World Sudoku Championship
The World Sudoku Championship is an annual international puzzle competition organised by a member of the World Puzzle Federation. The first event was held in Lucca in 2006.
Participants
[change | change source]Thirty countries are official members of the World Puzzle Federation. Individuals may also take part if their country is not already represented by a national team.[1]
Results summary
[change | change source]| Year | Host city | Host nation | Individual | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2021 | Shanghai |  China
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| 2020 | Shanghai | China
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cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2019 | Kirchheim |  Germany
|
 Ken Endo |
Kota Morinishi |
Dai Tantan |
China |
Japan |
 Czech Republic
|
| 2018 | Prague | Czech Republic
|
Kota Morinishi |
 Bastien Vial-Jaime |
 Tiit Vunk |
Japan |
China |
Germany
|
| 2017 | Bangalore |  India
|
Kota Morinishi |
Tiit Vunk |
Qiu Yanzhe |
China |
Japan |
France
|
| 2016 | Senec |  Slovakia
|
Tiit Vunk |
Jakub Ondroušek |
Kota Morinishi |
Czech Republic |
China |
Japan
|
| 2015 | Sofia |  Bulgaria
|
Kota Morinishi |
Tiit Vunk |
Jakub Ondroušek |
Japan |
China |
Czech Republic
|
| 2014 | London |  United Kingdom
|
Kota Morinishi |
Tiit Vunk |
Bastien Vial-JaimeJakub Ondroušek |
Japan |
Germany |
China
|
| 2013 | Beijing | China
|
Jin Ce |
Kota Morinishi |
Jakub Ondroušek |
China |
Czech Republic |
Japan
|
| 2012 | Kraljevica |  Croatia
|
 Jan Mrozowski |
Kota Morinishi |
Hideaki Jo |
Japan |
Czech Republic |
China
|
| 2011 | Eger |  Hungary
|
 Thomas Snyder |
Kota Morinishi |
Tiit Vunk |
Germany |
Czech Republic |
United States
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| 2010 | Philadelphia | United States
|
Jan Mrozowski |
Jakub Ondroušek |
Hideaki Jo |
Germany |
Czech Republic |
Japan
|
| 2009 | Žilina | Slovakia
|
Jan Mrozowski |
 Branko Ceranic |
Robert Babilon |
Slovakia |
Czech Republic |
Serbia
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| 2008 | Goa | India
|
Thomas Snyder |
Yuhei Kusui |
Jakub Ondroušek |
Czech Republic |
Japan |
Germany
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| 2007 | Prague | Czech Republic
|
Thomas Snyder |
Yuhei Kusui |
Peter Hudak |
Japan |
United States |
Czech Republic
|
| 2006 | Lucca |  Italy
|
Jana Tylova |
Thomas Snyder |
Wei-Hwa Huang |
- | - | - |
Starting from 2013, titles have been awarded also for the best players in two age groups, Under 18 and Over 50 years of age.
| Year | Host city | Host nation | Under 18 | Over 50 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2021 | Shanghai | China
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| 2020 | Shanghai | China
|
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2019 | Kirchheim | Germany
|
Ming Letian |
Hu Yuxuan |
Huang Mingrui |
 David McNeill |
Zoran Tanasic |
Joshua Zucker
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| 2018 | Prague | Czech Republic
|
Ming Letian |
Dai Tantan |
Chen Shiyu |
Michael Smit |
Mark Goodliffe |
Taro Arimatsu
|
| 2017 | Bangalore | India
|
Dai Tantan |
Hu Yuxuan |
Ming Letian |
David McNeill |
Mark Goodliffe |
Michael Smit
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| 2016 | Senec | Slovakia
|
Qiu Yanzhe |
Chen Shiyu |
Sun Cheran |
Zoran Tanasic |
Mark Goodliffe |
Taro Arimatsu
|
| 2015 | Sofia | Bulgaria
|
Sun Cheran |
Dai Tantan |
Chen Nuo |
David McNeill |
Mark Goodliffe |
Zoran Tanasic
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| 2014 | London | United Kingdom
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Dai Tantan |
Jin Ce |
Sun Cheran |
David McNeill |
Jiri Hrdina |
Stefano Forcolin
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| 2013 | Beijing | China
|
Jin Ce |
Sun Cheran |
Qiu Yanzhe |
 Henning Kalsgaard Poulsen |
Liang Yue |
Stefano Forcolin
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "WPF Members". World Puzzle Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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