2018 National Championships

The **2018 National Championships** were the second National Championships events that had taken place since the reintroduction of Nationals in 2017. They took place across five weekends in 2018 in 74 countries, an increase by one since 2017, with Honduras having been added to the system. The formats at each Nationals was Standard and Booster draft.

## Qualification

Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum members of the Pro Players Club were invited, as well as members of the Hall of Fame. Most players, however, won their invites by earning a sufficient number of yearly Planeswalker Points during the previous season. The number of points required varied for each country.

 200
 300
 500

## Format and schedule

Each 2018 National Championships were held on one of five weekends:

 July 21–22
 August 11–12
 August 18–19
 September 8–9

Nationals were either one-day or two-day events. Events with 200 or more players had 12 or 13 rounds, whereas smaller events followed the regular tournament structure.

## Results

**Location:** Buenos Aires
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Bruno Lombardelli
2. Jair Farjat
3. Daniel Rost
4. Juan Manuel Estrugamou
5. Leandro Esperanza
6. Lucas Cattoni
7. Egon Rost
8. Julian Martinez

**Location:** Canberra
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Matthew Garnham
2. Benaua Lie
3. Ben Yuill
4. Shimeng Yao
5. Kynan Pell
6. Jack Walton
7. David Huang
8. Simon Linabury

**Location:** Vienna
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Marc Mühlböck
2. Immanuel Gerschenson
3. Lukas Kaupa
4. Dominik Niedereder
5. Tobias Furlan
6. Silvio Wagner
7. Felix Innauer
8. Helmut Summersberger

**Location:** Minsk
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Nikolay Potovin
2. Evgeniy Zakharenkov
3. Yauhen Rapanovich
4. Dmitry Andronchik
5. Aliaksandr Znak
6. Nikita Scherbakov
7. Pavel Miadzvedski
8. Eugene Zaznoba

**Location:** Antwerpen
**Date:** 8 September 2018
 1. Mark Dictus
2. Michel De Broux
3. Michael Milik
4. Jonathan Goffart
5. Tim Nieuwejaers
6. Amand Dosimont
7. Erwin Van Herrewegen
8. Chon Sie Wan

**Location:** La Paz
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Peter Concha
2. Jose Monje
3. Jual Carlos Vargas Carreras
4. Pietro Sanjines
5. Pablo Valenzuela
6. Joaquin Aramayo Donoso
7. Anton Nava Ivanov
8. Diego Roca Suarez

**Location:** São Paulo
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. João Lucas Caparroz
2. Fabricio Rodrigues
3. Guilherme Merschmann Aguemi
4. Marcelo Rodrigues Cavalcante
5. Filipe Lima Cardoso
6. Francisco Ferreira
7. Marco Portugal
8. Guilherme Souza

**Location:**
**Date:** 30 June–1 July 2018
 1. Miroslav Slavov
2. Hristiyan Ivanov
3. Emil Kalaydzhiev
4. Svetoslav Ivanov
5. Momchil Stefanov
6. Lenard Hristov
7. Nikola Rashkov
8. Georgi Stamboliev

**Location:**
**Date:** 30 June–1 July 2018
 1. Micah Hewer
2. Adam Ragsdale
3. Edgar Magalhaes
4. Randall Barber
5. Robert Anderson
6. Alex Boyd
7. Daniel He
8. Mathew Stein

**Location:** Santiago
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Miguel Veloso
2. Alvaro Fuenzalida
3. Benjamin Rojas
4. Hector Casanova
5. Diego Ramos
6. Christian Rocha
7. Hernan Jofre
8. Carlos Medina

**Location:** Beijing
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Ming Xu
2. Long Song
3. Yi Bu
4. Ji Jieyu
5. Qi Wentao
6. Baichuan Liu
7. Zhiyu Jia
8. Xin Rong Chen

**Location:** Bogota
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Juan David Garcia Rodriguez
2. Camilo Niño
3. Diego Quintero
4. Marcos Vera
5. Gasser Abdeslam Abdelgelil Serna
6. Juan Diego Munoz Galvez
7. Miguel Piñeros
8. Julian Esteban Perez

**Location:**
**Date:** 30 June–1 July 2018
 1. Jun Rong Feng
2. Rodolfo Nunez
3. Jorge Villalobos
4. Alan Rois
5. Marco Brenes
6. Geovanny Martinez
7. Jose Roberto Rojas Salas
8. Oscar Madrigal

**Location:** Zagreb
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Ilko Getaldić
2. Kosta Bovan
3. Nenad Cizmic
4. Toni Portolan
5. Mateo Ivancic
6. Valentin Lapaine
7. Hrvoje Brundic
8. Jan Lokaer

**Location:** Nicosia
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Simos Xalaris
2. George Pericleous
3. Michalis Djogouros
4. Daniel Antoniou
5. Michalis Gemenaris
6. Kyriakos Zacharias
7. Yiannis Economides
8. Nicolas Papadopoulos

**Location:** Prague
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Tomas Hanousek
2. Martin Hrycej
3. Adam Koska
4. Igor Liebich
5. Martin Melichar
6. Petr Brozek
7. Jiri Kracman
8. Petr Sochůrek

**Location:** Copenhagen
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Rasmus Roth
2. Oscar Christensen
3. Thorlakur Örnólfsson
4. Martin Müller
5. Stig Nielsen
6. Tina Dahl
7. Benjamin Kyhn
8. Martin Dang

**Location:**
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Jose Alvarez
2. Gregory Medina
3. Domingo Moreta
4. Victor Nicolas
5. Eddy De La Rosa Brea
6. Juan Almanzar
7. Jose Ferreras
8. Ricardo Cuesta

**Location:**
**Date:** 30 June–1 July 2018
 1. Claudio Trucido
2. Juan Rizzo
3. Daniel Verdesoto
4. David McCoy
5. Paul Nonoa
6. Walter Cordova
7. Emilio Gaete
8. Sabrina Hochman

**Location:** San Salvador
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Kevin Aguilar
2. Juan Salazar
3. Jorge Diaz
4. Jose Ernesto Sanchez Reyes
5. Rodrigo Portillo
6. Josue Loucel
7. Robert Castro
8. Carlos Molina

**Location:** Watford
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Autumn Burchett
2. Chris Orchard
3. Sean Knowelden
4. Dan Burnand
5. Cameron Simmonds
6. Raoul Zimmermann
7. Alexander Gordon-Brown
8. Dominic Sanders

**Location:** Tallinn
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Ahti Siirand
2. Mikk Kaasik
3. William Buescher
4. Reivo Suurna
5. Rivo Allik
6. Päärn Paiste
7. Markus Aidla
8. Pierre Vendelboe

**Location:** Helsinki
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Roope Metsa
2. Lauri Pispa
3. Leo Lahonen
4. Teemu Myllynen
5. Teemu Halonen
6. Rasmus Mellanen
7. Joonas Eloranta
8. Mikko Airaksinen

**Location:** Muret
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Arnaud Hocquemiller
2. Timothée Jammot
3. Amiel Tenenbaum
4. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
5. Léo Chapelle
6. Thiago Rodrigues
7. Malo Willefert
8. Max Bogaerts

**Location:** Marl
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Marc Tobiasch
2. David Joachim
3. Philipp Schnell
4. Esra Bohlender
5. Lukas Konzelmann
6. Thomas Musmacher
7. Benjamin Luft
8. Felix Uhe

**Location:** Thessaloniki
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Franck Pappas
2. Michalis Foukarakis
3. Panagiotis Papadopoulos
4. Charalambos Kikidis
5. Nick Fellahides
6. Ioannis Kountouris
7. Makis Matsoukas
8. Giannis Kokkolis

**Location:** Guatemala City
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Jeff Melgar
2. Rubén Escobar
3. Kevin Perez
4. Hector Palacios
5. Wilfredo Bojorquez
6. Enrique Godoy
7. Christopher Andres Martinez
8. Kenneth Peralta Pop

**Location:** Tegucigalpa
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Jose Icaza
2. Klisman Lopez
3. Francisco Jose Mejia Morales
4. Henry Lopez
5. Favio Valle
6. Melvin Gonzales
7. Alejandro Vasquez
8. Anibal Ponce

**Location:** Hong Kong
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Alexander Dadyko
2. Lee Shi Tian
3. Wu Kon Fai
4. Russell Chan
5. Kafue Luk
6. Man Lok Wong
7. Joe Lam
8. Chak Chun Wongg

**Location:** Budapest
**Date:** 8 September 2018
 1. Gabor Kocsis
2. Milan Arpas
3. Akos Kenyeres
4. Norbert Sarkany
5. Marton Papp
6. Laszlo Poroszkai
7. Krisztian Kardos
8. Szilveszter Nadas

**Location:** Reykjavik
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Ragnar Sigurdsson
2. Vilhjalmur Thorhallson
3. Einar Agust Baldvinsson
4. Gunnar Möller
5. Hjalti Ragnarsson
6. Róbert Þór Hafþórsson
7. Halldór Vilhjálmsson
8. Hermann Runarsson

**Location:**
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Gregorius Winata
2. Ray Lee
3. Jeremia Joel
4. Juwonardo Budijanto
5. Aziz Riphat
6. Henry Hendryanto
7. Lovell Susilo
8. Alverto Marvin

**Location:**
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Josh O'Mahony
2. Carlos Dujo
3. Patrick Lawlor
4. Caolan O'Reilly
5. Michele Gravina
6. Kevin Fogarty
7. Maud Gibbons
8. Tadhg Murphy

**Location:** Tel Aviv
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Amit Etgar
2. Yuval Zukerman
3. Oded Kamil
4. Amit Lugasi
5. Stav Brener
6. Omer Keinan
7. Niv Shmueli
8. Pesach Istaeli

**Location:** Rome
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Tian Fa Mun
2. Mattia Basilico
3. Antonio Borzi
4. Federico Marcucci
5. Valerio Luminati
6. Alessandro Selvaggi
7. Andrea Mengucci
8. Samuele Estratti

**Location:** Tokyo
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Masahide Moriyama
2. Naoya Nanba
3. Ken Yukuhiro
4. Kenta Harane
5. So Iwabuchi
6. Takashi Boku
7. Yuuya Watanabe
8. Kazuhiro Suzuki

**Location:** Riga
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Gints Dreimanis
2. Viktors Kazanskis
3. Kirils Obuks
4. Sergejs Plotnikovs
5. Andrew Potashev
6. Jonn Mostovoy
7. Oskars Zandersons
8. Pauls Verners

**Location:** Vilnius
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Marijus Lukosevicius
2. Dominykas Beistaras
3. Aiste Kesminaite-Jankauskiene
4. Domantas Zavadzkis
5. Jokubas Cepenas
6. Rolandas Sapagovas
7. Tomas Samuilis
8. Paulius Ratkevicius

**Location:** Luxembourg
**Date:** 9 September 2018
 1. Fernando Pensieri
2. Tamas Repa
3. Geoffrey Martinelle
4. Antoine Cucchi
5. Andy Mathieu
6. Charel Steichen
7. Clifton Cano
8. Jo Ries

**Location:** Skopje
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Petar Georgiev
2. Samoil Petreski
3. Aleksandar Panajotov
4. Miro Popov
5. Vladimir Trajcevski
6. Miki Milevski
7. Simon Zafirovski
8. Mile Tanturovski

**Location:** Petaling Jaya
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Sheng Kwang Hang
2. Kayne Yong
3. Joe Soh
4. Abdul Aziz Mohd Khairul Anuar
5. Quinton Lip
6. Rick Lee
7. Looi Weng Kit
8. Fu Sheng Wilson Wong

**Location:** Msida
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Adam Brincat
2. Daniel Camilleri
3. Ryan Dyer
4. Anton Morgenstern
5. Monserrat Garcia Ayensa
6. Bryan Scicluna
7. Jan-Moritz Merkel
8. Duncan Lee Spiteri

**Location:** Mexico City
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Dagoberto Silva
2. Daniel Becerra
3. Jesus Carlos Aguilar Granados
4. Marcelino Freeman
5. Leonardo Ruiz
6. Jesus Adolfo Rico Sanchez
7. Fernando Avitua
8. Jovanny Cruz

**Location:** Utrecht
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Daan Pruijt
2. Tijmen Blankevoort
3. Teun Verstraten
4. Jasper Otte
5. Nick Bresser
6. Thomas Hendriks
7. Rob Thoen
8. Bas Melis

**Location:** Wellington
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Dan MckKay
2. Christian Lee
3. Justin Oke
4. Jason Chung
5. Robert Johnstone
6. Leon Meier
7. Remi Pearce
8. Sean Tilly

**Location:** Belfast
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Adrian Donnelly
2. Dean Convery
3. Matthew Jackson
4. Stephen Madden
5. Alan Warnock
6. Richard Thompson
8. DJ Carson

**Location:** Oslo
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Ada Wasala
2. Tore Johan Sørum
3. Martin Hansen
4. Håvard Leren
5. Martin André Lund
6. Kine Thorvaldsen
7. Sigurd Jorem
8. Nicolai Herzog

**Location:** Panama City
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Oscar Ramirez
2. Jorge Tavera
3. David Serracchiani
4. Romulo Sanchez
5. Luis Villegas
6. Ahmed Lee
7. Ernesto Martinez
8. Eric Espino

**Location:** Ciudad del Este
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Eduardo Filippi
2. Joao Motta
3. Alejandro Diaz de Bedoya
4. Justo Cabañas
5. Gustavo Rafael Báez Caballero
6. Fabian Gomez
7. Blas Ledesma
8. Enzo Cassanello

**Location:** Lima
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Guillermo Loli
2. Julio Bejarano
3. Jose Alcántara Calderon
4. Diego Hurtado Sanchez
5. Francisco Sifuentes
6. Alonso Cruz
7. Oscar Miles Mendizabal
8. Javier Vargas

**Location:** Makati City
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Reynald Abella
2. Ian Mark Gutierrez
3. Eric Borromeo
4. Giovanni Agbuya
5. Jonathan Allan Luz
6. Jay Pangasinan
7. Richard Calucag
8. Adan Angelo Mate

**Location:** Warsaw
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Radek Kaczmarczyk
2. Maciej Dolata
3. Jędrek Szmyd
4. Dariusz Przybyło
5. Maciej Jeżyna
6. Grzegorz Jezierski
7. Maciej Janik
8. Jan Pruchniewicz

**Location:** Lisbon
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Tiago Fonseca
2. Diogo Galvao
3. Sergio Preto
4. Ricardo Beja
5. Andre Santos
6. Diogo Martins
7. Rodrigo Marques
8. Pedro Serrao

**Location:** San Juan
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Jonathan Vale
2. Luis Prieto
3. Cesar Soto
4. Gabriel Nieves
5. Jose Sola
6. John Colon
7. Michael Velazquez
8. Ian Santana

**Location:** Targu Mures
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Mircea Posoiu
2. Bogdan Răducan
3. Teodor Stoica
4. Andrei Evi
5. Florin Valentin Buzgan
6. Alexandru Prunariu
7. Vlad Croitoru
8. Tudor Marin

**Location:** Moscow
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Evgenii Dushinin
2. Denis Andreichikov
3. Vladimir Mironovskiy
4. Alexey Isupov
5. Pavel Trenogin
6. Vadim Alekseev
7. Pavel Enduraev
8. Fedor Kalinin

**Location:**
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Holt Hauser
2. Stephen Murray
3. Sean Ferguson
4. James Love
5. James Windward-Stuart
6. Gerard Boyd
7. Bradley Barclay
8. Aaron Brown

**Location:** Belgrade
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Aleksa Telarov
2. David Gutesa
3. Dragan Tancic
4. Vladimir Belopavlovic
5. Aleksa Vlajkov
6. Aleksa Cvoro
7. Milos Perovic
8. Vanja Grujic

**Location:** Singapore
**Date:** 30 June–1 July 2018
 1. Chin Heng Tan
2. Kong Chong Teng
3. Albertus Law
4. Denny Dunsford
5. Weng Heng Soh
6. Jason Loh
7. Jonathan Yow
8. Nicholas Koh

**Location:** Bratislava
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Milan Niznansky
2. Richard Hornansky
3. Lukas Paugsch
4. Robert Tichy
5. Andrej Gallus
6. Jan Kolarovic
7. Dalibor Szegho
8. Ondrej Kedrovic

**Location:** Domzale
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Matic Penko
2. Mario Smerc
3. Tadej Kadunc
4. Matic Vrhovec
5. Andrej Rutar
6. Anze Marinc
7. Rene Petrovic
8. Anze Mlakar

**Location:**
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Theuns Prinsloo
2. David Reinecke
3. William Crawford
4. Benjy Ancer
5. Ian Heinig
6. Tariq Solomon
7. Lielan Chetty
8. Rhys Follett

**Location:** Goyang
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Immanuel Garcia
2. Seok Hyun Kim
3. Donghyouk Kim
4. Hojae Han
5. Travis Compton
6. Chang Kyum Kim
7. Hyun-Ho Im
8. Jeong Woo Cho

**Location:** Sevilla
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Toni Ramis Pascual
2. Alexander Callado
3. Alberto Moreno
4. Javier Dominguez
5. Diego Ayuso Galan
6. Alex Martinez
7. Isaías Colomán González
8. Carlos Ballester

**Location:** Gothenburg
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Joel Larsson
2. Vidar Hesselman
3. Ludvig Londos
4. David Bagstevold
5. Mikael Linden
6. Henrik Alfredsson
7. Johan Hansson
8. Potus Löfberg

**Location:** Wettingen
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Michael Hitz
2. Ivo Grossholz
3. Dominik Zimmermann
4. Samuel Marti
5. Simon Märk
6. Yves Sele
7. Etienne Busson
8. Andreas Ganz

**Location:** Taipei
**Date:** 11–12 August 2018
 1. Hung Yi Yu
2. Hsun Hao Hung
3. Shuo-En Hsu
4. Li Ciang Lyu
5. Ming Zhe Yang
6. Jiayang Liu
7. Hams Lin
8. Cheng How Lin

**Location:** Bangkok
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Teerawish Kotesiri
2. Aekarash Sorakup
3. Thumrongsak Teerawattanapong
4. Thirawat Chaovarindr
5. Suradate Boonyapongnugoon
6. Pakkapong Viraseranee
7. Pattana Chalermtanasak
8. Marupong Chantarat

**Location:** Istanbul
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Yagiz Akgun
2. Yusuf Kemal Vefa
3. Aras Senyuz
4. Gökhan Agirgol
5. Süleyman Sipahi
6. Oguz Tuna Mavus
7. Ufuk Ünal
8. Emrehan Basay

**Location:** Kiev
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Andrey Pochekuev
2. Mike Krasnitski
3. Oleksandr Volynskyi
4. Dmitry Mizin
5. Peter Hritsenchuk
6. Pavlo Kolesnyk
7. Boris Zlotoiabko
8. Ivan Milenin

**Location:** Columbus
**Date:** 30 June–1 July 2018
 1. Dylan Brown
2. Justin Andrus
3. Kevin Jones
4. Matthew Nickolai
5. Christoffer Andersen
6. Joe Bernal
7. Owen Turtenwald
8. Brent Clawson

**Location:** Montevideo
**Date:** 18–19 August 2018
 1. Ricardo Menendez
2. Juan Pablo Waszuk
3. Martin Del Guercio
4. Gabriel Ballesteros
5. Matias Urban
6. Joaquin Fuentes
7. Maximiliano Presa
8. Cesar Giacosa

**Location:** Caracas
**Date:** 8–9 September 2018
 1. Francisco Rangel
2. Pedro Clavijo
3. Franz Ordoñez
4. Marcos Marquez
5. David Gagliardo
6. Pablo Ramírez
7. Wilmer Otumuro
8. José Adolfo Cejas

**Location:** Cardiff
**Date:** 21–22 July 2018
 1. Sam-Luca Rolph
2. Ryan Davies
3. James Morgan-Foley
4. Morgan Payne
5. Aaron Boyhan
6. Peter Bannister
7. Liam Phillips
8. Alun Evans

## Notes

**^I** Although the Danish National Championsip only had 93 competitors, it had 12 rounds of Swiss.
**^II** 3rd and 4th place are inverted in the standings.
## References

1. ↑ Mike Rosenberg (2018-03-15). "2018 NATIONALS DETAILS". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2018-06-19.