International prize list of Diplomacy

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

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

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2020  |  Morgante Pell  |  Nicolas Sahuguet  |  Bill Hackenbracht
2021  |  Nicolas Sahuguet  |  Farren Jane  |  Liam Stokes
2022  |  Riaz Virani  |  Jason Mastbaum  |  Johnny Gillam
2023  |  Jamal Blakkarly  |  Peter McNamara  |  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

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2020  |  Tanya Gill  |  John Anderson  |  Morgante Pell
2021  |  Nicolas Taillet  |  Brandon Fogel  |  Mikalis Kamaritis
2022  |  Brandon Fogel  |  Nicolas Taillet  |  Timothy Crosby
2023  |  Mikalis Kamaritis  |  Nicolas Taillet  |  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

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2021  |  Peter McNamara  |  Matthew Crill

Russ Dennis

Andrei Gribakov

Farren Jane

Nicolas Sahuguet

Markus Zijlstra

2022  |  Jason Mastbaum  |  Brandon Fogel

Katie Gray

Farren Jane

Seren Kwok

Ed Sullivan

Nicolas Taillet

2023  |  Brandon Fogel  |  Chris Brand

Noam Brown

Peter McNamara

Nicolas Sahuguet

Ruben Sanchez

Riaz Virani

2024  |  Peter McNamara  |  Johnny Gillam

Seren Kwok

Doug Malotte

Ed Sullivan

Matthew Totonchy

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

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2015 | webDiplomacy |  Octavious |  VillageIdiot |  Yonni
2017 | PlayDiplomacy |  Steve Cooley & Bravo Papa Alpha [2] |  Machiara
2019 | webDiplomacy |  Brumark |  Teccles |  Napoleon of Oz
2022 | PlayDiplomacy |  RedCandle |  Pootleflump |  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

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

### North American Grand Prix

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The winner of each Grand Prix:

Year  | Steps  | Players  | Winner

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

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

### European Grand Prix

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The winner of each Grand Prix is listed below:

Year  | Nb of steps  | Nb of players  | Winner

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2002 | 10 | 283 |  William Attia
2003 | 11 | 349 |  Yann Clouet
2004 | 15 | 472 |  Yann Clouet
2005 | 13 | 364 |  Gwen Maggi
2006 | 14 | 340 |  Gwen Maggi
2007 | 14 | 272 |  Gwen Maggi
2008 | 11 | 207 |  Emmanuel du Pontavice
2009 | 11 | 175 |  Gwen Maggi
2010 | 8 | 172 |  Gwen Maggi
2011 | 6 | 108 |  Gwen Maggi
2012 | 5 | 76 |  Dave Simpson
2013 | 7 | 112 |  Gwen Maggi
2014 | 6 | 81 |  Gwen Maggi
2015 | 8 | 116 |  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

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

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2007 [22] | France
Emmanuel du Pontavice
Fabrice Essner
Jean-Luc Granier
Fabien Grellier
Michel Lacroix
Gwen Maggi
Jean-Pierre Maulion
Nicolas Sahuguet
Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
Cyrille Sevin  | Italy
Enrico Agamennone
Alessio Cei
Giovanni Cesarini
Davide Cleopadre
Marco Noseda Pedraglio
Luca Pazzaglia
Roberto Perego
Leonardo Quirini
Andrea Ziffer  | Argentina
Leonardo Colangelo
Pablo Echevarría
Mike Goldfeld
Martin Kaplan
Marcelo Larroque
Ismael Puga
Felipe Sanchez
Ariel Max Sanchez Romero
2010 [22] | Ireland
Mike Cosgrave
Brian Dennehy
Aidan Duggan
Conor Kostick
Cian O'Rathaille
Nigel Phillips
Rick Powell  | United States
Kevin Dietz
Jim Green
Melinda Holley
Brian McCain
Pete Marinaro
Charles Mullin
Kyra Olson
Yashwant Parmar
Eric Sorenson  | France
Frédéric Coste
Fabrice Essner
Gwen Maggi
Jean-Pierre Maulion
Jean-François Mougard
Reynald Nicod
Vincent Reulet
Nicolas Sahuguet
Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
Cyrille Sevin
2010 [23] | South America
Rubetok (Captain)
Xapi
JesusPetry
rdrivera2005  | Southeast Europe
hellalt (Captain)
Kompole
Dejan0707
Ouraguinus  | Iberia
JECE (Captain)
Silver Wolf
StevenC.
Troodonte
2012 [23] | California A
The Hanged Man (Captain)
uclabb (Assistant Captain)
Tasnica
Mujus  | Iberia
JECE (Captain)
Troodonte (Assistant Captain)
gantz
MuadDib  | The Balkans
hellalt (Captain)
Hellenic Riot (Assistant Captain)
rokakoma
Kompole
2016 [23] | Cascadia
ghug (Captain)
VillageIdiot (Assistant Captain)
MadMarx
Balki Bartokomous
thatwasawkward  | Dixie
Gen. Lee (Captain)
ckroberts (Assistant Captain)
eturnage
The Czech
DrCJG  | Sweden
Vixol (Captain)
Seichuto (Assistant Captain)
AronAmbrosiani
SunRa
2018 [23] | Cascadia
Balki Bartokomous
VillageIdiot
ghug
cspieker
MadMarx  | Greatest Lakes
Tom Bombadil
Durga
Yigg
Yoyoyozo
peterwiggin
jmo1121109  | California
ezio
micha
slypups
Ogion
The Hanged Man
2020 [23] | Yorkshire Puddings
CaptainMeme (Captain)
Brumark
Scarabus
desdemona22
teccles  | Eastern Canada
Hamilton Brian (Captain)
cdngooner
Yonni
Peregrine Falcon
Lando Calrissian  | Prosecco
gimix (Captain)
Riccardo Falconi
Babbo Natale
Superwerty
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,  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,  Matthew Shields, finished 3rd.
11. ^ Played during a cruise from Galveston and with several stops: Progreso , Cozumel and Belize City .
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,  Jim O'Kelley, finished 3rd.
15. ^ The best North American player,  Chris Martin, finished 2nd.
16. ^ The best North American player,  Doug Moore, finished 2nd.
17. ^ DipCon 2020 reported in 2021 (COVID-19).
18. ^ The best North American player,  Michael A. Binder, finished 2nd.
19. ^ First European:  Gihan Bandaranaike (second of the tournament).
20. ^ First European:  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.

## External links

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* (in English) The World Diplomacy Database stored all the results known of competition in face-to-face.
* (in English) The international calendar of tournaments in face-to-face.