Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005 was held on 6 – 7 August 2005 in Ariake, Japan.
World Championship 2005
| 1st | Miltiadis Markou | Greece | Nephthys Metamorphosis Chaos |
| 2nd | Jorge Fabian Pina Lizarraga | Mexico | Deck Destruction |
| 3rd | David Kretschmer | Germany | Machine Chaos |
| 4th | Li Guan Sian (李冠賢) | Taiwan | Warrior Chaos |
| 5 – 8th | Watanabe Kenji (渡辺賢治) | Japan | Metamorphosis Chaos |
| Gonzalo Ercole | Chile | ||
| Attila Zsili | Hungary | ||
| Norihama Takeru (乗浜健) | Japan | Metamorphosis Chaos | |
| 9 – 16th | Dexter Dalit | Canada | Metamorphosis Chaos |
| Michael Brix | Austria | ||
| Miguel Garcia | United States | ||
| Guy Israel | Belgium | ||
| Cindie Jean Uddstrom | New Zealand | Burn | |
| Soh Jun Yuan | Singapore | Metamorphosis Chaos | |
| Pierre Pradelles | France | ||
| Teodoro Lai | Dominican Republic | ||
| 17 – 40th | Raul Toro | Chile | |
| Tanaka Kyosuke (田中恭介) | Japan | ||
| Adam Kruszynski | United States | ||
| Low Mun Wai | Malaysia | ||
| Max Suffridge | United States | ||
| Park Soo-Hyun | Korea | ||
| Michael Poulsen | Denmark | ||
| Namer Merli | Italy | ||
| Guan Her Ng | Netherlands | ||
| Marko Thuma | Slovenia | ||
| Christopher Westholm | Sweden | ||
| Joso Zrilic | Croatia | ||
| Stewart Brine | Australia | ||
| Luis da Silva | Switzerland | ||
| Hongo Shotaro (本郷翔太郎) | Japan | ||
| James Kinsella | Ireland | ||
| Shum King Hang | Hong Kong | ||
| Jose Lopes | Portugal | ||
| Eric Daniel Jugo | Argentina | ||
| Stephan Holtermann | Brazil | ||
| Melvin Sta. Maria | Philippines | ||
| Pawel Marcinkowski | Poland | ||
| Valter Liblik | Estonia | ||
| Ido Marcus | Israel |
World Championship 2005 Final Match
Jorge Fabian Pina Lizarraga (Mexico) vs Miltiadis Markou (Greece)
Photo from: 遊戯王 アルティマニア (Wayback Machine)
World Championship 2005 Finalist and Champion
From left to right: Jorge Fabian Pina Lizarraga (Mexico), Miltiadis Markou (Greece), Takahashi Kazuki
Photo from: 遊戯王 アルティマニア (Wayback Machine)
1st, Miltiadis Markou (Greece) [Nephthys Metamorphosis Chaos]
Source: Master Guide 2, 遊戯王 アルティマニア (Wayback Machine)
2nd, Jorge Fabian Pina Lizarraga (Mexico) [Deck Destruction]
Source: Master Guide 2
3rd, David Kretschmer (Germany) [Machine Chaos]
Source: Spieleforum.de
4th, Li Guan Sian (Taiwan) [Warrior Chaos]
Source: 遊戯王 アルティマニア (Wayback Machine)
9 – 16th, Dexter Dalit (Canada) [Metamorphosis Chaos]
Source: Pojo.com
*The deck list did not have the Fusion Deck recorded down. In addition to Thousand-Eyes Restrict, it is likely that he was also running other Fusion Monsters such as Dark Balter the Terrible, Ryu Senshi, etc.
9 – 16th, Cindie Jean Uddstrom (New Zealand) [Burn]
Source: Metagame.com
Wait, Ido Marcus has been at the World Championship multiple times?
Possibly, but I couldn’t verify as many of the photos and video from 2005 were too low resolution.
1st Main Deck 41，missing Blade Knight[39507162]
My main source is the Master Guide 2, and they don’t have Blade Knight listed down in his deck. Do you have another reliable source to verify that he ran “Blade Knight”?
Duel 3rd: Greece use [Blade Knight] and [Hand of Nephthys] special summon [Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys].
http://web.archive.org/web/20181105072425/http://www.geocities.jp/delyuerumasuta/newpage61.htm
You are right. I reviewed the World Championship 2005 video by Konami TV channel and it does seem to be a Blade Knight at the 4:35 mark.
unfortunately i cant find the source but i remember to have read the tournament report by lizarraga himself in a mexican forum, i remember he wrote that the side deck of the world championship was the same he had in his qualification tournament https://www.formatlibrary.com/apr-2005—goat/empty-jar-jorge-fabian-pina-lizarraga-2nd-place-yu-gi-oh-world-championship-august-2005 (this is the list from his qualification for worlds)
Lizarraga’s is such a fun deck to play with.
Cindie Uddstrom (New Zealand) incorrectly labelled as Canadian