Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tally
The following table is a tally of all Top 4 finishes in the Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG/TCG World Championships, based on the total placement count of each region.
This ranking is ordered in a similar style as the Olympics – they are sorted by the amount of 1st-place finishes, followed by 2nd-place finishes, and finally 3rd/4th-place finishes.
World Championship Tally
| Rank | Region | 1st | 2nd | 3 – 4th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Hong Kong, China | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Panama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Singapore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greece | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Chile | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Mexico | 1 | 1 | ||
| Peru | 1 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Korea | 3 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Germany | 2 | 2 | ||
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | |||
| 17 | Austria | 1 | 1 | ||
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | |||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | |||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1 |
- Japan holds the record for the longest win streak of 3 consecutive years, winning the World Championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
- Hiyama Shunsuke is the very first and only two-time World Champion, winning the World Championship in 2015 and 2016.
- Galileo De Obaldia has made the most appearances at the OCG/TCG World Championships, having attended World Championship in 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019.
World Championship
| 2024 Seattle, United States |
1st | Ruben Andres Penaranda | United States |
| 2nd | Mark Solis | United States | |
| 3 – 4th | Jose Luis Santiago Torres | United States | |
| Kondo Yuto | Japan | ||
| 2023 Tokyo, Japan |
1st | Paul Stephen Aronson | United States |
| 2nd | Juan Mateo Augusto Renteria Pastor | Peru | |
| 3 – 4th | Jeremy Taeron Mitchell | United States | |
| Santiago Marin Lopez | Colombia | ||
| 2019 Berlin, Germany |
1st | Kosaka Kouki | Japan |
| 2nd | Wang Chia Ching | Chinese Taipei | |
| 3rd | Angel Fernando Ovalle | Panama | |
| 4th | Dakota Angeloff | United States | |
| 2018 Chiba, Japan |
1st | Wang Chia Ching | Chinese Taipei |
| 2nd | Bohdan Temnyk | Australia | |
| 3rd | Francesco Simoncelli | Italy | |
| 4th | Jung Seung-Chul | Korea | |
| 2017 Tokyo, Japan |
1st | Tsujimura Ryosuke | Japan |
| 2nd | Milton Chua | Singapore | |
| 3rd | Marcello Barberi | Italy | |
| 4th | Michael Forner | Italy | |
| 2016 Orlando, United States |
1st | Hiyama Shunsuke | Japan |
| 2nd | Erik Christensen | United States | |
| 3rd | Kajihara Soichiro | Japan | |
| 4th | Matthew Casiero | Australia | |
| 2015 Kyoto, Japan |
1st | Hiyama Shunsuke | Japan |
| 2nd | Galileo De Obaldia | Panama | |
| 3rd | Hasegawa Akira | Japan | |
| 4th | Chase Cunningham | United States | |
| 2014 Rimini, Italy |
1st | Sehabi Kheireddine | Canada |
| 2nd | Hiyama Shunsuke | Japan | |
| 3rd | Oliver Tomajko | United States | |
| 4th | Niccoló Mazzoleni | Italy | |
| 2013 Las Vegas, United States |
1st | Huang Shin En | Chinese Taipei |
| 2nd | David Keener | United States | |
| 3rd | Weerapun Suebyoubol | Thailand | |
| 4th | Kudou Hiromi | Japan | |
| 2012 Roppongi, Japan |
1st | Saito Akikazu | Japan |
| 2nd | Stefano Memoli | Italy | |
| 3rd | Joshua Schmidt | Germany | |
| 4th | Wesley Seek | Singapore | |
| 2011 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
1st | Ogawa Takashi | Japan |
| 2nd | Murakoshi Kei | Japan | |
| 3rd | Galileo De Obaldia | Panama | |
| 4th | Kongjaroen Phanupak | Thailand | |
| 2010 Long Beach, United States |
1st | Galileo De Obaldia | Panama |
| 2nd | Vincent Paglia | United States | |
| 3rd | Kuwano Kei | Japan | |
| 4th | Kim Tae-Woo | Korea | |
| 2009 Akihabara, Japan |
1st | Benjamin Tan | Singapore |
| 2nd | Chien Yen Jui | Chinese Taipei | |
| 3rd | Roy St. Clair | United States | |
| 4th | Lee Hong-Kyu | Korea | |
| 2008 Berlin, Germany |
1st | Mutsuoka Kazuki | Japan |
| 2nd | Robert Ackerman | United States | |
| 3rd | Norihama Takeru | United States | |
| 4th | Claudio Kirchmair | Austria | |
| 2007 San Diego, United States |
1st | Andres Toro | Chile |
| 2nd | Mattia Sarpa | Italy | |
| 3rd | Adam Corn | United States | |
| 4th | Dexter Dalit | Canada | |
| 2006 Akihabara, Japan |
1st | Dario Longo | Italy |
| 2nd | Shum King Hang | Hong Kong, China | |
| 3rd | Adrian Madaj | Poland | |
| 4th | Miltiadis Markou | Greece | |
| 2005 Ariake, Japan |
1st | Miltiadis Markou | Greece |
| 2nd | Jorge Fabian Pina Lizarraga | Mexico | |
| 3rd | David Kretschmer | Germany | |
| 4th | Li Guan Sian | Chinese Taipei | |
| 2004 Los Angeles, United States |
1st | Togawa Masatoshi | Japan |
| 2nd | Chan Wan Hang | Hong Kong, China | |
| 3rd | Suekane Yoshinobu | Japan | |
| 4th | Ryan Pugh | United Kingdom | |
| 2003 New York, United States |
1st | Ng Yu Leung | Hong Kong, China |
| 2nd | Kitamura Shigeki | Japan | |
| 3rd | Mike Rosenberg | United States | |
| 4th | Huai Tao Sun | United States | |
Why does the new article take so long? Because of the new banlist?
Thanks for your article. By the way, is it possible to find the decks of the first several years? Or where could we find them?
I have them archived and I intend to post them up, but they are still on my list of backlogs.
Akira, is quarterly summery from last format also on backlog?
Well done!! Looking forward to other similar article like Asia Championships, Asia Plus Championships and etc!
Slight error, Ryan Pugh is listed as from the US here, but on the 2004 World Championship article he’s listed as from the UK.
Fixed the error, thanks!