Netrunner Sealed World Champion 2001-2003 is Frederic Chorein (France).

WD Finals: Sealed Mini-Tournament (Swiss style), October 2002-May 2003

Finals Sealed GMP scores:

1. Frederic Chorein (FRA) GMP: 7 [OPP GMP: 12]
2. Byron Bailey (USA) GMP: 7 [OPP GMP: 7]
3. Richard Cripe (USA) GMP: 5
4. Scott Berger (USA) GMP: 4 [OPP GMP: 14]
5. Daniel Schneider (GER) GMP: 4 [OPP GMP: 10]
6. Holger Janssen (GER) GMP: 3 [OPP GMP: 14]
7. Mark Applin (UK) GMP: 3 [OPP GMP: 11]
8. Wilfried Ranque (FRA) GMP: 1 [dropped out]

Note: The Constructed Finals were cancelled due to a lack of player enthusiasm. The one Constructed match that was actually played featured replacement player Rik Geysels (who took Wilfried Ranque's place) vs. Frederic Chorein:

Frederic Chorein - Rik Geysels: C10 - R4; R0 - C10. [Judge: Jens Kreutzer]

If this match was ranked, it would catapult Frederic to 8 GMP (and Rik to 2 GMP, though he wasn't a qualified contestant for the champion title as he didn't play in the Sealed tournament), cementing his lead position. Still, Rik deserves credit for besting the World Champion! Way to go, Rik!

WD Sealed Finals

3rd Round

Frederic Chorein - Richard Cripe: C10 - R0; R3 - C10. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]
Byron Bailey - Holger Janssen: C10 - R4; R10 - C3. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]
Daniel Schneider - Scott Berger: C0 - R10; R10 - C2. [Judges: Frank Crins, Rik Geysels]
Mark Applin - Wilfried Ranque: forfeited by Wilfried; bye for Mark (1 GMP).

2nd Round

Frederic Chorein - Scott Berger: C10 - R0; R10 - C6. [Judge: Jens Kreutzer]
Richard Cripe - Daniel Schneider: C10 - R0; R4 - C10. [Judge: Lukas Kautzsch]
Byron Bailey - Wilfried Ranque: C10 - R6; R10 - C2. [Judge: Lukas Kautzsch]
Holger Janssen - Mark Applin: C10 - R0; R3 - C10. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]

1st Round

Daniel Schneider - Wilfried Ranque: C10 - R4; R6 - C10. [Judge: Masayasu Takano]
Byron Bailey - Richard Cripe: C0 - R10; R10 - C4. [Judge: Rik Geysels]
Holger Janssen - Scott Berger: C0 - R10; R10 - C3. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]
Frederic Chorein - Mark Applin: C10 - R1; R3 - C10. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]

WD 2001-03 Finals: The Contestants

1. Frederic Chorein (FRA) [meatspace tournament]
2. Holger Janssen (GER) [meatspace tournament]
3. Wilfried Ranque (FRA) [meatspace tournament] (has dropped)
replacement player: Rik Geysels (NL) [meatspace tournament]
4. Scott Berger (USA) [ARASAKA GROUP winner]
5. Richard Cripe (USA) [BARTMOSS GROUP winner]
6. Mark Applin (UK) [CHIBA GROUP winner]
7. Byron Bailey (USA) [DIGICONDA GROUP winner]
8. Daniel Schneider (GER) [EDGERUNNER GROUP winner]

WD 2001/02 Round 1 IRC Player Groups
The winner of each group advances to the Finals.
Updated October 25, 2002: Round 1 is over, and we have our 8 finalists! Check out the match logs links, like this: Sadato Kato - Gabriel Burkhard.

ARASAKA GROUP
Winner: Scott Berger (USA) [advances to Finals]

1. Scott Berger (USA) GMP: 4
2. Ocke Roerden (GER) GMP: 3
3. Yukihiro Terada (JAP) GMP: 2
[4. Ian Port (USA): has dropped]
[5. Philip Harvey (UK): has dropped]

IRC matches:
Scott Berger - Yukihiro Terada: C10 - R6; R5 - C10. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]
Scott Berger - Ocke Roerden: C10 - R2; R10 - C0. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]
Yukihiro Terada - Ocke Roerden: C0 - R10; R6 - C10. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]

[Disregarded: Ian Port - Ocke Roerden: C3 - R10; R1 - C10. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]]

BARTMOSS GROUP
Winner: Richard Cripe (USA) [advances to Finals]

1. Richard Cripe (USA) GMP: 7 [AP difference: 25]
2. Rob Konitzer (USA) GMP: 7 [AP difference: 17]
3. Gabriel Burkhard (SWI) GMP: 3
4. Sadato Kato (JAP) GMP: 1
[5. Byron "Neal" Massey (USA): has dropped]

IRC matches:
Richard Cripe - Sadato Kato: C10 - R0; R10 - C4. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]
Richard Cripe - Gabriel Burkhard: C10 - R0; R6 - C10. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]
Richard Cripe - Rob Konitzer: C10 - R0; R3 - C10. [Judge: Paul Grogan]
Sadato Kato - Gabriel Burkhard: C2 - R10; R10 - C3. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]
Sadato Kato - Rob Konitzer: C5 - R10; R5 - C10. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]
Gabriel Burkhard - Rob Konitzer: C4 - R10; R6 - C10. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]

[Disregarded: Byron "Neal" Massey - Richard Cripe: C10 - R6; R0 - C10. [Judge: Nate Fichthorn]
Byron "Neal" Massey - Rob Konitzer: R3 - C10 [Judge: Jens Kreutzer]]

CHIBA GROUP
Winner: Mark Applin (UK) [advances to Finals]

1. Mark Applin (UK) GMP: 5
2. Jason Erdmann (USA) GMP: 2.5
3. Masayasu Takano (JAP) GMP: 1.5
[4. Sean Harvey (CAN): disqualified]

IRC matches:
Jason Erdmann - Masayasu Takano: C10 - R3; R3 - C10. [Judges: Daniel Schneider/Ocke Roerden]
Jason Erdmann - Mark Applin: C10 - R6; R0 - C10. [Judge: Paul Grogan]
Masayasu Takano - Mark Applin: C6 - R10; R5 - C10. [Judge: Richard James Salts]

[Disregarded: Jason Erdmann - Sean Harvey: C10 - R2; R4 - C10. [Judge: Richard Cripe]]

DIGICONDA GROUP
Winner: Byron Bailey (USA) [advances to Finals]

1. Byron Bailey (USA) GMP: 5
2. Erwin Wagner (GER) GMP: 1 (+0-3)
3. Makoto Kouyama (JAP) GMP: 0 (+0-3)
[4. Graham Coleman (USA): has dropped]

IRC matches:
Byron Bailey - Makoto Kouyama: C10 - R3; R10 - C1. [Judge: Paul Grogan]
Byron Bailey - Erwin Wagner: C10 - R2; R6 - C10. [Judge: Richard James Salts]
Makoto Kouyama - Erwin Wagner: Would not influence the outcome and is therefore unneccessary

[Disregarded: Graham Coleman - Byron Bailey: C5 - R10; R2 - C10. [Judge: Lukas Kautzsch]

EDGERUNNER GROUP
Winner: Daniel Schneider (GER) [advances to Finals]

1. Daniel Schneider (GER) GMP: 7.5 [AP difference: 38]
2. David "Yogi" Ugorek (USA) GMP: 7.5 [AP difference: 33]
3. Muneki Tada (JAP) GMP: 2
4. Paul Grogan (UK) GMP: 1

IRC matches:
David Ugorek - Muneki Tada: C10 - R3; R10 - R4. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]
David Ugorek - Daniel Schneider: C3 - R10; R10 - C3. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]
David Ugorek - Paul Grogan: C10 - R0; R10 - C0. [Judge: Yannick Mescam]
Muneki Tada - Daniel Schneider: C0 - R10; R2 - C10. [Judge: Lukas Kautzsch]
Muneki Tada - Paul Grogan: C10 - R0; R5 - C10. [Judge: Lukas Kautzsch]
Daniel Schneider - Paul Grogan: C10 - R0; R10 - C0. [Judge: Ingo Schildmann]

WD 2001/02 Round 1 Meatspace Events

Sunday, December 9, 2001 - Paris, France
Winners:
Frederic Chorein (FRA) - advances to Finals
Wilfried Ranque (FRA) - advances to Finals
[Rik Geysels (NL) - advances to Finals]

January 12, 2002 - Karlsruhe, Germany
Winner:
Holger Janssen (GER) - advances to Finals

Players eligible for playing World Domination Round 1 (final version 1.4):
Key: *=confirmed intention to compete; #=dropouts.

*1. Mark Applin (UK)
*2. Byron Bailey (prequalified) (USA)
*3. Remy Berenguer (prequalified) (FRA)
*4. Scott Berger (USA)
*5. Gabriel Burkhard (prequalified) (SWI)
*6. Frederic Chorein (FRA)
*7. Graham Coleman (USA)
*8. Richard Cripe (prequalified) (USA)
*9. Gilles Delcourt (BEL)
#10. Peter Dringautzky (prequalified) (GER)
*11. Jason Erdmann (prequalified) (USA)
*12. Olivier Flament (prequalified) (FRA)
*13. Dieter Geulen (GER)
*14. Rik Geysels (prequalified) (NL)
#15. Joe Godbehere (prequalified) (UK)
*16. Paul Grogan (prequalified) (UK)
*17. Patrice Gross (prequalified) (FRA)
#18. Philip Harvey (prequalified) (UK)
*19. Sean Harvey (CAN)
*20. Holger Janssen (prequalified) (GER)
*21. Florent Jeudon (prequalified) (FRA)
#22. Chris Johnson (prequalified) (USA)
*23. Sadato Kato (JAP)
*24. Lukas Kautzsch (prequalified) (GER)
*25. Rob Konitzer (prequalified) (USA)
*26. Thorsten Kootz (prequalified) (GER)
*27. Makoto Kouyama (JAP)
*28. Byron "Neal" Massey (USA)
*29. Yannick Mescam (prequalified) (FRA)
*30. Gabriel Nassif (FRA)
#31. Michael Nock (GER)
*32. Ian Port (USA)
*33. Wilfried Ranque (FRA)
*34. Ocke Roerden (prequalified) (GER)
#35. Yves Savonet (BEL)
*36. Roland Schediwy (prequalified) (GER)
*37. Daniel Schneider (prequalified) (GER)
*38. Muneki Tada (JAP)
*39. Masayasu Takano (JAP)
*40. Yukihiro Terada (JAP)
#41. Stephane Toupart (prequalified) (FRA)
*42. David "Yogi" Ugorek (prequalified) (USA)
*43. Frederic Vasseur (prequalified) (FRA)
*44. Erwin Wagner (prequalified) (GER)

Time frame:
World Domination Qualifiers:
Fall-winter 2001, *finished*

World Domination Round 1:
January-September 2002, *finished*

World Domination Finals:
October 2002-May 2003, *finished*

World Domination Qualifier Events:

2 September - Sapporo, Japan (8 players)
1. Masayasu Takano
[#2 has dropped]
3. Makoto Kouyama

9 September - Atlanta, USA (9 players)
1. Graham Coleman
2. Ian Port

15 September - Tokyo, Japan (12 players)
[#1 has dropped]
2. Sadato Kato
3. Muneki Tada
[#4 has dropped]
[#5 has dropped]
6. Yukihiro Terada

16 September - Brussels, Belgium (13 players)
1. Yannick Mescam (prequalified)
2. Yves Savonet
3. Frederic Chorein
4. Gilles Delcourt

16 September - Hatfield, U. K. (6 players)
1. Philip Harvey (prequalified)
2. Mark Applin

16 September - Ottawa, Canada (4 players)
[#1&2 can't participate in the next round and so dropped]
3. Sean Harvey

16 September - Seattle, USA (6 players)
1. Byron Bailey (prequalified)
2. Byron "Neal" Massey

22 September - Karlsruhe, Germany (9 players)
1. Dieter Geulen
2. Holger Janssen (prequalified)
3. Lukas Kautzsch (prequalified)
4. Michael Nock

6 October - Houston, USA (4 players)
1. Scott Berger

7 October - Paris, France (10 players)
1. Wilfried Ranque
2. Gabriel Nassif

Players eligible for prequalification

The top 3 from World Domination '99:
1. Byron Bailey
2. Richard Cripe
3. Ocke Roerden

The top 3 from the American Nationals 1999:
[#1 already qualified in WD1999 Finals]
2. Jason Erdmann
3. David "Yogi" Ugorek
4. Chris Johnson
4. Rob Konitzer

The top 3 from the French Nationals 1999 (prequalified for WD2000 which never happened):
1. Patrice Gross
2. Frederic Vasseur
3. Florent Jeudon

The top 3 from the German Nationals 1999 (prequalified for WD2000 which never happened):
1. Daniel Schneider
2. Thorsten Kootz
3. Peter Dringautzki

The reigning South German Regional champion (1999):
1. Lukas Kautzsch

The top 3 from the European Championships 2000:
[#1 already qualified in French Nationals '99]
2. Stephane Toupart
3. Rik Geysels
4. Yannick Mescam

The top 3 from the French Nationals 2000:
[#1 already qualified in Euro 2000]
2. Olivier Flament
3. Gabriel Burkhard
[#4 already qualified in Euro 2000]
5. Remy Berenguer

The top 3 from the German Nationals 2000:
1. Roland Schediwy
2. Holger Janssen
3. Erwin Wagner

The top 3 from the UK Nationals 2000:
1. Philip Harvey
2. Joe Godbehere
3. Paul Grogan

The reigning Central German Regional champion (2000):
1. Holger Janssen

World Domination '01/'02 Official Rules

0) For a tournament to qualify for WDQ/WD eligibility, it must conform strictly to each of the following items. Failure to comply means the WD Committee has the option to not include results from the event in WD '01.

1) The official TRC/DCI Tournament Rules (can be found on my Netrunner Goodies page) must be followed, with modifications and additions as below.

2) The format for WDQ (meatspace plus possibly IRC) will be Sealed Deck: one starter and three boosters (one each 1.0, 2.1, 2.2).

3) The format for WD round 1 (meatspace plus IRC) will be Sealed Deck, too (possibly with new cards for each round).

4) The format for WD Finals (on IRC) will be Sealed Deck plus Limited Constructed. (For the determination of the IRC "sealed decks" the generator by Lukas K. will be used. There will be all new decks each round.)

5) All tournaments must use scoring by GMP (1 point per game win, 1 point for the match win) and round robin (up to 4 players) / Swiss Pairing as described below.
a) Tournaments with 4-8 players will have 3 rounds, with 9-16 players 4 rounds, with 17-32 players 5 rounds and so on. In WD round 1 at least 4 rounds are to be played (except when only 4 players take part). The Finals will have 3 rounds Sealed and 3 rounds Constructed (two independent Swiss tournaments, played in parallel).
b) Players are paired randomly during the first round.
c) Players are paired randomly with other players with the same record (total GMPs) in each successive round.
d) If there are an odd number of players with a certain record, a random player having the next lower record is bumped up.
e) If there are an odd total number of players, the lowest player (who has not got a bye before) gets a bye. A bye is counted as the average of the player's results from the other rounds (possibly changing its value after each round). A round 1 bye is counted as 1.5 GMP for the pairing of round 2.
f) For the final result tiebreakers are used in the following order: opponents' total GMPs, opponents' opponents' total GMPs, agenda point difference.

6) Every WDQ event must take part between August 1 and October 7 (exceptions only due to extraordinary circumstances).

7) Every WDQ tournament should be registered with the TRC at least three weeks in advance. To register, the date, time, and location (including country, city, and street address) of the tournament must be submitted to the WD Committee. Confirmation of registration will be within 72 hours.

8) Detailed results (including all single game results as well as name, country, city, and street address of each player) of a WDQ event must be submitted to the WD Committee within two weeks after the tournament. Confirmation that results were received will be sent within 72 hours.

9) A WDQ event must have a minimum attendance of 4 players. At least the same 4 players must complete play in every round. Games called for time are considered complete.

10) A judge of a WDQ/WD event may play in his own tournament. If she or he plays, the 3-judges system must be used.

11) The top 3 from WD 1999 plus the top 3 each from the American, French and German Nationals 1999, the UK, French and German Nationals 2000 as well as the European Championships 2000 are prequalified for WD Round 1. Also prequalified are reigning Regional Champions, of which there are 2: The South and Central German Regional Champions. Note: The American Nationals 2000 seem to have happened, but since official results are unavailable, they have been left out. There were no UK Nationals 1999, and there was no WD 2000. Also, the Euro Championships happened for the first time in 2000.

12) Players prequalified for WD Round 1 may play in WDQ (though it should be avoided if possible). If they play, they will pass down their qualification slot(s) to the next player in the final standings if they should end up with a tournament result that would qualify them for the next WD round.

13) A player may not play in more than one WDQ event.

14) From a WDQ tournament of n players the top n/4 players (rounded down) advance to the first round of WD. (4-7: 1 player, 8-11: 2, 12-15: 3, 16-19: 4, ...)

15) A player qualified for WD Round 1 is free to chose the WD round 1 event of his liking (IRC places may be limited, with WD round 1 judges taking precedence).

16) There will be up to 8 WD Round 1 tournaments (probably 1-2 in meatspace, the rest on IRC) with times and places to be determined after the qualified players' intention to play has been confirmed. (Time frame: November/December, but we won't be rushed; tentative geographical distribution of meatspace events: 2 in Europe?)

17) The winner from each WD round 1 tournament advances to the WD Finals. (Runner-up taking his place if necessary.) Two round 1 tournaments may be combined into a "double header", qualifying two finalists.

18) The WD '01 Finals will take place on IRC, somewhen next year.

World Domination '01/'02 Prizes

Prizes for players who reach the Finals are donated by Wizards of the Coast US (many thanks to Jennifer Clarke Wilkes) and will include:

• 4 to 5 signed Moebius posters
• 4 to 5 copies of Rache Bartmoss' Brainware Blowout
• 4 to 5 Netrunner T-shirts (size L only)
• 2 pieces of framed NR art