# List of Magic: The Gathering national champions

The Magic: The Gathering national champions are the players who won National Championships (Nationals) that year. (with the exception of champions between 2012 and 2016, which were awarded to players with the most Pro Points at the end of a Pro Tour season)
Nationals took place around the world usually in summer or autumn. Eligibility to play in a national championship was determined on residence instead of nationality. In addition, Nationals required eligible players to qualify. (prior to 2011, countries with smaller populations of Magic players open nationals were held, meaning that any eligible player could compete in this tournament)
After 2011 Nationals were discontinued by Wizards of the Coast when they restructured their Magic: The Gathering organized play program, abandoning national championships, and restructuring the World Championship. From 2012 to 2016 the title of National Champion was awarded to the player with the most Pro Points of any given country at the end of a Pro Tour season. At the end of 2018 Wizards of the Coast announced that in 2019 there would be no National Championships. As of April 2019 it is unclear whether Nationals are on hiatus or abandoned. The title National Champion will not be awarded in 2019.
In 2018, National Champions were determined in 74 nations and regions. In most cases these regions line up with countries, but special exemptions were made in some cases, for example Puerto Rico and the countries of the United Kingdom.

## Mode

The current National Championship tournaments were held over one to three days, depending on the number of qualified players. The players are qualified in either of 4 ways: Players who have sufficient Planeswalker Points (threshold differs from nations to nations), being a leveled-player in Pro Players Club, being a member in Hall of Fame, or winning the last-chance qualifier tournament held at the eve of the Nationals (if any).
Nationals are multiformat tournaments, consisting of a Booster Draft portion and Standard portion. Usually, both portions were played over six or seven rounds each with the players being paired Swiss style. After the Swiss part of the tournament, the best eight players advanced to the single-elimination finals. The finalists of the single-elimination rounds will be representing their Nationals in World Magic Cup along with pro point leader in previous Pro Tour season (should pro point leader is also the National's finalist, the top 3 players of the event will become National representatives).
Prior to 2011 running, the best four players qualified for the World Championship with the best three constituting the National team at the World Championship. In countries with open-entry Nationals (which with smaller populations of Magic players), only the national champion qualified for the World Championship. These countries were not represented by a national team at the World Championship.

## Winners
### 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 2012: Nicolas De Nicola 2013: Andres Monsalve 2014: Demian Tejo 2015: Nicolas de Nicola 2016: Luis Salvato

### Australia

1995: Nathan Russell 1996: Joseph Tan 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 2012: Jeremy Neeman 2013: Justin Cheung 2014: Justin Cheung 2015: Paul Jackson 2016: David Mines

### 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 2012: Thomas Holzinger 2013: Thomas Holzinger 2014: Valentin Mackl 2015: Valentin Mackl 2016: Oliver Polak-Rottmann 2017: Elias Klocker 2018: Marc Mühlböck

### Belarus

2005: Kirill Efimov 2006: Dzmitry Fedarovich 2007: Gleb Gobzem 2008: Dimitry Lipay 2009: Dimitry Lipay 2010: Yehor Polschak 2011: Yehor Polschak 2012: Alexander Arabyan 2013: Sergey Telipko 2014: Evgeniy Zakharenkov 2015: Aliaksei Auramionak 2016: Pavel Miadzvedski

### Belgium

1995: Bart Van Uffelen 1996: David Van Dijck 1997: Nicolas Fournier 1998: Dominique Coene 1999: Dominique Coene 2000: Vincent Gieling 2001: Sinan Bolca 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: Aurélien Dubuisson 2011: Vincent Lemoine 2012: Vincent Lemoine 2013: Vincent Lemoine 2014: Nicolas Vanderhallen 2015: Branco Neirynck 2016: Peter Vieren 2017: Kristof Van Holsbeeck 2018: Mark Dictus 2019: Jérôme Bastogne

### 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 2012: Alejandro Van Mourik 2013: Juan Carlos Vargas Carreras 2014: Carlos Torrico 2015: David Sologuren

### 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 2007: Lucas Berthoud 2008: Vagner Casatti 2009: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 2010: Eduardo Mendes Lopes 2011: Marcus Camargo 2012: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 2013: Willy Edel 2014: Willy Edel 2015: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

### Bulgaria

2005: Martin Nosovich 2006: Hristo Tsekov 2007: Svetlin Varbanov 2008:
2009: Nikolay Bogdev 2010: Ivan Govedarov 2011: Kaloyan Kirilov 2012: Kaloyan Kirilov 2013: Dobrin Paskov 2014: Evgeni Kaymashki 2015: Hristiyan Ivanov

### 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 2012: Alexander Hayne 2013: Jon Stern 2014: Shaun McLaren 2015: Shaun McLaren

### Chile

1997: Juan Eduardo Escobar 1999: Andres Hojman 2000: Juan Reutter 2001: Sebastian Suter 2002: Juan Reutter 2003: Jose Luis Capdevila 2004: Waldemar Barrientos 2005: Jose Luis Capdevila 2006: Julio Bernabe 2007: Andres Camargo 2008: Brian Grady 2009: Christian A. Cespedes 2010: Francisco Rojas Sessarego 2011: David Kaliski 2012: 2013: 2014: 2015: Felipe Tapia Becerra

### China

2000: Jia Wei 2001: Tsang Kai Chung 2002: Nip Nong Ong 2003: Jie Li 2004: Howard Ong 2005: Hui Zhang 2006: Yu Win 2007: Yu Yin 2008: Yu Chip Chop 2009: Liang Zhu 2010: Lu Chao 2011: Chen Zhuang 2012: Xin Sui 2013: Bog Li 2014: Han Bing Sham 2015: Sun Bo

### Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)

2000: Chen Yu Weng 2001:
2002: Kuo Tzu-Ching 2003: Chih-Hsiang Chang 2004: Ming Da Tsia 2005: Homg Gi Tsai 2006:
2007: Yi-Jie Lin 2008: Ming Chee Wang 2009: Kuo Tzu-Ching 2010: Kuo Tzu-Ching 2011: Bo Ruad Chun 2012: Kuo Tzu-Ching 2013: Kuo Tzu-Ching 2014: Kuo Tzu-Ching 2015: Huang Hao-Shan

### Colombia

2004: Nicolás Acosta 2005: Nicolás Acosta 2006: Jose Luis Gomez 2007: Juan Fernando Giraldo 2008: Carlos Amaya 2009: Daniel Parra 2010: Gustavo Adolfo Escobar Forero 2011: Daniel Moreno 2012: Daniel Moreno 2013: Daniel Moreno 2014: Daniel Cardozo 2015: Jairo Eduardo Giraldo Castañeda

### Costa Rica

2005: Jose De la O 2006: Ricardo Madriz 2007: Alonso Arrieta 2008: Carlos Pal 2009: Miguel Gatica 2010: Miguel Gatica 2011: Ricardo Madriz 2012: Marino Donato 2013: Miguel Gatica 2014: Miguel Gatica 2015: Miguel Gatica 2016: Marino Donato 2017: Mauricio Agüero 2018: Jun Feng

### 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 2012: Grgur Petric Maretic 2013: Grgur Petric Maretic 2014: Vjeran Horvat 2015: Stjepan Sučić 2016: Vjeran Horvat 2017: Vladimir Ivanović

### Cyprus

2011: Alexendre Bakhtiarov 2012: Daniel Antonoiu 2013: Daniel Antonoiu 2014: Daniel Antonoiu 2015: Daniel Antonoiu

### 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 2012: Martin Jůza 2013: Stanislav Cifka 2014: Stanislav Cifka 2015: Ondrej Stráský 2018: Tomáš Hanousek

### Denmark

1995: Jesper Thrane 1996: Svend Geertsen 1997: Thomas Dall Jensen 1998: Timme Nyegaard 1999: Palle Poulsen 2000: Anton Lunau 2001: Niels Sanders Jensen 2002: Jonas Cleeman 2003: Stefan Petersen 2004: Søren Boll 2005: Rasmus Sibast 2006: Rasmus Sibast 2007: Tim Rasmussen 2008: Janus Bossow
2009: Thomas Enevoldsen 2010: Martin Dang 2011: Allan Christensen 2012: Allan Christensen 2013: Thomas Enevoldsen 2014: Martin Müller 2015: Martin Dang

### Dominican Republic

2005: Pedro Pappaterra 2006: Carlos Joan Castillo Ruiz 2007: Pedro Pappaterra 2008: Rudy Ivan Jimenez 2009: Etienne Martinez 2010: Omar Bonilla 2011: Felix Osvaldo Rodriguez Acosta 2012: Ronald Rodriguez 2013: Ronald Rodriguez 2014: Pedro Pappaterra 2015: Pedro Pappaterra 2016: Caupolican Lopez Yapor 2017: Caupolican Lopez

### Ecuador

2005: Mario Castillo 2006: Rafael Matovelle 2007: Francisco Miranda 2008: Francisco Arcos 2009: Jose Intriago Suarez 2010: Mario Castillo 2011: Francisco Cedeño 2012: Francisco Cedeño 2013: Daniel López 2014: Daniel Verdesoto 2015: Javier Castro

### El Salvador

2010: Ricardo Cabrero 2011: Enrique Javier Lemus Molina 2012: Juan Navarro 2013: Ricardo Cabrero 2014: Ricardo Cabrero 2015: Salvador Diaz

### England

English Nationals were discontinued after the 2006 Nationals with joint nationals with Scotland and Wales held since. However, in 2012 with the introduction of the World Magic Cup, England, Scotland and Wales once again have separate national champions. See Great Britain for national champions from 2007 to 2011.
2000: Ben Ronaldson 2001: Oliver Schneider 2002: Mark Waterhouse 2003: Atturi Björk 2004: John Ormerod 2005: Richard Moore 2006: Craig Stevenson 2012: Richard Bland 2013: Eduardo Sajgalik 2014: Fabrizio Anteri 2015: Fabrizio Anteri 2016: Eduardo Sajgalik 2017: Autumn Burchett 2018: Autumn Burchett

### 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 2012: Oliver Oks 2013: Hannes Kerem 2014: Hannes Kerem 2015: Hannes Kerem

### Finland

1996: Tommi Hovi 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 2012: Max Sjoblom 2013: Max Sjoblom 2014: Anssi Alkio 2015: Sami Tuomi

### France

1994: Bertrand Lestrée 1995: Marc Hernandez 1996: Silvere Bonhomme 1997: Francois Fressin 1998: Fabien Demazeau 1999: Pierre Malherbaud 2000: Yann Hamon 2001: Pierre Malherbaud 2002: Sylvain Lauriol 2003: Stéphane Damizet 2004: Olivier Ruel 2005: Julien Goron 2006: Sylvain Lauriol 2007: Guillaume Matignon 2008: Christophe Peyronnel 2009: Gilles Mongilardi 2010: Julien Parez 2011: Armel Primot 2012: Raphaël Lévy 2013: Raphaël Lévy 2014: Jeremy Dezani 2015: Pierre Dagen 2016: Raphaël Lévy 2017: Alain Bardini 2018: Arnaud Hocquemiller

### Germany

1995: Christoph Bilshausen 1996: Peer Kröger 1997: Oliver Krebs 1998: Dirk Hein 1999: Marco Blume 2000: André Konstanczer 2001: Daniel Zink 2002: Kai Budde 2003: Dirk Baberowski 2004: Torben Twiefel 2005: Hannes Scholz 2006: Maximilian Bracht 2007: Bodo Rösner 2008: Olaf Krzikalla 2009: Sebastian Thaler 2010: Dennis Johannsen 2011: Helge Nelson 2012: Bernd Brendemühl 2013: Jonas Köstler 2014: Patrick Dickmann 2015: Christian Seibold 2016: Patrick Dickmann 2017:
2018:

### Great Britain

The Nationals of Great Britain replaced the English, Scottish, and Welsh Nationals from 2007 to 2011.
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: Simon Bertiou 2005: Vasilis Fatouros 2006: Harry Yarhas 2007: Petros Tziotis 2008: Theodoros Liapatis 2009: Kostas Skounakis 2010: Simon Bertiou 2011: Fondas Papadatos 2012: Fondas Papadatos 2013: Simon Bertiou 2014: Marios Angelopoulos 2015: Bill Chronopoulos

### Guatemala

2008: Christopher Andres Virula Martinez 2009: Mariano Lemus 2010: Jeersson Arturo Soch. C. 2011: Rigoberto Castellan 2012: Rigoberto Castellan 2013: Carlos Emilio Hastedt 2014: Rigoberto Castellan 2015: Christopher Virula

### Hong Kong

2000: Chi Fai Ng 2001:
2002:
2003:
2004:
2005: Lee Yin Cheung 2006: Tsang Wan Fai 2007: Yeung Sun Kit 2008: Lam Tsz Yeung 2009: Lee Shi Tian 2010: Sun Kit Yeung 2011: Kai Yip Lee 2012: Zhang Meng Qui 2013: Lee Shi Tian 2014: Lee Shi Tian 2015: Lee Shi Tian

### 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 2012: Tamás Nagy 2013: Tamás Nagy 2014: Tamás Glied 2015: 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 2012: Héðinn Haraldsson 2013: Alvin Orri Gíslason 2014: Ragnar Daði Sigurðsson 2015: Einar Ágúst Baldvinsson

### Indonesia

2005: Fandy Cendrawira 2006: The Fei liem 2007: Anthony Subari 2008: Aziz Riphat 2009: Reza Erlangga 2010: Benny Soewanda 2011: Reza Erlangga 2012: Benny Soewanda 2013: Andreas Pranoto 2014: Kurniadi Patriawan 2015: Albert Budisanjaya

### Ireland

1997: John Larkin 1998: Fergus Deffely 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 2012: Dara Butler (WMC) 2013: Marcin Sciesinski (WMC) 2014: John Larkin (WMC) 2015: Susann Heidemueller (WMC) 2016: Alex Ball (WMC) 2017: David Sea Murphy

### 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 2012: Niv Shmuely 2013: Shahar Shenhar 2014: Shahar Shenhar 2015: Shahar Shenhar

### 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 2012: Samuele Estratti 2013: Samuele Estratti 2014: Andrea Mengucci 2015: Marco Cammilluzzi 2016: Andrea Mengucci 2017: Adriano Moscato 2018: Tian-Fa Mun

### 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 2005: Takuma Morofuji 2006: Katsuhiro Mori 2007: Masaya Kitayama 2008: Masashi Oiso 2009: Shuhei Nakamura 2010: Katsuhiro Mori 2011: Ryuuichirou Ishida 2012: Yuuya Watanabe 2013: Yuuya Watanabe 2014: Yuuya Watanabe 2015: Yuuya Watanabe 2016: Shouta Yasooka 2017: Kenta Harane 2018: Masahide Moriyama

### Kazakhstan

2010: Marat Zhanseitov

### Korea

1996: David Seo
1997: Son, Dong-Woo 1998: Kwak, Dong-Ho 1999: Jung, Heung-Jin 2000: Jung, Heung-Jin 2001: Kim, Ji-Hun 2002: Yoo, Sang-oh 2003: Lee, Ji-hoon 2004: Nam, Kyoung Geun 2005: Jun Hee Kang 2006: Jumin Lee 2007: Hyun Woo Jeong 2008: Jun Hee Kang 2009: Kim Jang-hong 2010: Hyun Woo Jeong 2011: Tae-jin Jang 2012: Cynic Kim 2013: Cynic Kim 2014: Sung Wook Nam 2015: Sung Wook Nam

### Latvia

2005: Nikolai Precenieks 2006:
2007: Nikolajs Precenieks 2008: Igors Rudzitis 2009: Filips Kamkins 2010: Filips Kamkins 2011: Mihails Senins 2012: Andrejs Prost 2013: Andrejs Prost 2014: Andrejs Prost 2015: Andrejs Prost

### Lithuania

2005: Ignas Stasevicius 2006:
2007: Andrius Jautakis 2008:
2009: Paulius Petkūnas 2010: Arturas Zinovjevas 2011: Tomas Šukaitis 2012: Gaudenis Vidugiris 2013: Gaudenis Vidugiris 2014: Gaudenis Vidugiris 2015: Gaudenis Vidugiris

### Luxembourg

1998: Romain Glodt 1999:
2000:
2001:
2002: Fabrice Encelle 2003:
2004:
2005: Ken Geschwind 2006:
2007: Yin Zhang 2008: Charles Delvaux 2009: Przemyslaw Nagadowski 2010: Charles Thoss 2011: Przemyslaw Nagadowski 2012: Steve Hatto 2013: Steve Hatto 2014: Steve Hatto 2015: Steve Hatto 2016: Steve Hatto 2017: Tamas Repa 2018: Fernando Pensieri

### 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 2012: Andrej Loparski 2013: Dimitar Prodanov 2014: Vladimir Trajcevski 2015: Vladimir Trajcevski
2016: Miro Popov 2017: Miro Popov
2018: Samoil Petreski

### 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 2012: Chee Choong Hiew 2013: Rick Lee 2014: Raymond Tan 2015: Raymond Tan

### Malta

2005: Duncan Fleri 2006: Duncan Fleri 2007: Ernest Spiteri 2008: Calvin Cassar 2009: Jason Spiteri 2010: Mark Bonett 2011: Duncan Fleri 2015: Luke Vassallo

### Mexico

1996: Arturo Ruedas 1997: Enric Rodamilans 1998: Julio César Ayala Vázquez 1999: Gerardo Godínez Estrada "Chiclick" 2000: Héctor Fuentes 2001: Francisco Barboza García 2002: Ivan Cortes 2003: Gustavo Chapela 2004: Enric Rodamilans 2005: Francisco Barboza García 2006: Fernando Domínguez Roldán 2007: Sabás Barriga 2008: Axel Martínez 2009: Fernando Domínguez Roldán 2010: Marcelino Freeman 2011: Isaías Cantú 2012: Isaías Cantú 2013: Dalibor Trnka 2014: Marcelino Freeman 2015: Marcelino Freeman

### 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 2007: Robert van Medevoort 2008: Tom van Lamoen 2009: Kevin Grove 2010: Bas Melis 2011: Ruben Snijdewind 2012: Jelger Wiegersma 2013: Raymond Veenis 2014: Frank Karsten 2015: Jelger Wiegersma

### 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 2012: Jason Chung 2013: Walter Macmurdo 2014: Jingwei Zheng 2015: Jason Chung

### Northern Ireland

2012: Alan Warnock 2013: Alan Warnock 2014: Alan Warnock 2015: Stephen Madden 2016: Stephen Madden 2017: Desmond James Carson 2018: Adrian Donnelly

### Norway

1998: Snorre Helvik 1999: Nicolai Herzog 2000: Bjorn Petter Jocumsen 2001: Nicolai Herzog 2002: Thomas Johansen 2003: Bjørn Petter Jocumsen 2004: Aleksander Dahl 2005: Nikolas Nygaard 2006: Øyvind Wefald Andersen 2007: Lars Engelberg 2008: André Moshølen 2009: Christian Bakkehaug 2010: Eivind Nitter 2011: Andreas Nordahl 2012: Andreas Nordahl 2013: Andreas Nordahl 2014: Nicolai Herzog 2015: Kenneth Ellingsen

### Panama

2005: Joel Enrique Arauz 2006: Sergio Bonilla 2007: Omar Sanjur 2008: Jose Carvajal 2009: Saul Alvarado 2010: Saul Alvarado 2011: Eric Espino 2012: Nikola Mislov 2013: Saul Alvarado 2014: Ivan Oro 2015: Claro Renderos

### Paraguay

2015: Oscar Mathias Bachmann

### 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 2012: Sergio Sanabio 2013: Jose R. Rodriguez 2014: Jose Velarde 2015: Jose Velarde

### Philippines

1996: Angel Diokno 1997: Rafael Lirag 1998: Sean Anthony Ortuoste 1999: Dino Yu 2000: Teddy Sy 2001: Reynerio M. Estacio Jr 2002: Mark Herrin 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 W.Famorcan 2011: Jan Ang 2012: Gerald Camangon 2013: Richmon Tan 2014: Jason Ascalon 2015: Ronnie Paul Beley 2016: Michael Pul Hron 2017: Ryan Españo

### 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 2012: Tomek Pedrakowski 2013: Tomek Pedrakowski 2014: Marcin Staciwa 2015: Maciej Janik 2016: Grzegorz Kowalski 2017: Radek Kaczmarczyk 2018: Radek Kaczmarczyk

### 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 Martins 2008: Marcio Carvalho 2009: Frederico Bastos 2010: Hugo Sa 2011: Hugo Vieira 2012: Mauro Peleira 2013: Rodrigo Borba 2014: Marcio Carvalho 2015: Marcio Carvalho 2016: Marcio Carvalho 2017: Ricardo Beja

### Puerto Rico

2008: Danilo Prieto 2009: Braulio Rivera 2010: Jorge Muniz 2011: Luis Delfin Prieto 2012: Jorge Iramain 2013: Gabriel Nieves 2014: Nicolas Cuenca 2015: Gabriel Nieves

### Romania

2008: Andrei Vuia 2009: Bogdan Vodă 2010: Raoul Trifan 2011: Mircea Posoiu 2012: Alexandru Dimitriu 2013: Alexandru Ștefănescu 2014: Rares-Glad Colomei 2015: Ciprian Catana

### 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 2012: Egor Khodasevich 2013: Roman Masaladzhiu 2014: Dmitriy Butakov 2015: Denis Ulanov 2016: Alexander Semkin 2017: Evgeniy Shchotka

### Scotland

Scottish Nationals were discontinued after the 2006 Nationals but the National Champion title returned in 2012 with the introduction of the World Magic Cup. Joint nationals with England and Wales were held from 2007 to 2011. See Great Britain for national champions 2007–2011.
1997: Martin Peden 1998: Sylvain Lauriol 2000: Edward Ross 2001: Darryl Tweedale 2002: Nik Iskandar 2003: Edward Ross 2004: David Chapman 2005: Ben Sanders 2006: Stephen Murray 2012: Andrew Morrison 2013: Stephen Murray 2014: Bradley Barclay 2015: 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 2012: Aleksa Telarov 2013: Aleksa Telarov 2014: Aleksa Telarov 2015: Miodrag Kitanović 2016: 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 2012: Kelvin Chew 2013: Kelvin Chew 2014: Kelvin Chew 2015: Chapman Sim

### 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 2012: Robert Jurkovic 2013: Ivan Floch 2014: Ivan Floch 2015: Ivan Floch

### Slovenia

2002: Primoz Lavs 2003:
2004:
2005: Andrej Renko 2006:
2007:
2008: Marko Stokelj 2009: Primoz Lavs 2010: Tine Rus 2011: Bojan Zunko 2012: Robin Dolar 2013: Robin Dolar 2014: Robin Dolar 2015: Robin Dolar

### 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 2012: James Combrink 2013: Craig Leach 2014: Keraan Chetty 2015: Sinan Effendi 2016: Sinan Effendi 2017: Kaloyan Petkov

### Spain

2000: Carlos Barrado 2001: Daniel Bethencourt 2002: Andres Ortega Montero 2003: Francisco Castro 2004: Aniol Alcaraz Coca 2005: Omar Rohner 2006: Javier Dominguez 2007: Ricardo Vicente 2008: Omar Sagol 2009: Enric Martí 2010: Aníbal Carbonero 2011: Joel Calafell 2012: Joel Calafell 2013: Juan Carlos Adebo Diaz 2014: Javier Dominguez 2015: Antonio Del Moral Leon

### Sweden

1995: Dan Hörning 1996: Leon Lindbäck 1997: Nikolai Weibull 1998: Matti Leivo 1999: Jimmy Öman 2000: Jimmy Öman 2001: Johan Johannesson 2002: Anton Jonsson 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 2012: Denniz Rachid 2013: Joel Larsson 2014: Joel Larsson 2015: Joel Larsson

### Switzerland

1995: Amiel Feldmann 1996: Amiel Feldmann 1997: Amiel Feldmann 1998: Timur Dogan 1999:
2000: Christian Fehr 2001: Dave Montreuil 2002: Christian Kreher 2003: Andrea Curti 2004: Bruno Carvalho 2005: Daniel Oppliger 2006: Régis Blanc 2007: Manuel Bucher 2008: Mark Schwass 2009: Tommi Lindgren 2010: Andreas Ganz 2011: Matthias Künzler 2012: Andreas Ganz 2013: Andreas Ganz 2014: Nico Bohny 2015: Julian Felix Flury 2016: Andreas Ganz 2017: Simon Leigh 2018: Michael Hitz

### Thailand

2002: Veerapat Sirilertvorakul 2003: Siru Phantalakun 2004: Siru Phantalakun 2005: Mongkol Tachasukjai 2006: Siru Phantalakun 2007: Jakguy Subcharoen 2008: Sirichai Chaisuthamporn 2009: Jakguy Subcharoen 2010: Kampanart Wiriyaampon 2011: Suttipong Popitukgul 2012: Mat Marr 2013: Sethsilp Chanpleng 2014:
2015: Veerapat Sirilertvorakul

### Turkey

1998: Yusuf Kemal Vefa 1999: Yusuf Kemal Vefa 2000: Gökhan Sarıışık 2001: Onur Konuralp 2002: Siyar Erzen 2003: Eda Bilsel 2004: Yusuf Kemal Vefa 2005: Yusuf Kemal Vefa 2006: Cem Erdoğan 2007: Aras Senyuz 2008: Emir Alimoglu 2009: Cerag Kucukcaglayan 2010: Cem Erdoğan 2011: Emir Alimoglu 2012: Sureyya Dipsar 2013: Emir Alimoglu 2014: Yusuf Kemal Vefa 2015: Osman Ozguney

### 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 2012: Oleksandr Onosov 2013: Mike Krasnitski 2014: Sergiy Sushalskyy 2015: Oleg Plisov

### United Arab Emirates

Nationals in the United Arab Emirates were discontinued after the 2002 nationals.
2000: Rusel Mirara 2001:
2002: Mark Marsden
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
1996: Robert Salmon

### United States

1994: Bo Bell 1995: Mark Justice 1996: Dennis Bentley 1997: Justin Gary 1998: Matt Linde 1999: Kyle Rose 2000: Jon Finkel 2001: Trevor Blackwell 2002: Eugene Harvey 2003: Joshua Wagener 2004: Craig Krempels 2005: Antonino De Rosa 2006: Paul Cheon 2007: Luis Scott-Vargas 2008: Michael Jacob 2009: Charles Gindy 2010: Josh Utter-Leyton 2011: Ali Aintrazi 2012: Brian Kibler 2013: Josh Utter-Leyton 2014: Owen Turtenwald 2015: Mike Sigrist 2016: Owen Turtenwald 2017: Oliver Tomajko 2018: Dylan Brown

### Uruguay

1999: Gabriel Aziz 2000: Fernando Veiga 2001: Rodrigo Asuaga 2002: Alejandro Betschart 2003: Jorge Sierra 2004: Gerardo Silva 2005: Mauro Betschart 2006: Ernesto Delgado 2007: Alejandro Betschart 2008: Jorge Sierra 2009: Juan Odriozola 2010: Alejandro Betschart 2011: Guillermo Gruszka 2012: Nicolás Righetti 2013: Martin Castillo 2014: Sebastian Martinez 2015: Matias Roubaud

### Venezuela

2001: Eduardo Muñoz 2002: Marlon García 2003: Daniele D'Aversa 2004: Daniel Fior 2005: Frankin Montero 2006: Andres Perez 2007: Marlon García 2008: Jose Nassif 2009: Sergio Vegas 2010: Jesus Enrique Somaza Mendoza 2011: Pedro Elias Gutierrez 2012: Humberto Patarca 2013: Daniel Fior 2014: Daniel Fior 2015: Daniel Fior 2016: Daniel Fior 2017: Daniel Fior

### Wales

Welsh Nationals were discontinued after the 2006 Nationals but the Welsh National Champion was reintroduced with the World Magic Cup in 2012. Joint nationals with England and Scotland were held between 2007 and 2011. See Great Britain for national champions from 2007 to 2011.
2000: Stephen Brown 2001: Phil Brett 2002: Dan Allen 2003: Roy Williams 2004: Richard Edbury 2005: Gareth Beamish 2012: Lewis McLeod 2013: Pip Griffiths 2014: Pip Griffiths 2015: Pip Griffiths 2016: Ben Jones 2017: Pip Griffiths

## Continental Championships

The continental championships were tournaments held in late summer before the World Championship, inviting top players from their geographical region. All these competitions were discontinued, long before nationals championships were eventually abandoned, too. The last such event was the European championship, 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 (Norway) 2000: Noah Boeken (Netherlands) 2001: Eivind Nitter (Norway) 2002: David Brucker (Germany) 2003: Nicolai Herzog (Norway)

### Latin America

2000: Gustavo Chapela Gaxiola (Mexico) 2001: Scott Richards (Uruguay)