Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2005

2005 Pro Tour season
Pro Player of the Year Japan Kenji Tsumura
Rookie of the Year France Pierre Canali
World Champion Japan Katsuhiro Mori
Pro Tours 7
Grands Prix 31
Hall of Fame inductions Jon Finkel
Darwin Kastle
Alan Comer
Tommi Hovi
Olle Råde
Start of season 10 September 2004
End of season 4 December 2005

The 2005 Pro Tour season was the tenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 10 September 2004 the season began with Grand Prix Rimini. It ended on 4 December 2005 with the conclusion of the 2005 World Championship in Yokohama and was thus the longest Pro Tour season ever. The season consisted of 31 Grand Prixs and 7 Pro Tours, held in Columbus, Nagoya, Atlanta, Philadelphia, London, Los Angeles, and Yokohama. At the end of the season Kenji Tsumura was proclaimed Pro Player of the year as the first Japanese player. Also the first class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Jon Finkel, Darwin Kastle, Tommi Hovi, Alan Comer, and Olle Råde.

Grand Prixs – Rimini, Vienna, Austin

GP Rimini (10–11 September)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 750
  1. Italy Domingo Ottati
  2. Germany Florian Pils
  3. Italy Giovanni Gesiot
  4. Croatia Luka Gasparac
  5. Italy Davide Ghini
  6. Czech Republic Jan Brodzak
  7. Italy Andrea Paselli
  8. Italy Luca Cialini

GP Vienna (9–10 October)
  • Format: Rochester Draft
  • Attendance: 979
  1. Austria Nicolaus Eigner
  2. France Antoine Ruel
  3. Germany René Kraft
  4. Croatia Sasha Zorc
  5. Germany Sebastian Aljiaj
  6. Italy Daniele Canavesi
  7. Italy Dario Minieri
  8. Austria Stefan Jedlicka

GP Austin (9–10 October)
  • Format: Rochester Draft
  • Attendace: 386
  1. United States Jonathan Sonne
  2. United States Eugene Levin
  3. United States Chris Prochak
  4. United States Gerry Thompson
  5. United States Jim Finstrom
  6. United States Neil Reeves
  7. United States Michael Jacob
  8. United States Mike Thompson

Pro Tour – Columbus (29–31 October 2004)

Pierre Canali from France won the inaugural Pro Tour of the season, which was also the first Pro Tour he attended. His deck was an aggressive all-artifact deck called "Affinity". For the first time Japan had three players amongst the final eight while the USA had in the Top 8 for the first time in three Pro Tours.[1]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130
Players: 286
Format: Extended
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer[2]

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Pierre Canali 3
8 Geoffrey Siron 1
Pierre Canali 3
Olivier Ruel 2
5 Masashi Oiso 0
4 Olivier Ruel 3
Pierre Canali 3
Shuhei Nakamura 0
2 Nicholas West 3
7 Ryuichi Arita 0
Nicholas West 0
Shuhei Nakamura 3
3 Gadiel Szleifer 1
6 Shuhei Nakamura 3

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 France Pierre Canali $30,000 25 Pro Tour debut
2 Japan Shuhei Nakamura $20,000 20
3 United Kingdom Nicholas West $15,000 16 Pro Tour debut
4 France Olivier Ruel $13,000 16 3rd Final day
5 United States Gadiel Szleifer $9,000 12
6 Japan Masashi Oiso $8,500 12 4th Final day
7 Japan Ryuichi Arita $8,000 12 2nd Final day
8 Belgium Geoffrey Siron $7,500 12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 France Pierre Canali 25
2 Japan Shuhei Nakamura 20
3 France Olivier Ruel 18
4 United Kingdom Nicholas West 16
5 Japan Ryuichi Arita 12
Japan Masashi Oiso 12
Belgium Geoffrey Siron 12
United States Gadiel Szleifer 12

Grand Prixs – Helsinki, Brisbane, Yokohama, Porto Alegre, Paris, Chicago, Osaka

GP Helsinki (6–7 November)
  • Format: Rochester Draft
  • Attendance: 455
  1. France Olivier Ruel
  2. Finland Mikko Leiviskä
  3. France Jean Charles Salvin
  4. Denmark Ulrik Tarp
  5. Sweden Anton Jonsson
  6. Germany Wenzel Krautmann
  7. Belgium Pavlos Akritas
  8. Finland Erkki Siira

GP Brisbane (13–14 November)
  • Format: Rochester Draft
  • Attendance: 222
  1. Australia Will Copeman
  2. Australia Anatoli Lightfoot
  3. Japan Masami Ibamoto
  4. Australia Andrew Grain
  5. Australia Tom Hay
  6. Australia Andrew Varga
  7. Australia Jarrod Bright
  8. Australia Bryce Trevilyan

GP Yokohama (20–21 November)
  • Format: Rochester Draft
  • Attendance: 707
  1. Japan Kazuki Katou
  2. Japan Tomohiro Kaji
  3. Japan Akira Asahara
  4. Japan Koutarou Ootsuka
  5. Japan Masahiko Morita
  6. Japan Rei Hashimoto
  7. Japan Takashi Akiyama
  8. Japan Ren Ishikawa

GP Porto Alegre (20–21 November)
  • Format: Rochester Draft
  • Attendance: 342
  1. Argentina Jose Barbero
  2. Argentina Gabriel Caligaris
  3. Argentina Mauro Kina
  4. Brazil Rafael Mendonça
  5. Brazil Guilherme Fonseca
  6. Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
  7. Brazil Renato Wholers
  8. Brazil Adilson de Oliveira

GP Paris (27–28 November)
  • Format: Rochester Draft
  • Attendance: 1594
  1. Netherlands Wilco Pinkster
  2. France Bastien Perez
  3. Netherlands Wessel Oomens
  4. France Raphael Lévy
  5. Italy Giuseppe Reale
  6. Czech Republic Arnost Zidek
  7. Germany Stephan Meyer
  8. France Jean-Baptiste Gouesse

GP Chicago (18–19 December)
  • Format: Team Limited
  • Attendance: 474 (158 teams)
1. :B
United States Timothy Aten
United States Gadiel Szleifer
United States John Pelcak
2. Gindy's Sister's Fan Club
United States Adam Chambers
United States Zach Parker
United States Charles Gindy
3. The Max Fischer Players
United States Igor Frayman
United States Joshua Ravitz
United States Chris Pikula
4. Voracious Cobra
United States Bob Allbright
United States Mike Hron
United States Paul Artl

GP Osaka (8–9 January)
  • Format: Team Limited
  • Attendance: 480 (160 teams)
1. P.S.2
Japan Masashiro Kuroda
Japan Katsuhiro Mori
Japan Masahiko Morita
2. FireBall.Pros
Japan Jin Okamoto
Japan Tsuyoshi Ikeda
Japan Itaru Ishida
3. Gatas Brilhantes
Japan Shimura
Japan Shu Komuro
Japan Sasagawa
4. One Spin
Japan Tomohiro Kaji
Japan Kenji Tsumura
Japan Tomoharu Saitou

Pro Tour – Nagoya (28–30 January 2005)

Pro Tour Nagoya was the last Pro Tour employing the Rochester Draft format. Shu Komuro from Japan defeated Anton Jonsson in the finals to win the tournament.[3]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130
Players: 236
Format: Rochester Draft (Champions of Kamigawa)
Head Judge: Collin Jackson[2]

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Masashiro Kuroda 1
8 Anton Jonsson 3
Anton Jonsson 3
Terry Soh 1
5 Frank Karsten 1
4 Terry Soh 3
Anton Jonsson 1
Shu Komuro 3
2 Jarno Harkonen 1
7 Murray Evans 3
Murray Evans 1
Shu Komuro 3
3 Vasilis Fatouros 1
6 Shu Komuro 3

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Japan Shu Komuro $30,000 25
2 Sweden Anton Jonsson $20,000 20 5th Final day
3 Malaysia Terry Soh $15,000 16 2nd Final day
4 Canada Murray Evans $13,000 16 2nd Final day
5 Japan Masashiro Kuroda $9,500 12 2nd Final day
6 Netherlands Frank Karsten $8,500 12
7 Finland Jarno Harkonen $7,500 12
8 Greece Vasilis Fatouros $6,500 12 1st Greek in a Top 8

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Japan Shu Komuro 31
2 Japan Shuhei Nakamura 30
3 France Pierre Canali 28
4 France Olivier Ruel 27
5 Sweden Anton Jonsson 23

Grand Prixs – Boston, Eindhoven, Seattle

GP Boston (5–6 February)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 699
  1. Japan Masashi Oiso
  2. United States Lucas Glavin
  3. United States Keith McLaughlin
  4. Benjamin Dempsey
  5. United States Osyp Lebedowicz
  6. Japan Masahiko Morita
  7. Anthony Impellizzierei
  8. United States Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz

GP Eindhoven (26–27 February)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 1012
  1. France Sebastien Roux
  2. Netherlands Rogier Maaten
  3. Germany Xuan-Phi Nguyen
  4. Germany Tobias Radloff
  5. Netherlands Kamiel Cornelissen
  6. Germany Michael Leicht
  7. Czech Republic Petr Nahodil
  8. Netherlands Bas Postema

GP Seattle (5–6 March)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 390
  1. United States Ernie Marchesano
  2. Canada Taylor Putnam
  3. Japan Shuhei Nakamura
  4. United States Max McCall
  5. United States Grant Struck
  6. Canada John Ripley
  7. Japan Tsuyoshi Fujita
  8. United States Ryan Cimera

Pro Tour – Atlanta (11–13 March 2005)

The Canadian French cooperation team "Nova" won Pro Tour Atlanta, defeating the American team "We Add" in the final. "Nova" consisted of Gabriel Tsang, David Rood, and Gabriel Nassif. For Nassif it was the first Pro Tour victory after five previous final day appearances including three second places.[4] Atlanta was the last Pro Tour using the three-person team Limited format, although it was still used for the team competition at the World Championship that year and the next.

Tournament data

Players: 357 (119 teams)
Prize Pool: $200,100
Format: Team Kamigawa Block Sealed (Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa) – first day, Team Kamigawa Block Rochester Draft (Champions of Kamigawa-Betrayers of Kamigawa) – final two days
Head Judge: Sheldon Menery[2]

Top 4

Semifinals Semi-finals
      
1 Les baltringues de Ludipia 0
4 We Add 2
We add 0
Nova 2
3 One Spin 1
2 Nova 2

Final standings

Place Team Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Nova Canada Gabriel Tsang $60,000 20 3rd Final day
Canada David Rood 20 2nd Final day
France Gabriel Nassif 20 6th Final day
2 We Add United States Don Smith $30,000 16 Pro Tour debut
United States Andrew Pacifico 16
United States Adam Chambers 16
3 Les baltringues de Ludipia France Benjamin Caumes $18,000 12 2nd Final day
France Nicolas Bornarel 12
France Camille Fenet 12
4 One Spin Japan Tomohiro Kaji $15,000 12
Japan Kenji Tsumura 12
Japan Tomoharu Saitou 12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Japan Shu Komuro 39
2 Japan Shuhei Nakamura 32
3 France Pierre Canali 31
France Olivier Ruel 31
5 Japan Masashi Oiso 29

Grand Prixs – Singapore, Leipzig, Lisbon, Detroit

GP Singapore (19–20 March)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 373
  1. Japan Itaru Ishida
  2. Malaysia Shih Chien Chang
  3. Japan Ichirou Shimura
  4. Hong Kong Yeung Sun Kit
  5. India Dennis Yuliadinata
  6. Japan Shu Komuro
  7. Australia Oliver Oks
  8. Singapore Gabriel Kang

GP Leipzig (26–27 March)
  • Format: Sealed and Booster Draft
  • Attendance: 899
  1. Russia Rustam Bakirov
  2. Germany Rosario Maij
  3. Germany Max Bracht
  4. Austria Niki Jedlicka
  5. Germany Philip Fetzer
  6. Denmark Sune Ellegard
  7. Belgium Bernardo Da Costa Cabral
  8. Poland Mateusz Dabkowski

GP Lisbon (23–24 April)
  • Format: Sealed and Booster Draft
  • Attendance: 1169
  1. Portugal Marcio Carvalho
  2. Portugal Luis Sousa
  3. Sweden Mikael Polgary
  4. Spain David Blazquez
  5. Portugal Joao Martins
  6. France Pierre-Jerome Meurisse
  7. Portugal Marco Manuel
  8. Sweden Anton Jonsson

GP Detroit (23–24 April)
  • Format: Sealed and Booster Draft
  • Attendance: 491
  1. United States Jordan Berkowitz
  2. Canada Richard Hoaen
  3. United States Michael Krumb
  4. Netherlands Jeroen Remie
  5. United States Osyp Lebedowicz
  6. United States William Postlethwait
  7. United Kingdom Sam Gomersall
  8. United States Patrick Sullivan

Pro Tour – Philadelphia (6–8 May 2005)

Pro Tour Philadelphia featured a tournament system different from those of other Pro Tours. While Swiss system was still used all players with three or more losses and/or draws were automatically dropped from the tournament. Prizes were given out not in relation to the final standings, but for the individual matches won, where matches in later rounds of the tournament were worth more than those in the earlier rounds.[5] It was also announced in the week prior to Pro Tour Philadelphia, that the end of the year payout based on Pro Points would be dropped after the season in favor of the Pro Club. Under the new system a player would receive special benefits based on the total amount of Pro Points he had acquired in a season.[6]

16-year-old Gadiel Szleifer defeated 18-year-old Kenji Tsumura in the final to win the tournament. Szleifer played a control deck built around Gifts Ungiven.[7] Former Pro Player of the year Kai Budde received a lot of attention for being undefeated after day one, but was eliminated after he picked up three losses in the first three rounds of day two.[8]

Tournament data

Players: 311
Prize Pool: $194,898
Format: Kamigawa Block Constructed (Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa)
Head Judge: Mike Guptil[2]

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Steven Wolfman 3
8 André Müller 2
Steven Wolfman 0
Gadiel Szleifer 3
5 Jeff Novekoff 1
4 Gadiel Szleifer 3
Gadiel Szleifer 3
Kenji Tsumura 2
3 Ryan Cimera 2
6 Kenji Tsumura 3
Kenji Tsumura 3
Olivier Ruel 0
7 Olivier Ruel 3
2 Mark Herberholz 1

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 United States Gadiel Szleifer $21,725 25 2nd Final day
2 Japan Kenji Tsumura $12,275 20 2nd Final day
3 Canada Steven Wolfman $7,475 16 2nd Final day
4 France Olivier Ruel $6,950 16 4th Final day
5 United States Ryan Cimera $2,825 12 Pro Tour debut
6 United States Jeff Novekoff $4,750 12 Pro Tour debut
7 United States Mark Herberholz $3,175 12 2nd Final day
8 Germany André Müller $2,075 12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 France Olivier Ruel 49
2 United States Gadiel Szleifer 47
3 Japan Shu Komuro 45
4 Japan Kenji Tsumura 44
5 Japan Shuhei Nakamura 40

Grand Prixs – Matsuyama, Bologna

GP Matsuyama (14–15 May)
  • Format: Sealed and Booster Draft
  • Attendance: 420
  1. Japan Akira Asahara
  2. Japan Masashi Oiso
  3. Japan Kentarou Nonaka
  4. Japan Takayuki Toochika
  5. Japan Osamu Fujita
  6. Japan Shuhei Nakamura
  7. Japan Tomoharu Saitou
  8. Japan Jun'ya Takahashi

GP Bologna (11–12 June)
  • Format: Sealed and Booster Draft
  • Attendance: 654
  1. France Olivier Ruel
  2. Germany David Brucker
  3. Italy Giulio Barra
  4. Switzerland Leonard Barbou
  5. Czech Republic Tomas Klimes
  6. England Quentin Martin
  7. Italy Bruno Panara
  8. Italy Marco Castellano

Pro Tour – London (8–10 July 2005)

Geoffrey Siron from Belgium won Pro Tour London, defeating Tsuyoshi Fujita in the finals. In the Top 8 Siron did not lose a single game.[9]

Tournament data

Players: 314
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Booster Draft (Champions of Kamigawa-Betrayers of Kamigawa-Saviors of Kamigawa)
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer[2]

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Antti Malin 3
8 Tomi Walamies 1
Antti Malin 1
Tsuyoshi Fujita 3
5 Arnost Zidek 2
4 Tsuyoshi Fujita 3
Tsuyoshi Fujita 0
Geoffrey Siron 3
2 David Larsson 1
7 Johan Sadeghpour 3
Johan Sadeghpour 0
Geoffrey Siron 3
3 Masashi Oiso 0
6 Geoffrey Siron 3

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Belgium Geoffrey Siron $30,000 25 2nd Final day, 1st Belgian to win a Pro Tour
2 Japan Tsuyoshi Fujita $20,000 20 2nd Final day
3 Sweden Johan Sadeghpour $15,000 16
4 Finland Antti Malin $13,000 16
5 Japan Masashi Oiso $9,000 12 5th Final day
6 Finland Tomi Walamies $8,500 12 3rd Final day
7 Czech Republic Arnost Zidek $8,000 12
8 Sweden David Larsson $7,500 12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 France Olivier Ruel 59
2 United States Gadiel Szleifer 50
3 Japan Shu Komuro 49
4 Japan Shuhei Nakamura 47
Japan Masashi Oiso 47
Japan Kenji Tsumura 47

Grand Prixs – Minneapolis, Niigata, Taipei, Salt Lake City, Mexico City, Nottingham

GP Minneapolis (16–17 July)
  • Format: Block Constructed
  • Attendance: 404
  1. United States Alex Lieberman
  2. United States Mark Herberholz
  3. United States Dustin Marquis
  4. United States Adam Yurchick
  5. Brazil Celso Zampere
  6. United States Andrew Stokinger
  7. United States Gerry Thompson
  8. United States Sean Inlow

GP Niigata (23–24 July)
  • Format: Block Constructed
  • Attendance: 476
  1. Japan Katsuhiro Mori
  2. Japan Tomohiro Aridome
  3. Japan Akira Asahara
  4. Japan Masashi Oiso
  5. Japan Takuya Oosawa
  6. Japan Kenji Tsumura
  7. Japan Ryouma Shiozu
  8. Japan Suhan Yun

GP Taipei (6–7 August)
  • Format: Block Constructed
  • Attendance: 261
  1. Japan Osamu Fujita
  2. Japan Masahiko Morita
  3. Japan Jun'ichirou Bandou
  4. Japan Shu Komuro
  5. Taiwan Tai Chi Huang
  6. Singapore Aik Seng Khoo
  7. Japan Masashi Oiso
  8. Japan Masahiro Kuroda

GP Salt Lake City (27–28 August)
  • Format: Block Constructed
  • Attendance: 250
  1. United States Antonino De Rosa
  2. United States Karl Briem
  3. Japan Kenji Tsumura
  4. United States Mark Ioli
  5. Netherlands Frank Karsten
  6. United States Gadiel Szleifer
  7. United States Gabe Walls
  8. Netherlands Rogier Maaten

GP Mexico City (3–4 September)
  • Format: Block Constructed
  • Attendance: 305
  1. Netherlands Julien Nuijten
  2. Mexico Edgar Leiva
  3. Netherlands Frank Karsten
  4. Venezuela Maximiliano Liprandi
  5. United States William Postlethwait
  6. United States Gerard Fabiano
  7. Venezuela Daniel Fior
  8. Denmark Rasmus Sibast

GP Nottingham (3–4 September)
  • Format: Block Constructed
  • Attendance: 560
  1. Czech Republic Nikola Vavra
  2. Netherlands Roel van Heeswijk
  3. Austria Nikolaus Eigner
  4. Austria Philip Reich
  5. France Jean Charles Salvin
  6. Spain Ricard Tudori
  7. Slovenia Jure Trunk
  8. Spain Alfred Benages

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (28–30 October 2005)

Antoine Ruel defeated Billy Moreno in the finals to become champion of Pro Tour Los Angeles. He played a blue-black control deck, built around Psychatog.[10]

Tournament data

Players: 340
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Extended
Head Judge: Gijsbert Hoogendijk[2]

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Kenji Tsumura 3
8 Ryuichi Arita 1
Kenji Tsumura 0
Antoine Ruel 3
5 Antoine Ruel 3
4 Tsuyoshi Fujita 1
Antoine Ruel 3
Billy Moreno 0
2 Billy Moreno 3
7 Ervin Tormos 2
Billy Moreno 3
Chris McDaniel 2
3 Chris McDaniel 3
6 Chih-Hsian Chang 1

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 France Antoine Ruel $30,000 25 3rd Final day
2 United States Billy Moreno $20,000 20
3 Japan Kenji Tsumura $15,000 16 3rd Final day
4 United States Chris McDaniel $13,000 16
5 Japan Tsuyoshi Fujita $9,000 12 3rd Final day
6 Taiwan Chih-Hsiang Chang $8,500 12 1st Taiwanese Player in a Top 8
7 United States Ervin Tormos $8,000 12 Pro Tour debut
8 Japan Ryuichi Arita $7,500 12 3rd Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Japan Kenji Tsumura 72
2 France Olivier Ruel 67
3 Japan Masashi Oiso 62
4 United States Gadiel Szleifer 58
5 Japan Shu Komuro 55

Grand Prixs – Melbourne, Copenhagen, Kitakyuushuu, Philadelphia, Bilbao, Beijing

GP Melbourne (5–6 November)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 140
  1. Australia James Zhang
  2. Australia Paul Chalder
  3. Australia Tim He
  4. Australia David Zhao
  5. Australia Andrew Vance
  6. Australia Hugh Glanville
  7. Australia Ben Fleming
  8. Australia Sam Atkinson

GP Copenhagen (5–6 November)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 340
  1. Netherlands Julien Nuijten
  2. Finland Kim Valori
  3. Denmark Alexandre Rathcke
  4. Netherlands Wessel Oomens
  5. France Olivier Ruel
  6. Finland Pasi Virtanen
  7. Germany Bodo Rösner
  8. Greece Nikolaos Lahanas

GP Kitakyuushuu (5–6 November)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 272
  1. Japan Tomohiro Kaji
  2. Japan Ryo Ogura
  3. Japan Makihito Mihara
  4. Japan Masashi Oiso
  5. Japan Masahiko Morita
  6. Japan Jin Okamoto
  7. Japan Itaru Ishida
  8. Japan Akira Asahara

GP Philadelphia (12–13 November)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 495
  1. United States Jonathan Sonne
  2. United States Chris Pikula
  3. Canada Pasquale Ruggiero
  4. United States Tom Smart
  5. United States Paul Serignese
  6. United States Pat McGregor
  7. United States Ben Goodman
  8. Canada Lam Phan

GP Bilbao (19–20 November)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 938
  1. France Olivier Ruel
  2. Portugal Marcio Carvalho
  3. Belgium Geoffrey Siron
  4. Spain Jacob Arias Garcia
  5. Netherlands Rogier Maaten
  6. France Jonathan Rispal
  7. Spain Gonzalo Domingo
  8. Spain Sergi Herrero

GP Beijing (26–27 November)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 159
  1. China Dong Zhong
  2. Japan Masashi Oiso
  3. France Olivier Ruel
  4. Japan Katsuhiro Mori
  5. China Li Gong Wei
  6. Japan Tomoharu Saitou
  7. Taiwan Ming Da Tsai
  8. Japan Kenji Tsumura

2005 World Championships – Yokohama (30 November – 4 December 2005)

The tournament began with the first Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Jon Finkel, Darwin Kastle, Tommi Hovi, Alan Comer and Olle Råde were honored for their accomplishments and their determination to the game. In the final of the 2005 World Championship Katsuhiro Mori defeated Frank Karsten, thus completing an all-Japanese Worlds in Yokohama. The Top 4 also included Japanese players Akira Asahara and Tomohiro Kaji, shortly before Japan had won the team competition, and even the Pro Player of the year went to Japanese Kenji Tsumura.[11]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $208,130 (individual) + $195,000 (national teams)
Players: 287
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Ravnica), Extended
Head Judge: Collin Jackson, Sheldon Menery[2]

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Marcio Carvalho 1
8 Akira Asahara 3
Akira Asahara 2
Frank Karsten 3
5 Ding Leong 2
4 Frank Karsten 3
Frank Karsten 1
Katsuhiro Mori 3
2 Tomohiro Kaji 3
7 André Coimbra 1
Tomohiro Kaji 1
Katsuhiro Mori 3
3 Katsuhiro Mori 3
6 Shuhei Nakamura 0

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Japan Katsuhiro Mori $35,000 32
2 Netherlands Frank Karsten $23,000 24 2nd Final day
3 Japan Tomohiro Kaji $15,000 16 2nd Final day
4 Japan Akira Asahara $13,000 16
5 Portugal Marcio Carvalho $9,500 12
6 Singapore Ding Leong $8,500 12
7 Japan Shuhei Nakamura $7,500 12 2nd Final day
8 Portugal André Coimbra $6,500 12

National team competition

  1. Japan Japan (Ichiro Shimura, Takuma Morifuji, Masashi Oiso)
  2. United States United States (Jonathan Sonne, Antonino De Rosa, Neil Reeves)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Kenji Tsumura was awarded the Pro Player of the year title as the first Japanese player.

Rank Player Pro Points Prize
1 Japan Kenji Tsumura 84 $12,000
2 France Olivier Ruel 83 $11,800
3 Japan Masashi Oiso 80 $11,600
4 Japan Shuhei Nakamura 66 $11,400
5 United States Gadiel Szleifer 62 $11,200

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