Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Breaks Records With Successful 200th Event

Posted By Mark Casino

Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) is pleased to share details around its successful 200th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS) tournament held this past weekend.

To celebrate the 200th tournament of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS), three concurrent events were held in the United States, Mexico and the Netherlands, marking the first-time ever the tournament was held in three continents. The 200th event was attended by a total of 7,770 Duelists across all three regions, breaking the record for the most players participating in a tournament at the same time. Over the course of two days, top Duelists around the world competed for prizes and a chance to earn their spot at the 2019 World Championship Qualifiers.

Additionally, the YCS tournament experienced yet another record-breaking triumph for the highest attended Yu-Gi-Oh! event in LatAm and Europe, with 2,619 players competing in Mexico City, Mexico and 2,370 in Utrecht, Netherlands.

 The next stops on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series are Niagara Falls, Canada on October 20th – 21st; Pasadena, California on November 17th – 18th; and São Paulo, Brazil on November 17th – 18th.