Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Toulouse 2012

Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Toulouse 2012
Tournament details
Type	Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series
Structure	Swiss-system (rounds 1-9) Single-elimination (finals)
Format	Advanced
Location	Toulouse, France
Date	April 14–15, 2012
Final positions
Winner	Peter Gross
Runner-up	Jack Bruun
Statistics
Participation	436
Rounds	9 (Swiss) 5 (top cut)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Toulouse 2012 was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournament held at the Toulouse expo in Toulouse, France from April 14 to 15, 2012.

The entry fee for the main event was 20€.

234 competitors were from France, 25 from Germany, 21 from the United Kingdom, 16 from Spain, 7 from Italy and 133 from other or unspecified locations.

Events

Timetable

The timetable of events was as follows:

Time	Event
Friday
16:00-21:00	Registration
Saturday
08:00-10:00	Registration
10:00	Player meeting, main event
12:00-18:30	Registration for public events
Sunday
09:00-15:00	Registration for public events
09:30	Player meeting, main event
Approximately 13:00	Playoffs
Approximately 17:00	Finals playoff
Approximately 18:00	Awards ceremony

Main event

On the first day, fifty one participants remained undefeated after the third round, twenty three after the fourth and eleven after the fifth. After the sixth round, Max Van Nijverseel, Stefan Faust, Tudor Mitchell, Rodrigo Togores, Noel Garde and Dimitri Lianopoulos tied first, undefeated with 18 points. After the seventh round, Tudor Mitchell, Noel Garde and Dimitri Lianopoulos tied first, undefeated with 21 points.

One hundred and twenty eight of the top scoring players got to continue the main event in the second day. After the eighth round, Noel Garde led on 24 points, Abdou Toure was second on 22 points and twelve people tied third on 21 points. After the ninth round, Noel Garde led on 27 points, Max Van Nijverseel, Tudor Mitchell, Rodrigo Togores and Sebastian Gonzalez tied second on 24 points.

Thirty two of the top scoring players from the Swiss rounds advanced to the top cut.

In the top sixteen, Peter Gross defeated Stefan Faust, Jean Celentano defeated Simon He, Dennis Verspeek defeated Rodrigo Togores, Jake Quinsee defeated Ragot Maxence, Max Van Nijverseel defeated Stephane Chenard, Luigi Alici defeated Dimitri Lianopoulos, Jack Bruun defeated Tudor Mitchell and Denis Scorcioni defeated Timo Ehrenberger.

In the quarter finals, Peter Gross defeated Jean Celentano, Jake Quinsee defeated Dennis Verspeek, Max Van Nijverseel defeated Luigi Alici and Jack Bruun defeated Denis Scorcioni.

In the semi finals, Peter Gross defeated Jake Quinsee and Jack Bruun defeated Max Van Nijverseel.

In the finals, Peter Gross from Austria, who used a "Chaos Dragon" Deck, defeated Jack Bruun from Sweden, who used a "Dino Rabbit" Deck.

Top 16

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

Peter Gross

Stefan Faust

Peter Gross

2

Jean Celentano

0

Jean Celentano

Simon He

Peter Gross

Jake Quinsee

Rodrigo Togores

0

Dennis Verspeek

2

Dennis Verspeek

Jake Quinsee

Jake Quinsee

Ragot Maxence

Peter Gross

2

Jack Bruun

0

Max Van Nijverseel

Stephane Chenard

Max Van Nijverseel

Luigi Alici

Luigi Alici

Dimitri Lianopoulos

Max Van Nijverseel

0

Jack Bruun

2

Tudor Mitchell

Jack Bruun

Jack Bruun

Denis Scorcioni

Timo Ehrenberger

Denis Scorcioni

Side events

On the first day, there was one Attack of the Giant Card!!, seven Win-A-Mat and thirty five Duelist League tournaments.

The Attack of the Giant Card!! tournaments were won by Yohann Descamps, who used a "HERO" Deck and won the "Dark Magician of Chaos" giant card as his prize, Rick Cherry, who used a "Dino Rabbit" Deck and won the "Maestroke the Symphony Djinn" giant card, Tony Le, who used a "HERO" Deck and won the "Pot of Greed" giant card and Nick Boulbasakos, who used a "Dino Rabbit" Deck and won the "Lightray Sorcerer" giant card.

Brent Hermans won one of the regional qualifiers using an "Inzektor" Deck. He earned a spot in the 2012 European Championship, but was unable to attend.

Mathieu Labbe, Kyrian Said, Tom Carnier and Guillaume Messac came first, second, third and fourth respectively in the Dragon Duel tournament.

Prizes

The prizes for the main event were as follows.

Position	Prize
1st	Trophy Ultra Rare "Blood Mefist" YCS prize card Notebook Paid travel and accommodation to the 2012 European Championship
2nd	Super Rare "Blood Mefist" YCS prize card 32 GB tablet PC
3rd	Super Rare "Blood Mefist" YCS prize card 32 GB touchscreen MP3 player
4th	32 GB touchscreen MP3 player
5th-8th	Nintendo 3DS with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus
9th-16th	24 Order of Chaos Booster Packs
Top 32	YCS gamemat Qualification to 2012 European Championship
Participation	5 Order of Chaos Booster Packs

The top four in the Dragon Duel tournament won a spot in the 2012 European Dragon Duel Championship.

The prizes for the Attack of the Giant Card!! event were oversized YS12-EN043 "Maestroke the Symphony Djinn", GAOV-EN032 "Lightray Sorcerer", BP01-EN007 "Dark Magician of Chaos" and BP01-EN034 "Pot of Greed" cards.

The winner of the regional qualifiers, got a spot in the 2012 European Championship.

Decks

76 competitors used "Dino Rabbit" Decks, 73 used "Inzektor", 56 used "HERO", 48 used "Dark World", 40 used "Wind-Up" and 143 used other Deck types.

In the top 32, 14 players used "Dino Rabbit", 8 used "Inzektor", 4 used "Wind-Up", 2 used "Dark World", 2 used "HERO" and two used other Deck types.

The top two Decklists were as follows:

1st - Peter Gross – Chaos Dragon

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning Card Trooper x2 Chaos Sorcerer x3 Dark Armed Dragon Darkflare Dragon x3 Eclipse Wyvern x3 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness Lightpulsar Dragon x3 Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress x3 Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon x2 Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter x3 Sangan Thunder King Rai-Oh x3 Tour Guide From the Underworld x3 Spell Cards Allure of Darkness Charge of the Light Brigade Dark Hole Heavy Storm Monster Reborn Solar Recharge x3 Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Chimeratech Fortress Dragon Synchro Monsters Armory Arm Black Rose Dragon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier Magical Android Scrap Dragon Xyz Monsters Inzektor Exa-Beetle Leviair the Sea Dragon Number 17: Leviathan Dragon Number 20: Giga-Brilliant Number 39: Utopia Number C39: Utopia Ray Tiras, Keeper of Genesis Wind-Up Arsenal Zenmaioh Wind-Up Zenmaines

2nd - Jack Bruun – Dino Rabbit

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Kabazauls x3 Sabersaurus x3 Effect Monsters Gorz the Emissary of Darkness Maxx "C" x3 Rescue Rabbit x3 Sangan Snowman Eater Spirit Reaper Tour Guide From the Underworld x3 Spell Cards Book of Moon Dark Hole Forbidden Chalice x2 Forbidden Lance x2 Heavy Storm Mind Control Monster Reborn Mystical Space Typhoon x3 Pot of Avarice Smashing Ground Trap Cards Dimensional Prison x2 Fiendish Chain x2 Solemn Judgment Solemn Warning x2 Torrential Tribute Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Chimeratech Fortress Dragon Synchro Monsters Ally of Justice Catastor

External links

• yugioh-card.com Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Toulouse
• tcg.konami-europe.net Archive for the 'YCS Toulouse' category