Yu-Gi-Oh! Asia Championship Winter 2019

Yu-Gi-Oh! Asia Championship Winter 2019 was held on 19 January 2019 in Hong Kong.

12 duelists were invited as follow:

  • 6 duelists from each region’s Asia Championship Winter 2019 Qualifier
  • 6 duelists from each region’s Ranking Tournament 2018 Season 1 + 2

Format:

  • 4 rounds of Swiss
  • Top 4 Single-Elimination

 

Metagame Breakdown

  • 4 Dinosaur Thunder Dragon
  • 2 Salamangreat
  • 1 Burning Abyss
  • 1 Guardragon
  • 1 Orcust
  • 1 Sky Striker
  • 1 Thunder Dragon
  • 1 Zefra

 

Asia Championship Winter 2019

1st Philippines Angelino Espiritu Burning Abyss
2nd Taiwan Huang Cheng Yao Orcust
3 – 4th Singapore Sherwyn Lim Thunder Dragon
Philippines Nathaniel Laureano Dinosaur Thunder Dragon
5 – 12th Hong Kong Lo Lai Chun Zefra
Hong Kong Cheung Wing Ho Salamangreat
Malaysia Oon Wei Hen Dinosaur Thunder Dragon
Thailand Weerapun Suebyoubol Guardragon
Thailand Wittawin Waitsuparat Salamangreat
Singapore Choo Wee Min Dinosaur Thunder Dragon
Malaysia Shim Weng Ken Sky Striker
Taiwan Chen Bo Nian Dinosaur Thunder Dragon

 

Asia Championship Winter 2019 Competitors

Asia Championship Winter 2019 Champion
Angelino Espiritu (right)

 

1st, Angelino Espiritu (Philippines) [Burning Abyss]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019, Yu-Gi-Oh! Events

 

2nd, Huang Cheng Yao (Taiwan) [Orcust]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019, Yu-Gi-Oh! Events

 

3 – 4th, Sherwyn Lim (Singapore) [Thunder Dragon]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019, Yu-Gi-Oh! Events

 

3 – 4th, Nathaniel Laureano (Philippines) [Dinosaur Thunder Dragon]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019, Yu-Gi-Oh! Events

 

5 – 12th, Lo Lai Chun (Hong Kong) [Zefra]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

 

5 – 12th, Cheung Wing Ho (Hong Kong) [Salamangreat]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

 

5 – 12th, Oon Wei Hen (Malaysia) [Dinosaur Thunder Dragon]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

 

5 – 12th, Weerapun Suebyoubol (Thailand) [Dragon Link]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

 

5 – 12th, Wittawin Waitsuparat (Thailand) [Salamangreat]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

 

5 – 12th, Choo Wee Min (Singapore) [Dinosaur Thunder Dragon]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

 

5 – 12th, Shim Weng Ken (Malaysia) [Sky Striker]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

 

5 – 12th, Chen Bo Nian (Taiwan) [Dinosaur Thunder Dragon]

Source: Asia Championship Winter 2019

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2 Responses

  1. If only the top 4 Duelists advance from the ACS Final, then why are there 6 people representing Asia at the World Championship 2019? It’s also interesting that they picked 6 people from the Ranking Tournaments and the ACS, to make 12. Why not pick 8 each, so that the total is 16 people. That way, a Single Elimination is done easier as 16 is a power of 2.

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