Magic: The Gathering World Championship
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| Year | Winner | Held in |
| 1994 | Zak Dolan (USA) | Milwaukee, WI, USA |
| 1995 | Alexander Blumke (Switzerland) | Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1996 | Tom Chanpheng (Australia) | Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1997 | Jakub Slemr (Czech Republic) | Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1998 | Brian Selden (USA) | Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1999 | Kai Budde (Germany) | Yokohama, Japan |
| 2000 | Jon Finkel (USA) | Brussels, Belgium |
| 2001 | Tom van de Logt (Netherlands) | Toronto, Canada |
| 2002 | Carlos Eduardo Romão (Brazil) | Sydney, Australia |
| 2003 | Daniel Zink (Germany) | Berlin, Germany |
| 2004 | Julien Nuijten (Netherlands) | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| 2005 | TBD | Yokohama, Japan |
The Magic: The Gathering World Championships ("Worlds") have been held annually since 1994. Originally open to all competitors, with the introduction of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour, the World Championships tournament is now an invitation-only event and the last Pro Tour "stop" of each season. In recent years, the tournament location has alternated between North America, Asia, and Europe.
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The 2004 World Championship
| Julien Nuijten - 2004 World Championship W/G Slide | ||
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(Complete coverage (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/worlds04/welcome))
The 2004 World Championship was held from September 1 to September 5 at the Fort Mason Center (http://www.fortmason.org) in San Francisco, California, USA. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130 USD.
This was the first ever World Championships without a player from the United States in the Top 8. Nuijten, at 15 years old, became the youngest ever Pro Tour winner and took home a total of $52,366 - a new record for winnings in a single collectible card game tournament.
- Finishing order
- Julien Nuijten (Netherlands)
- Aeo Paquette (Canada)
- Ryou Ogura (Japan)
- Manuel Bevand (France)
- Kamiel Cornelissen (Netherlands)
- Terry Han Chuen Soh (Malaysia)
- Gabriel Nassif (France)
- Murray Evans (Canada)
The 2003 World Championship
| Daniel Zink - 2003 World Championship Wake | ||
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(Complete coverage (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=sideboard/events/worlds03))
The 2003 World Championship was held from August 6 to August 10 at the Estrel Hotel (http://www.estrel.de/) in Berlin, Germany. German player Daniel Zink managed to emerge as the new world champion, beating Japan's Jin Okamoto 3-0 in the finals and taking home 35,000 USD in the process. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130 USD.
- Finishing order
- Daniel Zink (Germany)
- Jin Okamoto (Japan)
- Tuomo Nieminen (Finland)
- Dave Humpherys (United States)
- Jeroen Remie (Netherlands)
- Peer Kröger (Germany)
- Wolfgang Eder (Germany)
- Gabe Walls (United States)
The 2002 World Championship
| Carlos Romão - 2002 World Championship Psychatog | ||
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(Complete coverage (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=sideboard/events/worlds02))
The 2002 World Championship was held from August 13 to August 18 2002 at Fox Studios (http://www.foxstudios.com.au/home.asp) in Sydney, Australia; 24-year old Carlos "Jaba" Romão from São Paulo, Brazil came out as world champion, garnering a prize of 35,000 USD with the help of his blue/black "Psychatog" deck. Other finalists included Mark Ziegner from Germany (2nd place), Diego Ostrovich from Argentina (3rd place) and Dave Humpherys from the USA (4th place), as well as malaysian national champion Sim Han How (5th place), John Larkin from Ireland (6th place), Tuomas Kotiranta from Finland (7th place) and Ken Krouner from the USA (8th place).
The 2001 World Championship
| Tom van de Logt - 2001 World Championship Machine Head | ||
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(Complete coverage (http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=Worlds2001))
The 2001 World Championship was held from August 8 to August 12 2001 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center (http://www.mtccc.com/) in Toronto, Canada; Tom van de Logt from the Netherlands came out as the new world champion, garnering a prize of 35,000 USD for his victory (as well as another 1,000 USD for the success of the Dutch team he was part of). Other finalists included Alex Borteh from the USA (2nd place), Antoine Rel from France (3rd place) and Andrea Santin from Italy (4th place), as well as Michael Turian from the USA (5th place), Jan Tomcani from Slovakia (6th place), Tommi Hovi from Finland (7th place) and John Ormerod from England (8th place).
The 2000 World Championship
| Jon Finkel - 2000 World Championship Tinker | ||
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1st place - Jon Finkel (US)
2nd place - Bob Maher (US)
3rd place - Dominik Hothow
4th place - Benedikt Klauser
The 1999 World Championship
| Kai Budde - 1999 World Championship Wildfire | ||
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1st place - Kai Budde (Germany)
2nd place - Mark Le Pine (US)
3rd place - Raffaele Lo Moro (Italy)
4th place - Matt Linde (US)
The 1998 World Championship
| Brian Selden - 1998 World Championship | ||
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1st place - Brian Selden (US)
2nd place - Ben Rubin (US)
3rd place - Jon Finkel (US)
4th place - Raphaël Levy (France)
The 1997 World Championship
| Jacub Slemr - 1997 World Championship | ||
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1st place - Jacub Slemr (Czech Republic)
2nd place - Janosch Kühn (Germany)
3rd place - Svend Sparre Geertsen (Denmark)
4th place - Paul McCabe (Canada)
The 1996 World Championship
| Tom Chanpheng - 1996 World Championship | ||
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1st place - Tom Chanpheng (Australia)
2nd place - Mark Justice (US)
3rd place - Henry Stern (US)
4th place - Olle Råde (Sweden)
Of interesting note is that Chanpeng's winning deck included no sources of blue mana, though includes "Sleight of Mind". This stems from an error in his submitted decklist. He was forced to use plains in lieu of the 4 Adarkar Wastes he had planned to include.
The 1995 World Championship
| Alexander Blumke - 1995 World Championship | ||
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1st place - Alexander Blumke (Switzerland)
2nd place - Marc Hernandez (France)
3rd place - Mark Justice (US)
4th place - Henry Stern (US)
The 1994 World Championship
| Zak Dolan - 1994 World Championship | ||
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1st place - Zak Dolan (US)
2nd place - Bestrand Lestrée (France)
3rd place - Dominic Symens (Belgium)
4th place - Cyrille de Foucaud (France)
External links
- Magic: The Gathering World Championship Official site (http://www.magicworldchampionship.com/)pt:Magic: The Gathering Campeonato Mundial