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This year's World Tantrix Championship ("WTC"), played online, is open to Tantrix players from all over the world and has attracted over 170 entrants from the 25 countries whose flags are shown above. entrants by year
2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the first World Tantrix Championship and also the tenth time it has been held as a dedicated tournament. The reigning World Champion is Mike McManaway ITM (NZL) and past winners have represented NZ (5 times), the UK (3 times), Hungary (once) and Australia (once), with four-time champion Matt Peek TGM (NZL) the only player to have won it more than once.
Phase 1 of the WTC finished in early September, with the top three players in each of the 21 Phase 1 groups joining the 65 entrants with the highest online tournament Elo ratings in the 128-player KO Phase.
TIMETABLE for the 2008 WTC
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