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Czech Republic
National Championships
Years held: 1995 to 2011
2017 and 2018
Three titles: Ondřej Baudyš
Petr Nahodil
Two titles: Martin Jůza
Tomáš Langer

National Championship tournaments were held annually in the Czech Republic from 1995 through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named Czech Champion. That player also headed the national team at that years' World Championship, with the runner-up and semifinalists making up the rest of the team.

History

For 1995 and 1996 there was a combined National Championship competition with the Slovak Republic. This was refereed to as both a Czech and Slovak National Championship and also just a Czech Nationals in different sources.[3][4][5] Either way, Slovakians did travel to Prague to compete. The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia had happened only 3 years prior, so there were still strong cultural and historic bonds between citizens of the two newly independent nations.

From 1997 the Czechs and Slovaks would have their own Nationals. Originally Czechs were still invited to participate in the Slovak Nationals, and vice-versa, although they weren't eligible for the national teams or title. This arrangement only lasted one year, and in 1998 this reciprocal arrangement was ended.[6] The introduction of the European Championship, with invitations being given to the Top 8 from each country's Nationals, made it a bit too "messy" to continue.

In 2010, uniquely, the Slovak National Championships were held in the Czech Republic. These happened in parallel with the Czechs' on the same dates and at same location in Prague.[7]

Between 2012 and 2016 National Championships were replaced by the Magic World Cup system. The title Slovak Champion would instead be given to the Slovakian player with the highest amount of Pro Points in a particular Pro Tour season. The other three members of the national team were detirmined by three seperate qualifiers.

National Championships (1995 to 2011)

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

  • Between 1997 and 2000, and in 2007, teams had 4 players.[8]
  • 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.

1995 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: July 17, 1995
Formats Type II
Attendance: 96

1. CZE flag Lukás Hanka
2. CZE flag Jiri Janovsky
3. CZE flag David Korejtko
4. CZE flag Nicolas Chudyba
5.
6.
7.
8.

Sources[4][5][3]  

1996 Czech Nationals

Location:
Date:
Formats: Type II and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag David Korejtko
2. CZE flag Jakub Šlemr
3. CZE flag Ondřej Baudyš
4. CZE flag Lukas Kocourek
5.
6.
7.
8.

Sources[6][5][9]  

1997 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: April 18-20, 1997
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Lukas Ladra
2. CZE flag Jakub Šlemr
3. SVK flag Peter Marcinko
4. CZE flag Ondřej Baudyš
5. CZE flag Ivan Stanoev
6. CZE flag Tomáš Kosička
7. CZE flag Petr Laca
8. CZE flag Robert Karč

Sources[5][10][11][12]  

1998 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: June 13-14, 1998
Formats: Standard, Booster and Rochester
Attendance: 140

1. CZE flag Michal Srba
2. CZE flag Martin Lažnovský
3. CZE flag Petr Blatný
4. CZE flag Luboš Lauer
5. CZE flag Ivan Stanoev
6.
7. CZE flag Rudolf Kučera
8.

Sources[13][14]  

1999 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: June 11-13, 1999
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: >100

1. CZE flag Ondřej Baudyš
2. CZE flag Martin "Hippo" Miller
3. CZE flag Robert Karč
4. CZE flag Jakub Šlemr
5. CZE flag Michal Smctana
6. CZE flag Lukas Ladra
7. CZE flag Jiri Sprojcar
8. CZE flag Lubos Lauer

Sources[13][15][16]  

2000 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: June 9-11th 2000
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Ondřej Baudyš
2. CZE flag Martin Laznovsky
3. CZE flag Libor Marek
4. CZE flag Petr Tejnsky
5. CZE flag Pavel Matousek
6. CZE flag Peter Ustohal
7. CZE flag Jaroslav Kubalik
8. CZE flag Frantisek Zoubal

Sources[17][18]  

2001 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: June 9-10, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 143

1. CZE flag Petr Nahodil
2. CZE flag Evžena Bouřu
3. CZE flag Antonin Weber
4. CZE flag Jakub Šlemr
5. CZE flag Ondřej Baudyš
6. CZE flag Martin Laznovsky
7. CZE flag Jan Mechura
8. CZE flag Robert Plachy

Sources[18][19][20]  

2002 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: Aril 27-28, 2002
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Vladimír Komanický
2. CZE flag Libor Marek
3. CZE flag Arnošt Žídek
4. CZE flag Tomáš Krejsa
5. CZE flag Jan Brodzák
6. CZE flag Mirko Nývlt
7. CZE flag Adam Koska
8. CZE flag Jan Urbanec

Sources[21][22][23][24][25]  

2003 Czech Nationals

Location:
Date: May 31 - June 1, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Petr Nahodil
2. CZE flag Jan Skampa
3. CZE flag Martin Lamr
4. CZE flag Petr Kludka
5. CZE flag Ondřej Baudyš
6. CZE flag Jakub De Sio
7. CZE flag Jaroslav Sita
8. CZE flag Jan Mechura

Sources[26]  

2004 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: June 12-13, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Ondřej Baudyš
2. CZE flag Evzen Boura
3. CZE flag Jan Skampa
4. CZE flag Adam Fajkus
5.
6. CZE flag Martin Jůza
7.
8.

Sources[27][28][29]  

2005 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: September 10-11, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Martin Jůza
2. CZE flag Arnost Zidek
3. CZE flag Jan Skampa
4. CZE flag Jan Brodzak
5.
6.
7.
8.

Sources[30][31]  

2006 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: September 2-3, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1-1. CZE flag Martin Jůza
2-2. CZE flag Arnost Zidek
3-4. CZE flag Adam Koska
3-4. CZE flag Michal Marciniszyn
5-8. CZE flag Jakub Starek
5-8. CZE flag Martin Laznovsky
5-8. CZE flag Petr Kadavy
5-8. CZE flag Nikola Vávra

Sources[32][33][34]  

2007 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: September 1-2, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Tomáš Langer
2. CZE flag Jakub Starek
3. CZE flag Vit Vavra
4. CZE flag Martin Jůza
5. CZE flag Jakub Šlemr
6. CZE flag Jarda Bilek
7. CZE flag Nicola Vavra
8. CZE flag David Dobis

Sources[35][36][37]  

2008 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: September 6-7, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 97

1. CZE flag Petr Brožek
2. CZE flag František Bína
3. CZE flag Větěslav Šmíd
4. CZE flag Michal Hebký
5. CZE flag Arnošt Žídek
6. CZE flag Petr Háka
7. CZE flag Vít Vávra
8. CZE flag Vantuch Mates

Sources[38][39][40][41]  

2009 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: June 27-28, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. CZE flag Jan Kotrla
2. CZE flag Lukas Blohon
3. CZE flag Lukas Jaklovsky
4. CZE flag Lukas Bubilek
5. CZE flag Stanislav Cifka
6. CZE flag Ondrej Posolda
7. CZE flag Zbynek Rimal
8. CZE flag Jakub Tóth

Sources[42][43][44]  

2010 Czech Nationals

Location: Prague
Date: July 3-4, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 140

1. CZE flag Petr Nahodil
2. CZE flag Lukas Blohon
3. CZE flag David Do Anh
4. CZE flag Svatopluk Sejkora
5. CZE flag Jan Kotrla
6. CZE flag Petr Kludka
7. CZE flag Adam Koska
8. CZE flag Jan Brodzak

Sources[45][46][47][48][49]  

2011 Czech Nationals

Location: Brno
Date: July 23-24, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 150

1. CZE flag Pavel Bednarik
2. CZE flag Stanislav Cifka
3. CZE flag Jiri Vanek
4. CZE flag Jan Mechura
5. CZE flag Michal Hebký
6. CZE flag Arnost Zidek
7. CZE flag Petr Kludka
8. CZE flag Lukas Bedecz

Sources[50][51][52][53]  

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3 Event pages
2012 Martin Jůza[54] Jakub Vojta[54] Tomas Vanek[54] Pavel Ceska[54] 2012 World Magic Cup
2013 Stanislav Cifka[55] Leos Kopecky[55] Kristian Janda[55] Michal Mendl[55] 2013 World Magic Cup
2014 Stanislav Cifka[56] Josef Vlach[56] Tomas Kuchta[56] Nikola Vavra[56] 2014 World Magic Cup
2015 Ondřej Stráský[57] Lukas Blohon[57] Dominik Mikolas[57] Tomas Kuchta[57] 2015 World Magic Cup
2016 Lukas Blohon[58] Ondrej Straka[58] Alexander Rossijcenko[58] Pavel Zuna[58] 2016 World Magic Cup

National Championships (2017 and 2018)

Czech Nationals 2017

Location: Prague
Date: September 9-10, 2017
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 173

1. CZE flag Tomáš Langer
2. CZE flag Tomáš Jirkal
3. CZE flag Matěj Vantuch
4. CZE flag Martin Dedek
5. CZE flag Pavel Matoušek
6. CZE flag Dominik Prošek
7. CZE flag Zbyšek Panchartek
8. CZE flag Martin Jůza

Pro Points Champion: Martin Jůza
Sources[59][60][61][62]  

Czech Nationals 2018

Location: Prague
Date: 18–19 August 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 202

1. CZE flag Tomáš Hanousek
2. CZE flag Martin Hrycej
3. CZE flag Adam Koska
4. CZE flag Igor Liebich
5. CZE flag Martin Melichar
6. CZE flag Petr Brožek
7. CZE flag Jiří Kračman
8. CZE flag Petr Sochůrek

Pro Points Champion: Martin Jůza
Sources[63][64][65][66]  

Czech World Champions

Individual

One Czech has been World Champion:

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