Continental Championship
Continental Championships were annual events held in three different geographical regions: Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacfic. It debuted in 1997 with the Asia Pacific Championship; the European Championship was introduced a year later, and finally the Latin American Championship debuted in 2000. Players would qualify by finishing in the top eight of their National Championships, or by having enough Pro Points or a high DCI rating. The events featured Standard and Booster draft, and top finishing players would win money, and the top eight earned invitations to the corresponding World Championships, but the event did not award Pro Points. The series was discontinued after the 2003 European Championship.
European Championships
Six European Championship events were held; of these, four were won by Norwegians, earning it the nickname "the Norwegian Invitational".[1] The most successful player was Nicolai Herzog, who won the event in 1999 and 2003.
1998 European Championship
9–11 July 1998.
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon NOR Sturla Bingen |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon CZE Jakub Slemr |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon NOR Jan Pieter Groenhof |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon DNK Jakob Steinaa |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon ENG Tony Dobson |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon NLD Tom van de Logt |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon FIN Arho Toikka |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon HUN Gabor Papp |
1999 European Championship
10–12 July 1999 in Berlin, Germany.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon NOR Nicolai Herzog | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon DEU Dirk Baberowski | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon FRA Pierre Malherbaud | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon FRA Raphaël Lévy | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon SWE Mattias Jorstedt | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon FIN Tommi Hovi | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon FIN Arto Hiltunen | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon DEU Holger Meinecke | $2,000 |
2000 European Championship
14–16 July 2000 in Paris, France.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon NLD Noah Boeken | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon FRA Raphaël Lévy | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon FRA Loic Dobrigna | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon SWE Rickard Österberg | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon NLD Joost Winter | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon DEU Wolfgang Eder | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon SWE Johan Franzén | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon BEL Gert Coeckelbergh | $2,000 |
2001 European Championship
29 June–1 July 2001 in Milan, Italy.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon NOR Eivind Nitter | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon CHE Dave Montreuil | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon FIN Tomi Walamies | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon DEU Daniel Zink | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon SWE Jens Thorén | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon ENG John Ormerod | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon DEU Wolfgang Eder | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon NOR Sturla Bingen | $1,500 |
2002 European Championship
28–30 June 2002 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon DEU David Brucker | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon FRA Christophe Haim | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon NLD Victor van den Broek | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon ITA Marco Lombardi | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon FRA Amiel Tenenbaum | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon SWE Anton Jonsson | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon DEU Roland Bode | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon DNK Svend Geertsen | $1,500 |
2003 European Championship
4–6 July 2003 in London, Great Britain.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon NOR Nicolai Herzog | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon FRA Pierre Malherbaud | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon FIN Jussi Salovaara | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon NOR Sigurd Eskeland | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon FRA Gabriel Nassif | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon ENG Stuart Wright | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon FRA Thomas Shaw | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon SVN Borut Todorovic | $1,500 |
Asia Pacific Championships
Five Asia Pacific Championships were held from 1997 to 2001, after which the event was discontinued. Australia's Nathan Russell won the first championship; the next four were won by Japanese players: Satoshi Nakamura in 1998, Masaya Mori in both 1999 and 2000, and finally Jin Okamoto in 2001. Okamoto's win at the last Asia Pacific Championship earned him the nickname "The Last Emperor".[2]
1997 Asia Pacific Championship
14–16 February 1997 in Hong Kong. Held concurrently with the 1997 Magic Invitational.
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon AUS Nathan Russell |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon JPN Toshiki Tsukamoto |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon AUS Tom Chanpheng |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon JPN Ryuji Ohashi |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon KOR Joo-Nyeon Kim |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon AUS Early Nguyen |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon AUS Rod Ho |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon PHL Raffy Lirag |
1998 Asia Pacific Championship
26–27 July 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon JPN Satoshi Nakamura |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon JPN Sasanuma Kiyoshi |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon JPN Itaru Ishida |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon KOR Joo-Nyeon Kim |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon JPN Itadani Eisaku |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon SGP Sam Lau |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon JPN Goro Matsuo |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon TWN Autrijus Tang |
1999 Asia Pacific Championship
2–4 July 1999 in Singapore.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon JPN Masaya Mori | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon JPN Osamu Fujita | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon JPN Tsuyoshi Fujita | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon AUS Michael Doecke | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon JPN Masayuki Higashino | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon JPN Reiji Ando | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon JPN Masami Ibamoto | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon JPN Kazuyuki Momose | $2,000 |
2000 Asia Pacific Championship
7–9 July 2000 in Hong Kong.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon JPN Masaya Mori | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon JPN Hiroto Watanabe | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon JPN Ittoku Tanaka | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon AUS Sam Ward | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon HKG Chi Fai Teddy Ng | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon JPN Koichiro Maki | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon TWN Chen Yu Weng | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon JPN Satoshi Nakamura | $2,000 |
2001 Asia Pacific Championship
22–24 June 2001 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon JPN Jin Okamoto | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon JPN Jun Nobushita | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon JPN Katsuhiro Mori | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon SGP Royce Chai | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon SGP Sam Lau | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon MYS Albertus Law | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon TWN Tobey Tamber | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon JPN Yujian Zhou | $1,500 |
Latin American Championships
Only two Latin American Championships were held, in 2000 and 2001.
2000 Latin American Championship
23–25 June 2000 in Santiago, Chile.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon MEX Gustavo Chapela Gaxiola | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon CHL Rafael Le Saux | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon MEX Gerardo Godinez Estrada | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon BRA Carlos Romão | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon MEX Francisco Garcia Barbosa | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon BRA Alex Sousa | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon BRA Eduardo Simao Teixeira | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon BRA Thomas Felsberg | $2,000 |
2001 Latin American Championship
29 June–1 July 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon URY Scott Richards | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon ARG Diego Ostrovich | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon BRA Raphael Garcia | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon BRA Victor Galimbertti | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon BRA Christiano Pereira | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon BRA Eduardo Sella | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon ARG Alejandro del Gerbo Actis | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon BRA Julio Silva Maciel | $1,500 |