German National Championships

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Deutschland
National Championships
Years held: 1995 to 2011
2017 & 2018
Host cities: Aschaffenburg
Bonn
Dietzenbach
Frankfurt
Hannover
Heidelberg
Iserlohn
Mainz
Marl
Ratingen
Würzburg

National Championship tournaments were held annually in Germany from 1995 through to 2011[1][2] The winner of these events was named German Champion. That player also headed the national team at that year's World Championship, with the runner-up and semifinalists making up the rest of the team.[3]

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

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.[4]
  • 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.

From 1998 through to 2003, the Top 8 players would also receive invitations for that year's European Championship.

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

1995 National Championship

Location: Frankfurt
Date: May 27-28, 1995
Formats: Modified Type II
Attendance:

1. DEU flag Christoph Bilshausen
2. DEU flag Norman Wagner
3. DEU flag Gunnar Refsdal
4. DEU flag Martin Trummel
5. DEU flag Markus Heyduk*
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[3][5][6][7][8][9][10]  

1996 National Championship

Location: Ratingen
Date: June 1-2, 1996
Formats: Type II and Sealed Deck
Attendance: 90

1. DEU flag Peer Kröger
2. DEU flag Oliver Krebs
3. DEU flag Stephan Valkyser
4. DEU flag Henning Rimkus
5. DEU flag Oliver Wermann
6. DEU flag Norman Wagner
7. DEU flag Daniel Kreimer
8. DEU flag André Konstanczer

Sources[3][5][8][11]  

1997 National Championship

Location: Dietzenbach
Date: June 27-29, 1997
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 119

1. DEU flag Oliver Krebs
2. DEU flag Daniel Brickwell
3. DEU flag Janosch Kühn
4. DEU flag David Liersch
5. DEU flag André Konstanczer
6. DEU flag Cedric Walter
7. DEU flag Marcel Baran
8. DEU flag Peer Kröger

Sources[3][12][13][14]  

1998 National Championship

Location: Dietzenbach
Date: July 19 - 21, 1998
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 118

1. DEU flag Dirk Hein
2. DEU flag Janosch Kühn
3. DEU flag Florian Dworak
4. DEU flag Daniel Brickwell
5. DEU flag Martin Lüdecke
6. DEU flag Peter Schmitz-Hüser
7. DEU flag Thorsten Fehrentz
8. DEU flag Martin Valkyser

Sources[3][5][6][15][16]  

1999 National Championship

Location: Dietzenbach
Date: June 11-13, 1999
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 120

1. DEU flag Marco Blume
2. DEU flag Christian Lührs
3. DEU flag Rosario Maij
4. DEU flag David Brucker
5. DEU flag Patrick Mello
6. DEU flag Markus Bell
7. DEU flag Sascha Blank
8. DEU flag Daniel Brickwell

Sources[3][5][6][17][18]  

2000 National Championship

Location: Dietzenbach
Date: June 2-4th, 2000
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 106

1. DEU flag André Konstanczer
2. DEU flag Jan Brinkmann
3. DEU flag Wolfgang Eder
4. DEU flag Kai Budde
5. DEU flag Christoph Lippert
6. DEU flag Stephan Valkyser
7. DEU flag Janosch Kühn
8. DEU flag Michael Diezel

Sources[3][5][19][20]  

2001 National Championship

Location: Würzburg
Date: May 25-27, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 127

1. DEU flag Daniel Zink
2. DEU flag Stephan Valkyser
3. DEU flag Mark Ziegner
4. DEU flag Christian Lührs
5. DEU flag Mario Zemke
6. DEU flag Patrick Mello
7. DEU flag Michael Neumaier
8. DEU flag Jan Brinkmann

Sources[3][5][6][21][22][23]  

2002 National Championship

Location: Heidelberg
Date: May 10-12, 2002
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 115

1. DEU flag Kai Budde
2. DEU flag Mark Ziegner
3. DEU flag Felix Schneiders
4. DEU flag Dirk Roth
5. DEU flag Stefan Heumann
6. DEU flag Robert Will
7. DEU flag Falk Bernhardt
8. DEU flag Gunnar Refsdal

Sources[3][5][24][25][26]  

2003 National Championship

Location: Mainz
Date: May 30-June 1, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 149

1. DEU flag Dirk Baberowski
2. DEU flag Thomas Neumaier
3. DEU flag Falk Bernhardt
4. DEU flag Peer Kröger
5. DEU flag Jan Brinkmann
6. DEU flag Bernd Brendemühl
7. DEU flag Maxim Barkmann
8. DEU flag Holger Althues

Sources[3][5][27][28][29]  

2004 National Championship

Location: Heidelberg
Date: May 21-23, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 176

1. DEU flag Torben Twiefel
2. DEU flag Roland Bode
3. DEU flag Sebastian Zink
4. DEU flag Christoph Hölzl
5. DEU flag Sascha Deinert
6. DEU flag Dirk Hein
7. DEU flag Stefan Fries
8. DEU flag Martin Heidemann

Sources[3][5][25][30][31]  

2005 National Championship

Location: Bonn
Date: August 12-14, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 163

1. DEU flag Hannes Scholz
2. DEU flag Aaron Brackmann
3. DEU flag David Brucker
4. DEU flag André Müller
5. DEU flag Holger Althues
6. DEU flag Carlo Reifgerste
7. DEU flag Christoph Kremer
8. DEU flag Maurice Schepp

Sources[3][5][32][33][34]  

2006 National Championship

Location: Aschaffenburg
Date: August 11-13, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 157

1. DEU flag Maximilian Bracht
2. DEU flag Amiel Tenenbaum
3. DEU flag Jörg Unfried
4. DEU flag Tobias Henke
5. DEU flag Rosario Maij
6. DEU flag Holger Althues
7. DEU flag Harald Stein
8. DEU flag Carlo Mazzurco

Sources[3][5][21][35][36][37]  

2007 National Championship

Location: Aschaffenburg
Date: August 30-September 2, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 147

1. DEU flag Bodo Rösner
2. DEU flag Dennis Johannsen
3. DEU flag Tobias Gräfensteiner
4. DEU flag Paul Borczyk
5. DEU flag Tobias Rasir
6. DEU flag Thomas Koch
7. DEU flag Michael Müller
8. DEU flag Sven Johnson

Sources[3][5][38][39][40][41]  

2008 National Championship

Location: Hannover
Date: August 29 - 31, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 165

1. DEU flag Olaf Krzikalla
2. DEU flag Fabio Reinhardt
3. DEU flag Harald Stein
4. DEU flag Jan Lorenz
5. DEU flag Thoralf Severin
6. DEU flag Roland Bode
7. DEU flag Martin Bisterfeld
8. DEU flag Babak Mojtahedy

Sources[3][5][42][43][44][45]  

2009 National Championship

Location: Aschaffenburg
Date: August 14-16, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 190

1. DEU flag Sebastian Thaler
2. DEU flag Sebastian Kuchenberger
3. DEU flag Lino Burgold
4. DEU flag Tobias Gräfensteiner
5. DEU flag Florian Pils
6. DEU flag Andreas Schraut
7. DEU flag Thomas Steeger
8. DEU flag André Luff

Sources[5][46][47][48]  

2010 National Championship

Location: Aschaffenburg
Date: August 20-22, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 149

1. DEU flag Dennis Johannsen
2. DEU flag Tobias Gräfensteiner
3. DEU flag Jörg Unfried
4. DEU flag Christian Hauck
5. DEU flag Florian Pils
6. DEU flag Daniel Gräfensteiner
7. DEU flag Tobias Dreger
8. DEU flag Sebastian Potyka

Sources[5][49][50][51]  

2011 National Championship

Location: Iserlohn
Date: August 12-14, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 195

1. DEU flag Helge Nelson
2. DEU flag Tobias Dreger
3. DEU flag Martin Zimmermann
4. DEU flag Bernd Brendemühl
5. DEU flag Michael Müller
6. DEU flag Fabian Görzgen
7. DEU flag Jan Hammerich
8. DEU flag Michael Diezel

Sources[5][52][53][54]  

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3
2012[55] Bernd Brendemühi David Gruia Kristof Diehl Anton Karlinski
2013[56] Jonas Köstler Eric Ockert Karl Heinz Rohde Michael Steinecke
2014[57] Patrick Dickmann Jonas Zimmermann Matthias Kopietz Felix Brusch
2015[58] Christian Seibold Sascha Schwarz Alexander Hottmann Tobias Ehrismann
2016[59] Patrick Dickmann Dennis Nolte Fabian Friedrich Marc Tobiasch

National Championships (2017 and 2018)

2017 National Championship

Location: Frankfurt
Date: September 10-11, 2017
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. DEU flag Philipp Krieger
2. DEU flag Moritz Templin
3. DEU flag Joshua Bausch
4. DEU flag Sascha Schwarz
5. DEU flag Dominic Ulke
6. DEU flag Thomas Musmacher
7. DEU flag Raphael Dolscheid
8. DEU flag Moritz Schmejkal

Pro Points Champion: Marc Tobiasch
[5][60][61][62][63]  

2018 National Championship

Location: Marl
Date: August 17-20, 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 548

1. DEU flag Marc Tobiasch
2. DEU flag David Joachim
3. DEU flag Esra Bohlender
4. DEU flag Philipp Schnell
5. DEU flag Lukas Konzelmann
6. DEU flag Thomas Musmacher
7. DEU flag Benjamin Luft
8. DEU flag Felix Uhe

Pro Points Champion: Christian Hauck
[5][64][65][66][67][68]  

German World Champions

Individual

Two Germans have been World Champion:

Neither player was German National Champion, or even part of the National team, at the time of their titles.

Team

Germany has twice won the team competition at Worlds:

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