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Denmark
National Championships
Years held: 1995 to 2011
2017 & 2018
Host cities: Aarhus
Birkerod
Copenhagen
Gothenburg (Sweden)
Kolding
Odense
Roskilde
Solrød Strand

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

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

History

90s Nationals

Early Danish Nationals, between 1996 and 1998, were structured in a way unlike those of most other countries. There were, in effect, two tournaments held over two days. First was Sealed Deck, and second was Standard. The winner of each day earned a place in the Top 8, which was played in the Standard format. The other six places went to the players with the best combined records over both days. From 1999 Denmark moved to the standardised tournament system of alternating Standard and Draft rounds.[3]

2007 Grand Final

The 2007 grand final was decided at the beginning of the 5th and deciding game. Anton Lunau presented Tim Rasmussen a 59 card deck; he'd accidentally left a copy of Cry of Contrition out while shuffling. This resulted in an automatic game loss for him, and the National title for Tim Rasmussen.[4]

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.[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: Odense
Date: June 9-11, 1995
Format: Type II
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Jesper Thrane
2. DNK flag Michael Vivet
3. DNK flag Svend Sparre Geertsen*
4. DNK flag Peter Jacobson*
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[6][7][8]  

1996 National Championship

Location: Copenhagen
Date:
Formats: Standard and Sealed Deck
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Svend Sparre Geertsen
2. DNK flag Thomas Dall Jensen
3. DNK flag Rune Speich
4. DNK flag Andreas Nyborg
5. DNK flag Clement Lessel*
6. DNK flag Peter Laier*
7. DNK flag Jan Sorensen*
8. DNK flag Jonas Cleemann*

Sources[9][10]  

1997 National Championship

Location: Birkerod
Date: May 24-25, 1997
Formats: Standard and Sealed Deck
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Thomas Dall Jensen
2. DNK flag Svend Sparre Geertsen
3. DNK flag Jan Sorensen
4. DNK flag Tore Fiil
5. DNK flag Rune Speich*
6. DNK flag Steffen Olesen*
7. DNK flag Clement Lessel*
8. DNK flag Jakob Steinaa*

Sources[11][12]  

1998 National Championship

Location: Roskilde Copenhagen
Date: May 9-10, 1998
Formats: Standard and Sealed Deck
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Timme Nyegaard
2. DNK flag Tore Fill
3. DNK flag Thomas Dall Jensen
4. DNK flag Peter Laier
5. DNK flag Svend Sparre Geertsen*
6. DNK flag Jan Sorensen*
7. DNK flag Jakob Steinaa*
8. DNK flag Karsten Hoppe*

Sources[13][14][15]  

1999 National Championship

Location: Roskilde
Date: May 15-16, 1999
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 80+

1. DNK flag Palle Poulsen
2. DNK flag Allan Mortensen
3. DNK flag Svend Sparre Geertsen
4. DNK flag Hans-Ole Kronstrand
5. DNK flag Klaus Grønbæk
6. DNK flag Allan Hellegaard
7. DNK flag Rune Espenhein
8. DNK flag David Luhaæær

Sources[3][16][17]  

2000 National Championship

Location: Copenhagen
Date: May 19-21, 2000
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Anton Lunau
2. DNK flag Martin Beck
3. DNK flag Allan Mortensen
4. DNK flag Niels Sanders Jensen
5. DNK flag Timme Nyegaard
6. DNK flag Rune Espenhein
7. DNK flag Jörn Hajek
8. DNK flag Kristoffer Apollo

Sources[18][19][20]  

2001 National Championship

Location: Aarhus
Date: May 12-13, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 81

1. DNK flag Niels Sanders Jensen
2. DNK flag Jan Sorensen
3. DNK flag Thomas Qvist
4. DNK flag Daniel Smits Bertelsen
5. DNK flag Jens Balsby
6. DNK flag Jakob Steinaa
7. DNK flag Peter Myrvig
8. DNK flag Lasse Nørgaard

Sources[21][22][23][24][25]  

2002 National Championship

Location: Copenhagen
Date: April 27-28, 2002
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 80

1. DNK flag Jonas Cleemann
2. DNK flag Allan Christensen
3. DNK flag Peter Laier
4. DNK flag David Jensen
5. DNK flag Tue Sønderby
6. DNK flag Jakob Steinaa
7. DNK flag Tore Fiil
8. DNK flag Jeppe Balsby

Sources[26][27] [28][29][30]  

2003 National Championship

Location: Aarhus
Date: May 31-June 1, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 92

1. DNK flag Stefan Petersen
2. DNK flag Nis Berthelsen
3. DNK flag Jonas Cleemann
4. DNK flag Thomas Dall Jensen
5. DNK flag Jakob Steinaa
6. DNK flag Lasse Nørgaard
7. DNK flag Kasper Dahl
8. DNK flag Magnus Christensen

Sources[31][32][33][34][35]  

2004 National Championship

Location: Copenhagen
Date: June 26-27, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 87

1. DNK flag Søren Boll
2. DNK flag Lars Dam
3. DNK flag Dennis Andreasen
4. DNK flag Allan Mortensen
5. DNK flag Søren Madsen
6. DNK flag Rasmus Sibast Peter Laier
7. DNK flag Peter Laier
8. DNK flag Tore Fiil

Sources[36][37][38][39]  

2005 National Championship

Location: Aarhus
Date: September 17-18, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Rasmus Sibast
2. DNK flag Martin Dang
3. DNK flag Dennis Andreasen
4. DNK flag Rasmus Roar
5. DNK flag Søren Boll*
6. DNK flag Jakob Vestergaard*
7. DNK flag Thorkild Midtby*
8. DNK flag Kristian Søbygge*

Sources[40][41][42]  

2006 National Championship

Location: Copenhagen
Date: September 9-10, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Dennis Andreasen
2. DNK flag Nicklas Juul Haasum
3. DNK flag Søren Boll
4. DNK flag Thomas Enevoldsen
5. DNK flag Tim Rasmussen
6. DNK flag Lars Dam
7. DNK flag Palle Poulsen
8. DNK flag Jan Sorensen

Sources[43][44][45]  

2007 National Championship

Location: Roskilde
Date: September 15-16, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Tim Rasmussen
2. DNK flag Anton Lunau
3. DNK flag Peter Steinaa
4. DNK flag David Jensen
5. DNK flag Malte Holm
6. DNK flag Jan Sorensen
7. DNK flag Martin Dang
8. DNK flag No Netterstrøm

Sources[46][47][4][48]  

2008 National Championship

Location: Copenhagen
Date: September 20-21, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 94

1. DNK flag Janus Bossow
2. DNK flag Rune Martens Andersen
3. DNK flag Anton Lunau
4. DNK flag David Jensen
5. DNK flag Martin Dang
6. DNK flag Anders Frederiksen
7. DNK flag Søren Boll
8. DNK flag Sebastian Mygh

Sources[49][50][51][52]  

2009 National Championship

Location: Solrød Strand
Date: July 18-19, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 95 (115 qualified)

1. DNK flag Thomas Enevoldsen
2. DNK flag Kenneth Hansen
3. DNK flag Christian Dietz
4. DNK flag Palle Poulsen
5. DNK flag Peter Steinaa
6. DNK flag Lasse Nørgaard
7. DNK flag Malte Holm
8. DNK flag Andreas Vigen

Sources[52][53][54][55]  

2010 National Championship

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Date: June 19-20, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. DNK flag Martin Dang
2. DNK flag Anders Klausholm Thidemann
3. DNK flag Peter Steinaa
4. DNK flag Eske Sparsø
5. DNK flag Janus Kofoed
6. DNK flag Nis Berthelsen
7. DNK flag Lars Birch
8. DNK flag Jakob Steinaa

Sources[56][57][58][59]  

2011 National Championship

Location: Kolding
Date: August, 6-7, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 147 Qualified

1. DNK flag Allan Christensen
2. DNK flag Janus Kofoed
3. DNK flag Aik Petersen
4. DNK flag Lars Dall Hansen
5. DNK flag Tim Rasmussen*
6. DNK flag Kristian Jessen*
7. DNK flag Finn Graversen*
8. DNK flag Morten Morren Pedersen*

Sources[60][61][62][63]  

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3
2012[64] Allan Christensen Allan Asmussen Andreas Bendix Nielsen Anders Gotfredsen
2013[65] Thomas Enevoldsen Søren Larsen Morten Morre Pedersen Lasse Nørgaard
2014[66] Martin Müller Simon Nielsen Thomas Enevoldsen Lars Birch
2015[67] Martin Dang Daniel Lind Martin Müller Christoffer Larsen
2016[68] Martin Müller Anders Gotfredsen Simon Nielsen Asger Lundblad

National Championships (2017 and 2018)

2017 National Championship

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

1. DNK flag Bjarke Larsen
2. DNK flag Andreas Bendix Nielsen
3. DNK flag Andreas Nilsson
4. DNK flag Mads Morsing
5. DNK flag Martin Dang
6. DNK flag Kim Weilmann
7. DNK flag Marc Fossberg
8. DNK flag Thorlakur Matthias Ornolfsson

Pro Points Champion: Martin Müller
[69][70]  

2018 National Championship

Location: Copenhagen
Date: August 18-19, 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 93

1. DNK flag Rasmus Roth
2. DNK flag Oscar Christensen
3. DNK flag Thorlakur Örnólfsson
4. DNK flag Martin Müller
5. DNK flag Stig Nielsen
6. DNK flag Tina Dahl
7. DNK flag Benjamin Kyhn
8. DNK flag Martin Dang

Pro Points Champion: Simon Nielsen
[71][72]  

Danish World Champions

Team

Denmark has won the team competition at Worlds once: the 2014 World Magic Cup. The team consisted of Martin Müller, Simon Nielsen, Thomas Enevoldsen and Lars Birch.

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