The Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

 national champions are the winners of the annual national championships (Nationals). Nationals take place around the world usually in summer. Eligibility to play in a national championship is determined on residence instead of nationality

Nationality

Nationality is membership of a nation or sovereign state, usually determined by their citizenship, but sometimes by ethnicity or place of residence, or based on their sense of national identity....

. In some countries open nationals are held, meaning that any eligible player may compete in this tournament. Countries with larger populations of Magic players usually hold invite-only nationals, requiring eligible players to qualify. Nationals have been held since 1995 and are now held in 67 countries.

Nationals champions are automatically qualified for the World Championship

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

The Magic: The Gathering World Championships have been held annually since 1994. It is the most important tournament in the game of Magic: The Gathering, offering to the winner a cash prize of $45,000. Originally open to all competitors, Worlds is now an invitation-only event and the last Pro Tour...

, held in the same year. In countries with invitation-only nationals the Top 4 finishers are invited to the World Championship.
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Mode

While the countries with smaller populations of Magic players hold open entry Nationals in most countries it is necessary to qualify for the Nationals. This is usually done in one of four ways: Players who finished in the Top 8 of the previous Nationals are automatically qualified as are Level 2 Pro Players. Further the top 25/35/75/100 ranked players in the corresponding country are invited to the Nationals, the exact number of players thus chosen depending on the number of active tournament player in the country. Finally it is possible to qualify via qualifier tournaments. Some of these qualifier tournaments are usually held at the eve of the Nationals. These are often called "Grinders".

The National Championship tournaments are usually held over two or three days, depending on the number of qualified players. They are multiformat tournaments, consisting of a Booster Draft portion and Standard portion. Usually both portions are played over six or seven rounds each with the players being paired Swiss style

Swiss system tournament

A Swiss-system tournament is a commonly used type of tournament where players or teams need to be paired to face each other for several rounds of competition. This type of tournament was first used in a Zurich chess tournament in 1895, hence the name "Swiss system". The Swiss system is used when...

. After the Swiss part of the tournament the best eight players advance to the single elimination finals. The best four players qualify for the World Championship

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

The Magic: The Gathering World Championships have been held annually since 1994. It is the most important tournament in the game of Magic: The Gathering, offering to the winner a cash prize of $45,000. Originally open to all competitors, Worlds is now an invitation-only event and the last Pro Tour...

 with the best three constituting the National team at the World Championship. In countries with open-entry Nationals only the national champion will qualify for the World Championship. Also these countries are not represented by a national team at the World Championship.

Argentina

1997: Pablo Mántaras

1998: Douglas Maioli

1999: Douglas Maioli

2000: Andrés Moro

2001: Diego Ostrovich

2002: Diego Ostrovich

2003: Jose Barbero

2004: Mauro Kina

2005: Victor Villanueva

2006: Leonardo Calcagno

2007: Nicolás Kohan

2008: Adrián Saredo

2009: Alejo Zagalsky

2010: Franco Bonazza

2011: Nicolas De Nicola

Australia

1997: Rod Ho

1998: Rod Ho

1999: Michael Doecke

2000: Stephen Campbell

2001: Rob Nadebaum

2002: Justin West

2003: Andrew Varga

2004: Tim He

2005: Chris Allen

2006: Tim He

2007: Steve Alpin

2008: Aaron Nicastri

2009: Jamie Mackintosh

2010: Adam Witton

2011: Aaron Nicoll

Austria

1995: Mu-Luen Wang

1996: Christian Peschta

1997: Christian Gregorich

1998: Christoph Derdak

1999: Philipp Cetl

2000: Helmut Summersberger

2001: Benedikt Klauser

2002: Stephan Genser

2003: Markus Jöbstl

2004: Simon Grünauer

2005: Nikolaus Eigner

2006: Benedikt Klauser

2007: Thomas Preyer

2008: Oliver Polak-Rottmann

2009: Bernhard Lehner

2010: Christian Gawrilowicz

2011: Stefan Heigerer

Belarus

2005: Kirill Efimov

2006:

2007: Gleb Gobzem

2008: Dimitry Lipay

2009: Dimitry Lipay

2010: Yehor Polschak

2011: Yehor Polschak

Belgium

1995: Bart Van Uffelen

1996: David Van Dijck ?

1997: Nicolas Fournier

1998: Dominique Coene

1999: Dominique Coene

2000: Vincent Gieling

2001: Gert Coeckelberg

2002: Jan Doise

2003: Mats Clays

2004: Vincent Lemoine

2005: Gert Coeckelbergh

2006: Mark Dictus

2007: Fried Meulders

2008: Pascal Vieren

2009: Branco Neirynck

2010: Aurèlien Dubuisson

2011: Vincent Lemoine

Bolivia

2005: Juan Carlos Jaillita Zeballos

2006: Richard Villafranqui

2007: Antón Nava

2008: Rolando Flores

2009: Juan Carlos Vargas Carreras

2010: Alejandro Van Mourik

2011: Pietro Sanjinés Angelaccio

Brazil

1995: Fabiano de Castro

1996: Raul Assis

1997: José Ricardo

1998: Romário Brito

1999: Roberto Dantas

2000: Fabiano de Castro

2001: Marcos Tanaka

2002: Victor Galimbertti

2003: Rafael Barros

2004: Osvaldo Barbosa

2005: Pedro Henrique Uehara

2006: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa is a Brazilian Magic: The Gathering player. He is the first South American player to have seven Pro Tour top 8s. In 2011, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa became the youngest player to ever reach 300 lifetime Pro Points.- Career :Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa began his professional...

2007: Lucas Berthoud

2008: Vagner Casatti

2009: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa is a Brazilian Magic: The Gathering player. He is the first South American player to have seven Pro Tour top 8s. In 2011, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa became the youngest player to ever reach 300 lifetime Pro Points.- Career :Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa began his professional...

2010: Eduardo Mendes Lopes

2011: Marcus Camargo

Bulgaria

2005: Martin Nosovich

2006: Hristo Tsekov

2007: Svetlin Varbanov

2008:

2009: Nikolay Bogdev

2010: Ivan Govedarov

2011: Kaloyan Kirilov

Canada

1995: Eric Tam

1996: Gary Krakower

1997: Gary Krakower

1998: Peter Radonjic

1999: Marc Rajotte

2000: Ryan Fuller

2001: Terry Tsang

2002: Jürgen Hahn

2003: Josh Rider

2004: Jingpeng Zhang

2005: Jason Olynyk

2006: Guillaume Cardin

2007: Andrew Ting-A-Kee

2008: Dan Lanthier

2009: Jasar S. Elarar

2010: Jasar S. Elarar

2011: Marc Anderson

Chile

2000: Juan Reutter

2001: Sebastian Suter

2002:

2003:

2004:

2005: Jose Luis Capdevila

2006: Julio Bernabe

2007: Andres Camargo

2008: Brian Grady

2009: Christian A. Cespedes

2010: Francisco Rojas Sessarego

2011: David Kaliski

China

2000: Jia Wei

2001:

2002:

2003: Jie Li

2004:

2005: Hui Zhang

2006:

2007: Yu Yin

2008:

2009: Liang Zhu

2010: Lu Chao

2011: Chen Zhuang

Colombia

2004: Nicolás Acosta

2005: Nicolás Acosta

2006:

2007: Juan Fernando Giraldo

2008: Carlos Amaya

2009: Daniel Parra

2010: Gustavo Adolfo Escobar Forero

2011: Daniel Moreno

Costa Rica

2005: Jose De la O

2006: Ricardo Madriz

2007: Alonso Bubix Arrieta

2008: Carlos Pal

2009: Miguel Gatica

2010: Miguel Gatica

2011: Ricardo Madriz

Croatia

2002: Ivan Rubelj

2003: Ognjen Cividini

2004: Filip Čeč

2005: Ivan Klarić

2006: Lovro Gašparac

2007: Grgur Petric Maretić

2008: Stjepan Sučić

2009: Niko Bačić

2010: Toni Portolan

2011: Grgur Petric Maretic

Czech Republic

1996: David Korejtko

1997: Lukáš Ladra

1998: Michal Srba

1999: Ondřej Baudyš

2000: Ondřej Baudyš

2001: Petr Nahodil

2002: Vladimír Komanický

2003: Petr Nahodil

2004: Ondřej Baudyš

2005: Martin Jůza

2006: Martin Jůza

2007: Tomáš Langer

2008: Petr Brožek

2009: Jan Kotrla

2010: Petr Nahodil

2011: Pavel Bednařík

Denmark

1995: Jesper Thrane

1996:

1997:

1998:

1999:

2000: Timme Nyegaard

2001:

2002: Jonas Cleeman

2003:

2004: Søren Boll

2005: Rasmus Sibast

2006: Rasmus Sibast

2007: Tim Rasmussen

2008: Janus Bossow

2009: Thomas Enevoldsen

2010: Martin Dang

2011: Allan Christensen

Dominican Republic

2005: Pedro Pappaterra

2006:

2007: Pedro Pappaterra

2008: Rudy Ivan Jimenez

2009: Etienne Martinez

2010: Omar Bonilla

2011: Felix Osvaldo Rodriguez Acosta

Ecuador

2005: Mario Castillo

2006:

2007: Francisco Miranda

2008: Francisco Arcos

2009: Jose Intriago Suarez

2010: Mario Castillo

2011: Francisco Cedeño

England

English Nationals have been discontinued after the 2006 Nationals. Joint nationals with Scotland and Wales are since held. See Great Britain for national champions since 2007.

2000: Ben Ronaldson

2001: Oliver Schneider

2002: Mark Waterhouse

2003: Atturi Björk

2004: John Ormerod

2005: Richard Moore

2006: Craig Stevenson

Estonia

2000: Tanel Lumiste

2001: Margus Liiber

2002: Risto Aaver

2003: Huko Aaspõllu

2004:

2005: Risto Aaver

2006: Erkki Sisask

2007: Aare Klooster

2008: Hannes Kerem

2009: Vahur-Peeter Liin

2010: Taavi Ludvi

2011: Taavi Ludvi

Finland

1996: Tommi Hovi

Tommi Hovi

Tommi Hovi is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player from Finland. He was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in the inaugural class in 2005...

1997:

1998:

1999:

2000: Lasse Larvanko

2001: Tomi Walamies

2002: Tomi Walamies

2003: Tomi Walamies

2004: Jussi Timonen

2005: Tuomo Nieminen

2006: Max Sjöblom

2007: Olli Hämäläinen

2008: Tero Niemi

2009: Mikko Airaksinen

2010: Jani Lindroos

2011: Markku Rikola

France

1994: Bertrand Lestrée

1995: Marc Hernandez

1996:

1997:

1998: Pierre Malherbaud

1999:

2000: Yann Hamon

2001: Pierre Malherbaud

2002: Sylvain Lauriol

2003: Stéphane Damizet

2004: Olivier Ruel

Olivier Ruel

Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...

2005: Julien Goron

2006: Sylvain Lauriol

2007: Guillaume Matignon

Guillaume Matignon

Guillaume Matignon is a professional trading card game player from Bordeaux, France. He has earned numerous accolades during his career including the World of Warcraft TCG 2007 World Championship and the Magic: The Gathering 2010 World Championship....

2008: Christophe Peyronnel

2009: Gilles Mongilardi

2010: Julien Parez

2011: Armel Primot

Germany

1995: Christoph Bilshausen

1996: Peer Kröger

1997: Oliver Krebs

1998: Dirk Hein

1999: Marco Blume

Marco Blume

Marco Blume is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He has won two Pro Tours and one Masters as a member of team Phoenix Foundation, his teammates being Kai Budde and Dirk Baberowski. He also won a German national championship individually in 1999.- Top 8...

2000: André Konstanczer

2001: Daniel Zink

2002: Kai Budde

Kai Budde

Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...

2003: Dirk Baberowski

Dirk Baberowski

Dirk Baberowski is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He has won three Pro Tours, tying him in second place with Jon Finkel. Two of those victories were won at team Pro Tours with his teammates of Phoenix Foundation, Kai Budde and Marco Blume.In 2008, Barberowski...

2004: Torben Twiefel

2005: Hannes Scholz

2006: Maximilian Bracht

2007: Bodo Rösner

2008: Olaf Krzikalla

2009: Sebastian Thaler

2010: Dennis Johannsen

2011: Helge Nelson

Great Britain

The Nationals of Great Britain have replaced the English, Scottish, and Welsh Nationals since 2007.

1999: Mark Wraith

2007: Craig Jones

2008: Jonathan Randle

2009: Daniel Gardner

2010: Joe Jackson

2011: Daniel Royde

Greece

1995: Christos Toulis

1996: Giraleas Lefteris

1997: Filippidis Giannis

1998: Panoutsos Fotis

1999: Papaioannou Ioannis

2000: Filippidis Giannis

2001: Kapalas Giorgos

2002: Dimitrios Chatsios

2003: Dimitris Kopsidas

2004: Bertiou Simon

2005: Vasilis Fatouros

2006: Harry Yarhas

2007: Petros Tziotis

2008: Theodoros Liapatis

2009: Kostas Skounakis

2010: Bertiou Simon

2011: Fondas Papadatos

Guatemala

2008: Christopher Andres Virula Martinez

2009: Mariano Lemus

2010: Jeersson Arturo Soch. C.

2011: Castellán Robles Rigoberto

Hong Kong & Macau

2000: Chi Fai Ng

2001:

2002:

2003:

2004:

2005: Lee Yin Cheung

2006:

2007: Yeung Sun Kit

2008: Lam Tsz Yeung

2009: Lee Shi Tian

2010: Sun Kit Yeung

2011: Kai Yip Lee

Hungary

1996: Szabolcs Tószegi

1997: Miklós Tihor

1998: Gábor Papp

1999: Gábor Papp

2000: Zsolt Tököli

2001:

2002: Gergely Gárdos

2003: Gergely Gárdos

2004: Károly Lipták

2005: András Balogh

2006: Zoltán Szőke

2007: Tamás Nagy

2008: András Balogh

2009: Tamás Nagy

2010: Gergely Gulyas

2011: Tamás Nagy

Iceland

1995: Júlíus Einarsson

1996: Jóhann Möller

1997: Jóhann Möller

1998: Alvin Orri Gíslason

1999: Einar Ágúst Baldvinsson

2000: Sigurður Örn Gunnarsson

2001: Yngvi Ómar Sighvatsson

2002: Gunnar Már Jóhannsson

2003: Stefán Aðalbjörnsson

2004: Guðbjörn Einarsson

2005: Guðbjörn Einarsson

2006: Jón Svan Sverrisson

2007: Marteinn Friðriksson

2008: Torfi Ásgeirsson

2009: Halldór Sigurður Kjartansson

2010: Halldór Sigurður Kjartansson

2011: Stefán Friðriksson

Indonesia

2005: Fandy Cendrawira

2006: Tje Fei liem

2007: Anthony Subari

2008: Aziz Riphat

2009: Reza Erlangga

2010: Benny Soewanda

2011: Reza Erlangga

Ireland

1999: Ger Norton

2000: John Larkin

2001: David Coghlan

2002: John Larkin

2003: Alan Meaney

2004: Gareth Cosgrave

2005: Darragh Long

2006: Gareth Middleton

2007: Conor Holmes

2008: Conor Kerr

2009: Chris Black

2010: Chris Black

2011: Alan Warnock

Israel

2002: Roey Tzezan

2003: Baruchi Kimchi

2004: Uri Peleg

2005: Roey Tzezana

2006: Aylon Manor

2007: Eviatar Olpiner

2008: Asaf Shomer

2009: Yoav Amir

2010: Ido Faran

2011: Shalom Ashwal

Italy

1995: Ivan Curina

1996: Andrea Paselli

1997: Alberto Morena

1998: Tommaso Natale

1999: Raffaele Lo Moro

2000: Luca Chiera

2001: Matteo Di Tomaso

2002: Stefano Fiore

2003: Daniele Canavesi

2004: Mario Pascoli

2005: Manuel Alvisi

2006: Manuel Alvisi

2007: Mario Pascoli

2008: William Cavaglieri

2009: Luca Ravagli

2010: Federico Ronchi

2011: Marcello Calvetto

Japan

1996: Toshiki Tsukamoto

1997: Tadayoshi Komiya

1998: Toshiki Tsukamoto

1999: Higashino Masayuki

2000: Douyama Tsuyoshi

2001: Goro Matsuo

2002: Kazuhiko Mitsuya

2003: Koutarou Ootsuka

2004: Tsuyoshi Fujita

Tsuyoshi Fujita

Tsuyoshi Fujita is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Osaka, Japan. His most notable finishes include three Pro Tour top eights. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame on 5 December 2007...

2005: Takuma Morofuji

2006: Katsuhiro Mori

Katsuhiro Mori

is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is the most successful player in the individual portion of World Championships, winning one tournament and making the top eight of two others.-Career:...

2007: Masaya Kitayama

2008: Masashi Oiso

Masashi Oiso

is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...

2009: Shuhei Nakamura

2010: Katsuhiro Mori

2011: Ryuuichirou Ishida

Korea

2001: Kim Ji-Hun

2002:

2003:

2004:

2005: Jun Kang

2006: Junmin Lee

2007: Hyun Woo Jeong

2008: Jun Hee Kang

2009: Kim Jang-hong

2010: Hyun Woo Jeong

2011: Tae-jin Jang

Latvia

2005: Nikolai Precenieks

2006:

2007: Nikolajs Precenieks

2008: Igors Rudzitis

2009: Filips Kamkins

2010: Filips Kamkins

2011: Mihails Senins

Lithuania

2005: Ignas Stasevicius

2006:

2007: Andrius Jautakis

2008:

2009: Paulius Petkūnas

2010: Arturas Zinovjevas

2011: Tomas Sukaitis

Luxembourg

2002: Fabrice Encelle

2003:

2004:

2005: Ken Geschwind

2006:

2007: Yin Zhang

2008: Charles Delvaux

2009: Przemyslaw Nagadowski

2010: Charles Thoss

2011: Przemyslaw Nagadowski

Macedonia

2003: Vladimir Trajcevski

2004: Miro Popov

2005: Miro Popov

2006: Samoil Petreski

2007: Samoil Petreski

2008: Ivo Neskovik

2009: Vladimir Trajcevski

2010: Aleksandar Panajotov

2011: Andrej Loparski

Malaysia

2001: Ryan Siong Huat Soh

2002: Sim Han How

2003: Joe Soh

2004: Au Yong Wai Kin

2005: Chuen Hwa Tan

2006: Terry Soh

2007: Weng Sheng Wong

2008: Au Yong Wai Kin

2009: Joe Soh

2010: Jason Ng

2011: Lee Eing Yung

Malta

2005: Duncan Fleri

2006: Duncan Fleri

2007: Ernest Spiteri

2008: Calvin Cassar

2009: Jason Spiteri

2010: Mark Bonett

2011: Duncan Fleri

Mexico

2000: Hector Fuentes

2001: Francisco Barboza Garcia

2002:

2003:

2004:

2005: Francisco Barboza

2006: Fernando Domínguez Roldán

2007: Sabás Barriga

2008: Axel Martínez

2009: Fernando Domínguez Roldán

2010: Marcelino Freeman

2011: Isaías Cantú

Netherlands

1995: Jan-Maarten Cobben

1996: Freek ten Cate

1997: Hans Eijmaal

1998: Tom van de Logt

1999: Alexander Witt

2000: Jesse Cornelissen

2001: Tom van de Logt

2002: Tom van de Logt

2003: Rogier Maaten

2004: Jeroen Remie

2005: Douwe van Noordenburg

2006: Kamiel Cornelissen

Kamiel Cornelissen

Kamiel Cornelissen is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eighteen players with five or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes, and a win with teammates Jelger...

2007: Robert van Medevoort

2008: Tom van Lamoen

2009: Kevin Grove

2010: Bas Melis

2011: Ruben Snijdewind

New Zealand

1996: Tim Hammond

1997: Eoin Gibb

1998: Mark Simpson

1999: Mark Simpson

2000: Chris Wilson

2001: Roger Miller

2002: Cole Swannack

2003: Richard Grace

2004: Richard Grace

2005: Glenn Patel

2006: Timothy James Aitchison

2007: Kerel Laycock

2008: Dan Bretherton

2009: Jason Chung

2010: Scott Richards

2011: Luke Tsavousis

Norway

1999: Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...

2000: Bjorn Petter Jocumsen

2001: Nicolai Herzog

2002: Thomas Johansen

2003:

2004:

2005: Nikolas Nygaard

2006: Øyvind Wefald Andersen

2007: Lars Engelberg

2008: André Moshølen

2009: Christian Bakkehaug

2010: Eivind Nitter

2011: Andreas Nordahl

Panama

2005: Joel Enrique Arauz

2006: Sergio Bonilla

2007: Omar Sanjur

2008: Jose Carvajal

2009: Saul Alvarado

2010: Saul Alvarado

2011: Eric Espino

Peru

2001: Jorge Melgar Talavera

2002: Jorge Melgar Talavera

2003: Steven Vidalón

2004: Marco Sakugawa Tobaru

2005: Eduardo Pereyra

2006: Luis Bonilla

2007: Julio Maravi

2008: Giancarlo Arbulú

2009: Jose Arrieta

2010: Steven Vidalón

2011: Sergio Sanabio

Philippines

1996: Angel Diokno

1997: Rafael Lirag

1998: Sean Anthony Ortuoste

1999: Dino Yu

2000: Teddy Sy

2001: Mark Herrin

2002: Reynario Estacio Jr.

2003: Gerald Camangon

2004: Francis Profeta Jr.

2005: Mark Herrin

2006: JT Porter

2007: Jose Marie Sabale

2008: Bayani Manansala

2009: Francis Profeta Jr.

2010: Caesar Famorcan

2011: Jan Ang

Poland

1998: Paweł Karaszewski

1999: Jarosław Paszkiewicz

2000: Marcin Sadoś

2001: Paweł Karaszewski

2002: Adrian Brzegowy

2003: Przemysław Oberbek

2004: Sebastian Guliński

2005: Hubert Jaskólski

2006: Przemysław Oberbek

2007: Robert Szarata

2008: Tomasz Pędrakowski

2009: Sławomir Jabs

2010: Mikołaj Wyspiański

2011: Tomasz Figarski

Portugal

1996: Rui Cordeiro

1997: Luis Figueira

1998: Eduardo Martins

1999: Hugo Machado

2000: Frederico Bastos

2001: Dinis Maia

2002: Kuniyoshi Ishii

2003: Tiago Chan

2004: Mauro Peleira

2005: Igor Barreiras

2006: Kuniyoshi Ishii

2007: Fabio Rodrigues

2008: Marcio Carvalho

2009: Frederico Bastos

2010: Hugo Sa

2011: Hugo Vieira

Puerto Rico

2008: Danilo Prieto

2009: Braulio Rivera

2010: Jorge Muniz

2011: Luis Delfin Prieto

Romania

2008: Andrei Vuia

2009: Bogdan Voda

2010: Raoul Trifan

2011: Mircea Posoiu

Russia

1999: Konstantin Firsov

2000: Konstantin Firsov

2001: Denis Kuznetsov

2002: Pavel Solyanko

2003: Albert Khamzin

2004: Artem Dushkevich

2005: Ruslan Dmitriev

2006: Vasily Tsapko

2007: Eugene Idzikovsky

2008: Alexander Privalov

2009: Andrey Kochurov

2010: Vladimir Mishustin

2011: Dmitry Olenin

Scotland

Scottish Nationals have been discontinued after the 2006 Nationals. Joint nationals with England and Wales are held since. See Great Britain for national champions since 2007.

1997: Martin Peden

2000: Edward Ross

2001: Darryl Tweedale

2002: Nik Iskandar

2003: Edward Ross

2004: David Chapman

2005: Ben Sanders

2006: Stephen Murray

Serbia

2002: Isidor Nikolić

2003: Đorđe Đorđević

2004: Obradović Vladimir

2005: Daniel Casnji

2006: Dragan Marošan

2007: Boris Bajgo

2008: Aleksa Telarov

2009: Dejan Šibul

2010: Aleksa Telarov

2011: Aleksa Telarov

Singapore

1998: Sam Lau

1999:

2000:

2001: Junyang Ang

2002:

2003: Kok Seng Ong

2004:

2005: Sam Lei Kang Lau

2006:

2007: Ji Tan Rou

2008: Yong Han Choo

2009: Khoo Aik Seng

2010: Teng Chek Lim

2011: Lee Benedict

Slovakia

1996: Peter Marcinko

1997: Rasto Stranak

1998: Rasto Stranak

1999: Juraj Smrek

2000: Juraj Smrek

2001: Michal Jedlicka

2002: Tomas Tomecek

2003: Matej Zatlkaj

2004: Rasto Stranak

2005: Robert Jurkovic

2006: Filip Valis

2007: Filip Valis

2008: Filip Valis

2009: Janos Csomos

2010: Ivan Floch

2011: Ivan Floch

Slovenia

2002: Lavs Primoz

2003:

2004:

2005: Andrej Renko

2006:

2007:

2008: Marko Stokelj

2009: Primoz Lavs

2010: Tine Rus

2011: Bojan Zunko

South Africa

2001: Russell Tanchel

2002: Christiaan Du Plessis

2003:

2004: Marco Panavaro

2005: Michael Nurse

2006: Michael Nurse

2007: Seraj Haroun

2008: Adam Katz

2009: Claude Hurlimaar

2010: Dale Fienburg

2011: James Combrink

Spain

2000: Carlos Barrado

2001: Daniel Bethencourt

2002: Andres Ortega Montero

2003:

2004: Aniol Alcaraz

2005: Omar Rohner

2006: Javier Dominguez

2007: Ricardo Vicente

2008: Omar Sagol

2009: Enric Martí

2010: Aníbal Carbonero

2011: Joel Calafell

Sweden

1995: Dan Hörning

1996: Leon Lindbäck

1997: Nicolai Weibull

1998: Matti Leivo

1999: Jimmy Öman

2000: Jimmy Öman

2001: Johan Johannesson

2002: Anton Jonsson

Anton Jonsson

Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...

2003: Bertil Elfgren

2004: Carl Thille

2005: Mikael Polgary

2006: Tobias Ström

2007: Matthias Agerberg

2008: Fabian Sjöblom

2009: Tore Hedbäck

2010: Anders Melin

2011: Martin Berlin

Switzerland

2000: Christian Fehr

2001: Dave Montreuil

2002: Christian Kreher

2003: Andrea Curti

2004:

2005: Daniel Oppliger

2006: Régis Blanc

2007: Manuel Bucher

2008: Mark Schwass

2009: Tommi Lindgren

2010: Andreas Ganz

2011: Matthias Künzler

Taiwan

2000: Chen Yu Weng

2001:

2002:

2003: Chih-Hsiang Chang

2004: Ming Da Tsia

2005: Homg Gi Tsai

2006:

2007: Yi-Jie Lin

2008: Ming Chee Wang

2009: Tzu Ching Kuo

2010: Tzu Ching Kuo

2011: Bo Ruad Chun

Thailand

2002: Veerapat Sirilertvorakul

2003:

2004:

2005: Mongkol Tachasukjai

2006:

2007: Jakguy Subcharoen

2008: Sirichai Chaisuthamporn

2009: Jakguy Subcharoen

2010: Kampanart Wiriyaampon

2011: Suttipong Popitukgul

Turkey

1998: Yusuf Kemal Vefa

1999: Yusuf Kemal Vefa

2000: Gokhan Sariisik

2001: Onur Konuralp

2002: Siyar Erzen

2003: Eda Bilsel

2004: Vicdan Hasbil

2005: Yusuf Kemal Vefa

2006: Cem Erdoğan

2007: Aras Senyuz

2008: Emir Alimoglu

2009: Cerag Kucukcaglayan

2010: Cem Erdoğan

2011: Emir Alimoglu

Ukraine

2001: Artem Kozachuk

2002: Andrey Rybalchenko

2003:

2004: Sergey Kuznetsov

2005: Yaroslav Shlyakhov

2006: Oleksandr Gerasymenko

2007: Oleksandr Gerasymenko

2008: Yury Babych

2009: Artem Kozachuk

2010: Igor Paslavskyy

2011: Iurii Babych

United Arab Emirates

Nationals in the United Arab Emirates were discontinued after the 2002 nationals.

2000: Rusel Mirara

2001:

2002: Mark Marsden

United States

1994: Bo Bell

1995: Mark Justice

Mark Justice

Mark Justice is a former Magic: The Gathering pro player. He is by many considered the best player of the game in his time. Justice was the first Magic: The Gathering US National Champion in 1995...

1996: Dennis Bentley

1997: Justin Gary

Justin Gary

Justin Gary is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His most notable Pro Tour finish is his win at Pro Tour Houston 2002. Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle who both tested with Gary finished second and third respectively at the same event.-Achievements:...

1998: Matt Linde

1999: Kyle Rose

2000: Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel is an American Magic: The Gathering and poker player. In the year 2000, he became the world champion of Magic, as well as being on the team that became the team world champion.-Career:...

2001: Trevor Blackwell

2002: Eugene Harvey

Eugene Harvey (Magic: The Gathering player)

Eugene Harvey is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His major successes include four Pro Tour top eights, and five Grand Prix top eights. Harvey was part of the US national team that won the World Championship in 2001, which was Harvey's first Pro Tour. He also won the 2002 US National...

2003: Joshua Wagener

2004: Craig Krempels

2005: Antonino De Rosa

Antonino De Rosa

Antonino De Rosa is an Italian-American Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include three Grand Prix wins, a US Nationals title in 2005, and a top eight at Pro Tour Prague 2006.- Achievements:Other accomplishments...

2006: Paul Cheon

2007: Luis Scott-Vargas

Luis Scott-Vargas

Luis Scott-Vargas is a professional Magic: the Gathering player from Oakland, CA, USA. His accomplishments include 7 Grand Prix top 8's , and 5 Pro Tour top 8's . As well as being a prominent player of the game, Luis is also known for writing about the game...

2008: Michael Jacob

2009: Charles Gindy

2010: Josh Utter-Leyton

2011: Ali Aintrazi

Uruguay

2001: Rodrigo Asuaga

2002: Alejandro Betschart

2003: Jorge Sierra

2004: Geronimo Silva

2005: Mauro Betschart

2006: Ernesto Delgado

2007: Alejandro Betschart

2008: Jorge Sierra

2009: Juan Odriozola

2010: Alejandro Betschart

2011: Guillermo Gruszka

Venezuela

2001: Eduardo Muñoz

2002:

2003:

2004:

2005: Frankin Montero

2006:

2007: Marlon García

2008: Jose Nassif

2009: Sergio Vegas

2010: Jesus Enrique Somaza Mendoza

2011: Pedro Elias Gutierrez

Wales

Welsh Nationals have been discontinued after the 2006 Nationals. Joint nationals with England and Scotland are since held. See Great Britain for national champions since 2007.

2000: Stephen Brown

2001:

2002: Dan Allen

2003: Roy Williams

2004:

2005: Gareth Beamish

Continental Championships (defunct)

The continental championships were tournaments held in late summer before the World Championship

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

The Magic: The Gathering World Championships have been held annually since 1994. It is the most important tournament in the game of Magic: The Gathering, offering to the winner a cash prize of $45,000. Originally open to all competitors, Worlds is now an invitation-only event and the last Pro Tour...

, inviting top players from their geographical region. All these competitions were eventually discontinued, the European Championships being the last such event held in 2003.

Asian Pacific Region

1997: Nathan Russell (Australia)

1998: Satoshi Nakamura (Japan)

1999: Masaya Mori (Japan)

2000: Masaya Mori (Japan)

2001: Jin Okamoto (Japan)

Europe

1998: Sturla Bingen (Norway)

1999: Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...

 (Norway)

2000: Noah Boeken

Noah Boeken

Noah Boeken is a Dutch professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player.-Magic:In the 1997 Pro Tour Chicago, Boeken finished in 15th place, and later 32nd at Pro Tour Mainz...

(Netherlands)

2001: Eivind Nitter (Norway)

2002: David Brucker (Germany)

2003: Nicolai Herzog (Norway)