Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2006
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2006 was held on 5 – 6 August 2006 in Akihabara, Japan.
World Championship 2006
| 1st | Dario Longo | Italy | Chaos |
| 2nd | Shum King Hang (岑競亨) | Hong Kong | Dark World Chaos |
| 3rd | Adrian Madaj | Poland | Recruiter Chaos |
| 4th | Miltiadis Markou | Greece | |
| 5 – 8th | Ishikawa Shin (石川慎) | Japan | |
| Javier Juan Pinilla Segovia | Chile | ||
| Nishino Yoshiteru (西野嘉晃) | Japan | ||
| Miguel Flores | United States | ||
| 9 – 22nd | Donato Mancini | Italy | |
| Chen Ruei Sian (陳瑞賢) | Taiwan | ||
| Nakajima Masatsugu (中島真紹) | Japan | ||
| Calvin Tsang | Canada | ||
| Yabe Ryo (谷部凌) | Japan | ||
| Austin Kulman | United States | ||
| Vincent Wielandt | Netherlands | ||
| Matt Laurents | United States | ||
| Sam Beii | New Zealand | ||
| Kim Keun-Soo | Korea | ||
| Marcus Rockman | Australia | ||
| Lau Mung Tuch | Malaysia | ||
| Cheong Siew Foong | Singapore | ||
| Mark Garcia | United States |
World Championship 2006 Final Match
Shum King Hang (Hong Kong) vs Dario Longo (Italy)
Photo from: 遊戯王 アルティマニア (Wayback Machine)
2006 World Champion
Dario Longo (Italy)
1st, Dario Longo (Italy) [Chaos]
Source: Master Guide 2, Hobby & Golf
2nd, Shum King Hang (Hong Kong) [Dark World Chaos]
Source: Master Guide 2
3rd, Adrian Madaj (Poland) [Recruiter Chaos]
Source: Pojo.com
*The Fusion Deck was not recorded.
Small typo, but you forgot the “L” in the name of Vincent Wielandt.
btw I appreciate you putting up this historic information, keeping it accessable.
Fixed. Thanks for pointing out. Many of the early sources had a few spelling errors as they were transcribed by people who attended the event.
Is that correct back in 2006 the ocg only gadgets used by the japanese players were allowed in the worlds? The tcg meta was almost only chaos return/recruiter and gadgets were release in the early 2007. I presume the “gadget deck” was used by the player in the japanese National (also wc qualifier)
You are right, those were the decks they played for their Nationals. Master Guide 2 had them listed under World Championship 2006, but V Jump October 2006 issue was clearer in stating that these 4 deck lists were played during the qualifier. Corrected the mistake. Thanks!
Dark world chaos is undoubtedly the most fun deck to play with in that format!
1st Side Deck: [Treeborn Frog]12538374 changed to [Goldd]78004197,[Enemy Controller]98045062 changed to [Waboku]12607053
https://roadoftheking.wordpress.com/2006/08/08/yu-gi-oh-world-championship-2006/
https://www.formatlibrary.com/apr-2006—chaos-return/chaos-control-dario-longo-1st-place-yu-gi-oh-world-championship-august-2006
My main source Master Guide 2 showed that he was running “Treeborn Frog” and “Enemy Controller”. Do you have another reliable source to show otherwise?
Not yet…
The Side Deck with 2 “Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World” and 3 “Waboku” was Dario Longo’s build for the European Championship 2006. I believe he may have played a slightly different deck build for the World Championship 2006.
http://www.hobbyandgolf.it/htmlserie/immagini/Lista%20CDM.pdf this is the list of dario longo’s deck in worlds, this is the site of a store where dario used to work and it was been written by him so i think it’s 100% accurate, the main deck is the same, just the fusion and side deck have little differences: in the side deck he played metamorphosis instead of dust tornado, and the fusion deck was only 14 cards, he didnt paly ojama king
That’s quite interesting to learn that he used to work at a card store. Thank you.
May you also post the banned list for wcs 2006? I am curious that why no crush card crush in their deck.
TCG has yet to get their “Crush Card Virus” in 2006. “Crush Card Virus” saw its first TCG print on January 2007 as a SJC prize card (SJC History: The Crush Card Virus Age (2007)), and then a mass release later on April 2008 in Gold Series.
What were the prize cards for this event?
1st place: Testament of the Arcane Lords
2nd place: Armament of the Lethal Lords
Do you know where to find the side deck for the second place list?