2002–03 Pro Tour Season

From MTG Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
2002–03 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year DEU flag Kai Budde
Rookie of the Year JPN flag Masashi Oiso
World Champion DEU flag Daniel Zink
Team Champion USA flag United States
PTs 6
Grand Prix 21
Previous season:
2001–02
Next season:
2003–04

The 2002–03 Pro Tour season was the eighth Pro Tour season. It started on 24 August 2002 with Grand Prix Sapporo, and ended on 10 August 2003 with the conclusion of the 2003 World Championships.

Grand Prix (August–September 2002)

GP Sapporo

Date: 24–25 August 2002
Format: Block Constructed
Attendance: 467

1. JPN flag Shinichi Kumagai
2. JPN flag Masahiko Morita
3. JPN flag Satoshi Nakamura
4. JPN flag Itaru Ishida
5. JPN flag Kenji Kimoto
6. JPN flag Junichi Kinoshita
7. JPN flag Yuta Hirosawa
8. JPN flag Nobuaki Shikata

GP London

Date: 31 August–1 September 2002
Format: Block Constructed
Attendance: 683

1. CZE flag Jakub Slemr
2. DEU flag Christoph Hölzl
3. NLD flag Bram Snepvangers
4. GB-ENG flag Craig Stevenson
5. PRT flag Pedro Velhinho
6. FRA flag Christophe Haim
7. ITA flag Dario Minieri
8. FRA flag Gérard Garcia

GP Cleveland

Date: 7–8 September 2002
Format: Block Constructed
Attendance: 605

1. USA flag Valentin Moskovich
2. CAN flag Gabriel Tsang
3. USA flag Jeremy Pinter
4. USA flag Matthew Schrempp
5. USA flag Adam Prosak
6. USA flag David Williams
7. USA flag Brian Davis
8. USA flag Rob Dougherty

Pro Tour Boston

27–29 September 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Place Team name Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Phoenix Foundation DEU flag Dirk Baberowski $60,000 24 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8, third Pro Tour win
DEU flag Kai Budde 24 Seventh Pro Tour Top 8, sixth Pro Tour win
DEU flag Marco Blume 24 Second Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2 2020 CAN flag Steven Wolfman $30,000 18
CAN flag David Rood 18
CAN flag Elijah Pollock 18
3 Courtney's Boys CAN flag Gary Wise $18,000 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
USA flag Neil Reeves 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
USA flag Bob Maher, Jr. 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 Slay Pillage Gerrard USA flag Jon Sonne $15,000 12
USA flag Gerard Fabiano 12
USA flag Scott McCord 12

Grand Prix (September–October 2002)

GP Hamburg

Date: 28–29 September 2002
Format: Block Constructed
Attendance: 582

1. DEU flag Simon Hockwin
2. DEU flag Arndt Meier
3. DEU flag Jens Krause
4. DEU flag Patrick Plößer
5. DEU flag Nico Wendt
6. POL flag Piotr Sienko
7. DEU flag Dennis Schmitz
8. FRA flag Jean Charles Salvin

GP Utsonomiya

Date: 12–13 October 2002
Format: Limited
Attendance: 682

1. JPN flag Rei Hashimoto
2. JPN flag Shuhei Nakamura
3. JPN flag Tsuyoshi Fujita
4. JPN flag Masashi Oiso
5. JPN flag Eiji Nomura
6. JPN flag Masanori Kobayashi
7. JPN flag Jin Okamoto
8. JPN flag Junichi Kinoshita

GP Copenhagen

Date: 12–13 October 2002
Format: Limited
Attendance: 507

1. USA flag Bob Maher, Jr.
2. DEU flag Jens Krause
3. DEU flag Kai Budde
4. SWE flag Fredrik Boberg
5. DEU flag Dirk Baberowski
6. SWE flag Jens Thorén
7. SWE flag David Linder
8. FRA flag Fleurent Jeudon

GP Philadelphia

Date: 26–27 October 2002
Format: Limited
Attendance: 594

1. CAN flag Jeff Cunningham
2. USA flag Shaun Doran
3. USA flag Eli Aden
4. USA flag Morgan Douglass
5. USA flag Nick Eisel
6. USA flag Craig Krempels
7. USA flag Patrick Sullivan
8. USA flag Jacob Rabinowitz

Pro Tour Houston

8–10 November 2002 in Houston, Texas, United States.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 USA flag Justin Gary $30,000 32 Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 USA flag Rob Dougherty $20,000 24 Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3 USA flag Darwin Kastle $15,000 16 Seventh Pro Tour Top 8
4 IRL flag John Larkin $13,000 16 Third Pro Tour Top 8
5 DNK flag Peter Myrvig $9,500 12
6 SWE flag Mattias Jorstedt $8,500 12
7 USA flag Bob Maher, Jr. $7,500 12 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
8 NLD flag Jeroen Remie $6,500 12

Masters – Houston

Place Player Prize
1 SWE flag Jens Thorén $25,000
2 CAN flag Gary Wise $15,000
3–4 USA flag Eric Froehlich $10,000
3–4 FRA flag Raphaël Lévy $10,000
5–8 USA flag Alex Shvartsman $6,500
5–8 NOR flag Eivind Nitter $6,500
5–8 NLD flag Jelger Wiegersma $6,500
5–8 SWE flag Anton Jonsson $6,500

Grand Prix (November 2002–January 2003)

GP Melbourne

Date: 23–24 November 2002
Format: Limited
Attendance: 180

1. AUS flag Ben Seck
2. AUS flag Tristan Gall
3. AUS flag Jarron Puszet.
4. AUS flag Shun Jiang
5. NZL flag Richard Grace
6. SGP flag Milton Jian Xiong Lin
7. AUS flag Chris Allen
8. CHN flag Jake Hart

GP Los Angeles

Date: 23–24 November 2002
Format: Limited
Attendance: 480

1. USA flag Philip Freneau
2. USA flag Bob Maher, Jr.
3. USA flag Brian Hegstad
4. USA flag Ken Krouner
5. USA flag Peter Swarowski
6. USA flag Allen Sun
7. USA flag Nick Eisel
8. MEX flag Gerardo Gordinez Estrada

GP Reims

Date: 30 November–1 December 2002
Format: Extended
Attendance: 831

1. DEU flag Alex Mack
2. FRA flag Benjamin Caumes
3. DEU flag Patrick Mello
4. FRA flag Emmanuel Vernay
5. DEU flag Hans Joachim Höh
6. FRA flag Régis Lavoisier
7. DEU flag Christoph Lippert
8. SWE flag Anton Jonsson

GP New Orleans

Date: 3–4 January 2003
Format: Extended
Attendance: 386

1. USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz
2. USA flag Eugene Harvey
3. USA flag Michael Pustilnik
4. ARG flag Diego Ostrovich
5. CAN flag Jeff Cunningham
6. USA flag Morgan Douglass
7. USA flag Carl Lobato
8. USA flag Trey Van Cleave

Pro Tour Chicago

17–19 January 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 DEU flag Kai Budde $30,000 32 Eighth Pro Tour Top 8, seventh Pro Tour win
2 NOR flag Nicolai Herzog $20,000 24 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 USA flag Jon Finkel $15,000 16 Tenth Pro Tour Top 8
4 USA flag Dustin Stern $13,000 16
5 USA flag Eugene Harvey $9,500 12
6 DEU flag Fabio Reinhardt $8,500 12
7 NLD flag Bram Snepvangers $7,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 USA flag William Jensen $6,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8

Masters – Chicago

Place Player Prize
1 FRA flag Franck Canu $25,000
2 USA flag Ken Ho $15,000
3–4 FRA flag Antoine Ruel $10,000
3–4 USA flag Neil Reeves $10,000
5–8 USA flag David Humpherys $6,500
5–8 DEU flag Kai Budde $6,500
5–8 CAN flag Gary Wise $6,500
5–8 NLD flag Kamiel Cornelissen $6,500

Grand Prix (January–February 2003)

GP Hiroshima

Date: 25–26 January 2003
Format: Extended
Attendance: 399

1. JPN flag Motokiyo Azuma
2. JPN flag Osamu Fujita
3. JPN flag Takao Higaki
4. JPN flag Kang Jisang
5. JPN flag Junichi Kinoshita
6. JPN flag Yoshitaka Nakano
7. JPN flag Tsuyoshi Fujita
8. JPN flag Atsushi Tabuchi

GP Sevilla

Date: 22–23 February 2003
Format: Limited
Attendance: 815

1. SWE flag Anton Jonsson
2. BRA flag Carlos Romão
3. NOR flag Eivind Nitter
4. FRA flag Antoine Ruel
5. BEL flag Stan van der Velden
6. ESP flag Adriano Rohner
7. DEU flag David Brucker
8. ESP flag Javier Perez Fresnedo

GP Boston

Date: 22–23 February 2003
Format: Limited
Attendance: 610

1. USA flag Brian Kibler
2. USA flag Matthew Cory
3. USA flag Aaron Breider
4. CAN flag Mark Zajdner
5. USA flag Ben Rubin
6. USA flag Joshua Wagener
7. USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz
8. USA flag Eric James

Pro Tour Venice

21–23 March 2003 in Venice, Italy.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 DEU flag Osyp Lebedowicz $30,000 32 Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 FIN flag Tomi Walamies $20,000 24 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 USA flag Jordan Berkowitz $15,000 16
4 USA flag William Jensen $13,000 16 Third Pro Tour Top 8
5 FRA flag Gabriel Nassif $9,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 USA flag Darwin Kastle $8,500 12 Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
7 JPN flag Akihiro Kashima $7,500 12
8 SWE flag Mattias Jorstedt $6,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8

Masters – Venice

Place Player Prize
1 JPN flag Masashiro Kuroda $60,000
JPN flag Katsuhiro Mori
JPN flag Masahiko Morita
2 CAN flag David Rood $30,000
CAN flag Steve Wolfman
CAN flag Elijah Pollock
3–4 JPN flag Reiji Andou $15,000
JPN flag Kazuyuki Momose
JPN flag Itaru Ishida
3–4 CAN flag Gary Wise $15,000
USA flag Neil Reeves
USA flag Bob Maher, Jr.

Grand Prix (March–April 2003)

GP Kyoto

Date: 29–30 March 2003
Format: Limited
Attendance: 679

1. JPN flag Akira Asahara
2. JPN flag Hisaya Tanaka
3. JPN flag Masashi Oiso
4. JPN flag Akihiro Takakuwa
5. JPN flag Itaru Ishida
6. JPN flag Shuhei Nakamura
7. JPN flag Ryouma Shiozu
8. JPN flag Yoshiaki Tashiro

GP Singapore

Date: 29–30 March 2003
Format: Limited
Attendance: 237

1. SWE flag Mikael Polgary
2. MYS flag Terry Soh
3. SGP flag Kelvin Yew Teck Hoon
4. SGP flag Sam Lei Kang Lau
5. SGP flag Chang Chua
6. HKG flag Kai Cheong Tang
7. USA flag Gary Talim
8. USA flag Antonino De Rosa

GP Prague

Date: 12–13 April 2003
Format: Limited
Attendance: 947

1. AUT flag Stefan Jedlicka
2. FRA flag Raphaël Lévy
3. NOR flag Thomas Gundersen
4. DNK flag David Jensen
5. NLD flag Jelger Wiegersma
6. FRA flag Gabriel Nassif
7. SWE flag Anton Jonsson
8. AUT flag Armin Birner

Pro Tour Yokohama

9–11 May 2003 in Yokohama, Japan.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 SWE flag Mattias Jorstedt $30,000 32 Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 SWE flag Masashi Oiso $20,000 24
3 JPN flag Tsuyoshi Ikeda $15,000 16
4 USA flag Jon Finkel $13,000 16 Eleventh Pro Tour Top 8
5 FRA flag Benjamin Caumes $9,500 12
6 ARG flag Jose Barbero $8,500 12
7 AUS flag Ben Seck $7,500 12
8 CAN flag Rich Hoaen $6,500 12

Masters – Yokohama

Place Player Prize
1 USA flag Bob Maher, Jr. $25,000
2 FRA flag Gabriel Nassif $15,000
3–4 FIN flag Tomi Walamies $10,000
3–4 USA flag Darwin Kastle $10,000
5–8 ARG flag Diego Ostrovich $6,500
5–8 FRA flag Pierre Malherbaud $6,500
5–8 USA flag Brian Kibler $6,500
5–8 USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz $6,500

Grand Prix (May–July 2003)

GP Pittsburgh

Date: 31 May–1 June 2003
Format: Team Limited
Attendance: 585 (195 teams)

1. USA flag Justin Gary
1. USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz
1. USA flag Alex Shvartsman

2. USA flag James Duguid
2. USA flag Charles Gindy
2. USA flag Manny Orellana

3. FRA flag Jean Charles Salvin
3. CAN flag Pasquale Ruggiero
3. CAN flag Jairo Liquidano

4. USA flag Justin Schneider
4. USA flag Michael Krzywicki
4. USA flag Mike Long

GP Amsterdam

Date: 7–8 June 2003
Format: Team Limited
Attendance: 594 (198 teams)

1. FRA flag Wilfried Ranque
1. BRA flag Carlos Romão
1. ARG flag Jose Barbero

2. NLD flag Kamiel Cornelissen
2. USA flag Jon Finkel
2. USA flag Eric Froehlich

3. FIN flag Tomi Walamies
3. SWE flag Jens Thorén
3. SWE flag Anton Jonsson

4. DEU flag André Delere
4. DEU flag Rolf Otto vor dem Gentschenfelde
4. DEU flag René Kraft

GP Bangkok

Date: 12–13 July 2003
Format: Standard
Attendance: 257

1. JPN flag Tsuyoshi Fujita
2. JPN flag Itaru Ishida
3. MYS flag Vincent Gan
4. JPN flag Osamu Fujita
5. JPN flag Masahiko Morita
6. JPN flag Tsutomu Yamada
7. THA flag Peerapat Ekpoorthorn
8. THA flag Noppadol Srirattana




 

GP Detroit

Date: 12–13 July 2003
Format: Block Constructed
Attendance: 604

1. USA flag Bob Maher, Jr.
2. USA flag Eugene Harvey
3. USA flag Josh Ravitz
4. USA flag Alex Shvartsman
5. USA flag Mark Herberholz
6. USA flag Matt Severa
7. USA flag Morgan Douglass
8. USA flag Derek Starleaf




 

2003 World Championships

6–10 August 2003 in Berlin, Germany.

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 DEU flag Daniel Zink $35,000 32
2 JPN flag Jin Okamoto $23,000 24
3 FIN flag Tuomo Nieminen $15,000 16
4 USA flag David Humpherys $13,000 16 Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
5 NLD flag Jeroen Remie $9,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 DEU flag Peer Kröger $8,500 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
7 DEU flag Wolfgang Eder $7,500 12
8 USA flag Gabe Walls $6,500 12

Team competition

Place Country Player Prize Pro Points
1 USA flag United States Justin Gary $10,000 6
Gabe Walls $10,000 6
Joshua Wagner $10,000 6
2 FIN flag Finland Tomi Walamies $5,000 5
Tuomo Nieminen $5,000 5
Arho Toikka $5,000 5