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World Championship

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 region are automatically Forbidden on the World Championship list.

Here are the worlds listings for World Championships.

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Annual Rankings and Leader BoardsEdit

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2003Edit

  • Champion - Ng Yu Leung from Hong Kong (Yata-Lock)
  • 2nd Place - Shigeki Kitamura from Japan (Yata-Lock)
  • 3rd Place - Mike Rosenberg from the United States (Yata-Lock)
  • 4th Place - Huai Tao Sun from the United States (Yata-Lock)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004Edit

  • Champion - Masatoshi Togawa from Japan (Chaos Control)
  • 2nd Place - Chan Wan Hang from Hong Kong (Chaos Control)
  • 3rd Place - Yoshinobu Suekane from Japan (Chaos Control)
  • 4th Place - Ryan Pugh from the United Kingdom (Chaos Control)
  • 5th Place - Roy St.Clair from the United States (Chaos Control)
  • 6th Place - Felipe Luque from Chile (Chaos Control)
  • 7th Place - Kenyou Ueda from Japan (Standard Beat)
  • 8th Place - Anthony Kok Khing Woon from Malaysia (Chaos Control)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005Edit

  • Champion - Markou Miltiadis from Greece (Chaos Restrict)
  • 2nd Place - Jorge Fabian Piña Lizarraga from México (Tomato Control)
  • 3rd Place - David Kretschmer from Germany (Chaos Restrict)
  • 4th Place - Guan Sian Li from Taiwan
  • 5th- 8th - Dexter Dalit from Canada
  • 5th- 8th - Gonzalo Ercole from Chile

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2006Edit

  • Champion - Dario Longo from Italy (Chaos Recruiter)
  • 2nd Place - King Hang, Shum from Hong Kong
  • 3rd Place - Adrian Madaj from Poland
  • 4th Place - Markou Miltiadis from Greece
  • 5th Place - Shin, Ishikawa from Japan
  • 6th Place - Javier Juan, Pinilla Segovia from Chile
  • 7th Place - Miguel Flores from the United States
  • 8th Place - Yoshiteru, Nishino from Japan

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007Edit

  • Champion - Andres Toro from Chile (Trooper Monarch)
  • 2nd Place - Mattia Sarpa from Italy (Trooper Monarch)
  • 3rd Place - Adam Corn from the United States
  • 4th Place - Dexter Dalit from Canada
  • 5th Place - Dario Longo from Italy
  • 6th Place - Toshiki Muramatsu from Japan
  • 7th Place - Yuen Ka Wa from Hong Kong
  • 8th Place - Oliver Schmidt-Voss from Germany

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008Edit

  • Champion - Kazuki Mutsuoka from Japan (Gladiator Beast)
  • 2nd Place - Robert Ackerman from the United States (Gladiator Beast)
  • 3rd Place - Takeru Norihama from Japan (Lightsworns)
  • 4th Place - Claudio Kirchmair from Austria (Gladiator Beast)
  • 5th Place - Gabriel Vázquez from México
  • 6th Place - Chris Gehring from New Zealand (Gravekeepers)
  • 7th Place - Wei-Hao She from Taiwan (Lightsworns)
  • 8th Place - Takahiro Kawaguchi from Japan (Lightsworns)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2009Edit

  • Champion - Tan Hong Hwee, Benjamin from Singapore (Blackwing)[1]
  • 2nd Place - Chien Yen Jui from Taiwan (Cat Gladiator Beast)
  • 3rd Place - Roy St.Clair from the United States (Blackwing)
  • 4th Place - Hong-Kyu Lee from South Korea (Gladiator Beast)
  • 5th Place - Au Man Lai from Hong Kong (Gladiator Beast)
  • 6th Place - Alexander Antonios from Australia (Gladiator Beast)
  • 7th Place - Chris Gehring from New Zealand (Gladiator Beast)
  • 8th Place - Kee Kian Sim from Malaysia (Blackwing)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010Edit

  • Champion - Galileo De Obaldia from Panama (Frog FTK) [2]
  • 2nd Place - Vincent Paglia from the United States (Blackwings) [3]
  • 3rd Place - Kei Kuwano from Japan (Heralds)
  • 4th Place - Tae Woo Kim from South Korea (Blackwings)

Top 8 [4]

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2011Edit

  • Champion - Takashi Ogawa from Japan (Agent-Fairy) [5]
  • 2nd Place - Kei Murakoshi (Junk Doppel)
  • 3rd Place - Galileo De Obaldia from Panama (Junk Doppel)
  • 4th Place - Kongjaroen Phanupak from Thailand (Machina Gadget)

Top 8

  • Kaven Zhen Xian Sue from Singapore (Junk Doppel)
  • Michel Grüner from Germany (Junk Doppel)
  • She Wei Hao from Taiwan (Six Samurai)
  • Yang Young-Duck from South Korea (Six Samurai)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2012Edit

  • Champion - Saito Akikazu from Japan (Inzektor)
  • 2nd Place - Stefano Memoli from Italy (Inzektor)
  • 3rd Place - Joshua Schmidt from Germany (Inzektor)
  • 4th Place - En Wei Wesley Seek from Singapore (Inzektor)

Top 8

  • Jarel Winston from the United States (Exodia Stall)
  • Yohei Arimura from Japan (Malefic Skill Drain)
  • Kota Yumoto from Japan (Inzektor)
  • Takeru Norihama from Japan (Inzektor)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2013Edit

  • Champion - Shi En Huang from Taiwan (Dragon Ruler)
  • 2nd Place - David Keener III from the United States (Prophecy)
  • 3rd Place - Hiromi Kudou from Japan (Dragon Ruler)
  • 4th Place - Weerapun Suebyoubol from Thailand (Dragon Ruler)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2014Edit

  • Champion - Sehabi Kheireddine from Canada (Rank 4 Infernity)
  • 2nd Place - Shunsuke Hiyama from Japan) (Hand Artifact Traptrix) [6]
  • 3rd Place - Oliver Tomajko from the United States (Rank 4 Infernity)
  • 4th Place - Niccoló Mazzoleni from Italy (Bujin)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2015Edit

  • Champion - Hiyama Shunsuke from Japan (Tellarknight)
  • 2nd Place - Galileo De Obaldia from Panama (Nekroz)
  • 3rd Place - Hasegawa Akira from Japan (Nekroz)
  • 4th Place - Chase Robert Cunningham from the United States (Artifact Tellarknight)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2016Edit

  • Champion - Hiyama Shunsuke from Japan (Blue-Eyes)
  • 2nd Place - Erik Christensen from the United States - (Blue-Eyes)
  • 3rd Place - Kajihara Soichiro from Japan (Majespecter)
  • 4th Place - Matthew Adam Casiero from Australia (Monarch)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2017Edit

  • Champion - Tsujimura Ryosuke from Japan (True King Yang Zing Dinosaur)
  • 2nd Place - Milton Chua Shen Fei from Singapore (True King Yang Zing Dinosaur)
  • 3rd Place - Marcello Barberi from Italy (Demise True Draco)
  • 4th Place - Michael Forner from Italy (Windwitch Invoked)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2018Edit

  • Champion - Wang Chia Ching from Taiwan (Trickstar)
  • 2nd Place - Bohdan Temnyk from Australia (Altergeist)
  • 3rd Place - Francesco Simoncelli from Italy (Gouki)
  • 4th Place - Jung Seung-Chul from South Korea (Sky Striker)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2019Edit

  • Champion - Kosaka Kouki (Salamangreat)
  • 2nd Place - Wang Chia Ching from Taiwan (Salamangreat)
  • 3rd Place - Angel Fernando Ovalle Rivera from Panama (Salamangreat)
  • 4th Place - Dakota Clint Angeloff from the United States (Crusadia Chaos Thunder Dragon)

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2023Edit

  • Champion - Paulie Aronson from the United States (Bystial Dragon Link)
  • 2nd Place - Juan Mateo Augusto Renteria Pastor from Peru (Tenyi Swordsoul)
  • 3rd Place - Santiago Marin Lopez from Colombia (Bystial Dragon Link)
  • 4th Place - Jeremy Mitchell from the United States (Vanquish Soul)
  • 5th Place - Jessica Robinson from the United Kingdom (Therion Sunavalon Rikka)
  • 6th Place - Gabriel Soussi from France (Therion Sunavalon Rikka)
  • 7th Place - Steven Santoli from Canada (Firewall Mathmech)
  • 8th Place - Enzo Fiallos from the United States (Mathmech)

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