User:OdinFK/Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2007
The 2006 Pro Tour season was the twelvth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 9 February 2007 the season began with Pro Tour Geneva. It ended on 9 December 2007 with the conclusion of the 2007 World Championship in New York. The season consisted of 16 Grand Prixs and 5 Pro Tours, held in Geneva, Yokohama, San Diego, Valencia, and New York. At the end of the season Tomoharu Saitou from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year. At the Worlds in New York the third class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Kai Budde, Zvi Mowshowitz, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Nicolai Herzog, and Randy Buehler.
Pro Tour – Geneva (9–11 February 2007)
[edit]Mike Hron defeated Takuya Osawa in the finals to win Pro Tour Geneva.[1]
Tournament data
[edit]Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 387
Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral-Planar Chaos)
Top 8
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Shingo Kurihara | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ervin Tormos | 1 | |||||||||||||
Shingo Kurihara | 1 | |||||||||||||
Takuya Osawa | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Jim Herold | 0 | ||||||||||||
Takuya Osawa | 3 | |||||||||||||
Takuya Osawa | 2 | |||||||||||||
Mike Hron | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kenji Tsumura | 3 | |||||||||||||
Willy Edel | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kenji Tsumura | 1 | |||||||||||||
Mike Hron | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mike Hron | 3 | |||||||||||||
Marijn Lybaert | 1 |
Final standings
[edit]Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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$40,000 | 25 | 3rd Final day |
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$22,000 | 20 | 2nd Final day |
3 | ![]() |
$15,000 | 16 | 5th Final day |
4 | ![]() |
$14,000 | 16 | |
5 | ![]() |
$11,500 | 12 | |
6 | ![]() |
$11,000 | 12 | |
7 | ![]() |
$10,500 | 12 | 3rd Final day |
8 | ![]() |
$10,000 | 12 | 2nd Final day |
Pro Player of the year standings
[edit]Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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25 |
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20 |
3 | ![]() |
16 |
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5 | ![]() |
12 |
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12 |
Grand Prixs – Dallas, Singapore, Amsterdam, Kyoto, Massachusetts
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Pro Tour – Yokohama (20–22 April 2007)
[edit]Guillaume Wafo-Tapa won Pro Tour Yokohama, coming out on top of a high profile top 8. Each of the other contestants has at least twice appeared on the final day of a Pro Tour. For Masashi Oiso it was his sixth Pro Tour final eight.[2]
Tournament data
[edit]Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 330
Format: Time Spiral Block Constructed (Time Spiral, Planar Chaos)
Top 8
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Kazuya Mitamura | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Sebastian Thaler | |||||||||||||
Kazuya Mitamura | 3 | |||||||||||||
Tomoharu Saitou | ||||||||||||||
4 | Raphaël Lévy | |||||||||||||
5 | Tomoharu Saitou | 3 | ||||||||||||
Kazuya Mitamura | 1 | |||||||||||||
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 | Mark Herberholz | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Masashi Oiso | |||||||||||||
Mark Herberholz | ||||||||||||||
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 | Paulo Carvalho | |||||||||||||
6 | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa | 3 |
Final standings
[edit]Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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$40,000 | 25 | |
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$22,000 | 20 | 2nd Final day |
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$15,000 | 16 | 4th Final day |
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$14,000 | 16 | 4th Final day |
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$11,500 | 12 | 2nd Final day |
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$11,000 | 12 | 3rd Final day |
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$10,500 | 12 | 6th Final day |
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$10,000 | 12 |
Grand Prixs – Stockholm, Columbus, Strasbourg, Montreal
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Pro Tour – San Diego (29 June–1 July 2007)
[edit]San Diego is as yet the only Two-Headed Giant Pro Tour ever held. The Americans Jacob Van Lunen and Chris Lachmann won the finals against Japanese Kentaro Yamamoto and Yuuta Takahashi.[3]
Tournament data
[edit]Players: 390 (195 teams)
Prize Pool: $240,500
Format: Two-Headed Giant Draft (Time Spiral-Planar Chaos-Future Sight)
Top 4
[edit]Semifinals | Semi-finals | ||||||||
Taru / Kaneko | 0 | ||||||||
Lachmann / Van Lunen | 1 | ||||||||
Lachmann / Van Lunen | 1 | ||||||||
Yamamoto / Takahashi | 0 | ||||||||
Yamamoto / Takahashi | 1 | ||||||||
Fiorillo / Harvey | 0 |
Final standings
[edit]Grand Prixs – San Francisco, Florence
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Pro Tour – Kobe (20–22 October 2006)
[edit]German Jan-Moritz Merkel won Pro Tour Kobe. It was his first appearance at a Pro Tour.[4]
Tournament data
[edit]Players: 388
Prize Pool: $240,245
Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral)
Top 8
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Bastien Perez | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kenji Tsumura | 1 | |||||||||||||
Bastien Perez | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jan-Moritz Merkel | 3 | |||||||||||||
Tomoharu Saitou | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jan-Moritz Merkel | 3 | |||||||||||||
1 | Jan-Moritz Merkel | 3 | ||||||||||||
Willy Edel | 1 | |||||||||||||
Thomas Didierjean | 3 | |||||||||||||
Bram Snepvangers | 2 | |||||||||||||
Thomas Didierjean | 1 | |||||||||||||
Willy Edel | 3 | |||||||||||||
Takahiro Suzuki | 2 | |||||||||||||
Willy Edel | 3 |
Final standings
[edit]Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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$40,000 | 25 | First Pro Tour attendance |
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$22,000 | 20 | 2nd Final day |
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$15,000 | 16 | |
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$14,000 | 16 | |
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$11,500 | 12 | 4th Final day |
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$11,000 | 12 | 3rd Final day |
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$10,500 | 12 | 3rd Final day |
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$10,000 | 12 |
Grand Prixs – Brisbane, Bangkok, Krakow, Kitakyushu, Daytona Beach
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2007 World Championships – New York (6–9 December 2007)
[edit]The tournament began with the Hall of Fame induction of Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty. In an all-Japanese final Makihito Mihara defeated Ryo Ogura. The Dutch team of Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, and Robert van Medevoort won the team finals against Japan.[5]
Tournament data
[edit]Prize pool: $255,245 (individual) + $210,000 (national teams)
Players: 356
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Time Spiral), Extended
Top 8
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1 | Paulo Carvalho | 0 | ||||||||||||
8 | Ryo Ogura | 3 | ||||||||||||
Ryo Ogura | 3 | |||||||||||||
Nicholas Lovett | 2 | |||||||||||||
4 | Nicholas Lovett | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Katsushiro Mori | 1 | ||||||||||||
Ryo Ogura | 0 | |||||||||||||
Makihito Mihara | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 | Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | Makihito Mihara | 3 | ||||||||||||
Makihito Mihara | 3 | |||||||||||||
Gabriel Nassif | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 | Tiago Chan | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Gabriel Nassif | 3 |
Final standings
[edit]Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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$50,000 | 25 | |
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$25,000 | 20 | 2nd Final day |
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$16,000 | 16 | |
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$15,000 | 16 | 7th Final day |
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$11,500 | 12 | |
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$11,000 | 12 | 2nd Final day |
7 | ![]() |
$10,500 | 12 | 2nd Final day |
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$10,000 | 12 | 2nd Final day |
National team competition
[edit]Japan (Julien Nuijten, Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten)
United States (Hidenori Katayama, Katsushiro Mori, Shuhei Yamamoto)
Pro Player of the year final standings
[edit]After the World Championship Tomoharu Saitou was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.[6]
Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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1 | ![]() |
68 |
2 | ![]() |
62 |
3 | ![]() |
59 |
4 | ![]() |
57 |
5 | ![]() |
54 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Hron's Victory Years in the Making". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
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(help) - ^ "Wafo-Tapa Tops Them All". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
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(help) - ^ "Sliver Kids Stun San Diego". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
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(help) - ^ "Merkel's Time is Now". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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(help) - ^ "Mihara, Dutch Crowned World Champions!". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-12-03. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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(help) - ^ "2007 Player of the Year Race". Wizards of the Coast. 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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