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 Sturla Bingen |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Jakub Slemr |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Jan Pieter Groenhof |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Jakob Steinaa |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Tony Dobson |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Tom van de Logt |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Arho Toikka |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Gabor Papp |
1999 European Championship
10–12 July 1999 in Berlin, Germany.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Nicolai Herzog | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Dirk Baberowski | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Pierre Malherbaud | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Raphaël Lévy | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Mattias Jorstedt | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Tommi Hovi | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Arto Hiltunen | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Holger Meinecke | $2,000 |
2000 European Championship
14–16 July 2000 in Paris, France.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Raphaël Lévy | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Loic Dobrigna | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Rickard Österberg | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Joost Winter | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Eder | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Johan Franzén | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Gert Coeckelbergh | $2,000 |
2001 European Championship
29 June–1 July 2001 in Milan, Italy.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Eivind Nitter | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Dave Montreuil | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Tomi Walamies | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Daniel Zink | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Jens Thorén | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon John Ormerod | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Eder | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Sturla Bingen | $1,500 |
2002 European Championship
28–30 June 2002 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon David Brucker | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Christophe Haim | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Victor van den Broek | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Marco Lombardi | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Amiel Tenenbaum | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Anton Jonsson | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Roland Bode | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Svend Geertsen | $1,500 |
2003 European Championship
4–6 July 2003 in London, Great Britain.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Nicolai Herzog | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Pierre Malherbaud | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Jussi Salovaara | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Sigurd Eskeland | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Gabriel Nassif | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Stuart Wright | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Shaw | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon 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 Nathan Russell |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Toshiki Tsukamoto |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Tom Chanpheng |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Ryuji Ohashi |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Joo-Nyeon Kim |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Early Nguyen |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Rod Ho |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Raffy Lirag |
1998 Asia Pacific Championship
26–27 July 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Satoshi Nakamura |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Sasanuma Kiyoshi |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Itaru Ishida |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Joo-Nyeon Kim |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Itadani Eisaku |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Sam Lau |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Goro Matsuo |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Autrijus Tang |
1999 Asia Pacific Championship
2–4 July 1999 in Singapore.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Masaya Mori | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Osamu Fujita | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Tsuyoshi Fujita | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Michael Doecke | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Masayuki Higashino | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Reiji Ando | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Masami Ibamoto | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Kazuyuki Momose | $2,000 |
2000 Asia Pacific Championship
7–9 July 2000 in Hong Kong.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Masaya Mori | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Hiroto Watanabe | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Ittoku Tanaka | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Sam Ward | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Chi Fai Teddy Ng | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Koichiro Maki | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Chen Yu Weng | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Satoshi Nakamura | $2,000 |
2001 Asia Pacific Championship
22–24 June 2001 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Jin Okamoto | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Jun Nobushita | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Katsuhiro Mori | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Royce Chai | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Sam Lau | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Albertus Law | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Tobey Tamber | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon 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 Gustavo Chapela Gaxiola | $11,500 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Rafael Le Saux | $7,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Gerardo Godinez Estrada | $4,600 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Carlos Romão | $3,700 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Francisco Garcia Barbosa | $3,035 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Alex Sousa | $2,555 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Eduardo Simao Teixeira | $2,225 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Felsberg | $2,000 |
2001 Latin American Championship
29 June–1 July 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Scott Richards | $15,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Diego Ostrovich | $7,500 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Raphael Garcia | $5,500 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Victor Galimbertti | $4,500 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Christiano Pereira | $3,000 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Eduardo Sella | $2,500 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Alejandro del Gerbo Actis | $2,000 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Julio Silva Maciel | $1,500 |