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)

Mike Hron defeated Takuya Osawa in the finals to win Pro Tour Geneva.^[1]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 387
Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral-Planar Chaos)

Top 8

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

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Mike Hron	$40,000	25	3^rd Final day
2	Takuya Osawa	$22,000	20	2^nd Final day
3	Kenji Tsumura	$15,000	16	5^th Final day
4	Shingo Kurihara	$14,000	16
5	Marijn Lybaert	$11,500	12
6	Jim Herold	$11,000	12
7	Willy Edel	$10,500	12	3^rd Final day
8	Ervin Tormos	$10,000	12	2^nd Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Mike Hron	25
2	Takuya Osawa	20
3	Shingo Kurihara	16
3	Kenji Tsumura	16
5	Willy Edel	12
	Jim Herold	12
	Marijn Lybaert	12
	Ervin Tormos	12

Grand Prixs – Dallas, Singapore, Amsterdam, Kyoto, Massachusetts

GP Dallas (24–25 February)

Raphaël Lévy
Paul Cheon
Kenji Tsumura
John Pelcak
Mark Herberholz
Paul Nguyen
Alex Ledbetter
Jim Davis

GP Singapore (3–4 March)

Raphaël Lévy
Shingou Kurihara
Antoine Ruel
Osamu Fujita
Olivier Ruel
Koutarou Ootsuka
Ryo Ogura
Tomoharu Saitou

GP Amsterdam (10–11 March)

Richard Hornansky
Michael Havlik
Amiel Tenenbaum
Gabriel Nassif
Olaf Koster
Christian Kok
Vasilis Fatouros
Georgios Kapalas

GP Kyoto (17–18 March)

Yuuya Watanabe
Yuusuke Iwasaki
Motokiyo Azuma
Tsubasa Tomii
Naoki Shimizu
Ren Ishikawa
Atsushi Wada
Katsuhiro Ide

GP Massachusetts (31 March–1 April)

Matt Wang
Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Eric Ziegler
Gerard Fabiano
Ben Lundquist
Timothy Aten
Matt Rubin
Rob DiPalma

Pro Tour – Yokohama (20–22 April 2007)

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

Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 330
Format: Time Spiral Block Constructed (Time Spiral, Planar Chaos)

Top 8

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

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Guillaume Wafo-Tapa	$40,000	25
2	Kazuya Mitamura	$22,000	20	2^nd Final day
3	Mark Herberholz	$15,000	16	4^th Final day
4	Tomoharu Saitou	$14,000	16	4^th Final day
5	Paulo Carvalho	$11,500	12	2^nd Final day
6	Raphaël Lévy	$11,000	12	3^rd Final day
7	Masashi Oiso	$10,500	12	6^th Final day
8	Sebastian Thaler	$10,000	12

Grand Prixs – Stockholm, Columbus, Strasbourg, Montreal

GP Stockholm (5–6 May)

Nicolay Potovin
André Müller
Kenji Tsumura
Oliver Oks
Bas Postema
Thomas Refsdal
Klaus Joens
Samuel Korsell

GP Columbus (19–20 May)

Steven Sadin
Owen Turtenwald
Bill Stark
Max Tietze
Gadiel Szleifer
Paul Nicolo
Ryan Trepanier
Michael Belfatto

GP Strasbourg (19–20 May)

Tomoharu Saitou
Raul Porojan
Shouta Yasooka
Florian Pils
Christoph Huber
Klaus Joens
Petr Martinek
Stefan Heigerer

GP Montreal (23–24 June)

Celso Zampere Jr.
Paul Cheon
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
Kenji Tsumura
Gabriel Schwartz
Koutarou Ootsuka
Jason Imperiale
Shouta Yasooka

Pro Tour – San Diego (29 June–1 July 2007)

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

Players: 390 (195 teams)
Prize Pool: $240,500
Format: Two-Headed Giant Draft (Time Spiral-Planar Chaos-Future Sight)

Top 4

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

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Chris Lachmann	$50,000	20
1	Jacob Van Lunen	$50,000	20
2	Kentaro Yamamoto	$30,000	16
2	Yuuta Takahashi	$30,000	16
3	John Fiorillo	$22,000	12
3	Eugene Harvey	$22,000	12	4^th Final day
4	Masami Taneko	$20,000	12
4	Genki Taru	$20,000	12

Grand Prixs – San Francisco, Florence

GP San Francisco (25–26 August)

Luis Scott-Vargas
Jonathan Stocks
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
Brett Blackman
David Irvine
Andrew Walden
Zack Smith
Paul Cheon

GP Florence (8–9 September)

Masami Kaneko
André Coimbra
Marco Cammilluzzi
Mido Kagawa
Armin Birner
Manuel Bucher
Rasmus Sibast
Ronald Guetl

Pro Tour – Kobe (20–22 October 2006)

German Jan-Moritz Merkel won Pro Tour Kobe. It was his first appearance at a Pro Tour.^[4]

Tournament data

Players: 388
Prize Pool: $240,245
Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral)

Top 8

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

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Jan-Moritz Merkel	$40,000	25	First Pro Tour attendance
2	Willy Edel	$22,000	20	2^nd Final day
3	Bastien Perez	$15,000	16
4	Thomas Didierjean	$14,000	16
5	Kenji Tsumura	$11,500	12	4^th Final day
6	Bram Snepvangers	$11,000	12	3^rd Final day
7	Tomoharu Saitou	$10,500	12	3^rd Final day
8	Takahiro Suzuki	$10,000	12

Grand Prixs – Brisbane, Bangkok, Krakow, Kitakyushu, Daytona Beach

GP New Jersey (11–12 November)

Guillaume Cardin
Richard Hoaen
Timothy Aten
Jason Imperiale
Gerry Thompson
John Pelcak
Andrew Stokinger
Shouta Yasooka

GP Yamagata (18–19 November)

Takihiro Suzuki
Takeshi Ozawa
Jelger Wiegersma
Katsushiro Mori
Richard Hoaen
Antoine Ruel
Ryo Ogura
Yuu Murakami

2007 World Championships – New York (6–9 December 2007)

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

Prize pool: $255,245 (individual) + $210,000 (national teams)
Players: 356
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Time Spiral), Extended

Top 8

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals		Finals

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

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Makihito Mihara	$50,000	25
2	Ryo Ogura	$25,000	20	2^nd Final day
3	Nicholas Lovett	$16,000	16
4	Gabriel Nassif	$15,000	16	7^th Final day
5	Paulo Carvalho	$11,500	12
6	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$11,000	12	2^nd Final day
7	Tiago Chan	$10,500	12	2^nd Final day
8	Katsushiro Mori	$10,000	12	2^nd Final day

National team competition

Japan (Julien Nuijten, Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten)
United States (Hidenori Katayama, Katsushiro Mori, Shuhei Yamamoto)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Tomoharu Saitou was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.^[6]

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Tomoharu Saitou	68
2	Kenji Tsumura	62
3	Guillaume Wafo-tapa	59
4	Shingou Kurihara	57
5	Olivier Ruel	54

References

^ "Hron's Victory Years in the Making". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Wafo-Tapa Tops Them All". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Sliver Kids Stun San Diego". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Merkel's Time is Now". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Mihara, Dutch Crowned World Champions!". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-12-03. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "2007 Player of the Year Race". Wizards of the Coast. 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] "Hron's Victory Years in the Making". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] "Wafo-Tapa Tops Them All". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] "Sliver Kids Stun San Diego". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] "Merkel's Time is Now". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[5] "Mihara, Dutch Crowned World Champions!". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-12-03. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[6] "2007 Player of the Year Race". Wizards of the Coast. 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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