2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship

The 2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship is the first edition of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships competition organized by the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation (WJPF).[1] It was held between 28 and 29 September in Valladolid, Spain.[2]

## Organisation[edit]

The venue for this first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship was the Cúpula del Milenio.

The Championship included three events: team, pairs, and individual.[3]

For the Team event, teams of 4 members (also 1 reserve is allowed) make 4 jigsaw puzzles (2 puzzles of 1000 pieces and 2 puzzles of 1500 pieces) in a maximum period of 8 hours, and the fastest team to finish them is the champion. The four members have to do one puzzle and when they finished it they can start the next puzzle.

For the Pairs event, 2 members make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes, and the fastest pair to finish it win the competition.

For the Individual event, each individual participant make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 2 hours, and the fastest to finish it is the champion.

## Results[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team[4] |  Siberian Team

Irina Batalova
Valentina Baburchenkova
Natalia Komarova
Galina Medvedeva
Marina Radchenko | 04h 11' 17"  |  Czech Dragons

Jana Hanzelková
Katerina Novotna
Luisa Uhlařová
Radka Pečinková | 04h 20' 42"  |  Russia Stella-Puzzler.su

Dmitry Makarenko
Irina Akopova
Olga Popova
Ekaterina Mishanina | 04h 29' 45"
Pairs[5] |  Demelza Becerra
Ángel Heras | 34' 34"  |  Jana Hanzelková
Kateřina Novotná | 35' 13"  |  Irina Batalova
Natalia Komarova | 36' 40"
Individual[6] |  Jana Hanzelková | 46' 35"  |  Mariusz Ślizewski | 52' 25"  |  Kateřina Novotná | 52' 50"

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Czech Republic| 1| 2| 1| 4
2|  Russia| 1| 0| 2| 3
3|  Spain| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Poland| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (4 entries)| 3| 3| 3| 9

## Participants[edit]

39 countries are represented in the first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.

* Andorra
* Argentina
* Australia
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Czech Republic
* Ecuador
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* India
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Panama
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Spain
* Trinidad & Tobago
* Turkey
* Uganda
* United States
* Uruguay
* Vietnam

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Home". worldjigsawpuzzle.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
2. ^ "Valladolid reúne a 700 aficionados en el primer Campeonato Mundial de Puzles". 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
3. ^ "World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship". Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
4. ^ World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2019 - Teams Classification
5. ^ World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2019 - Pairs Classification
6. ^ World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2019 - Individual Classification