The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2016 is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official and Trading Card Game tournament, which determined the world champion for the year 2016. Marking the 15th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, players from all over the world gathered to Orlando, Florida, USA to attend the event.
Competitors[]
The 30 competitors and the respective Deck types they played with in this tournament are as follows.
Europe
- Samir Bachar (Madolche)
- Carmelo Buttiglieri (Majespecter)
- Lorenzo Roma (Magician Majespecter)
- Finn Bakewell (Odd-Eyes Dracoslayer)
- U.S.
- Erik Christensen (Blue-Eyes)
- Thomas Rowen (PK Fire)
- Admassu Williams-Ademe (Monarch)
- Travis Smith (Blue-Eyes)
- Adam Hutchins (Blue-Eyes)
- Jimmy Nguyen (Blue-Eyes)
- Argentina
- Joaquin Petroni (Magician Majespecter)
- Mexico
- Brandon Ossiel Aguilar Gonzalez (PK Fire)
- Peru Peru
- Peru Mijail Stephano Flores Barboza (PSY-Frame) (WCS2015 Dragon Duel Champion)
- Australia
- Matthew Casiero (Monarch)
- Bohdan Temnyk (Blue-Eyes)
- Japan
- Shunsuke Hiyama (Blue-Eyes) (WCS2015 Champion)
- Makoto Yada (Majespecter)
- Souichirou Kajihara (Majespecter)
- Kai Satou (Monarch)
- Daiki Momiji (PK Fire)
- South Korea
- Byung-Hyuk Choi (Speedroid PK)
- Hong Kong
- Tsun-Yu Hsiao (Blue-Eyes)
Events[]
Top 8[]
After five rounds of Swiss and three knockout rounds, the final standings are as follow:
- Shunsuke Hiyama (Blue-Eyes)
- Erik Christensen (Blue-Eyes)
- Souichirou Kajihara (Majespecter)
- Matthew Casiero (Monarch)
- Makoto Yada (Majespecter)
- Admassu Williams-Ademe (Monarch)
- Travis Smith (Blue-Eyes)
- Daiki Momiji (PK Fire)
All the Matches of the knockout rounds, including the final, were streamed live with both English and Japanese commentary.
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