World Championship 2013

World Championship 2013
Type	World Championship
Structure	Swiss-system (Rounds 1–5) Single-elimination (Top 8)
Format	Advanced
Location	Las Vegas, United States
Date	August 10–11, 2013
Participation	26
Rounds	5 (Swiss) 4 (top cut)
2012 2014

The 2013 World Championship is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official and Trading Card Game tournament, which determined the world champion for the year 2013. Marking the 11th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, players from all over the world gathered to the Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, United States to attend the event.

Competitors

The 26 competitors and the respective Deck types they qualified with are as follows. Players did not necessarily use the same Decks in this tournament.

México

• Luis Edgar Gallegos Lomeli (Dragon Ruler)

Europe

• Christos Bountaloudis (Spellbook)
• Michel C. Gruner (Dragon Ruler)
• Sergio Soldani (Spellbook)
• Valerio Rozza (Dragon Ruler)

Hong Kong

• Wing Ho Cheung (Dragon Ruler)

Japan

• Kei Murakoshi (Dragon Ruler)
• Hiromi Kudou (Dragon Ruler)
• Nobuhiko Kuroiwa (Dragon Ruler)
• Saito Akikazu (Dragon Ruler)
• Atsushi Fujiwara (Spellbook)

Malaysia

• Zhen Pei Teoh (Dragon Ruler)

Philippines

• Elvis Agoto (Spellbook)

Singapore

• William Jin Xing Oh (Dragon Ruler)

U.S.

• Aaron Christopher Riker (Dragon Ruler)
• Robert Boyajian II (Dragon Ruler)
• David J. Keener III (Spellbook)
• Norberto Leon (Spellbook)
• Patrick Jefferson Hoban (Dragon Ruler)
• Stephen J. Silverman (Dragon Ruler)

Oceania

• Chris Mattiske (Dragon Ruler)
• Kye Baker (Spellbook)

South America

• Carlos Andres Perez Padilla (Dragon Ruler)

South Korea

• Jin Woo Park (Dragon Ruler)

Taiwan

• Shin En Huang (Dragon Ruler)

Thailand

• Weerapun Suebyoubol (Dragon Ruler)

Events

Timetable

Time	Event
Day 1
10:00 – 11:00	Swiss Round 1
11:15 – 12:15	Swiss Round 2
13:10 – 14:10	Swiss Round 3
14:25 – 15:25	Swiss Round 4
15:40 – 16:40	Swiss Round 5
Day 2
10:00 – 11:00	Main event, quarter finals
11:15 – 12:15	Main event, semifinal
12:30 – 13:30	Main event, third place playoff
14:00 – 15:15	Dragon Duel, final
15:30 – 16:30	Main event, final

Swiss rounds

The pairings for first round were:

Table	Player 1	Player 2
1	Teoh, Zhen Pei	Gruner, Michel C.
2	Saito, Akikazu	Gallegos Lomeli, Luis Edgar
3	Soldani, Sergio	Suebyoubol, Weerapun
4	Oh, William, Jin Xing	Boyajian II, Robert
5	Perez Padilla, Carlos Andres	Murakoshi, Kei
6	Fujiwara, Atsushi	Silverman, Stephen J.
7	Agoto, Elvis	Bountaloudis, Christos
8	Mattiske, Chris	Park, Jin Woo
9	Kudou, Hiromi	Riker, Aaron Christopher
10	Keener III, David J.	Baker, Kye
11	Leon, Norberto	Huang, Shin En
12	Cheung, Wing Ho	Hoban, Patrick Jefferson
13	Kuroiwa, Nobuhiko	Rozza, Valerio

The pairings for round two were:

Table	Player 1	Player 2
1	Soldani, Sergio	Gallegos Lomeli, Luis Edgar
2	Keener III, David J.	Bountaloudis, Christos
3	Boyajian II, Robert	Cheung, Wing Ho
4	Perez Padilla, Carlos Andres	Fujiwara, Atsushi
5	Gruner, Michel C.	Huang, Shin En
6	Riker, Aaron Christopher	Mattiske, Chris
7	Hoban, Patrick Jefferson	Kuroiwa, Nobuhiko
8	Leon, Norberto	Rozza, Valerio
9	Saito, Akikazu	Agoto, Elvis
10	Kudou, Hiromi	Oh, William, Jin Xing
11	Silverman, Stephen J.	Park, Jin Woo
12	Suebyoubol, Weerapun	Teoh, Zhen Pei
13	Baker, Kye	Murakoshi, Kei

The pairings for round three were:

Table	Player 1	Player 2
1	Riker, Aaron Christopher	Cheung, Wing Ho
2	Keener III, David J.	Soldani, Sergio
3	Perez Padilla, Carlos Andres	Huang, Shin En
4	Rozza, Valerio	Saito, Akikazu
5	Mattiske, Chris	Kuroiwa, Nobuhiko
6	Gruner, Michel C.	Fujiwara, Atsushi
7	Kudou, Hiromi	Park, Jin Woo
8	Boyajian II, Robert	Bountaloudis, Christos
9	Gallegos Lomeli, Luis Edgar	Murakoshi, Kei
10	Leon, Norberto	Teoh, Zhen Pei
11	Suebyoubol, Weerapun	Agoto, Elvis
12	Hoban, Patrick Jefferson	Oh, William, Jin Xing
13	Silverman, Stephen J.	Baker, Kye

The pairings for round four were:

Table	Player 1	Player 2
1	Riker, Aaron Christopher	Huang, Shin En
2	Soldani, Sergio	Cheung, Wing Ho
3	Gruner, Michel C.	Murakoshi, Kei
4	Keener III, David J.	Kudou, Hiromi
5	Boyajian II, Robert	Saito, Akikazu
6	Perez Padilla, Carlos Andres	Kuroiwa, Nobuhiko
7	Rozza, Valerio	Suebyoubol, Weerapun
8	Mattiske, Chris	Baker, Kye
9	Gallegos Lomeli, Luis Edgar	Fujiwara, Atsushi
10	Leon, Norberto	Oh, William, Jin Xing
11	Bountaloudis, Christos	Park, Jin Woo
12	Teoh, Zhen Pei	Agoto, Elvis
13	Hoban, Patrick Jefferson	Silverman, Stephen J.

The pairings for round five were:

Table	Player 1	Player 2
1	Riker, Aaron Christopher	Soldani, Sergio
2	Murakoshi, Kei	Huang, Shin En
3	Boyajian II, Robert	Perez Padilla, Carlos Andres
4	Kudou, Hiromi	Suebyoubol, Weerapun
5	Gruner, Michel C.	Cheung, Wing Ho
6	Bountaloudis, Christos	Gallegos Lomeli, Luis Edgar
7	Baker, Kye	Oh, William, Jin Xing
8	Keener III, David J.	Kuroiwa, Nobuhiko
9	Mattiske, Chris	Saito, Akikazu
10	Rozza, Valerio	Teoh, Zhen Pei
11	Hoban, Patrick Jefferson	Leon, Norberto
12	Fujiwara, Atsushi	Park, Jin Woo
13	Silverman, Stephen J.	Agoto, Elvis

Top cut

After five rounds of Swiss, the top eight players got to qualify for the next day. The top eight were as follows:

• Aaron Christopher Riker (Dragon Ruler)
• Sergio Soldani (Spellbook)
• Kei Murakoshi (Dragon Ruler)
• Robert Boyajian II (Dragon Ruler)
• Weerapun Suebyoubol (Dragon Ruler)
• Shin En Huang (Dragon Ruler)
• Hiromi Kudou (Dragon Ruler)
• David J. Keener III (Spellbook)

All the Matches of the knockout rounds, including the final, were streamed live with both English and Japanese commentary.

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	Keener III, David J.
	Riker, Aaron Christopher
					Keener III, David J.
					Suebyoubol, Weerapun
	Boyajian II, Robert
	Suebyoubol, Weerapun
									Keener III, David J.
									Huang, Shin En
	Soldani, Sergio
	Kudou, Hiromi
					Kudou, Hiromi				3rd place
					Huang, Shin En
	Murakoshi, Kei
									Suebyoubol, Weerapun
	Huang, Shin En
									Kudou, Hiromi