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2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Champion crowned
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7/31/2007 9:57:56 PM
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Konami
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Konami today announced the winner of of its 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship.
  
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After two days of fierce competition, 24-year-old finalist Andres Toro from Chile beat more than 20 players from over 20 competing countries, and earned the title of 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) World Champion while 19-year-old Michel Grüner from Germany beat 13 players from 7 competing countries and earned the title of 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Champion.

Toro and Grüner were awarded Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship trophies, as well as autographed drawings by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi and “Chaimera, Master of Beasts” Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG cards. Runners-up for the TCG championship included (in order) 16-year-old Mattia Sarpa (Italy), 16-year-old Adam Corn (Buena Park, Calif. - USA), and 15-year-old Dexter Dalit (Canada). Each were awarded a Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship trophy, autographed drawings and an exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG card. Runners-up for the video game championship included (in order) 24-year-old Descamps Yohann (France), 21-year-old Manuel Lopez (San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - USA), and 23-year-old Masahiro Eguchi (Japan). Each were also awarded a Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship trophy, autographed drawings and an exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG card.

As a part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament series, Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG finalists were determined through Regional and National tournaments held throughout the world. Winners of Regional tournaments were awarded entry to National tournaments, in which the top selected players were then awarded entry into the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship tournament.

On the video game side, Konami hosted tournaments in the United States, Japan and Europe, using the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2007 video game for Nintendo DS™, to find the best Yu-Gi-Oh! video game players in the world. Finalists were determined through Regional and National tournaments, with top players from the Nationals awarded entry into the Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Championship tournament.



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