Written by UrsaMajor Saturday, 27 August 2011 10:48
Winners Best Competitors from 20 Countries at Weekend-Long Yu-Gi-Oh!
TRADING CARD GAME Dueling Extravaganza in Amsterdam
El Segundo, CA (August 22, 2011) – After an astounding weekend of exciting matches from the best Duelists that the world has to offer, Takashi Ogawa from Japan triumphed over Kei Murakoshi, his fellow countryman, to earn the title of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) 2011 World Champion. Lee Jong-Hwan from South Korea reached the zenith as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Champion.
After hundreds of qualifying events over the past year, top Duelists from around the world came equipped with finely tuned Decks and strategies in the pursuit of ultimate victory. 26 Duelists, from 20 countries representing the finest Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME contenders from World Championship Qualifier events across the globe assembled in Amsterdam to battle for Konami’s top Yu-Gi-Oh! honors of the year.
In the final round, Ogawa emerged victorious with his Agent Fairy Deck to defeat Murakoshi, who was playing a Plant Synchro (Junk Doppel) Deck. In the end, Ogawa’s skill and tactics proved too much for Murakoshi as he took home the title of 2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Champion.
The weekend also saw the crowning of Lee Jong-Hwan as the 2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Champion. Jong-Hwan out-played Makoto Ito from Japan on the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus for Nintendo DS.
For more information on Konami, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or country specific Championship event details, please visit www.yugioh-card.com.
About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 22 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.
About Konami
Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. Konami’s software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. Konami is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 22 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM.
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