Greek National Championships
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| Repeat titles: | Ioannis Filippidis |
National Championship tournaments were held annually in Greece from 1995 through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named Greek Champion and headed the national team at that years' World Championship.
Between 2012 and 2016, the title Greek Champion was instead given to the Greek 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 1997 and 2000, and in 2007, teams had 4 players.[3]
- 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.
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World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)
| Year | Pro Points Champion | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 3 |
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| 2012[53] | Fondas Papadatos | Antonis Fyssas | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | Vangelis Pelekanos |
| 2013[54] | Simon Bertiou | Konstantinos Triantafyllou | Nikolaos Molohadis | Ioannis Filippidis |
| 2014[55] | Marios Angelopoulos | Bill Chronopoulos | Panagiotis Savvidis | Socrates Rozakeas |
| 2015[56] | Bill Chronopoulos | Charalambos Kikidis | Antonis Fyssas | Panagiotis Papadopoulos |
| 2016[57] | Bill Chronopoulos | Nikolaos Kaponis | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | Petros Tziotis |
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Greek World Champions
Greece has won the Worlds team competition once: at the 2016 World Magic Cup. The team consisteed of Bill Chronopoulos, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Nikolaos Kaponis, and Tziotis Petros.
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