The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Champions 2023 Have Been Crowned!

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2023 concludes with three thrilling finals

Konami announced on Monday, Aug 7th, that The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship (WCS) 2023 has concluded by crowning champions in three different, closely fought categories.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Main Event, Paulie Aronson from North America triumphed as the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion 2023. Duelist Takagi, took home the title in Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS final and in the inaugural Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, a 3v3 team event, Josh, QuantalThink and Emre became the first ever Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL World Champions.

Please see the official press release below for more information:

THE YU-GI-OH! WORLD CHAMPIONS 2023 HAVE BEEN CROWNED

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2023 concludes with three thrilling finals

LOS ANGELES – August 7, 2023 – Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. (KONAMI) – The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship (WCS) 2023 reached its thrilling conclusion on Sunday, August 6, at the TOKYO BIG SIGHT (Tokyo International Exhibition Center) in Japan. The highly-anticipated tournament, returning for the first time since 2019, crowned World Champions in three different, closely fought categories.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Main Event, Paulie Aronson from North America prevailed in the final, defeating Juan Mateo Augusto Renteria Pastor from Peru to take home the title of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion 2023. The winner used a Dragon Link Deck to prevail 2-0 in a tense and exciting final. 

The Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS final was hotly contested between Takagi and Yukoo, with Takagi winning 3-0.  

The inaugural WCS for Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, a 3v3 team event, culminated in an electrifying tournament. The final saw Team 7 face up against snipehunters. It ended 5-3 in the favour of snipehunters, with Josh, QuantalThink and Emre becoming the first ever Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL World Champions.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship is a tournament that determines the world’s No.1 Duelist in three categories.

For more information, please visit: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/worldchampionship/2023/en/

Today, the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is available across the globe, with products distributed in more than 80 countries and 9 languages, to be enjoyed by fans of all ages.

Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS brings the popular game to life on mobile devices and on PC. Duelists can kindle the spirit of Yami Yugi, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, and other beloved characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in competitive card battle action. Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS has now achieved 150 million downloads worldwide.

Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL features beautifully rendered Duels in 4K resolution*, more than 10,000 cards to collect**, an extensive single-player Solo Mode, online Duels, events and more.  

Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL is free-to-play with in-game purchases on PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android, and it’s available now.

*On supported devices  
**Some cards may require event participation or in-game purchases.