Italian National Championships

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National Championship tournaments were held annually in Italy from 1995 through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named Italian Champion and headed the national team at that year's World Championship. Between 2012 and 2016, the title Italian Champion was instead given to the Italian 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.

1995 National Championship

Location: Milano
Date: June 18, 1995
Formats: Type II
Attendance:

1-1. ITA flag Ivan Curina
2-2. ITA flag Andrea Redi
3-4. ITA flag Alessio Lavaroni
3-4. ITA flag Gabriele Pisicchio
5-8. ITA flag
5-8. ITA flag
5-8. ITA flag
5-8. ITA flag

Sources[4][5][6][7]  

1996 National Championship

Location: Milano
Date: June 23, 1996
Format: Type II
Attendance:

1. ITA flag Andrea Paselli
2. ITA flag Raffaele Intini
3. ITA flag Ivan Curina
4. ITA flag Andrea Redi
5. ITA flag Dario Solari*
6. ITA flag
7. ITA flag
8. ITA flag

Sources[6][8][9]  

1997 National Championship

Location: Milano
Date: June 1997
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 78

1. ITA flag Alberto Morena
2. ITA flag Gabriele Pisicchio
3. ITA flag Luca Cristino
4. ITA flag Massimo De Matteo
5. ITA flag
6. ITA flag
7. ITA flag
8. ITA flag

Sources[10]  

1998 National Championship

Location: Florence
Date: June 6-7, 1998
Formats: Standard
Attendance: 278

1. ITA flag Tommaso Natale
2. ITA flag Andrea Paselli
3. ITA flag Nicola Rebagliati
4. ITA flag Simone Morbidelli
5. ITA flag Federico Dato
6. ITA flag Matteo Starnini
7. ITA flag Claudio Negrini
8. ITA flag Emiliano Galli

Sources[6][11][12]  

1999 National Championship

Location: Bologna
Date: June 5-6, 1999
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: Approx 100

1. ITA flag Raffaele Lo Moro
2. ITA flag Andrea Redi
3. ITA flag Luca Chiera
4. ITA flag Riccardo Pizzirani
5. ITA flag Claudio Sikorsky
6. ITA flag Claudio Negrini
7. ITA flag Matteo Starnini
8. ITA flag Daniele Canavesi

Sources[13][14][15]  

2000 National Championship

Location: Verona
Date: June 4-5, 2000
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 105

1. ITA flag Luca Chiera
2. ITA flag Andrea Vitali
3. ITA flag Alessandro Vegna
4. ITA flag Nicola Rebagliati
5. ITA flag Dario Parazzoli
6. ITA flag Matteo Bianchi
7. ITA flag Marco Benifei
8. ITA flag Giovanni Intini

Sources[14][16][17][18]  

2001 National Championship

Location: Ellera
Date: June 2-3, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 156 (maximum)

1. ITA flag Matteo di Tomaso
2. ITA flag Robero Nespolino
3. ITA flag Massimo Guarino
4. ITA flag Daniele Canavesi
5. ITA flag Federico Dato
6. ITA flag Stefano Lenzi
7. ITA flag Manuel Alvisi
8. ITA flag Daniele Rosso

Sources[19][20][21][22]  

2002 National Championship

Location: Florence
Date: June 1-2, 2002
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 148

1. ITA flag Stefano Fiore
2. ITA flag Dario Minieri
3. ITA flag Simone Rossi
4. ITA flag Andrea Paselli
5. ITA flag Marco Lombardi
6. ITA flag Massimiliano Tili
7. ITA flag Raffaele Lo Moro
8. ITA flag Luca Chiera

Sources[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]  

2003 National Championship

Location: Rome
Date: May 30–June 1, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 124

1. ITA flag Daniele Canavesi
2. ITA flag Fabio Saviori
3. ITA flag Alessandro Torresan
4. ITA flag Marco Lombardi
5. ITA flag Dario Cuomo
6. ITA flag Raffaele Lo Moro
7. ITA flag David Beduzzi
8. ITA flag Andrea Dato

Sources[30][31][32][33]  

2004 National Championship

Location: Milan
Date: June 11-13, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 148

1. ITA flag Mario Pascoli
2. ITA flag Dario Parazzoli
3. ITA flag Marco Pancini
4. ITA flag Luca Chiera
5. ITA flag Frederico Dato
6. ITA flag Enrico Nai
7. ITA flag Daniele D'Amico
8. ITA flag Davide Gubitta

Sources[34][35][36][37]  

2005 National Championship

Location: Rome
Date: July 23-24, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 143

1. ITA flag Manuel Alvisi
2. ITA flag Bruno Panara
3. ITA flag Simone Carboni
4. ITA flag Andrea Peloso
5. ITA flag Alessandro Selvaggi
6. ITA flag Stefano Fiori
7. ITA flag Andrea Cerasari
8. ITA flag Gennaro Mango

Sources[38][39][40][41]  

2006 National Championship

Location: Rimini
Date: July 29-30, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 171

1. ITA flag Manuel Alvisi
2. ITA flag Gianluca Filippini
3. ITA flag Luca Chiera
4. ITA flag Matteo Bianchi
5. ITA flag Alessio Angeli
6. ITA flag Mido Kagawa
7. ITA flag Luca Mazzone
8. ITA flag David Beduzzi

Sources[42][43][44]  

2007 National Championship

Location: Rimini
Date: July 21-22, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 186

1. ITA flag Mario Pascoli
2. ITA flag Gianluca Filippini
3. ITA flag Davide Fenu
4. ITA flag Dario Parazzoli
5. ITA flag Norberto Giusti
6. ITA flag Mido Kagawa
7. ITA flag Andrea Garella
8. ITA flag David Besso

Sources[45][46]  

2008 National Championship

Location: Rimini
Date: August 2-3, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 194

1. ITA flag William Cavaglieri
2. ITA flag Filippo Kratter
3. ITA flag Alvise Gorghetto
4. ITA flag Samuele Estratti
5. ITA flag Armando Puoti
6. ITA flag Tammaso Chiodi
7. ITA flag Nicola Albarelli
8. ITA flag Marco Cammilluzzi

Sources[47][48][49]  

2009 National Championship

Location: Rimini
Date: July 25-26, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 227

1. ITA flag Luca Ravagli
2. ITA flag Marco Monetto
3. ITA flag Samuele Estratti
4. ITA flag Marcello Calvetto
5. ITA flag Nicola Benigni
6. ITA flag Alessandro Masi
7. ITA flag Riccardo Neri
8. ITA flag Gennaro Mango

Sources[50][51][52]  

2010 National Championship

Location: Rimini
Date: July 30-August 1, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 245

1. ITA flag Federico Ronchi
2. ITA flag Daniel Spano
3. ITA flag Guido Roccoli
4. ITA flag Enrico Torazza
5. ITA flag Paolo Testa
6. ITA flag Andrea Giarola
7. ITA flag Angelo Asta
8. ITA flag Stefano Biasio

Sources[53][54][55]  

2011 National Championship

Location: Rimini
Date: July 29-31, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 291

1. ITA flag Marcello Calvetto
2. ITA flag Mattia Montanari
3. ITA flag Jacopo Bartollini
4. ITA flag Gionata Dal Farra
5. ITA flag Marco Santopadre
6. ITA flag Luca Cortesi
7. ITA flag Enrico Santinelli
8. ITA flag Adriano Moscato

Sources[56][57][58]  

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3
2012 Samuele Estratti[59] Alessandro Portaro Marco Dolazza Dario Battiston
2013 Samuele Estratti[60] Emanuele Giusti Francesco Biscardi Alan Micca
2014 Andrea Mengucci[61] Alessandro Portaro Samuele Gallinari Matteo Venturi
2015 Marco Cammilluzzi[62] Andrea Mengucci Francesco Bifero William Pizzi
2016 Andrea Mengucci[63] Mattia Rizzi Alessandro Casamenti Alessandro Portaro

National Championships (2017 and 2018)

2017 National Championship

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

1. ITA flag Adriano Moscato
2. ITA flag Mattia Rizzi
3. ITA flag Marco della Corte
4. ITA flag Marco Montesi
5. ITA flag Corrado de Sio
6. ITA flag Antonio Pinto
7. ITA flag Marco de Togni
8. ITA flag Luca Cortesi

Pro Points Champion: Andrea Mengucci
[64][65][66]  

2018 National Championship

Location: Rome
Date: September 8–9, 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 476

1. ITA flag Tian Fa Mun
2. ITA flag Mattia Basilico
3. ITA flag Antonio Borzi
4. ITA flag Federico Marcucci
5. ITA flag Valerio Luminati
6. ITA flag Alessandro Selvaggi
7. ITA flag Andrea Mengucci
8. ITA flag Samuele Estratti

Pro Points Champion: Andrea Mengucci
[67][68]  

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