Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Lima 2012

Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Lima 2012
Tournament details
Type	Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series
Structure	Swiss-system Single-elimination (finals)
Format	Advanced
Location	Lima, Peru
Date	March 31–April 1, 2012
Final positions
Winner	Hector Delgado
Runner-up	Jorge Garcia
Third place	Gerardo Delgado
Fourth place	Jonatan Ruiz
Statistics
Participation	191

Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Lima 2012 was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournament held at the Centro de Convenciones Atlantic City, Lima, Peru from March 31 to April 1, 2012.

Events

Timetable

The time and costs of the events were as follows:

Scheduled time	Event	Cost
Saturday, March 31
13:00 – 18:00	Win-A-Mat (8-player flights)	S/.15.00
13:00 – 18:00	Pegasus Challenge (Caste Party Format)	S/.20.00
13:00 – 18:00	Retro Draft (8-player flights)	S/.40.00
13:00 – 18:00	Classic Draft	S/.40.00
13:00 – 18:00	Dawn of the Xyz Starter tournament (8-player flights)	S/.40.00
13:00 – 18:00	Dragons Collide Structure Deck tournament (8-player flights)	S/.40.00
14:00	Dragon Duel tournament	Free
15:00	Attack of the Giant Card!!	S/.15.00
Sunday, April 1
9:00 – 15:00	2012 Regional qualifiers (16-player flights)	S/.15.00
10:00 – 15:00	Win-A-Mat (8-player flights)	S/.15.00
10:00 – 15:00	Retro Draft (8-player flights)	S/.40.00
10:00 – 15:00	Classic Draft (8-player flights)	S/.40.00
10:00 – 15:00	Dawn of the Xyz Starter tournament (8-player flights)	S/.40.00
10:00 - 15:00	Pegasus Challenge (Traditional Format)	S/.20.00
10:00 – 15:00	Dragons Collide Structure Deck tournament (8-player flights)	S/.40.00
10:00	3 vs. 3 Team Tournament	S/.45.00 (per team)
12:00	Attack of the Giant Card!!	S/.15.00
13:00	Dragon Duel tournament	Free
15:45	Cut-off to earn points for public events playoffs
16:00	Public event playoffs

Main event

191 people took part in the main event; 148 from Peru, 19 from Ecuador, 7 from Bolivia, 6 from Argentina, 5 from Chile, 4 from Colombia and 2 from the United States.

After round three, twenty-one players tied first on nine points. After round five, Ariel Quispe, Martin Olnedo, Gerardo Portilla, Leiner Sanchez, Hector Chavarry and Jonatan Rios tied first on fifteen points. After round eight, Martin Yerovi led with twenty four points.

The sixteen highest scoring players advanced to the second day. The format then switched form Swiss to single elimination.

In the top sixteen, Sebastian Mora defeated Martin Yerovi, Gerardo Delgado defeated Ariel Quispe, Cristian Chavez defeated Ariel Quispe, Cristian Chavez defeated Johan Cordova, Hector Delgado defeated Ian Mendoza, Jonatan Ruiz defeted Angelo Thorni, Michael Herrera defeated Claudio Ulloa, Carlos Medina defeated Leiner Lucero and Jorge Garcia defeated Adolfo Yahya.

In the quarter finals, Gerardo Delgado defeated Sebastian Mora, Hector Delgado defeated Cristian Chavez, Jonatan Ruiz defeated Michael Herrera and Jorge Garcia defeated Carlos Medina

In the semi finals, Hector Delgado defeated Gerardo Delgado and Jorge Garcia defeated Jonatan Ruiz.

In the third place play off Gerardo Delgado defeated Jonathan Ruiz.

In the final, Hector Delgado defeated Jorge Garcia.

Top 16

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

Martin Yerovi

Sebastian Mora

Sebastian Mora

Gerardo Delgado

Gerardo Delgado

Ariel Quispe

Gerardo Delgado

Hector Delgado

Cristian Chavez

Johan Cordova

Cristian Chavez

Hector Delgado

Hector Delgado

Ian Mendoza

Hector Delgado

Jorge Garcia

Angelo Thorni

Jonatan Ruiz

Jonatan Ruiz

Michael Herrera

Claudio Ulloa

Michael Herrera

Jonatan Ruiz

Jorge Garcia

Third place

Carlos Medina

Leiner Lucero

Carlos Medina

Gerardo Delgado

Jorge Garcia

Jonatan Ruiz

Jorge Garcia

Adolfo Yahya

Other events

The 3 vs. 3 tournament consisted of sixteen teams. It was won by the Bolivian team, Team Canal Culture, consisting of Franco Jimenez, Luis Torres and Ariel Quispe.

The first Attack of the Giant Card!! was won by Pablo Torres from Ecuador, who took the "Gagaga Girl" giant card. The second was won by Emiliano Passoni from Argentina who got the "Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo" giant card.

Ten players who preregistered were chosen to take part in the bounty event. The ten chosen were mostly from different countries, including; Barbara Rivas, form Argentina, Ariel Quispe from Bolivia, Franco Cuneo from Chile, Jorge Guevara from Colombia, Maglio Cusme from Ecuador, Luis Crispin from Peru, Oscar Sanchez from Peru, Raul Trevino from Peru, Jose Velarde from Peru and Luis Bazan from the United States.

The first Dragon Duel lasted four rounds. It was won by Mijail Flores, who went undefeated and used a "Machina Gadget" Deck which teched "Jinzo" and "Jinzo - Returner". The runner-up was Rodrigo Guevara who used a "Twilight" Deck. Nicolas Castillo who used a "Gladiator Beast" Deck came third. And Dario Farfan, who used a "Dark World" Deck came fourth. The second Dragon Duel also lasted four rounds. It was won again by Mijail Flores. Rodrigo Guevara came second again. Jorge Vasallo came third also using a "Machina Gadget" Deck that teched "Jinzo" and "Jinzo - Returner". Nicolas Castillo, who came third the first day, came fourth.

Santiago Acevedo from Peru won the first Win-A-Mat.

Alejandro Jaramillo from Ecuador attained the most points in the public events. Felipe Pucha was the randomly chosen public event playoffs winner.

Prizes

The prizes for the main event were as follows:

Position	Prizes
1st	Ultra Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Prize Cards "Blood Mefist" Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Trophy Paid travel and accommodation to the winner's 2012 World Championship Qualifier Xbox 360 Elite 250 GB console Invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat
2nd	Super Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Prize Cards "Blood Mefist" 32 GB Tablet PC with redemption codes for Konami Mobile games Invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat
3rd	Super Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Prize Cards "Blood Mefist" 32 GB Touch Screen MP3 Player with redemption codes for Konami Mobile games Invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat
4th	32 GB Touch Screen MP3 Player with redemption codes for Konami Mobile games Invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat
5th-8th	Video game console with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus Invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat
9th-16th	24 Booster Packs of Order of Chaos Invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat
Participation	3 Booster Packs of Order of Chaos

Had the attendance been 513 - 2048, players ranking 17th to 32nd would have also receive a Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat and an invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament.

Had the attendance exceeded 2049, players ranking 33rd to 64th would have also receive a Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Top Cut Game Mat and an invitation to the 2012 World Championship Qualifier tournament.

Players who preregistered on March 30, received a "Token" card with a Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series illustration.

The prizes for the 3 vs. 3 tournament were a 3x3 uncut sheets of Order of Chaos Secret Rares for each team member.

The prizes for the two Attack of the Giant Card!! events were giant sized Spanish language Order of Chaos "Gagaga Girl" and "Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo" cards. The winner of the first tournament chose which one they wanted and the winner of the second got the other.

In the public events, the player receiving the most points and one randomly selected player won a Super Rare copy of "Blood Mefist" each.

Decks

The types of the top sixteen Decks were "Wind-Up" used by Martin Yerovi, Gerardo Delgado, Ariel Quispe and Johan Cordova "Dino Rabbit" used by Sebastian Mora, Cristian Chavez, Hector Delgado, Jonatan Ruiz, Carlos Medina, Jorge Garcia and Adolfo Yahya, "Inzektor" used by Ian Mendoza, Claudio Ulloa and Leiner Lucero, "Skill Drain HERO" used by Angelo Thorni and "Six Samurai" used by Michael Herrera.

The top four Decklists were as follows:

1st - Hector Delgado - Dino Rabbit

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Kabazauls x3 Sabersaurus x3 Effect Monsters Effect Veiler Gorz the Emissary of Darkness Jurrac Guaiba x3 Maxx "C" x3 Rescue Rabbit x3 Sangan Tour Guide From the Underworld x3 Spell Cards Book of Moon Dark Hole Forbidden Lance x2 Heavy Storm Mind Control Monster Reborn Mystical Space Typhoon x3 Pot of Avarice Trap Cards Bottomless Trap Hole Fiendish Chain x2 Mirror Force Solemn Judgment Solemn Warning x2 Torrential Tribute Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Chimeratech Fortress Dragon Synchro Monsters Ally of Justice Catastor Stardust Dragon

2nd - Jorge Garcia - Dino Rabbit

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Kabazauls x3 Sabersaurus x3 Effect Monsters Effect Veiler x2 Jurrac Guaiba x3 Maxx "C" x2 Rescue Rabbit x3 Sangan Thunder King Rai-Oh Tour Bus From the Underworld Tour Guide from the Underworld x3 Spell Cards Dark Hole Forbidden Lance Gold Sarcophagus x2 Heavy Storm Mind Control Monster Reborn Mystical Space Typhoon x2 Pot of Avarice Trap Cards Chain Disappearance x2 Fiendish Chain x2 Solemn Judgment Solemn Warning x2 Torrential Tribute Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Chimeratech Fortress Dragon Synchro Monsters Ally of Justice Catastor Stardust Dragon Xyz Monsters Evolzar Dolkka x2 Evolzar Laggia x3 Leviair the Sea Dragon x2 Number 17: Leviathan Dragon Number 20: Giga-Brilliant Number 39: Utopia Number C39: Utopia Ray Wind-Up Zenmaines

4th - Jonaton Ruiz - Dino Rabbit

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Kabazauls x3 Sabersaurus x3 Effect Monsters Effect Veiler x2 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness Jurrac Guaiba x3 Maxx "C" x2 Rescue Rabbit x3 Sangan Tour Guide From the Underworld x3 Spell Cards Dark Hole Forbidden Lance x2 Gold Sarcophagus x2 Heavy Storm Mind Control Monster Reborn Mystical Space Typhoon x2 Pot of Avarice Trap Cards Bottomless Trap Hole Fiendish Chain x2 Mirror Force Solemn Warning x2 Solemn Judgment Torrential Tribute Extra Deck Synchro Monsters Ally of Justice Catastor Stardust Dragon

External links

• yugioh-card.com YU-GI-OH! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Lima, Peru
• konami.com All articles for 2012/03 - Lima