List of World Backgammon champions
The following is a List of World Backgammon Champions:

List of World Backgammon champions

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Table Section Text: The following is a List of World Backgammon Champions:

Year	Male Champion	Country	Female Champion	Tournament Location

1967	Tim Holland	United States	Las Vegas

1968	Tim Holland	United States	Las Vegas

1969	Alice Topping	United States	Las Vegas

1970	no championship

1971	Tim Holland	United States	Las Vegas

1972	Oswald Jacoby	United States	Las Vegas

1973	Carol Crawford	United States	Las Vegas

1974	Claude Beer	United States	Las Vegas

1975	Billy Eisenberg	United States	Bahamas

1976	Baron Vernon Ball	United States	Bahamas

1977	Ken Goodman	United States	Bahamas

1978	Paul Magriel	United States	Bahamas

1979	Luigi Villa	Italy	Monte Carlo

1980	Walter Coratella	Mexico	Monte Carlo

1981	Lee Genud	United States	Monte Carlo

1982	Jacques Michel	Switzerland	Monte Carlo

1983	Bill Robertie	United States	Monte Carlo

1984	Mike Svobodny	United States	Monte Carlo

1985	Charles-Henri Sabet	Switzerland	Monte Carlo

1986	Clement Palacci	Italy	Monte Carlo

1987	Bill Robertie	United States	Monte Carlo

1988	Phillip Marmorstein	Germany	Monte Carlo

1989	Joe Russell	United States	Monte Carlo

1990	Hal Heinrich	Canada	Monte Carlo

1991	Michael Meyburg	Germany	Monte Carlo

1992	Ion Ressu	Switzerland	Monte Carlo

1993	Peter Jes Thomsen	Denmark	Monte Carlo

1994	Frank Frigo	United States	Monte Carlo

1995	David Ben-Zion	Israel	Monte Carlo

1996	David Nahmad	Israel	Monte Carlo

1997	Jerry Grandell	Sweden	Monte Carlo

1998	Michael Meyburg	Germany	Monte Carlo

1999	Jörgen Granstedt	Sweden	Monte Carlo

2000	Katie Scalamandre	United States	Monte Carlo

2001	Jörgen Granstedt	Sweden	Monte Carlo

2002	Mads Andersen	Denmark	Monte Carlo

2003	Jon Kristian Røyset	Norway	Monte Carlo

2004	Peter Hallberg	Denmark	Monte Carlo

2005	Dennis Carlston	United States	Monte Carlo

2006	Philip Vischjager	Netherlands	Monte Carlo

2007	Jorge Pan	Argentina	Monte Carlo

2008	Lars Trabolt	Denmark	Scarlett Serrero (France)	Monte Carlo

2009	Masayuki Mochizuki	Japan	Sara Utku (Sweden)	Monte Carlo

2010	Lars Bentzon	Denmark	Zoe Cunningham (England)	Monte Carlo

2011	Takumitsu Suzuki	Japan	Lynn Ehrlich (USA)	Monte Carlo

2012	Nevzat Dogan	Denmark	Laura Monaco (Italy)	Monte Carlo

2013	Vyacheslav Pryadkin	Ukraine	Laura Monaco (Italy)	Monte Carlo

2014	Akiko Yazawa	Japan	Laura Monaco (Italy)	Monte Carlo

2015	Ali Cihangir Çetinel	Turkey	Laura Monaco (Italy)	Monte Carlo

2016	Jörgen Granstedt	Sweden	Cecilia Sparke (England)	Monte Carlo

2017	Didier Assaraf	France	Anna Clarke (England)	Monte Carlo

2018	Akiko Yazawa	Japan	Alexandra Knupfer (Romania)	Monte Carlo

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In 1989, Joe Russell won the Backgammon World Championship.

final_sentence: In 1989, Joe Russell won the Backgammon World Championship.