The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2019, also abbreviated as WCS 2019, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Berlin from 10-11 August 2019, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2018-2019 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2019 and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links World Championship 2019.[1]
Unbeknownst to the players at the time, this World Championship would be the last one before the global Covid-19 pandemic. It would therefore take a full four years before the tournament took place again. As Konami had restructured the Dragon Duel tournament system in early 2023, all post-Covid World Championships would no longer have a Dragon Duel category. This made 2019 the last year a Dragon Duel World Champion would be crowned.[2]
The main event was won by Kouki Kosaka from Japan, marking the fifth consecutive World Championship that was won by a player from an OCG country. In the finals, he won against the reigning Champion, Chia Ching Wang from Taiwan, in a "Salamangreat" mirror match. The third place player, Angel Ovalle from Panama, also used this deck. Koty Angeloff from the US came in fourth place, playing a "Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link" deck.
The Dragon Duel tournament was won by Shang En Sun from Taiwan, making him the last ever Dragon Duel World Champion in Yu-Gi-Oh! history. Just like in the main tournament, the finals of the Dragon Duel event was a "Salamangreat" mirror match. Vitus Krogh from Denmark came in second place.
In the Duel Links format, Shuhei Kobayashi "コバヤシ" became the new World Champion. In the finals, he won against fellow Japanese player Takahiro Hamada "あれ。". Takahiro had previously won the Duel Links World Championship in 2018.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2019, also abbreviated as WCS 2019, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Berlin from 10-11 August 2019, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2018-2019 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2019 and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links World Championship 2019.[1]
Unbeknownst to the players at the time, this World Championship would be the last one before the global Covid-19 pandemic. It would therefore take a full four years before the tournament took place again. As Konami had restructured the Dragon Duel tournament system in early 2023, all post-Covid World Championships would no longer have a Dragon Duel category. This made 2019 the last year a Dragon Duel World Champion would be crowned.[2]
The main event was won by Kouki Kosaka from Japan, marking the fifth consecutive World Championship that was won by a player from an OCG country. In the finals, he won against the reigning Champion, Chia Ching Wang from Taiwan, in a "Salamangreat" mirror match. The third place player, Angel Ovalle from Panama, also used this deck. Koty Angeloff from the US came in fourth place, playing a "Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link" deck.
The Dragon Duel tournament was won by Shang En Sun from Taiwan, making him the last ever Dragon Duel World Champion in Yu-Gi-Oh! history. Just like in the main tournament, the finals of the Dragon Duel event was a "Salamangreat" mirror match. Vitus Krogh from Denmark came in second place.
In the Duel Links format, Shuhei Kobayashi "コバヤシ" became the new World Champion. In the finals, he won against fellow Japanese player Takahiro Hamada "あれ。". Takahiro had previously won the Duel Links World Championship in 2018.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2019, also abbreviated as WCS 2019, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Berlin from 10-11 August 2019, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2018-2019 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2019 and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links World Championship 2019.[1]
Unbeknownst to the players at the time, this World Championship would be the last one before the global Covid-19 pandemic. It would therefore take a full four years before the tournament took place again. As Konami had restructured the Dragon Duel tournament system in early 2023, all post-Covid World Championships would no longer have a Dragon Duel category. This made 2019 the last year a Dragon Duel World Champion would be crowned.[2]
The main event was won by Kouki Kosaka from Japan, marking the fifth consecutive World Championship that was won by a player from an OCG country. In the finals, he won against the reigning Champion, Chia Ching Wang from Taiwan, in a "Salamangreat" mirror match. The third place player, Angel Ovalle from Panama, also used this deck. Koty Angeloff from the US came in fourth place, playing a "Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link" deck.
The Dragon Duel tournament was won by Shang En Sun from Taiwan, making him the last ever Dragon Duel World Champion in Yu-Gi-Oh! history. Just like in the main tournament, the finals of the Dragon Duel event was a "Salamangreat" mirror match. Vitus Krogh from Denmark came in second place.
In the Duel Links format, Shuhei Kobayashi "コバヤシ" became the new World Champion. In the finals, he won against fellow Japanese player Takahiro Hamada "あれ。". Takahiro had previously won the Duel Links World Championship in 2018.TCG/OCG[]
Competitors[]
- World Championship 2018 Winner
- Dragon Duel World Championship 2018 Winner
- North America
Jesse Kotton (Thunder Dragon)- Gabriel Vargas ("Salamangreat")
- Koty Angeloff ("Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link")
- Raymond Dai (?)
- Wei Li ("Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link")
- Manav Dawar ("Sky Striker")
- Central America
- South America
- Michel Verissimo (?)
- Nicolas Vera ("Salamangreat")
- Europe
- Jonas Koschel ("Thunder Dragon")
- Joshua Schmidt ("Thunder Dragon")
- Raphael Neven ("60-Card Crusadia Dragon Link")
- Gabriel Soussi ("Salamangreat")
- Samir Bachar ("Salamangreat")
- Herman Hansson ("Thunder Dragon")
- Jake Quinsee ("Salamangreat")
- Oceania
- Asia
- Angelino Espiritu ("Salamangreat")
- Louren Vidad ("Altergeist")
- South Korea
- Duhyeon Eun (?)
- Japan
- Kei Murakoshi (?)
- Kohei Tsukimitsu ("Trickstar")
- Kouki Kosaka ("Salamangreat")
- Kotaro Yamagishi ("Lunalight")
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Salamangreat | 12 |
| Thunder Dragon | 5 |
| Crusadia Dragon Link Variants | 3 |
| Trickstar | 1 |
| Sky Striker | 1 |
| Lunalight | 1 |
| Altergeist | 1 |
| Unknown | 4 |
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Salamangreat | 5 |
| Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link | 1 |
| Thunder Dragon | 1 |
| Trickstar | 1 |
Top 8 Bracket[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Koty Angeloff
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 Jake Quinsee
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 Kouki Kosaka
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 Herman Hansson
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| Kouki Kosaka
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| Kouki Kosaka
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 Chia Ching Wang
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 Samir Bachar
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| Chia Ching Wang
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| Chia Ching Wang
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 Angel Ovalle
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| Angel Ovalle
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| Koty Angeloff
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| Kohei Tsukimitsu
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| Angel Ovalle
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Decklists[]
Kouki Kosaka[]
Chia Ching Wang[]
Angel Ovalle[]
Koty Angeloff[]
- Batteryman Solar
- Black Dragon Collapserpent x3
- Chaos Dragon Levianeer x3
- Crusadia Draco
- Crusadia Leonis
- Crusadia Maximus x2
- Crusadia Reclusia x3
- Defrag Dragon x3
- Eclipse Wyvern
- Omni Dragon Brotaur x2
- The Ascended of Thunder x3
- Thunder Dragon x3
- Thunder Dragondark x2
- Thunder Dragonduo
- Thunder Dragonhawk
- Thunder Dragonroar
- White Dragon Wyverburster x2
Dragon Duel[]
Competitors[]
- North America
- Jacob Elson (?)
- Lucas Oswald ("Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link")
- Central America
- Victor Gonzalez ("True Draco")
- South America
- Diego Romero ("Salamangreat")
- Europe
- Vitus Krogh ("Salamangreat")
- Eric Töpel ("Salamangreat")
- Felix Rau ("Pendulum Magician")
- Oceania
- Timothy Newton (?)
- Asia
- Shang En Sun ("Salamangreat")
- South Korea
- Seojin Kim (?)
- Japan
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Salamangreat | 4 |
| Gren Maju Windwitch | 1 |
| True Draco | 1 |
| Pendulum Magician | 1 |
| Crusadia Thunder Dragon Link | 1 |
| Unknown | 4 |
Decklists[]
Shang En Sun[]
Vitus Krogh[]
Duel Links[]
Competitors[]
- World Championship 2018 Winner
- Takahiro Hamada "あれ。"
- KC Cup Winners
- Eugen Heidt "Eugen"
- Naoya Shimomura "しもん"
- Ryoichi Kitahata "TsunTsun"
- Takuma Matsumura "松"
- North America (Area A)
- Anderson Tsang "AndyTsang"
- Jason Chu "Jason"
- Robert Tanney "Dkayed"
- Latin America/Carribean (Area B)
- Rafael Jose "Zeeta"
- Vinicius Manhaes Poiatti "FM Vino"
- Eduardo Marangoni de Vasconcelos "Eduu16"
- Europe (Area C)
- Andreas Gerlach "Suhnrysanti"
- Alberto Aguado "φBelbanφ"
- Raschad Weikaemper "RaW"
- Japan (Area D)
- Shuhei Kobayashi "コバヤシ"
- Masaaki Nitta "まあ"
- Yuya Aoyama "March"
- Korea/Taiwan/Oceania (Area E)
- Jonghwan Lee "Yukoo"
- Asia/Middle East/Africa (Area F)
- Man Poon Chun "Raymond"
- Mohamed Hassan "Nightingale"
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Desperado Variants | 6 |
| Six Samurai | 6 |
| Magnet Warrior Variants | 5 |
| Triamid | 5 |
| Silent Magician Spellbook | 3 |
| Ancient Gear | 2 |
| Blue-Eyes | 2 |
| Subterror | 2 |
| Buster Blader | 1 |
| Crystron | 1 |
| Metaphys | 1 |
| Neos | 1 |
| Unknown | 65 |
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Desperado Variants | 5 |
| Six Samurai | 4 |
| Magnet Warrior Variants | 4 |
| Triamid | 2 |
| Silent Magician Spellbook | 1 |
| Ancient Gear | 1 |
| Blue-Eyes | 1 |
| Crystron | 1 |
| Neos | 1 |
| Unknown | 20 |
Decklists[]
Shuhei Kobayashi "コバヤシ"[]
Blue-Eyes (Ishizu Ishtar: Sealed Tombs) (Deck 1) (Decklist Unavailable)
Six Samurai (Jaden Yuki: The Tie that Binds) (Deck 2) (Decklist Unavailable)
Desperado Machine (Sartorius Kumar: Master of Destiny) (Deck 3) (Decklist Unavailable)
Magnet Warrior (Yugi Muto: Access Denied) (Deck 4) (Decklist Unavailable)
Crystron (Mako Tsunami: Mythic Depths) (Deck 5) (Decklist Unavailable)
Takahiro Hamada "あれ。"[]
Six Samurai (Lumis and Umbra: Light and Dark) (Deck 1) (Decklist Unavailable)
Desperado Cyberdark (Sartorius Kumar: Master of Destiny) (Deck 2) (Decklist Unavailable)
Triamid (Dr. Vellian Crowler: Balance) (Deck 3) (Decklist Unavailable)
Magnet Warrior (Yugi Muto: The Tie that Binds) (Deck 4) (Decklist Unavailable)
Neos (Jaden Yuki: Neo Space!) (Deck 5) (Decklist Unavailable)
References[]