World Sudoku Championship

The World Sudoku Championship  is an annual international puzzle competition organised by a member of the World Puzzle Federation. The first event was held in Lucca in 2006. 

 Participants 
Thirty countries are official members of the World Puzzle Federation. Individuals may also take part if their country is not already represented by a national team.

Results summary


 Year Host city Host nation Individual Team Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze 2021  Shanghai         2020  Shanghai   cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019  Kirchheim   Ken Endo  Kota Morinishi   Dai Tantan        2018  Prague   Kota Morinishi    Bastien Vial-Jaime   Tiit Vunk       2017  Bangalore    Kota Morinishi   Tiit Vunk   Qiu Yanzhe       2016  Senec    Tiit Vunk  Jakub Ondroušek   Kota Morinishi       2015  Sofia    Kota Morinishi   Tiit Vunk  Jakub Ondroušek       2014  London    Kota Morinishi   Tiit Vunk   Bastien Vial-JaimeJakub Ondroušek       2013  Beijing    Jin Ce   Kota Morinishi   Jakub Ondroušek       2012  Kraljevica    Jan Mrozowski   Kota Morinishi   Hideaki Jo       2011  Eger    Thomas Snyder   Kota Morinishi   Tiit Vunk       2010  Philadelphia    Jan Mrozowski   Jakub Ondroušek   Hideaki Jo       2009  Žilina    Jan Mrozowski   Branko Ceranic   Robert Babilon       2008  Goa    Thomas Snyder   Yuhei Kusui   Jakub Ondroušek       2007  Prague    Thomas Snyder   Yuhei Kusui   Peter Hudak       2006  Lucca    Jana Tylova   Thomas Snyder   Wei-Hwa Huang  -  -  -

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 Under 18 Over 50 Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze 2021  Shanghai         2020  Shanghai   cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019  Kirchheim    Ming Letian   Hu Yuxuan   Huang Mingrui   David McNeill   Zoran Tanasic   Joshua Zucker 2018  Prague    Ming Letian   Dai Tantan   Chen Shiyu   Michael Smit   Mark Goodliffe   Taro Arimatsu 2017  Bangalore    Dai Tantan   Hu Yuxuan   Ming Letian   David McNeill   Mark Goodliffe   Michael Smit 2016  Senec    Qiu Yanzhe   Chen Shiyu   Sun Cheran   Zoran Tanasic   Mark Goodliffe   Taro Arimatsu 2015  Sofia    Sun Cheran   Dai Tantan   Chen Nuo   David McNeill   Mark Goodliffe   Zoran Tanasic 2014  London    Dai Tantan   Jin Ce   Sun Cheran   David McNeill   Jiri Hrdina   Stefano Forcolin  2013  Beijing    Jin Ce   Sun Cheran   Qiu Yanzhe   Henning Kalsgaard Poulsen   Liang Yue   Stefano Forcolin

References

Category:International competitions