Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Qualifier 2015
The World Championship 2015 will be held at Kyoto, Japan in August 2015.
Qualifiers are held all over the world to determine the best duelists from each region that will be representing their region in the World Championship 2015.
World Championship 2014
The 2014 World Champion, Sehabi Kheireddine, will be returning to defend his title in the World Championship 2015.
Sehabi Kheireddine may not be participating in the World Championship 2015 as he is currently suspended from 17th June 2015 to 17th June 2016 for Unsporting Conduct – Cheating.
| 1st |  |
Sehabi Kheireddine | [Infernity] |
| 2nd |  |
Hiyama Shunsuke “エクス” | [Artifact Traptrix] |
| 3rd |  |
Oliver Tomajko | [Infernity] |
| 4th |  |
Niccoló Mazzoleni | [Bujin] |
World Champion 2014
Sehabi Kheireddine
Oceania
The Oceanic Championship 2015 was held at Melbourne, Australia on the 8th June 2015.
| 1st |  |
Oliver Parle | [Nekroz] |
| 2nd |  |
Jak Lubcke | [Nekroz] |
| 3rd | |
Wade Stringer | [Nekroz] |
| 4th | |
Dominic Ho | [Tellarknight] |
Team Oceania 2015
Oliver Parle and Jak Lubcke
Central America
The Central American Championship 2015 was held at Mexico City, Mexico on the 19th – 21st June 2015.
| 1st |  |
Galileo Mauricio De Obaldia Soza | [Nekroz] |
| 2nd |  |
Daniel Alfonso Rodriguez | [Nekroz] |
| 3rd – 4th | |
Jose Felix Maldonado Garrido | [Burning Abyss] |
|
Jonathan Sebastian Vazquez Herrera | [Nekroz] |
Central America Champion 2015
Galileo De Obaldia
Japan
The East Japan World Championship Qualifier 2015 was held at Tokyo, Japan on the 27th June 2015.
| 1st – 2nd | |
Kitaya Akira “神威” | [HERO] |
|
Nakayama Issei “鴉” | [Clown Blade] | |
| 3rd – 4th | |
“そーじ” | [Nekroz] |
|
“しもん” | [Magician HERO] |
The West Japan World Championship Qualifier 2015 was held at Osaka, Japan on the 4th July 2015.
| 1st – 2nd | |
Hasegawa Akira “ハセキョン” | [Nekroz] |
|
Kawanami Hayato “AquaBoy” | [Train Shaddoll] | |
| 3rd – 4th | |
“イレント” | [HERO] |
|
“テトラ” | [Atlantean] |
North America
The North American Championship 2015 was held at Nashville, Tennessee on the 26th – 28th June 2015.
| 1st | |
Noah Reid Greene | [Burning Abyss] |
| 2nd | |
Chase Robert Cunningham | [Burning Abyss] |
| 3rd – 4th | |
Maxwell Bryan Schrack | [Nekroz] |
|
Miguel David TX Soto Jr. | [Ritual Beast] | |
| 5th – 6th | |
Matt Kolenda | [Burning Abyss] |
|
Jacob David Phinney | [Nekroz] | |
| 7th – 8th | |
Justin Caleb Roby | [Nekroz] |
|
Jarel McKay Winston | [Ritual Beast] |
North America Champion 2015
Noah Greene
Asia
The Asia Championship 2015 was held at Taoyuan, Taiwan on the 28th June 2015.
| 1st |  |
Kee Kian Sim “Sam” | [Atlantean] |
| 2nd | |
Ho Yun Kang “Fishtank” | [Magician] |
| 3rd – 4th |  |
Michael Santoso “Bahamut” | [Atlantean] |
|
Yu Bixuan | [Atlantean] |
Asia Champion 2015
Kee Kian Sim “Sam”
Europe
The European Championship 2015 was held at Dublin, Ireland on the 3th – 5th July 2015.
| 1st |  |
Ido Rephael Marcus | [Shaddoll] |
| 2nd |  |
Jörg Müller | [Nekroz] |
| 3rd – 4th | |
Riccardo Loggia | [Burning Abyss] |
|
Alessandro di Patria | [Burning Abyss] | |
| 5th – 8th |  |
Daniel Bendtsen | [Star Seraph Hand Shaddoll] |
|
Andrea Ippolito | [Burning Abyss] | |
 |
Matej Jakob | [Qliphort] | |
 |
Martin van de Wetering | [Star Seraph Hand Shaddoll] |
Team Europe 2015
Riccardo Loggia, Ido Marcus, Jörg Müller and Alessandro di Patria
South America
The South American Championship 2015 was held at Lima, Peru on the 3th – 5th July 2015.
| 1st |  |
Gerardo Jesus Delgado Portilla | [Nekroz] |
| 2nd |  |
Andres David Torres Reyes | [Burning Abyss] |
| 3rd – 4th | |
Hubert Dante Calachua Curasi | [Burning Abyss] |
|
Cristian Thomas | [Nekroz] |
South America Champion 2015
Gerardo Delgado
Korea
The Korea World Championship Qualifier 2015 was held at Seoul, Korea on the 12th July 2015.
| 1st |  |
Ahn Seong-min | [Nekroz] |
| 2nd | |
Choi Jun-hyeong | [Tellarknight] |
| 3rd – 4th | |
Kim Hyung-jin | [Infernoid] |
|
Ma Ji-hyung | [Nekroz] |
Korea Champion 2015
Ahn Seong-Min
Representatives
These are the representatives that will be participating in the World Championship 2015. The decks listed are the decks that were played in the qualifiers. They may play a different deck in the World Championship 2015.
| World CS 2014 | |
Hiyama Shunsuke “エクス” | [Artifact Traptrix] |
| DD World CS 2014 | |
Kim Chan-ho | [Bujin] |
| Oceanic CS 2015 | |
Oliver Parle | [Nekroz] |
|
Jak Lubcke | [Nekroz] | |
| Central American CS 2015 | |
Galileo De Obaldia | [Nekroz] |
| Japan WCQ 2015 | |
Kitaya Akira “神威” | [HERO] |
|
Nakayama Issei “鴉” | [Clown Blade] | |
|
Hasegawa Akira “ハセキョン” | [Nekroz] | |
|
Kawanami Hayato “AquaBoy” | [Train Shaddoll] | |
| North American CS 2015 | |
Noah Reid Greene | [Burning Abyss] |
|
Chase Robert Cunningham | [Burning Abyss] | |
|
Maxwell Bryan Schrack | [Nekroz] | |
|
Miguel David TX Soto Jr. | [Ritual Beast] | |
|
Matt Kolenda | [Burning Abyss] | |
|
Jacob David Phinney | [Nekroz] | |
| Asia CS 2015 | |
Kee Kian Sim “Sam” | [Atlantean] |
| European CS 2015 | |
Ido Rephael Marcus | [Shaddoll] |
|
Jörg Müller | [Nekroz] | |
|
Riccardo Loggia | [Burning Abyss] | |
|
Alessandro di Patria | [Burning Abyss] | |
| South American CS 2015 | |
Gerardo Jesus Delgado Portilla | [Nekroz] |
| Korea WCQ 2015 | |
Ahn Seong-min | [Nekroz] |
References
- World Championship 2014: Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Event Coverage
- Oceanic Championship 2015: AUS YGO
- Central American Championship 2015: Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Event Coverage
- East Japan National Championship 2015: Yu-Gi-Oh Deck Recipes, 遊戯王アーク・ファイブ オフィシャルカードゲーム
- North American Championship 2015: Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Event Coverage, Reddit /r/Yugioh
- Asia Championship 2015: Yugioh Edition Singapore
- West Japan National Championship 2015: Yu-Gi-Oh Deck Recipes, 遊戯王アーク・ファイブ オフィシャルカードゲーム
- European Championship 2015: Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Coverage Blog
- South American Championship 2015: Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Event Coverage
- Korea National Championship 2015: Pegasos
NAWCQ Needs to be updated.
My apologies. I have just returned from judging at the Asia Championship 2015 in Taiwan, so updates for this week will be slightly delayed.
It’s ok. Just for some help:
1st Place Burning Abyss
2nd Place Burning Abyss
4th Place Ritual Beast
7th Place Ritual Beast
Where in Kyoto ?!
Sources (maxut,yu-gioheditionsingapore, http://www.icckyoto.or.jp/en/calendar/201508.html) point
towards the International Conference Center.
I,d like to know that too. As far as I can tell, the address isn,t made public yet(but I cannot read Japanese). The Google Maps link on the page of the tournament is the Kyoto town hall,which does not seem like a good location for a card game tournament to me. I especially change the schedule of my holiday to be able to attend the World Championship,so if anyone has the address of the venue PLEASE let me know. Thanks in advance.
Unfortunately there is currently no information of the actual venue where the World Championship 2015 will be held in Kyoto.
That location is just a placeholder until I can get accurate information from perhaps one of the invited players who has received the player’s packet, or the official website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NogdDkMKpog
Maxwell’s 3rd place Nekroz deck. I noticed you’re missing it.
http://i.imgur.com/RMuG4Fc.png
Thanks! Much appreciated.
The south american representative is brazilian. Pls fix
It is written on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Event Coverage that Gerardo Delgado is from Peru.
The 2015 WCQ Invite List – Latin America also has him listed as from Peru.
Do you mean that the representative rights has been passed down to someone else from Brazil?
If I recalled it correctly, there was a qualifier in Middle East area this year. Is that right?
No. There was a rumor that the winner of the Kuwait national championship would go to Worlds.
That turned out to be false, he got to play in the European WCQ instead. Presumably, the rest of the Middle-Eastern countries where Yu-gi-oh! is played,will also be represented at the European WCQ but that is unknown as of now.
most boring worlds ever to many mirror matches …. if they decide to play similar decks
For the World Championships, which ruling is in play ? OCG or TCG ? As I see TCG exclusive decks such as Burning Abyss being used..
The OCG ruling has always been favored, as documented in my old blog: Rulings at the World Championship.
Do note that World Exclusive Cards will be forbidden at the World Championship itself, so there will be no Burning Abyss.
Thanks alot for the reply 🙂 . Is the active banlist OCG as well ?
No, the World Championship will be using a banlist that is made exclusively to be used in the World Championship.
Here is the World Championship 2014 Forbidden and Limited List for reference.
http://m.blog.naver.com/full_moon03/220418183833
Korea National championship 2nd
My deck list…