Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004 was held on 25 July 2004 in Los Angeles, United States.
Deck lists are from Metagame.com, which had a few missing or illegible cards in some of the lists.
World Championship 2004
| 1st | Togawa Masatoshi | Japan | Chaos |
| 2nd | Chan Wan Hang | Hong Kong | Chaos |
| 3rd | Suekane Yoshinobu | Japan | Chaos |
| 4th | Ryan Pugh | United Kingdom | Chaos |
| 5 – 8th | Ueda Kenyou | Japan | Beatdown |
| Roy St. Clair | United States | Chaos | |
| Anthony Kok Khing Woon | Malaysia | Chaos | |
| Filipe Luque | Chile | Chaos | |
| 9 – 31st | Koga Kotaro | Japan | Chaos |
| Theerasak Poonsombat | United States | Chaos | |
| Sang Bui | United States | Beatdown | |
| Raphael Jury | France | Chaos | |
| Lee Chueng Sheng | Taiwan | Chaos | |
| Steven Arias | United States | Warrior Chaos | |
| Jaled Esper Arango | Mexico | Chaos | |
| Cha Hyun Suk | Korea | Chaos | |
| Earl Cres Valdez Balolong | Philippines | Chaos | |
| Dario Longo | Italy | Chaos | |
| Sebastian Tan Choon Loong | Singapore | Chaos | |
| Joseph Leung | Canada | Chaos | |
| Kostas Giankolo | Greece | Chaos | |
| Charles Hopkins | United States | Chaos | |
| Rajin Harpal | Netherlands | Chaos | |
| Markus Jaeger | Austria | Hand Destruction | |
| Chi Vinh Le | Germany | Chaos | |
| Michael Schweizer | Switerland | Chaos | |
| Johan Nilsson | Sweden | Gren Maju | |
| Pascal Huet | Australia | Chaos | |
| Ken Jacobs | Belgium | Chaos | |
| Rodrigo Togores | Spain | Warrior | |
| Martin Rossi | New Zealand | Beatdown |
World Championship 2004 Final Match
Chan Wan Hang (Hong Kong) vs Togawa Masatoshi (Japan)
2004 World Champion
Togawa Masatoshi (Japan)
Photo from: Pojo.com
1st, Togawa Masatoshi (Japan) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
2nd, Chan Wan Hang (Hong Kong) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
3rd, Suekane Yoshinobu (Japan) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
4th, Ryan Pugh (United Kingdom) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
5 – 8th, Ueda Kenyou (Japan) [Beatdown]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
5 – 8th, Roy St. Clair (United States) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
5 – 8th, Anthony Kok Khing Woon (Malaysia) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
5 – 8th, Filipe Luque (Chile) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Koga Kotaro (Japan) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Theerasak Poonsombat (United States) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Sang Bui (United States) [Beatdown]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Raphael Jury (France) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Lee Chueng Sheng (Taiwan) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Steven Arias (United States) [Warrior Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Jaled Esper Arango (Mexico) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Cha Hyun Suk (South Korea) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Earl Cres Valdez Balolong (Philippines) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Dario Longo (Italy) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Sebastian Tan Choon Loong (Singapore) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Joseph Leung (Canada) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Kostas Giankolo (Greece) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Charles Hopkins (United States) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Rajin Harpal (Netherlands) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Markus Jaeger (Australia) [Hand Destruction]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Chi Vinh Le (Germany) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Michael Schweizer (Switzerland) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Johan Nilsson (Sweden) [Gren Maju]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Pascal Huet (Australia) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Ken Jacobs (Belgium) [Chaos]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Rodrigo Togores (Spain) [Warrior]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
9 – 31st, Martin Rossi (New Zealand) [Beatdown]
Source: World Championship 2004 (Metagame.com)
Great Work
How is no one playing painful choice?
it was banned, this event had actually a banlist which was basically the OCG + TCG banlist
The true champion were these that didn’t bring in BLS and CED.
I’m pretty sure Markus Jaeger is Austrian, not Australian. Don’t think any coverage for the Austrian Nationals 2004 has been preserved, but I did find this old forum thread which discusses the best German-speaking players (thus including Austrian players): https://www.etcg.de/forum/wcf/index.php?article/473-die-besten-deutschsprachigen-spieler-aller-zeiten/
Here, Markus is listed as being one of the Top players of 2004, which would fit with him being the Austrian Champion.
Markus is definitely Austrian, made an error there, thank you. The Continental Championships were not implemented yet, so the Worlds participants qualified through their National Championships, hence each European country would get a representative at Worlds.