====== World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping ====== California is welcoming the World Championship for the first time - {{ :competition_ftf:world:wdc:un_emblem_blue.svg.png?nolink&160|}} {{ :competition_ftf:world:wdc:california_flag.png?nolink&160|}} ===== Organisation ===== * Organisator : **Adam Silverman** * Assistant Organisator : **Siobhan Nolen** * Assistant Organisator : **Alex Amman** * Assistant Organisator : **Edi Birsan** * Tournament Director : **Adam Silverman** ===== Structure ===== * **4 round** * Scoring System : [[scoring:system:haight|Haight 1.0]] * **Scoring aggregation**: A player’s tournament score will be determined by adding their best two of three qualifying round scores (round 1-3) to their round 4 score * **Championship's Pool**: The 21 top ranked players from the qualifying rounds, based on their best two scores, will participate in the “Championship Pool” in Round 4 * The specific ranking of individual players will not be made public. Players in the “Championship Pool” will receive a 50% bonus to their round 4 score * All remaining players will be seeded in a separate pool * **The World Champion 2025** will be the player from the Championship Pool with the highest tournament score. All other rankings will be based solely on tournament score. * Any round 1-3 games that are still running at 6:30am on Sunday will be ended by the TD. * Round 4 will have a set end time, known only to the TDs, between 1:30pm and 3:30pm.If a board is still playing at the set end time, it ends using the last recorded fall turn SC count, unless the board has started adjudicating a fall turn, in which case this turn will be fully processed. * **106 players** * **51 boards** (14+13+12+(12 including 3 championship pool)) ===== Venue ===== * United States * California * San Francisco {{ :competition_ftf:world:wdc:cable-cars-downtown-san-francisco.jpg.webp |}} ===== Championship's Pool ===== ^Countries^Players^Centers^Points^Total^ |Austria|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Peter Yeargin|0|4|336| |England|{{images:flags:fra.png?25x17}}Yann Clouet|9|145|622.5| |France|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Andrew Katcher|1|32|368| |Germany|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Katie Benn|9|145|537.5| |Italy|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Noam Brown|8|124|673| |Russia|{{images:flags:fra.png?25x17}}Andrew Zick|7|103|499.5| |Turkey|{{images:flags:fra.png?25x17}}Nicolas Sahuguet|0|18|494| ^Countries^Players^Centers^Points^Total^ |Austria|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Adam Sigal|0|18|664| |England|{{images:flags:can.png?25x17}}Riaz Virani|0|6|384| |France|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Ben Kellman|7|114|581| |Germany|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}David Hood|12|206|650| |Italy|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Brandon Fogel|8|135|649.5| |Russia|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Jake Mannix|5|83|393| |Turkey|{{images:flags:gbr.png?25x17}}Mikalis Kamaritis|2|42|379| ^Countries^Players^Centers^Points^Total^ |Austria|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Jordan Connors|3|52|575| |England|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Katie Gray|9|161|628.5| |France|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}Jamal Blakkarly|8|124|618| |Germany|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Andrei Gribakov|1|21|381.5| |Italy|{{images:flags:nld.png?25x17}}Maaike Blom|8|124|515| |Russia|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}Shane Armstrong|5|83|454| |Turkey|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}Doug Moore|0|3|395.5| ===== Ranking ===== {{ :competition_ftf:world:wdc:noam_brown_world_champion_2025.jpg?nolink&400|}} ^rk^player^nat^res^points^ |1|Noam Brown|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|673| |2|Adam Sigal|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|664| |3|David Hood|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|650| |4|Brandon Fogel|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|649.5| |5|Katie Gray|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|628.5| |6|Yann Clouet|{{images:flags:fra.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:fra.png?25x17}}|622.5| |7|Jamal Blakkarly|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}|618| |8|Ben Kellmann|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|581| |9|Jordan Connors|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|575| |10|Katie Benn|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|537.5| |11|Maaike Blom|{{images:flags:nld.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:nld.png?25x17}}|515| |12|Randy Lawrence Hurt|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|501| |13|Andrew Zick|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|499.5| |14|Nicolas Sahuguet|{{images:flags:fra.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:can.png?25x17}}|494| |15|Peter McNamara|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}|480| |16|Spyros Dovas|{{images:flags:grc.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:grc.png?25x17}}|456| |17|Shane Armstrong|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:aus.png?25x17}}|451| |18|Karl Ronneburg|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|441| |19|Craig Mayr|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|393| |20|Jake Mannix|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|414| |21|Markus Edholm "Ezio"|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|{{images:flags:usa.png?25x17}}|404| {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:rk_22-54.jpg?nolink&450|}} {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:rk_55-87.jpg?nolink&450|}} {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:rk_88-106.jpg?nolink&450|}} ===== Boards ===== ==== Round 1 ==== {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:round_1.jpg?nolink&1000|}} {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:round_1b.jpg?nolink&1000|}} ==== Round 2 ==== {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:round_2a.jpg?nolink&1000|}} {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:round_2b.jpg?nolink&1000|}} ==== Round 3 ==== {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:round_3.jpg?nolink&1000|}} ==== Round 4 ==== The Championship's pool boards are treated upstair {{:competition_ftf:world:wdc:round_4.jpg?nolink&1000|}} ===== Tournament's Reports ===== * Diplomacy Broadcast Network: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6s8IlHVGE|Gameday Live: World Diplomacy Championship 2025 Qualifying Rounds]] * Broadcasters : Robert Schuppe, Andrew Goff, Christopher Ward * Diplomacy Broadcast Network: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H54AD7WS0x4|World Diplomacy Championship 2025 Championship's Pool]] * Broadcasters : Bryan Pravel, Andrew Goff, Chris Brand * World Diplomacy Reference : [[https://www.world-diplomacy-reference.com/tournaments/1798|World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping]] * Diplomacy TV: [[https://diplomacytv.com/tournaments/99/|WDC 2025 at Whipping]] * Diplomacy World 170 : [[personalities:tournament_s_director_report:adam_silverman_wdc2025|Adam Silverman Tournament's Director Report Worldipcon 2025]] * The Briefing : [[personalities:second_fiddle:david_hood_wdc2025|Second Fiddle David Hood : Where i finished Again?]]