World Sudoku Championship
Results summary
Starting from 2013, titles have been awarded also for the best players in two age groups, Under 18 and Over 50 years of age.

World Sudoku Championship

Section Title: Results summary
Table Section Text: Starting from 2013, titles have been awarded also for the best players in two age groups, Under 18 and Over 50 years of age.

Year	Host city	Host nation	Individual	Team

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze

2020	Shanghai	China

2019	Kirchheim	Germany

2018	Prague	Czech Republic	Japan Kota Morinishi	France Bastien Vial-Jaime	Estonia Tiit Vunk	Japan	China	Germany

2017	Bangalore	India	Japan Kota Morinishi	Estonia Tiit Vunk	China Qiu Yanzhe	China	Japan	France

2016	Senec	Slovakia	Estonia Tiit Vunk	Czech RepublicJakub Ondroušek	Japan Kota Morinishi	Czech Republic	China	Japan

2015	Sofia	Bulgaria	Japan Kota Morinishi	Estonia Tiit Vunk	Czech RepublicJakub Ondroušek	Japan	China	Czech Republic

2014	London	United Kingdom	Japan Kota Morinishi	Estonia Tiit Vunk	France Bastien Vial-Jaime Czech RepublicJakub Ondroušek(tied)	Japan	Germany	China

2013	Beijing	China	China Jin Ce	Japan Kota Morinishi	Czech Republic Jakub Ondroušek	China	Czech Republic	Japan

2012	Kraljevica	Croatia	Poland Jan Mrozowski	Japan Kota Morinishi	Japan Hideaki Jo	Japan	Czech Republic	China

2011	Eger	Hungary	United States Thomas Snyder	Japan Kota Morinishi	Estonia Tiit Vunk	Germany	Czech Republic	United States

2010	Philadelphia	United States	Poland Jan Mrozowski	Czech Republic Jakub Ondroušek	Japan Hideaki Jo	Germany	Czech Republic	Japan

2009	Žilina	Slovakia	Poland Jan Mrozowski	Serbia Branko Ceranic	Czech Republic Robert Babilon	Slovakia	Czech Republic	Serbia

2008	Goa	India	United States Thomas Snyder	Japan Yuhei Kusui	Czech Republic Jakub Ondroušek	Czech Republic	Japan	Germany

2007	Prague	Czech Republic	United States Thomas Snyder	Japan Yuhei Kusui	Slovakia Peter Hudak	Japan	United States	Czech Republic

2006	Lucca	Italy	Czech Republic Jana Tylova	United States Thomas Snyder	United States Wei-Hwa Huang

Sentence(s)

Japan is the most successful team, having won the World Sudoku Championship title in 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018; Czech Republic (2008, 2016), Germany (2010 and 2011) and China (2013, 2017) have won twice; Slovakia (2009) also won a title.

final_sentence: Japan is the most successful team, having won the World Sudoku Championship title in 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018; Czech Republic (2008, 2016), Germany (2010 and 2011) and China (2013, 2017) have won twice; Slovakia (2009) also won a title.