World Championship
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The World Championship is an international, invitational Yu-Gi-Oh 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 applicable region are explicitly Forbidden on the World Championship list.
Here are the worlds listings for World Championships.
Contents
Annual Rankings and Leader BoardsEdit
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2003Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ng Yu Leung | China (Hong Kong) | Yata-Lock |
| 2nd | Shigeki Kitamura | Japan | Yata-Lock |
| 3rd | Mike Rosenberg | United States | Yata-Lock |
| 4th | Huai Tao Sun | United States | Yata-Lock |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Masatoshi Togawa | Japan | Chaos Control |
| 2nd | Chan Wan Hang | China (Hong Kong) | Chaos Control |
| 3rd | Yoshinobu Suekane | Japan | Chaos Control |
| 4th | Ryan Pugh | United Kingdom | Chaos Control |
| 5th | Roy St.Clair | United States | Chaos Control |
| 6th | Felipe Luque | Chile | Chaos Control |
| 7th | Kenyou Ueda | Japan | Standard Beat |
| 8th | Anthony Kok Khing Woon | Malaysia | Chaos Control |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Markou Miltiadis | Greece | Chaos Restrict |
| 2nd | Jorge Fabian Piña Lizarraga | México | Deck Destruction |
| 3rd | David Kretschmer | Germany | Machine Chaos |
| 4th | Guan Sian Li | Taiwan | Warrior Chaos |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2006Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dario Longo | Italy | Chaos |
| 2nd | King Hang, Shum | Hong Kong | Dark World Chaos |
| 3rd | Adrian Madaj | Poland | Recruiter Chaos |
| 4th | Markou Miltiadis | Greece | |
| 5th | Shin, Ishikawa | Japan | |
| 6th | Javier Juan, Pinilla Segovia | Chile | |
| 7th | Miguel Flores | United States | |
| 8th | Yoshiteru, Nishino | Japan |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andres Toro | Chile | Trooper Monarch |
| 2nd | Mattia Sarpa | Italy | Trooper Monarch |
| 3rd | Adam Corn | United States | Burn |
| 4th | Dexter Dalit | Canada | Monarch |
| 5th | Dario Longo | Italy | Gadget |
| 6th | Toshiki Muramatsu | Japan | Monarch |
| 7th | Yuen Ka Wa | China (Hong Kong) | Trooper Monarch |
| 8th | Oliver Schmidt-Voss | Germany | Machine |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kazuki Mutsuoka | Japan | Gladiator Beast |
| 2nd | Robert Ackerman | United States | Gladiator Beast |
| 3rd | Takeru Norihama | Japan | Lightsworns |
| 4th | Claudio Kirchmair | Austria | Gladiator Beast |
| 5th | Ahn Jung-Ho | South Korea | Dimensional Skill Drain Beat |
| 6th | Chris Gehring | New Zealand | Gravekeepers Burn |
| 7th | Wei-Hao She | Taiwan | Lightsworns |
| 8th | Takahiro Kawaguchi | Japan | Lightsworns |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2009Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee | Singapore | Blackwing[1] |
| 2nd | Chien Yen Jui | Taiwan | Gladiator Beast |
| 3rd | Roy St.Clair | United States | Blackwing |
| 4th | Hong-Kyu Lee | South Korea | Gladiator Beast |
| 5th | Au Man Lai | China (Hong Kong) | Gladiator Beast |
| 6th | Alexander Antonios | Australia | Gladiator Beast |
| 7th | Chris Gehring | New Zealand | Gladiator Beast |
| 8th | Kee Kian Sim | Malaysia | Blackwing |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Galileo De Obaldia | Panama | Frog FTK [2] |
| 2nd | Vincent Paglia | United States | Blackwings [3] |
| 3rd | Kei Kuwano | Japan | Heralds |
| 4th | Tae Woo Kim | South Korea | Blackwings |
| Top 8 | Hideki Kawai | Japan | Frog Monarchs |
| Top 8 | Aaron Noel | Canada | Blackwings |
| Top 8 | She Wei Hao | Taiwan | Frog Monarchs |
| Top 8 | Stefano Sluis | Netherlands | Infernities |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2011Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Takashi Ogawa | Japan | Agent-Fairy [4] |
| 2nd | Kei Murakoshi | Japan | Junk Doppel |
| 3rd | Galileo De Obaldia | Panama | Junk Doppel |
| 4th | Kongjaroen Phanupak | Thailand | Machina Gadget |
| Top 8 | Kaven Zhen Xian Sue | Singapore | Junk Doppel |
| Top 8 | Michel Grüner | Germany | Junk Doppel |
| Top 8 | She Wei Hao | Taiwan | Six Samurai |
| Top 8 | Yang Young-Duck | South Korea | Six Samurai |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2012Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saito Akikazu | Japan | Inzektor |
| 2nd | Stefano Memoli | Italy | Inzektor |
| 3rd | Joshua Schmidt | Germany | Inzektor |
| 4th | En Wei Wesley Seek | Singapore | Inzektor |
| Top 8 | Jarel Winston | United States | Exodia Stall |
| Top 8 | Yohei Arimura | Japan | Malefic Skill Drain |
| Top 8 | Kota Yumoto | Japan | Inzektor |
| Top 8 | Takeru Norihama | Japan | Inzektor |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2013Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shi En Huang | Taiwan | Dragon Ruler |
| 2nd | David Keener III | United States | Prophecy |
| 3rd | Hiromi Kudou | Japan | Dragon Ruler |
| 4th | Weerapun Suebyoubol | Thailand | Dragon Ruler |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2014Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sehabi Kheireddine | Canada | Rank 4 Infernity |
| 2nd | Shunsuke Hiyama | Japan | Hand Artifact Traptrix [5] |
| 3rd | Oliver Tomajko | United States | Rank 4 Infernity |
| 4th | Niccoló Mazzoleni | Italy | Bujin |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2015Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hiyama Shunsuke | Japan | Tellarknight |
| 2nd | Galileo De Obaldia | Panama | Nekroz |
| 3rd | Hasegawa Akira | Japan | Nekroz |
| 4th | Chase Robert Cunningham | United States | Artifact Tellarknight |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2016Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hiyama Shunsuke | Japan | Blue-Eyes |
| 2nd | Erik Christensen | United States | Blue-Eyes |
| 3rd | Kajihara Soichiro | Japan | Majespecter |
| 4th | Matthew Adam Casiero | Australia | Monarch |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2017Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tsujimura Ryosuke | Japan | True King Yang Zing Dinosaur |
| 2nd | Milton Chua Shen Fei | Singapore | True King Yang Zing Dinosaur |
| 3rd | Marcello Barberi | Italy | Demise True Draco |
| 4th | Michael Forner | Italy | Windwitch Invoked |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2018Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Wang Chia Ching | Taiwan | Trickstar |
| 2nd | Bohdan Temnyk | Australia | Altergeist |
| 3rd | Francesco Simoncelli | Italy | Gouki |
| 4th | Jung Seung-Chul | South Korea | Sky Striker |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2019Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kosaka Kouki | Japan | Salamangreat |
| 2nd | Wang Chia Ching | Taiwan | Salamangreat |
| 3rd | Angel Fernando Ovalle Rivera | Panama | Salamangreat |
| 4th | Dakota Clint Angeloff | United States | Crusadia Chaos Thunder Dragon |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2023Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paulie Aronson | United States | Bystial Dragon Link |
| 2nd | Juan Mateo Augusto Renteria Pastor | Peru | Tenyi Swordsoul |
| 3rd | Santiago Marin Lopez | Colombia | Bystial Dragon Link |
| 4th | Jeremy Mitchell | United States | Vanquish Soul |
| 5th | Jessica Robinson | United Kingdom | Therion Sunavalon Rikka |
| 6th | Gabriel Soussi | France | Therion Sunavalon Rikka |
| 7th | Steven Santoli | Canada | Firewall Mathmech |
| 8th | Enzo Fiallos | United States | Mathmech |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2024Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ruben Andres Penaranda | United States | Fiendsmith Yubel |
| 2nd | Mark Solis | United States | Fiendsmith Snake-Eye |
| 3rd | Jose Luis Santiago Torres | United States | Fiendsmith Snake-Eye |
| 4th | Kondo Yuto | Japan | Fiendsmith Snake-Eye Fire King |
| 5th | Zhang Jiawei | China | Tenpai Dragon |
| 6th | Giancarlo Valdez Tolentino | Dominican Republic | Fiendsmith Yubel |
| 7th | Julio Valls | Spain | Ritual Beast |
| 8th | Kalist Uremovic | Australia | Fiendsmith Snake-Eye |
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2025Edit
| Place | Name | Country | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julien Kehon | United States | Vanquish Soul K9 |
| 2nd | Tom Kleinegräber | Germany | Lunalight |
| Top 4 | Wilfredo Flores | United States | Yummy |
| Top 4 | Roselle Thorkildsen | Norway | Sky Striker |
| Top 8 | Yuna Dicks | Germany | Maliss Sky Striker |
| Top 8 | Isaias Estrada | United States | Crystron K9 |
| Top 8 | Shane Tay | Singapore | Vanquish Soul K9 |
| Top 8 | Felipe Bisserier Zapata | Argentina | Yummy |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Konami-Asia World 1st Placeship 2009
- ↑ 1st Placeships, Yu-Gi-Oh! World 1st Placeship 2010 > Panama’s Galileo De Obaldia wins 2010 World 1st Placeship
- ↑ 1st Placeships, Yu-Gi-Oh! World 1st Placeship 2010 > Day 2 – Finals Begin
- ↑ >Takashi Ogawa overcomes his fellow countryman Kei Murakoshi in the finals of the 2011 World 1st Placeship
- ↑ http://ygorganization.com/world-championship-top-4-decklists/