The Games - The Sponsors
American Version Kosmos Verlag
(2002-2010)		 Merz Verlag
(2002-2007)		 Matthiasen
(2004-2007)		 Catan GmbH
(2004-2010)		 Paperiyagi Mayfair
(2004-2010)		 999
Games
(2004)		 Japanese Version
Microsoft Casual Games (2004-2005) German Version Capcom (2003) SPZ Nokia N-Gage
(2005)
2001 - 2010
The Catan-World Championships and International Championships, 
tournaments and results, 2001 - 2008
German Version 2001 - Worlds 2002 - Worlds 2003 - Worlds
2004 - Worlds 2005 - Worlds 2006 - Worlds 2007 - Worlds
2008 - Worlds
2010 - Worlds
 

Qualificants Impressions International Championships
Winner / Report
The Catan boardgame, designed by Klaus Teuber, with its widespread popularity, invited over 3.400 Catan players in Germany, Austria, Italy, England, Belgium and the Netherlands to qualify for the International Championships.

This was the first Championship we organised, that really was International, including even players from Japan. Here the idea of an real World Championships was born.
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Qualificants Nations Ranking / Participating Countries
Winner / Report Impressions Championships Booth
Impressions World Championships
 
At the first Catan World Championships 18 nations took part - in all those nations there were National Championships played (or at least qualifiers). A total of about 5.000 players did participate worldwide.

In spite of a few communication problems, the finals of the World Championships did run smoothly and after two days we were able to determine the first Catan World Champion!
The finals were played with the american version published by Mayfair Games.
 

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Our Partner / 
Impressions Championships Booth		 Nations Ranking / Participating Countries
Qualificants Impressions World Championships
Winner / Report
The second Catan World Championships already featured 48 players from 24 nations, for the first time including Corean players. Add most of Europe joined in this Championships. 

For the first time and the only time so far a local competitor, Michel Hirschfeld from Germany, took the title of World Champion. All of this Championships was strongly connected to the sole sponsor, Capcom - so accordingly the World Championships were played on the japanese Catan board.
 

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Our Partners  Report
Qualificants Impressions Championships Booth
Winner Impressions World Championships
Nations Ranking / Participating Countries
This was the first World Championship that was sponsored by more then one sponsor who made all this possible...

48 participants played at the third Catan World Championships, representing 26 countries this year. For the first time we were able to include Taiwan in the list of participating countries. 

In the end an Italian player, Francesco Ferrari, did win the contest.
 

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Our Partners Report
Qualificants Impressions Championships Booth
Results / Winner Impressions World Championship
Nations Ranking / Participating Countries
This year'`s World Championships were the biggest so far, in any kind of way...

The most sponsors (8), the most participants (52), the most participating countries (28), the most wins of a participant  - the World Champion, Jiri Buchta, won all 6 games...

No really most of Europe participated, even Latvia and the Faroe Islands did sent their players.
 

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Our partners  Results
Qualificants
Impressions Championships Booth
Participating countries Impressions World Championships

The Catan World Championships featured players from over 29 countries worldwide. Markus Nuopponen proofed to be the strongest player of the tournament, beating the very strong Japanese players, and the local player from Germany in the final game.

New countries were:
Australia, Ecuador, Luxembourg, Malysia and Singapore.
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Our partners  Results
Qualificants
Impressions World Championships
Participating countries  

The Catan World Championships was played for the sixth time in 2007. Once again it took place at the SPIEL in Essen, Germany. We had a record attendance with 56 players from 30 countries all over the globe. And the title of World Champion was won by a country relatively new to the Catan Community - Latvia, competing just for the second time.
 

 

For the first time the Catan World Championships was held in the U.S. 16 players from 9 countries travelled to Indianapolis to attend GenCon and competed for the title of 
Catan World Champion 2008. 

This tournament was organised by Mayfair Games.
 

Result - The winner  Link to the Catan World Championships 08
Participating countries    

 

The Catan World Championships are back to Germany.

They took place on the 18th and 19th of September 2010 at 
Castle Wildenstein. Once again we expect participants from over
20 nations from all around the world.

This one of a kind event is organised by the Kosmos Verlag in cooperation with the städt. Spielezentrum Herne.
 

Catan World Championship 2010
The final tournament		  Results preelimination 18th of Sept. 2010
Participating countries
 Final results 19th of Sept.
Impressions World Championships  All Time Nationsranking

 
 
German Version 2001 - Worlds 2002 - Worlds 2003 - Worlds
2004 - Worlds 2005 - Worlds 2006 - Worlds 2007 - Worlds
2008 - Worlds
2010 - Worlds
 
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