World Diplomacy Championship

The World Diplomacy Championship is a tournament held during the annual World Diplomacy Convention (WorldDipCon or WDC). The tournament is the most prestigious in the Diplomacy World, with the tournament winner awarded the title of World Champion (also called the WDC Champion).
The convention and its championship tournament was created in 1988. Initially held biennially, it became a yearly event beginning with the 1994 Birmingham event. The COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 events.
The event is hosted in a specific different region of the world each year. The US and Europe each host the tournament in turn, with a location in Australia or the Far East scheduled by agreement every so often. Two (or more) years in advance, events that are located in the region for which a year is reserved may submit bids to host WorldDipCon. The winning bidder is determined by popular vote among those attending the Business Meeting held during the advance convention.
Year	Country 	City 	Host Event 	Players 	Winner
1988	UK 	Birmingham 	Manorcon 	188 	GBR Phil Day
1990	USA 	Chapell Hill (NC) 	DixieCon 	103 	USA Jason Bergman
1992	Australia 	Canberra 	Australian Ch. 	78 	AUS Steve Gould
1994	UK 	Birmingham 	Manorcon 	133 	FRA Pascal Montagna
1995	France 	Paris 	 	 	
95 	FRA Bruno Giraudon 	 	 	 	
1996	USA 	Columbus (OH) 	Origins 	88 	USA Pitt Crandlemire
1997	Sweden 	Goteborg 	Gothcon 	114 	FRA Cyrille Sevin
1998	USA 	Chapell Hill (NC) 	DixieCon 	77 	USA Chris Martin
1999	Belgium 	Namur 	Diplonam 	109 	SWE Christian Dreyer
2000	USA 	Baltimore (MD) 	- 	141 	GBR Simon Bouton
2001	France 	Paris 	 	 	
119 	FRA Cyrille Sevin (2)	 	 	 	
2002	Australia 	Canberra (ACT) 	Australian Ch 	57 	AUS Rob Stephenson
2003	USA 	Denver (CO) 	Regatta 	128 	FRA Vincent Carry
2004	UK 	Birmingham 	Manorcon 	113 	FRA Yann Clouet
2005	USA 	Washington (DC) 	Tempest 	83 	NGE Frank Johansen
2006	Germany 	Berlin 	Berlicon 	120 	FRA Nicolas Sahuguet
2007	Canada 	Vancouver (BC) 	Cascadia 	70 	USA Doug Moore
2008	Austria 	Lockenhaus 	Felix Austria 	63 	GER Julian Ziesing
2009	USA 	Columbus (OH) 	Origins 	53 	AUS Andrew Goff
2010	Netherlands 	Den Haag 	 	 	
75 	FRA Gwen Maggi 	 	 	 	
2011	Australia 	Sydney 	 	 	
34 	AUS Andrew Goff (2) 	 	 	 	
2012	USA 	Chicago (IL) 	Weasel Moot 	80 	USA Michael Binder
2013	France 	Paris 	 	 	
75 	FRA Cyrille Sevin (3)	 	 	 	
2014	USA 	Chapel Hill (NC) 	Dixiecon 	87 	USA Thomas Haver
2015	Italy 	Milan 	Milancon 	43 	GBR Toby Harris
2016	USA 	Chicago (IL) 	Weasel Moot 	93 	CAN Chris Brand
2017	United Kingdom 	Oxford 	Oxcon 	84 	USA Doug Moore
2018	USA 	Washington (DC) 	Tempest 	94 	AUS Andrew Goff (3)
2019	France 	Marseille 	 	 	
38 	FRA Gwen Maggi (2) 	 	 	 	
2020	Cancelled 	Cancelled 	Cancelled 	Cancelled	Cancelled
2021	Cancelled 	Cancelled 	Cancelled 	Cancelled	Cancelled
2022	USA 	Killington (VT) 	Carnage 	53 	GBR Dan Lester
2023	Thailand 	Bangkok 	Asia Pacific Ch.	25 	AUS Jamal Blakkarly
2024	Italy 	Milan 	 	63+ 	FRA Nicolas Sahuguet (2)
2025	USA 	San Francisco (CA)	Whipping 	 	
2026	GRE 	Athens 	 	 	
Some controversy has arisen concerning the finality of votes taken on bids presented during events held more than two years in advance, since other eligible events may have intended to submit competing bids for consideration during the subsequent year's convention. Accordingly, the list above does not record the location of the 2027 event, although at Milan in 2024 a bid was presented and a vote was taken that would schedule the 2027 WDC to be held in Las Vegas (NV), USA.
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