2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Results

JAPAN’S SHUNSUKE HIYAMA IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD AS HE WINS Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Po-Hsiang Peng Brings Dragon Duel World Champion Title Home to Taiwan

World Champion Shunsuke HiyamaEl Segundo, Calif. (August 26, 2016) – Twenty-two elite Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) players representing the top Duelists from all over the world competed this past weekend in Orlando, Fla. at the prestigious 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship. Each of these talented players were vying for the coveted title of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion. Additionally, 12 players competed for the title of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Dragon Duel World Champion, for those born 2003 or later, during the 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Dragon Duel World Championship. Joining the reigning Champions, all of these determined Duelists had already competed and won at their region’s respective World Championship Qualifiers, beating thousands from North America, Latin America, Japan, Europe, Oceania and Asia, for the right to represent their region in Orlando.

WC2016 logoThe tournament hall was buzzing for two days as intense Duels were completed throughout the weekend. By Sunday afternoon only two players remained, reigning World Champion Shunsuke Hiyama from Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, Japan and North American Champion Erik Christensen from Oakland Park, Fla. Showing his impressive strategy Hiyama played a powerful Blue-Eyes Deck keeping an eye on the grand prize at all times. Christensen was just as determined, facing off against Hiyama playing his own Blue-Eyes Deck, ready for a Duel of a lifetime. Both players remained laser-focused and intent during the demanding match but it was Hiyama who persevered to become the 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion.

In addition to Christensen, representing the Americas in Orlando were five other North American players who each earned their spot by topping at the North American World Championship Qualifier held last month in Pittsburgh, Penn. This event rounded out a busy tournament season, which saw a legion of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG players participate in qualifying tournaments across the Americas. Central American Champion Brandon Aguilar from Pachuca, Mexico, South American Champion Joaquin Rinaldi from Buenos Aires, Argentina and Mijail Flores from Peru completed the list of competitors from the Americas.

Here the final standings for the 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship!

Rank Full Name with Country
1 (Japan) Hiyama, Shunsuke
2 (United States) Christensen, Erik Godwin
3 (Japan) Kajihara, Soichiro
4 (Australia) Casiero, Matthew Adam
5 (Japan) Yada, Makoto
6 (United States) Williams-Ademe, Admassu
7 (United States) Smith, Travis Allen
8 (Japan) Momiji, Daiki
9 (Korea) Choi, Byung-Hyug
10 (United States) Nguyen, Jimmy TX
11 (France) Bachar, Samir
12 (United States) Rowe, Thomas Isaiah
13 (Mexico) Aguilar Gonzalez, Brandon Ossiel
14 (Italy) Roma, Lorenzo Salvatore
15 (Germany) Buttiglieri, Carmello
16 (Argentina) Rinaldi Petroni, Joaquin
17 (Japan) Sato, Kai
18 (Taiwan) Hsiao, Tsun-Yu
19 (Australia) Temnyk, Bohdan John
20 (United Kingdom) Bakewell, Finn Rory
21 (United States) Hutchins, Adam Brian
22 (Peru) Flores Barboza, Mijail Stephano

The 12 Top Dragon Duelists from across the world reinforced the fact that they were a force to be reckoned with in the tournament hall during the 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Dragon Duel World Championship. This exciting group of talented players included North American Dragon Duel Champion Aidan Tiemann from Austin, Texas, John Wilkin, who placed second in Pittsburgh and third place winner Ian Parish. Joining them to show off their Dueling talent and perfected strategies were, among others, Central American Dragon Duel Champion Ronaldo Sierra from Monterrey, Mexico and representing South America, Dragon Duelist Christian Suarez from Quito, Ecuador. After two days of skilled play and impressive Dueling Po-Hsiang Peng from Taipei, Taiwan beat his fellow Dragon Duelists including runner-up, and North American Dragon Duel Champion Aidan Tiemann from Austin, Texas to claim the trophy and title of Dragon Duel World Champion.

tcg wc2016 shunsuke hiyama and dd champ po-hsiang pengIn addition to the title of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion and Dragon Duel World Champion, Hiyama and Peng, respectively, also took home a World Championship trophy and a 2016 Platinum Secret World Championship Prize Card plus they automatically received an invitation to compete in the 2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship to defend their coveted titles.

Rounding out the World Championship experience was a host of several fun things for everyone to enjoy a LIVE DUEL with voice actors Dan Green and Eric Stuart, the original voices of Yugi and Kaiba respectively from the Yu-Gi-Oh! animated TV series was performed; amusement games provided hours of fun and even a voice-over contest for the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Movie was held!

WC 2016 Top 4
2016 World Championship:
1st Place: Shunsuke Hiyama from Japan
2nd Place: Erik Christensen from the United States
3rd Place: Soichiro Kajihara from Japan
4th Place: Matthew Casiero from Australia
2016 Dragon Duel World Championship:
1st Place: Po-Hsiang Peng from Taiwan
2nd Place: Aidan Tiemann from the United States
3rd Place: Wook-Young Hong from Korea
4th Place: Declan Matthews from Australia

Duelists eager to play at the tournament level and trying to earn a place at the 2017 World Championship can participate at various qualifying events.  For more information visit www.yugioh-card.com/en/events.  For more information on KONAMI or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630 to speak directly with a Yu-Gi-Oh! customer support team member.

Duelists can watch a new episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V every Sunday on Nicktoons – check local listings for times. In addition, all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes every Tuesday as well as all of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s can be seen on www.yugioh.com in the United States. In Canada, Duelists can watch episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V every Friday and Saturday on Teletoon! For more information on KONAMI or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630 to speak directly with a Yu-Gi-Oh! customer support team member.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.  Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About KONAMI
KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI’s software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers.  KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 25 billion cards worldwide.  The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiaries, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. in Windsor, the United Kingdom. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at www.konami.com.

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