World Sudoku Championship
The World Sudoku Championship (WSC) is an annual international puzzle competition organised by a member of the World Puzzle Federation. The first event was held in Lucca in 2006.
2015 World Sudoku Championship Sofia, Bulgaria
Participants
Thirty countries are official members of the World Puzzle Federation. Individuals may also take part if their country is not already represented by a national team.[1]
Results summary
| Year | Host city | Host nation | Individual | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2021 | Shanghai |  China |
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| 2020 | Shanghai | China |
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2019 | Kirchheim |  Germany |
 Ken Endo | Kota Morinishi | Dai Tantan | China | Japan |  Czech Republic |
| 2018 | Prague | Czech Republic |
Kota Morinishi |  Bastien Vial-Jaime |  Tiit Vunk | Japan | China | Germany |
| 2017 | Bangalore |  India |
Kota Morinishi | Tiit Vunk | Qiu Yanzhe | China | Japan | France |
| 2016 | Senec |  Slovakia |
Tiit Vunk | Jakub Ondroušek | Kota Morinishi | Czech Republic | China | Japan |
| 2015 | Sofia |  Bulgaria |
Kota Morinishi | Tiit Vunk | Jakub Ondroušek | Japan | China | Czech Republic |
| 2014 | London | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United Kingdom |
Kota Morinishi | Tiit Vunk | Bastien Vial-JaimeJakub Ondroušek | Japan | Germany | China |
| 2013 | Beijing | China |
Jin Ce | Kota Morinishi | Jakub Ondroušek | China | Czech Republic | Japan |
| 2012 | Kraljevica |  Croatia |
 Jan Mrozowski | Kota Morinishi | Hideaki Jo | Japan | Czech Republic | China |
| 2011 | Eger |  Hungary |
 Thomas Snyder | Kota Morinishi | Tiit Vunk | Germany | Czech Republic | United States |
| 2010 | Philadelphia | United States |
Jan Mrozowski | Jakub Ondroušek | Hideaki Jo | Germany | Czech Republic | Japan |
| 2009 | Žilina | Slovakia |
Jan Mrozowski |  Branko Ceranic | Robert Babilon | Slovakia | Czech Republic | Serbia |
| 2008 | Goa | India |
Thomas Snyder | Yuhei Kusui | Jakub Ondroušek | Czech Republic | Japan | Germany |
| 2007 | Prague | Czech Republic |
Thomas Snyder | Yuhei Kusui | Peter Hudak | Japan | United States | Czech Republic |
| 2006 | Lucca |  Italy |
Jana Tylova | Thomas Snyder | Wei-Hwa Huang | - | - | - |
Starting from 2013, titles have been awarded also for the best players in two age groups, Under 18 and Over 50 years of age.
| Year | Host city | Host nation | Under 18 | Over 50 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2021 | Shanghai | China |
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| 2020 | Shanghai | China |
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2019 | Kirchheim | Germany |
Ming Letian | Hu Yuxuan | Huang Mingrui | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} David McNeill | Zoran Tanasic | Joshua Zucker |
| 2018 | Prague | Czech Republic |
Ming Letian | Dai Tantan | Chen Shiyu | Michael Smit | Mark Goodliffe | Taro Arimatsu |
| 2017 | Bangalore | India |
Dai Tantan | Hu Yuxuan | Ming Letian | David McNeill | Mark Goodliffe | Michael Smit |
| 2016 | Senec | Slovakia |
Qiu Yanzhe | Chen Shiyu | Sun Cheran | Zoran Tanasic | Mark Goodliffe | Taro Arimatsu |
| 2015 | Sofia | Bulgaria |
Sun Cheran | Dai Tantan | Chen Nuo | David McNeill | Mark Goodliffe | Zoran Tanasic |
| 2014 | London | United Kingdom |
Dai Tantan | Jin Ce | Sun Cheran | David McNeill | Jiri Hrdina | Stefano Forcolin |
| 2013 | Beijing | China |
Jin Ce | Sun Cheran | Qiu Yanzhe |  Henning Kalsgaard Poulsen | Liang Yue | Stefano Forcolin |
References
- "WPF Members". World Puzzle Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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