After a heartbreaking finish in the finals two years ago, Greece went one step further this weekend to take home the trophies and the honor of being the 2016 World Magic Cup champions!
2016 World Magic Cup
Top 8 Coverage
In a year featuring multiple powerhouse teams and returning champions, and in a Top 8 that highlighted the returning returning winners, it was the story of redemption that reigned supreme as Team Greece's time finally came.
After a heartbreaking loss in 2014 against Team Denmark, a game featuring a rough series of drawsall summarized by what has become known as the "Daneblast" that ended the tournament, Greece came to this event with a fire that would not be quenched by anything short of a win. Captained by Bill Chronopoulos, the captain from the 2014 team that got so close, he and his teammates of Petros Tziotis, Panagiotis Papdopoulos, and Nikolaos Kaponis conquered tough opponents all weekend before meeting Team Belgium in the finals.
There, they swept the team that came into Sunday as the first seed in explosive fashion, with Bill Chronopoulos sealing the win himself in his match against Jerome Bastogne on the back of a massive Conflagrate.
After two years, Greece's time has finally come, and they will be returning home as the 2016 World Magic Cup champions. Congratulations to Team Greece on their amazing performance!
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Looking for the Top 8 decklists for each country represented in the 2016 World Magic Cup Top 8? Below you'll find the Modern Constructed decklists used by each team to reach it this far.
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The Top 8 for the 2016 World Magic Cup is set! Congratulations to Belgium, Finland, Greece, Australia, Italy, Ukraine, Belarus, and Panama for making it this far.
Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Sunday at 12 a.m. PT/3 a.m. ET/8 a.m. UTC to see which of the eight remaining countries will win the 2016 WorldMagicCup!
It has been a long day, and yet, it has also been very fulfilling. However, the best (or the worst) is yet to come. Despite making it past Stage 1, both teams find themselves in a position where...
This round saw two very different teams playing to secure a spot in the Top 8 early. With their wins in the previous round, both Panama and Italy each only needed one more win to advance to the...
By now, we were down to the Top 16 teams, split across four pools. Pool A featured Belgium, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, and Spain. Out of those four, only two teams could advance to the Top 8 on...
48 countries have advanced to Day Two, but only sixteen of them will be breathing easy first thing on Saturday, as the remaining countries start their day with an elimination match! Tune in to twitch.tv/magic starting at 12 a.m. PT/3 a.m. ET/8 a.m. UTC and don't miss a second of Day Two action at the 2016 World Magic Cup!
Out of the 73 teams that started, 48 made Day Two. They will be split in eight groups of six for the first round of pool play. Each pool consists of four teams that finished in 17th–48th place...
In the ultimate round of the day, the United States faced Belarus. With records of 4-2, both of these teams were playing for a spot among the Top 16, which would grant a bye in the first round on...
With only seven lifetime Pro Points and less than 20 Grand Prix attendances between the four team members, Team Dominican Republic was certainly not a quad that you would expect to be lurking near...
Live video coverage of the 2016 World Magic Cup is hosted on twitch.tv/magic and begins Friday at 10 a.m. local time (CET)/1 a.m. PT/4 a.m. ET/9 a.m. UTC.
73 countries compete, but only one country can be crowned the winner at the 2016 World Magic Cup, a team-based three-day tournament with a $250,000 prize purse and a scope that rivals the Pro...
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