalo Ercole [139]
National Championships (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2005-xx-xx Hong Kong King Hang Shum
2005-xx-xx Malaysia Mun Wai Low
2005-xx-xx Philippines Melvin Sta. Maria
2005-xx-xx Singapore Jun Yuan Soh
2005-xx-xx Taiwan Guan Sian Li
2005-xx-xx South Korea Soo-Hyun Park
2005-xx-xx Japan ?


2004 National Champions

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2004-xx-xx Australia Pascal Huet
2004-xx-xx Brazil Robinson Costa
2004-xx-xx Canada Joseph Leung "Chaos"
2004-xx-xx Chile Felipe Luque
2004-xx-xx France Didier Maille
2004-xx-xx Germany Chi-Vinh Le [140]
2004-xx-xx Greece Kostas Giankolo
2004-xx-xx Ireland Mary Kenny
2004-xx-xx Italy Dario Longo
2004-xx-xx Netherlands Rajin Harpal
2004-xx-xx Slovenia Marko Thuma
2004-xx-xx Spain Rodrigo Togores
2004-xx-xx Sweden Johan Nilsson
2004-xx-xx UK Ryan Pugh
2004-06-26 USA Theerasak Poonsombat "Chaos" [141]
National Championships (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2004-xx-xx Hong Kong Wan Hang Chang
2004-xx-xx Philippines Earl Cres Valdez Balolong
2004-xx-xx Singapore Sebastian Tan Choon Loong
2004-xx-xx Taiwan Chueng Sheng Lee
2004-xx-xx South Korea Hyun Suk Cha
2004-xx-xx Japan ?


2003 National Champions

National Championships (TCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2003-xx-xx Canada Adam McNeely
2003-xx-xx Germany Nico Sikorsky
2003-xx-xx Italy Luca Casadei


National Championships (OCG)
Start date Location Winner Deck type Ref
2003-xx-xx Hong Kong Yu Leung Ng
2003-xx-xx Singapore Choon Kiat Lim
2003-xx-xx Taiwan En Tian Hu
2003-xx-xx South Korea ?
2003-xx-xx Japan ?

In the anime/manga

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime, several National Champions have been seen, although limited to the United States and Japan.

Seto Kaiba was formerly the Japanese National Champion prior to pulling out of the latest National Championship, leaving Weevil Underwood to claim the title. In the 4Kids dub, he is an American National Champion along with Weevil Underwood.[142] Yugi Muto later takes the title from Weevil when he defeats him in the first match of the Duelist Kingdom tournament.[143] By defeating Maximillion Pegasus and winning the Duelist Kingdom tournament, Yugi Muto becomes the "King of Games" and the Duel Monsters World Champion.

"Bandit" Keith Howard was a former American National Champion until he lost the title to Maximillion Pegasus. (In the English dub, Keith was classified the Intercontinental Champion as the setting for the series was made more vague.)[144]

Rebecca Hawkins is the youngest person to become the American National Champion, the Champion after Keith. This is also changed to Intercontinental Champion in the dub.

Later in the series, Leon von Schroeder became the European National Champion, participating in Seto Kaiba's KC Grand Prix Championship.

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