International prize list of Diplomacy

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Tournaments for the Diplomacy board game have been conducted around the world for decades.

The World Diplomacy Championship

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During the 1970s, there were very few Diplomacy tournaments outside North America. At that time, the winner of the tournament held at American DipCon was considered by the North American players as a world champion of Diplomacy.

The World Diplomacy Convention (WorldDipCon or WDC) was created in 1988 and the winner of the tournament held at this convention ("The World Diplomacy Championship") is acknowledged as the World Diplomacy Champion (also called the WDC Champion).

The location of each WDC, with the players taking the top three places in the tournament held there, are listed below:

Year Host City Host Country World Champion Second Third
1988 Birmingham  Great Britain United Kingdom Phil Day United Kingdom Matt MacVeigh United Kingdom Jim Mills
1990 Chapel Hill  United States United States Jason Bergmann United States Jeff Bohner United States Steve Cooley
1992 Canberra  Australia Australia Steve Gould Australia Eric Roche France Bruno-André Giraudon
1994 Birmingham  Great Britain France Pascal Montagna France Stéphane Gentric France Bruno-André Giraudon
1995 Paris  France France Bruno-André Giraudon France Portugal Antonio Ribeiro da Silva France Thomas Sebeyran
1996 Columbus  United States United States Pitt Crandlemire Sweden Leif Bergman Sweden Björn von Knorring
1997 Gothenburg  Sweden France Cyrille Sevin Sweden Roger Edblom Norway Borger Borgersen
1998 Chapel Hill  United States United States Chris Martin United States John Quarto-von-Tivadar United States Mark Fassio
1999 Namur  Belgium Sweden Christian Dreyer Sweden Leif Bergman United Kingdom Ivan Woodward
2000 Hunt Valley  United States United Kingdom Simon Bouton Republic of Ireland Brian Dennehy United States Matthew Shields
2001 Paris  France France Cyrille Sevin Republic of Ireland Brian Dennehy United Kingdom Chetan Radia
2002 Canberra  Australia Australia Rob Stephenson New Zealand Grant Steel France Yann Clouet
2003 Denver  United States France Vincent Carry United States Edward Hawthorne Norway Frank Johansen
2004 Birmingham  Great Britain France Yann Clouet Netherlands André Kooy France Cyrille Sevin
2005 Washington[1]  United States Norway Frank Johansen United States Tom Kobrin United States Edi Birsan
2006 Berlin  Germany France Nicolas Sahuguet France Cyrille Sevin France Yann Clouet
2007 Vancouver  Canada United States Doug Moore United States Jake Mannix United States Mark Zoffel
2008 Lockenhaus  Austria Germany Julian Ziesing France Cyrille Sevin Germany Daniel Leinich
2009 Columbus  United States Australia Andrew Goff United Kingdom Daniel Lester United States Jim O'Kelley
2010 The Hague  Netherlands France Gwen Maggi Germany Igor Kurt France Xavier Blanchot
2011 Sydney  Australia Australia Andrew Goff New Zealand Grant Steel Republic of Ireland Liam Cosgrave
2012 Chicago  United States United States Michael A. Binder United States Don Scheifler United States Matt Shields
2013 Paris  France France Cyrille Sevin United Kingdom Toby Harris France Gwen Maggi
2014 Chapel Hill  United States United States Thomas Haver United Kingdom Daniel Lester Germany Phil Weissert
2015 Milan  Italy United Kingdom Toby Harris France Spain Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid United States Thomas Haver
2016 Chicago  United States Canada United Kingdom Chris Brand United States Doug Moore Australia Andrew Goff
2017 Oxford  Great Britain United States Doug Moore Austria Marvin Fried Canada Tanya Gill
2018 Washington  United States Australia Andrew Goff United States Doug Moore United States Adam Sigal
2019 Marseille  France France Gwen Maggi Australia Andrew Goff Switzerland Christophe Borgeat
2020 and 2021 Event not held
2022 Dover  United States United Kingdom Daniel Lester Australia Peter McNamara United States Peter Yeargin
2023 Bangkok  Thailand Australia Jamal Blakkarly United States Brandon Fogel Canada United Kingdom Chris Brand
2024 Varedo  Italy Canada France Nicolas Sahuguet Australia Peter McNamara Germany Fabian Straub
2025 San Francisco  United States
2026 Athens  Greece

The 2020 event was originally scheduled for Dover, USA, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the already-selected 2020 (Dover) and 2021 (Bangkok) events were pushed back two years.

Virtual Face-to-Face

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Online play with real-time voice negotiations, known as virtual face-to-face, became widespread in 2020, leading to three major annual competitions with global participation.

Virtual Diplomacy Championship (VDC)

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The VDC is an open tournament held over a single weekend in December. Rounds are scheduled to be convenient to players around the world.

Year Champion Second Third
2020 United States Morgante Pell France Nicolas Sahuguet United States Bill Hackenbracht
2021 France Nicolas Sahuguet United States Farren Jane Canada Liam Stokes
2022 Canada Riaz Virani United States Jason Mastbaum United States Johnny Gillam
2023 Australia Jamal Blakkarly Australia Peter McNamara United Kingdom Mikalis Kamaritis

Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL)

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The VDL is an open league with monthly gamedays and rounds convenient to players around the world. The season culminates in a championship game held in January.

Year Champion Second Third
2020 Canada Tanya Gill United States John Anderson United States Morgante Pell
2021 France Nicolas Taillet United States Brandon Fogel United Kingdom Mikalis Kamaritis
2022 United States Brandon Fogel France Nicolas Taillet United States Timothy Crosby
2023 United Kingdom Mikalis Kamaritis France Nicolas Taillet United States Matthew Totonchy

Diplomacy Broadcast Network Invitational (DBNI)

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The DBNI is an invitational tournament held annually in February. Players earn invitations based on their performance at a wide variety of Diplomacy competitions over the previous year, including in-person face-to-face, virtual face-to-face, and extended deadline online play. The champion receives the title "DBN Diplomat of the Year".

Year Diplomat of the Year Runners-up
2021 Australia Peter McNamara United States Matthew Crill

United States Russ Dennis

United States Andrei Gribakov

United States Farren Jane

France Nicolas Sahuguet

United Kingdom Markus Zijlstra

2022 United States Jason Mastbaum United States Brandon Fogel

United States Katie Gray

United States Farren Jane

United Kingdom Seren Kwok

United States Ed Sullivan

France Nicolas Taillet

2023 United States Brandon Fogel Canada Chris Brand

United States Noam Brown

Australia Peter McNamara

France Nicolas Sahuguet

France Ruben Sanchez

Canada Riaz Virani

2024 Australia Peter McNamara United States Johnny Gillam

United Kingdom Seren Kwok

Mexico Doug Malotte

United States Ed Sullivan

United States Matthew Totonchy

United Kingdom Christopher Ward

Online Diplomacy Championship

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Created in 2015, the Online Diplomacy Championship occurs once every two years, rotating between a number of Diplomacy websites. The winner is considered to be the World Champion of Online Diplomacy, a format in which phases are processed once every one or two days, and all correspondence is sent in written form via the host site. Players in online tournaments typically play under pseudonyms, and accept the title under these names.

The players taking the top three places in each ODC tournament are listed below.

Year Host Website Online Champion Second Third
2015 webDiplomacy United Kingdom Octavious Canada VillageIdiot Canada Yonni
2017 PlayDiplomacy United States Steve Cooley & United Kingdom Bravo Papa Alpha [2] United States Machiara
2019 webDiplomacy United Kingdom Brumark United Kingdom Teccles Australia Napoleon of Oz
2022 PlayDiplomacy United States RedCandle Scotland Pootleflump Canada Yonni

North America

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DipCon

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The winner of the DipCon (Diplomacy Convention) tournament is the North American champion. The title of North American champion was not given at the beginning, but since 1972 has been awarded to each winner of the convention tournament. DipCon was created in 1966 and occurred each year (except in 1967 and 1968). There was no tournament in 1966,[3] 1969[4] 1971, and 2020.

The winner of each DipCon North American Championship tournament:

Year Host City Host Country North American Champion Notes
1970 Oklahoma City  United States United States John Smythe
1972 Chicago  United States United States Richard Ackerlay
1973 Chicago  United States United States Conrad von Metzke and
United States John Smythe tie
1974 Chicago  United States United States Mike Rocamora
1975 Chicago  United States United States Walter Blank and
United States Bob Wartenberg tie
1976 Baltimore  United States United States Thomas Reape
1977 Lake Geneva  United States United States Mike Rocamora
1978 Los Angeles  United States United States David Lagerson
1979 Chester  United States United States Ben Zablocki
1980 Rochester  United States United States Carl Eichelberger
1981 Burlingame  United States United States Ron Brown [5]
1982 Baltimore  United States United States Konrad Baumeister
1983 Detroit  United States United States Joyce Singer [6]
1984 Dallas  United States United States Jeff Key
1985 Seattle  United States United States J.R. Baker
1986 Fredericksburg  United States United Kingdom Malcolm Smith [7]
1987 Madison  United States United States David Hood
1988 San Antonio  United States United States Dan Sellers
1989 San Diego  United States United States Edi Birsan [8]
1990 Chapel Hill  United States United States Jason Bergmann [9]
1991 Scarborough  Canada United States Gary Behnen
1992 Lenexa  United States United States Marc Peters
1993 San Mateo  United States United States Hohn Cho
1994 Chapel Hill  United States United States Bruce Reiff
1995 Baltimore  United States Canada Sylvain Larose
1996 Columbus  United States United States Pitt Crandlemire [9]
1997 Seattle  United States United States Chris Mazza
1998 Chapel Hill  United States United States Chris Martin [9]
1999 Columbus  United States United States Chris Mazza
2000 Hunt Valley  United States United Kingdom Simon Bouton [9][10]
2001 Denver  United States United States David Hood
2002 Chapel Hill  United States United States Morgan Gurley
2003 Washington  United States United States Edward Hawthorne
2004 Portland  United States United States Ken Lemere
2005 At Sea  United States
 Mexico
 Belize
United States Rick Desper [11]
2006 Charlottesville  United States United States Hohn Cho
2007 Vancouver  Canada United States Doug Moore [9]
2008 Tysons Corner[12]  United States United States Chris Martin [13]
2009 Columbus  United States Australia Andrew Goff [9][14]
2010 San Francisco  United States United States Eric Mead
2011 Fairlee, Vermont  United States United States Chris Martin
2012 Chicago  United States United States Michael A. Binder [9]
2013 Silver Spring  United States United States Nate Cockerill
2014 Seattle  United States United Kingdom Dan Lester [15]
2015 Philadelphia  United States United States Chris Martin
2016 Chicago  United States Canada United Kingdom Chris Brand
2017 Killington, Vermont  United States United States Doug Moore
2018 Washington  United States Australia Andrew Goff [16]
2019 Seattle  United States United States Steve Cooley
2021 Dover, Vermont  United States United States Adam Silverman [17]
2022 San Jose  United States Canada Tanya Gill
2023 Chapel Hill  United States United Kingdom Mikalis Kamaritis [18]
2024 Surrey  Canada United States Katie Gray
2025 Chicago  United States

North American Grand Prix

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The winner of each Grand Prix:

Year Steps Players Winner
1999 7 58 United States Chris Martin
2000 14 125 United States Matt Shields
2001 34 166 United States Jerry Fest
2002 17 171 United States Andy Bartalone
2003 16 213 United States Edward Hawthorne
2004 14 305 United States Doug Moore
2005 13 234 United States Andrew Neumann
2006 12 200 United States Jim O'Kelley
2007 12 270 United States Doug Moore
2008 15 275 United States Thomas Haver
2009 10 182 United States Adam Sigal
2010 10 220 United States Peter Yeargin
2011 9 143 United States Chris Martin
2012 11 202 United States Michael A. Binder
2013 8 136 United States Graham Woodring
2014 8 188 United Kingdom Dan Lester

Europe

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EuroDipCon

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The location and winner of each EuroDipCon tournament is listed below:

Year Host City Host Country European Champion Notes
1993 Paris  France France Samy Malki
1994 Linköping  Sweden France Xavier Blanchot
1995 Cirencester  Great Britain Norway Inge Kjøl
1996 Oslo  Norway Norway Inge Kjøl
1997 Namur  Belgium France Cyrille Sevin
1998 Bedford  Great Britain United Kingdom Toby Harris
1999 Turku  Finland United Kingdom Simon Bouton
2000 Paris  France Sweden Leif Bergman
2001 Dublin  Ireland Republic of Ireland Paraic Reddington
2002 Malmö  Sweden Norway Frank Johansen
2003 Dogana  San Marino France Yann Clouet
2004 Darmstadt  Germany United States Edi Birsan [19]
2005 Utrecht  Netherlands United Kingdom Simon Bouton
2006 Cheshunt  Great Britain France Benjamin Pouillès-Duplaix
2007 Marseille  France France Fabien Grellier
2008 Brunate  Italy Italy Luca Pazzaglia
2009 Bonn  Germany Germany André Ilievics
2010 Paris  France Germany Fabian Straub
2011 Derby  Great Britain France Gwen Maggi
2012 Serravalle  San Marino France Nicolas Sahuguet
2013 Namur  Belgium France Gwen Maggi
2014 Rome  Italy Australia Peter McNamara [20]
2015 Leicester  Great Britain France Cyrille Sevin
2016 Paris  France France Gwen Maggi
2017 Milan  Italy France Gwen Maggi
2018 Paris  France France Lei Saarlainen
2019 Marseille  France France Gwen Maggi
2020 Sion   Switzerland Russia Alex Lebedev
2021 Serravalle  San Marino Russia Alex Lebedev
2022 Sierre   Switzerland Switzerland Christophe Borgeat
2023 Paris  France Netherlands Jelte Kuiper
2024 Sion   Switzerland United States Karthik Konath

European Grand Prix

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The winner of each Grand Prix is listed below:

Year Nb of steps Nb of players Winner
2002 10 283 France William Attia
2003 11 349 France Yann Clouet
2004 15 472 France Yann Clouet
2005 13 364 France Gwen Maggi
2006 14 340 France Gwen Maggi
2007 14 272 France Gwen Maggi
2008 11 207 France Emmanuel du Pontavice
2009 11 175 France Gwen Maggi
2010 8 172 France Gwen Maggi
2011 6 108 France Gwen Maggi
2012 5 76 United Kingdom Dave Simpson
2013 7 112 France Gwen Maggi
2014 6 81 France Gwen Maggi
2015 8 116 Italy Matteo Anfossi

Australia and New Zealand

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Bismark Cup

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In the early 1980s the Diplomacy scene in Australia was built around several PBM Diplomacy magazines, of which the most significant titles were Rumplestiltskin, The Go Between, Beowulf, Victoriana, The Journal of Australian Diplomacy, and The Envoy. Most of the tournament players were subscribers, players and editors of these magazines. The Envoy, which was published between 1986 and 1991, ran a series of articles which were both popular and influential. Purportedly written by Arthur von Bismark and styled as lecture transcripts, the character of Arthur von Bismark became celebrated among the contemporary Diplomacy subculture in Australia.

The articles were popular at a time when tournament play in Australia had become more organized, with well-attended tournaments in Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. Rating systems at the time were being hotly debated and many players desired a way to assess the best player in the tournament scene for a calendar year, as a way of overcoming the perceived inconsistencies of rating systems within one event. The annual trophy concept was accepted among the then-principle organizers of these tournaments and the title Arthur Bismark Cup was suggested by The Envoy's then-editor Mathew Gibson.

The real author of these Arthur von Bismark articles was never announced publicly, but was suspected as being either Harry Kolotas, Marion Ashworth, Neil Ashworth or Luke Clutterbuck.

When The National Tournaments Championship was created, its perpetual trophy was named The Arthur Bismark Cup (usually referred to as simply the Bismark Cup). The title of Bismark Cup Champion is awarded by the Diplomacy Association of Australia and New Zealand (DAANZ) for the best aggregate tournament results at Diplomacy tournaments held during the calendar year. It is an annual (short term) ranking. The exact number of points awarded depends on the size of the tournaments and the person's placing in that tournament.

The winner of each Bismark Cup is listed below:

Year Nbr of steps Nbr of players Winner
1989 Australia Robert Wessels
1990 Australia Harry Kolotas
1991 3 75 Australia Robert Wessels
1992 5 123 Australia Steve Gould
1993 6 93 Australia Harry Kolotas
1994 Australia Craig Sedgwick
1995 Australia Rob Stephenson
1996 5 65 Australia Craig Sedgwick
1997 5 74 Australia Bill Brown
1998 7 92 Australia Rob Stephenson
1999 8 117 New Zealand Brandon Clarke
2000 9 111 Australia Rob Stephenson
2001 10 104 Australia Tristan Lee
2002 7 84 Germany New Zealand Rob Schöne
2003 6 52 Australia Geoff Kerr
2004 8 56 New Zealand Grant Steel
2005 8 65 Australia Tony Collins
2006 10 76 Australia Sean Colman
2007 Not organised
2008 7 58 Australia Andrew Goff
2009 7 69 Australia Shane Cubis
2010 7 69 Australia Thorin Munro
2011 5 49 New Zealand Grant Steel
2012-2015 Not organised
2016 ? ?? New Zealand Tim Jones

As the Cup has not been awarded since that year, the 2016 winner Tim Jones is still considered the "current holder of the Bismark Cup".[21]

Diplomacy World Cup

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The Diplomacy World Cup is a team-based tournament in Online Diplomacy, a format in which phases are processed once every one or two days, and all correspondence is sent in written form via the host site. Players in online tournaments often play under pseudonyms, and accept the title under these names.

Two different tournaments, the Diplomacy National World Cup and the webDiplomacy World Cup, are grouped together in this category. The Diplomacy National World Cup only ran twice, once in 2007 and once in 2010. The webDiplomacy World Cup had its first iteration in 2010, and runs once every two years, with the exception of 2014 as the 2012 World Cup was still ongoing. WebDiplomacy World Cup teams are not country-specific, and can instead be from regions.

Edition Members of the World champion team Members of second team Members of third team
2007 [22] France
France Emmanuel du Pontavice
France Fabrice Essner
France Jean-Luc Granier
France Fabien Grellier
France Michel Lacroix
France Gwen Maggi
France Jean-Pierre Maulion
France Nicolas Sahuguet
France Spain Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
France Cyrille Sevin
Italy
Italy Enrico Agamennone
Italy United States Alessio Cei
Italy Giovanni Cesarini
Italy Davide Cleopadre
Italy Marco Noseda Pedraglio
Italy Luca Pazzaglia
Italy Roberto Perego
Italy Leonardo Quirini
Italy Andrea Ziffer
Argentina
Argentina Leonardo Colangelo
Argentina Pablo Echevarría
Argentina Mike Goldfeld
Argentina Martin Kaplan
Argentina Marcelo Larroque
Uruguay Ismael Puga
Chile Felipe Sanchez
Argentina Ariel Max Sanchez Romero
2010 [22] Ireland
Republic of Ireland Mike Cosgrave
Republic of Ireland Brian Dennehy
Republic of Ireland Aidan Duggan
Republic of Ireland Conor Kostick
Republic of Ireland Cian O'Rathaille
Republic of Ireland Nigel Phillips
United Kingdom Rick Powell
United States
United States Kevin Dietz
United States Jim Green
United States Melinda Holley
United States Brian McCain
United States Pete Marinaro
United States Charles Mullin
United States Kyra Olson
India Yashwant Parmar
United States Eric Sorenson
France
France Frédéric Coste
France Fabrice Essner
France Gwen Maggi
France Jean-Pierre Maulion
France Jean-François Mougard
France Reynald Nicod
France Vincent Reulet
France Nicolas Sahuguet
France Spain Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
France Cyrille Sevin
2010 [23] South America
Brazil Rubetok (Captain)
Argentina Xapi
Brazil JesusPetry
Brazil rdrivera2005
Southeast Europe
Greece hellalt (Captain)
Slovenia Kompole
Croatia Dejan0707
Greece Ouraguinus
Iberia
SpainUnited States JECE (Captain)
Spain Silver Wolf
United States StevenC.
Portugal Troodonte
2012 [23] California A
United States The Hanged Man (Captain)
United States uclabb (Assistant Captain)
United States Tasnica
United States Mujus
Iberia
SpainUnited States JECE (Captain)
Portugal Troodonte (Assistant Captain)
Spain gantz
PortugalSerbia MuadDib
The Balkans
Greece hellalt (Captain)
United KingdomGreece Hellenic Riot (Assistant Captain)
Hungary rokakoma
Slovenia Kompole
2016 [23] Cascadia
United States ghug (Captain)
Canada VillageIdiot (Assistant Captain)
United States MadMarx
United States Balki Bartokomous
United States thatwasawkward
Dixie
United States Gen. Lee (Captain)
United States ckroberts (Assistant Captain)
United States eturnage
United States The Czech
United States DrCJG
Sweden
Sweden Vixol (Captain)
Sweden Seichuto (Assistant Captain)
Sweden AronAmbrosiani
Sweden SunRa
2018 [23] Cascadia
United States Balki Bartokomous
Canada VillageIdiot
United States ghug
United States cspieker
United States MadMarx
Greatest Lakes
United States Tom Bombadil
Canada Durga
United States Yigg
United States Yoyoyozo
United States peterwiggin
United States jmo1121109
California
United States ezio
United States micha
United States slypups
United States Ogion
United States The Hanged Man
2020 [23] Yorkshire Puddings
United Kingdom CaptainMeme (Captain)
United Kingdom Brumark
United Kingdom Scarabus
United Kingdom desdemona22
United Kingdom teccles
Eastern Canada
Canada Hamilton Brian (Captain)
Canada cdngooner
Canada Yonni
Canada Peregrine Falcon
Canada Lando Calrissian
Prosecco
Italy gimix (Captain)
Italy Riccardo Falconi
Italy Babbo Natale
Italy Superwerty
Italy Randaz20

See also

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Diplomacy List of world championships in mind sports

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally scheduled to be in Hunt Valley, but moved when the original host convention moved from Hunt Valley to Lancaster.
  2. ^ Tournament scoring in ODC 2017 allowed for a tie for first place.
  3. ^ DipCon I held in Youngstown, and hosted by John Koning in his home, 31 August 1666.
  4. ^ DipCon II held in Youngstown, because "...we had so much fun last time, let's do it again."
  5. ^ Held as part of Origins, which was in San Mateo, but held in a separate hotel because of space limitations
  6. ^ We can see in Diplomacy World 35 that the name of the winner is Joyce Singer.
  7. ^ The best North American player, United States Marc Hurwitz, finished 2nd.
  8. ^ Hohn Cho won the 1989 DipCon Diplomacy tournament, but that year's "DipCon Champion" was decided by a number of events.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g This year, the DipCon was the WorldDipCon.
  10. ^ The best North American player, United States Matthew Shields, finished 3rd.
  11. ^ Played during a cruise from Galveston United States and with several stops: Progreso Mexico, Cozumel Mexico and Belize City Belize.
  12. ^ DipCon status was removed from the Bangor event by the NADF on 30 July 2008.
  13. ^ Results Disputed. Under normal hobby practice, the Tournament Director is ineligible for prizes due to real or perceived conflicts of interest. David Webster acted as TD, but still declared himself the winner.
  14. ^ The best North American player, United States Jim O'Kelley, finished 3rd.
  15. ^ The best North American player, United States Chris Martin, finished 2nd.
  16. ^ The best North American player, United States Doug Moore, finished 2nd.
  17. ^ DipCon 2020 reported in 2021 (COVID-19).
  18. ^ The best North American player, United States Michael A. Binder, finished 2nd.
  19. ^ First European: United Kingdom Gihan Bandaranaike (second of the tournament).
  20. ^ First European: Italy Filippo Lonardo (second of the tournament).
  21. ^ "Diplomacy Results and Rankings". daanz.org. Diplomacy Association of Australia and New Zealand. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2024. The current holder of the Bismark Cup (the 2016 winner) is Tim Jones.
  22. ^ a b This tournament was an iteration of the Diplomacy National World Cup.
  23. ^ a b c d e This tournament was an iteration of the webDiplomacy World Cup.
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