Canadian National Championships

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Canada
National Championships
Years held: 1995 to 2011
2017 & 2018
Host cities: Calgary, Alberta
Montréal, Québec
Ottawa, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Vancouver, British Columbia
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Repeat titles: Gary Krakower
Jay Elarar

National Championship tournaments were held annually in Canada from 1995 through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named Canadian Championand headed the national team at that years' World Championship.

Between 2012 and 2016, the title Canadian Champion was instead given to the Canadian player with the highest amount of Pro Points in a particular Pro Tour season.

History

1998 Nationals

After the Top 8 for the 1998 tournament had been announced, Jordan Christianson was disqualified due to an error in his deck registration. The 9th-place finisher, James Roy, had already left the venue and so wasn't able to take Christianson's place. Ryan Fuller, 10th at the end of Swiss, had been seen leaving to get food with Eric Tam. Fuller is located at a nearby McDonald's by a group of the other finalists -- Peter Radonjic, Terry Tsang, and Thomas Girald -- and returns to take up the last quarter-final spot.[3]

Fuller would win an intense Control vs Control match against Thomas Girald in the first round of the double-elimination finals, but lost to eventual champion Peter Radonjic in the second round. He then faced Terry Tsang, who'd also beaten Girald in the Losers' bracket, for a spot on the National team. However, a Shivian Dragon out of the Sideboard of Tsang's Prosperous Bloom deck would put an end to Fuller's unexpected finals run.

It's not until two days later, when he takes a call from his mother at Edmonton Airport, that Jim Roy learns of his missed opportunity.[4]

National Championships (1995 to 2011)

National team members for the World Championships, where known, are marked in bold.

  • Between 1995 and 2000, and in 2007, teams had 4 players.[5]
  • Between 2001 and 2006, and 2008 to 2011, teams consisted of three players. The two losing semi-finalists would play off for 3rd place. 4th place still received an invitation as an Alternate. (Italicised)

Invitations could be formally declined and would be offered in turn to the next player in the standings.

Note: An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates their exact placing is unknown.

1995 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: June 2-4, 1995
Formats: Type II and Sealed Deck
Attendance:

1. CAN flag Eric Tam
2. CAN flag Shawn Davies
3. CAN flag Seyil Yoon
4. CAN flag ____ Speck
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[6][7][8]  

1996 National Championship

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Date: July 27-28, 1996
Formats: Type II and modified Booster Draft
Attendance: 120

1. CAN flag Gary Krakower
2. CAN flag Terry Lau
3. CAN flag Peter Radonjic
4. CAN flag Eric Tam
5. CAN flag Ryan Rusaw
6. CAN flag Michael Gurney
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[9][10][11]  

1997 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: July 12-13, 1997
Formats: Standard and Sealed Deck
Attendance:

1. CAN flag Gary Krakower
2. CAN flag Mike Donais
3. CAN flag Eduardo Ito
4. CAN flag Gab Tsang
5. CAN flag John Park
6. CAN flag Steven Wolfman
7. CAN flag Al Levy
8. CAN flag Dany Charlish

Sources[12][13][14]  

1998 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: June 26-28, 1998
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 104

1. CAN flag Peter Radonjic
2. CAN flag Nick Chen
3. CAN flag Terry Tsang
4. CAN flag Ryan Kirk
5. CAN flag Elijah Pollock*
6. CAN flag Ryan Fuller*
7. CAN flag Thomas Girard
8. CAN flag Jackie Ng

Sources[3]  

1999 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: July 9-11, 1999
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 66

1. CAN flag Marc Rajotte
2. CAN flag Gary Krakower
3. CAN flag Jürgen Hahn
4. CAN flag Bruce Marsan
5. CAN flag Jeff Cunningham
6. CAN flag Gab Tsang
7. CAN flag Jason Simard
8. CAN flag Ryan Fuller

Sources[15][16][17]  

2000 National Championship

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Date: June 29 - July 2, 2000
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 70

1. CAN flag Ryan Fuller
2. CAN flag Murray Evans
3. CAN flag Gab Tsang
4. CAN flag Sam Lau
5. CAN flag Terry Lau
6. CAN flag Michael Gurney
7. CAN flag Roland Aw
8. CAN flag Jason The

Sources[18][19][20]  

2001 National Championship

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Date: July 19-22, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 96

1. CAN flag Terry Tsang
2. CAN flag Elijah Pollock
3. CAN flag Sam Lount
4. CAN flag Benny Wong
5. CAN flag Gary Wise
6. CAN flag Jason Simard
7. CAN flag Louis Boileau
8. CAN flag Ben Raymond

Sources[21][22][23][24][25]  

2002 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: June 13-15, 2002
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 94

1. CAN flag Jürgen Hahn
2. CAN flag Jon Stern
3. CAN flag Ray Weiss
4. CAN flag David Rood
5. CAN flag Jeff Cunningham
6. CAN flag Sam Lau
7. CAN flag Rich Hoaen
8. CAN flag Boyd Hardie

Sources[25][26][27][28]  

2003 National Championship

Location: Montréal, Québec
Date: June 20-22, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 99

1. CAN flag Josh Rider
2. CAN flag Nathon Braymore
3. CAN flag Rich Hoaen
4. CAN flag Guillaume Daoust
5. CAN flag Elijah Pollock
6. CAN flag Steven Wolfman
7. CAN flag Vincent Boulanger
8. CAN flag Guillaume Cardin

Sources[29][30][31][32][33]  

2004 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: July 2-4, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 95

1. CAN flag Jingpeng Zhang
2. CAN flag Murray Evans
3. CAN flag Michael Thicke
4. CAN flag David Rood
5. CAN flag Sacha Bakht
6. CAN flag Mike Viner
7. CAN flag Jason Howden
8. CAN flag Felix Tse

Sources[34][35][36][37]  

2005 National Championship

Location: Calgary, Alberta
Date: August 26-28, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 64

1. CAN flag Jason Olynyk
2. CAN flag J. Evan Dean
3. CAN flag Tyler Blum
4. CAN flag Paul Thiessen
5. CAN flag Adam Hein
6. CAN flag Derek Denholm
7. CAN flag Mike Handfield
8. CAN flag Kyle Smith

Sources[38][39][40]  

2006 National Championship

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Date: August 4-6, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 105

1. CAN flag Guillaume Cardin
2. CAN flag Mike Vasovski
3. CAN flag Nathon Braymore
4. CAN flag Duncan McGregor
5. CAN flag Andrew Noworaj
6. CAN flag Phil Samms
7. CAN flag Jason Patterson
8. CAN flag Nick Page

Sources[41][42][43]  

2007 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: September 8-9, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 118

1. CAN flag Andrew Ting-A-Kee
2. CAN flag Shaun McLaren
3. CAN flag Daniel Kramer
4. CAN flag Mike Arenson
5. CAN flag Matthew Vienneau
6. CAN flag Filip Hajduk
7. CAN flag Yi Cheng
8. CAN flag Miles Smith

Sources[44][45][46]  

2008 National Championship

Location: Montréal, Québec
Date: August 1-3, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CAN flag Dan Lanthier
2. CAN flag Steven Wolfman
3. CAN flag Eduardo Sajgalik
4. CAN flag Francis Toussaint
5. CAN flag Matt Lapierre
6. CAN flag Maximilien Bouchard
7. CAN flag Vincent Le
8. CAN flag Daniel Kramer

Sources[47][48][49][50][51]  

2009 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: July 4-5, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CAN flag Jasar Elarar
2. CAN flag Jon Boutin
3. CAN flag Quentin Martin
4. CAN flag Jamie Naylor
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[52][53]  

2010 National Championship

Location: Montréal, Québec
Date: July 22-24, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 111

1. CAN flag Jay Elarar
2. CAN flag Vincent Thibeault
3. CAN flag Pascal Maynard
4. CAN flag Kyle Duncan
5. CAN flag Grayson Moore
6. CAN flag Noah Long
7. CAN flag Benoit Desrosiers
8. CAN flag Matthew Macmullin

Sources[54][55][56]  

2011 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: August 19-21, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 141

1. CAN flag Marc Anderson
2. CAN flag Noah Long
3. CAN flag Dan Lanthier
4. CAN flag Marcel Zafra
5. CAN flag Jeremie Ross-Latour
6. CAN flag Mani Davoudi
7. CAN flag Ronald Be
8. CAN flag Paul MacKinnon

Sources[57][58][51][59][60]  

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3
2012[61] Alexander Hayne Jamie Blanchette Lucas Siow Marc Anderson
2013[62] Jon Stern Tyler Woolley Andrew Robdrup Devon Giles
2014[63] Shaun McLaren David Goldfarb Daniel Fournier Alexander Hayne
2015[64] Shaun McLaren Alexander Hayne Hunter Platt Justin Richardson
2016[65] Alexander Hayne Jacob Wilson Brian Su Felix Tse

National Championships (2017 and 2018)

2017 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: October 14-15, 2017
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CAN flag Kale Thompson
2. CAN flag Lucas Siow
3. CAN flag Morgan McLaughlin
4. CAN flag Maxime Auger
5. CAN flag Jonathan Dery
6. CAN flag Omar Beldon
7. CAN flag Philippe Gareau
8. CAN flag Alan Ngo

Pro Points Champion: Eduardo Sajgalik
[66][67][68]  

2018 National Championship

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: June 30-July 1, 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 389

1. CAN flag Micah Hewer
2. CAN flag Adam Ragsdale
3. CAN flag Edgar Magalhaes
4. CAN flag Randall Barber
5. CAN flag Robert Anderson
6. CAN flag Alex Boyd
7. CAN flag Daniel He
8. CAN flag Mathew Stein

Pro Points Champion: Alexander Hayne
[69][70][71]  

Canadian World Champions

Individual

No Canadian player has ever been World Champion.

Team

Canada has won the team competition at Worlds only once:

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