2016 World Magic Cup Invitation List
Each national team invited to the 2016 World Magic Cup will consist of the following players:
- The winner* of each of the three (3) 2016 World Magic Cup Qualifiers run in that country.
*Note: In the event that a World Magic Cup Qualifier winner (later) becomes the National Champion on a national team, the next highest placed finisher from that World Magic Cup Qualifier will receive the invitation to be on the national team at the World Magic Cup.
- The top ranked player at the conclusion of the 2015-2016 Professional Points Season from that country that is not already invited based on the above criteria. If two or more players are tied, ties will be broken as follows:
- The tied player with the greatest number of Pro Tour Top 8* finishes during the 2015-16 Professional Points Season, or
- The tied player with the greatest number of Grand Prix Top 8 finishes during the 2015-16 Professional Points Season, or
- The tied player with the greatest number of match points from his or her best Pro Tour* finish during the 2015-16 Professional Points Season, or
- The tied player with the greatest number of match points in his or her best individual-format Grand Prix finish during the 2015-16 Professional Points Season, or
- The tied player with the highest point total at the conclusion of the 2016 Seasonal Yearly Award Season.
* Note: The Magic: The Gathering World Championship and the World Magic Cup are not Pro Tour events.
Players who have (1) won a 2016 World Magic Cup Qualifier or (2) are the top Professional Points player (announced August 7, 2016) invited to the World Magic Cup may not compete in further 2016 World Magic Cup Qualifiers.
All invitations are subject to the requirements limitations set forth in the Magic Premier Event Invitation Policy.
Please note: Teams are not yet final.
World Magic Cup Team Members
Nationality | National Champion | WMCQ Winner #1 | WMCQ Winner #2 | WMCQ Winner #3 |
Argentina | Luis Salvatto | Danilo Sendra | Martin Ariel Sosa De Los Santos | Nahuel Roson |
Australia | David Mines | James Wilks | Ryan Cubit | Garry Lau |
Austria | Oliver Polak-Rottmann | Markus Spoerk | Lukas Mittendorfer | Valentin Mackl |
Belarus | Pavel Miadzvedski | Ihar Klionski | Dmitry Andronchik | Bantsevich Hleb |
Belgium | Peter Vieren | Pascal Vieren | Jerome Bastogne | Branco Neirynck |
Bolivia | David Sologuren | Leonardo Quiroga Flores | Alejandro Pena | A. Guillermo Ibanez Loayza |
Brazil | Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa | Patrick Fernandes | Alex Rodrigues | Thiago Saporito |
Bulgaria | Hristiyan Ivanov | Blagovest Vladimirov | George Naydenov | Stefan Pavlov |
Canada | Alexander Hayne | Jacob Wilson | Brian Su | Felix Tse |
Chile | Rodrigo Lopez | Javier Vera | José Luis Echeverría Paredes | Felipe Valdivia |
China | Yuchen Liu | Ding Yi | Yin Yu | Ang Li |
Chinese Taipei | Hao-Shan Huang | Yung-Ming Huang | Chin Yao Han | Ren Feng |
Colombia | Diego Alejandro Celeita | Camilo Pineda Cañas | Fredy Castro | Jhonatan Restrepo |
Costa Rica | Marino Donato | Fernando Solorzano | Teodosis Gavriel | jose Lopez |
Croatia | Vjeran Horvat | Marinko Murgic | Damjan Bjelica | Ivan Markovic |
Cyprus | Daniel Antoniou | Tatsiana Suponeva | Michalis Pantelides | George Pericleous |
Czech Republic | Lukas Blohon | Ondrej Straka | Alexander Rossijcenko | Pavel Zuna |
Denmark | Martin Müller | Anders Gotfredsen | Simon Nielsen | Asger Lundblad |
Dominican Republic | Caupolican Lopez Yapor | Ricardo Sasso | Fabio Portes | Jairo Balbuena |
Ecuador | Jaime Flor | Daniel López | Walter Cordova | Francisco Cedeno |
El Salvador | Salvador Diaz | Josue Loucel | Ricardo Cabrero | Javier Morales |
England | Eduardo Sajgalik | Pete Ward | Graeme Mcintyre | Aaron Burns Lees |
Estonia | Hannes Kerem | Karl Sarap | Juhan Rebane | Simon Robberts |
Finland | Lauri Pispa | Tuomas Tuominen | Leo Lahonen | Matti Kuisma |
France | Raphael Levy | Jeremy Dezani | Kevin SAUVAGEON | Guillaume Perbet |
Germany | Patrick Dickmann | Dennis Nolte | Fabian Friedrich | Marc Tobiasch |
Greece | Bill Chronopoulos | Nikolaos Kaponis | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | Petros Tziotis |
Guatemala | Christopher Virula | Kevin Perez | Mario de la Roca | Fernando Jose Juarez Oliva |
Hong Kong | Shi Tian Lee | Chun Sing Fung | Kevin Lam | Kobe Tang |
Hungary | Akos Kenyeres | Kristóf Dézsi | László Szabó | David Schrick |
Iceland | Einar Agust Baldvinsson | Halldór Vilhjálmsson | Kjartan Másson | Thorey Mariusdottir |
Indonesia | Christian Wijaya | Bushh Bonaldy Pangestu | Taufik Indrakesuma | Benny Soewanda |
Ireland | Alexander Ball | David Murphy | Michele Gravina | Vaclav Novak |
Israel | Shahar Shenhar | Gal Barak | Philip Korsunsky | Dan Tzirkel |
Italy | Andrea Mengucci | Mattia Rizzi | Alessandro Casamenti | Alessandro Portaro |
Japan | Shota Yasooka | Kento Arita | Toru Takeshita | Kenji Tsumura |
Latvia | Andrejs Prost | Nikita Klimov | Gints Dreimanis | Aleksejs Laizans |
Lithuania | Gaudenis Vidugiris | Andrius Averjanovas | Algirdas Neniskis | Jonas Drukteinis |
Luxembourg | Steve Hatto | Geoffrey Martinelle | Artur Queiroz | Ben Gusenburger |
Macedonia | Miro Popov | Ivo Neskovik | Martin Nanik | Nebojsa Stamenkov |
Malaysia | Yian Hsiang Chye | Shawn Khoo | Pang Ming Wee | Rick Lee |
Malta | Luke Vassallo | Ayrton Micallef | Karsten Chetcuti | Jurgen Grech |
Mexico | Marcelino Freeman | Miguel Angel Rios Gonzalez | Joel de Santos | Emmanuel Ramirez Sanchez |
Netherlands | Thomas Hendriks | Tijmen Blankevoort | Mitchell Manders | Leon Van Der Linden |
New Zealand | Jason Chung | Matthew Rogers | Zen Takahashi | Calum Gittins |
Northern Ireland | Stephen Madden | Rene Verheesen | Thomas McKiernan | Krzysztof Dominiak |
Norway | Erik Skinstad | Mikael Gyhagen | Dag Erik Børnich | Thorbjørn Steiivar Lunke |
Panamá | Saul Alvarado | Sergio Bonilla | Manuel Succari | Cesar Segovia |
Paraguay | Eduardo Filippi | Oscar Mathias Bachmann | Felipe Palei | Eligio Bernal |
Peru | Jose Raul Velarde Gallegos | Renzo Arana | Miguel Llanos | Santiago Villanueva |
Philippines | Mike Hron | Mark Ramos | Zax Ozaki | Jan Ang |
Poland | Grzegorz Kowalski | Maciej Janik | Piotr Glogowski | Mateusz Jedlinski |
Portugal | Marcio Carvalho | José Rodrigues | Luis Gobern | Bernardo Santos |
Puerto Rico | Gabriel Nieves | Adrian Marquez | Cesar Soto | Luis Delfin Prieto |
Romania | Ciprian Catana | Andrei Evi | Rares-Glad Colomei | Silviu Mayer |
Russian Federation | Alexander Semkin | Alexey Isupov | Ivan Knyazev | Nikita Yurochko |
Scotland | Stephen Murray | Kevin Pass | Marc Ferguson | Brandon Balfour |
Serbia | Aleksa Telarov | Miodrag Kitanovic | Nenad Bacic | Javorko Petricevic |
Singapore | Kelvin Chew | Felix Leong | Xavier Tang | Eugene Wong |
Slovakia | Ivan Floch | Patrik Surab | Matej Zatlkaj | Milan Niznansky |
Slovenia | Robin Dolar | Anze Mlakar | Peter Kunic | Jure Dervodel |
South Africa | Sinan Effendi | Darren Fox | Phillip Franken | Jason Ward |
South Korea | Jun Young Park | Jae Hwan Kwak | Heechan Park | Sanghoon Bae |
Spain | Javier Dominguez | Pedro Grati | Ricardo Diaz Rojo | Miguel Ángel Nunez Reyes |
Sweden | Joel Larsson | Per Nyström | Daniel Larsson | Alex Wahlquist |
Switzerland | Andreas Ganz | Lukas Grauwiler | Julian Felix Flury | Yannick Studer |
Thailand | Aekarash Sorakup | Weerawat Meenwatthana | Channarong Sutthisakorn | Chayapol Poonsawat |
Turkey | Caner Aktas | Ali Cinar | Yusuf Kemal Vefa | Ibrahim Celik |
Ukraine | Sergiy Sushalskyy | Sorozhinsky Bogdan | Iurii Babych | Artem Fedorchenko |
United States | Owen Turtenwald | Soohwang Yeem | Lee Marino | Kevin Jones |
Uruguay | Juan Pablo Llodra | Nicolas Righetti | Leandro Cabrera | Federico Pereira |
Venezuela | Daniel Fior | Luis Azocar | Arturo Torres | Alexis Cuevas |
Wales | Ben Jones | Davie Whyte | Aaron Boyhan | James Sawyer |