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CATAN World Championship
2018 - Cologne / Germany
On November 24th and 25th, 2018, the best CATAN players in the world met in Cologne to host the world championship. Board game strategists from 46 countries competed for the title. Quetzal Hernandez from Mexico prevailed against the international competition and took the coveted first place.
In the final, the German Markus Heinze (29) from Berlin, Quetzal Hernandez (34) from Mexico, Jan Christoph Hajek (38) from Denmark and José Miguel Ferrario Parrado (32) from Colombia faced each other. Silver went to Colombia, bronze went to Germany. The final was a neck-and-neck race in which people settled, traded and built for an hour and a half.
World Championship 2018 - Final Results
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 40 |
| 2 | Colombia | 35 |
| 3 | Germany | 32 |
| 4 | Denmark | 30 |
| 5 | Latvia | 28 |
| 6 | China | 27 |
| 7 | Poland | 26 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 25 |
| 9 | Portugal | 24 |
| 10 | Moldova | 23 |
| 11 | Romania | 22 |
| 12 | Japan | 21 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 20 |
| 14 | Canada | 19 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 18 |
| 16 | Spain | 17 |
| 17 | Lithuania | 16 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 15 |
| 19 | Finland | 14 |
| 20 | Argentina | 13 |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 12 |
| 22 | United States of America | 11 |
| 23 | Estonia | 10 |
| 24 | Greece | 9 |
| 25 | Turkey | 8 |
| 26 | Lebanon | 7 |
| 27 | Great Britain | 6 |
| 28 | Vietnam | 5 |
| 29 | Russia | 4 |
| 30 | France | 3 |
| 31 | Israel | 2 |
| 32 | Sweden | 1 |
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quetzal Hernandez | Mexico |
| 2 | José Miguel Ferrario Parrado | Colombia |
| 3 | Markus Heinze | Germany |
| 4 | Jan Christoph Hajek | Denmark |
| 5 | Kristofers Ritovs | Latvia |
| 6 | Chan Chi Wai | China |
| 7 | Mateusz Gusciora | Poland |
| 8 | Matjaz Kozamernik | Slovenia |
| 9 | Ricardo Jorge Gomes | Portugal |
| 10 | Andrian Coșciuc | Moldova |
| 11 | Maxim Daniel | Romania |
| 12 | Ryotaro Inutsuka | Japan |
| 13 | Julius de Jong | Netherlands |
| 14 | Alan Cole | Canada |
| 15 | Jakub Vaňátko | Czech Republic |
| 16 | Jordi Baraut | Spain |
| 17 | Žilvinas Speteliūnas | Lithuania |
| 18 | Todor Petrov | Bulgaria |
| 19 | Tiina Vesala | Finland |
| 20 | Damian Medvedofsky | Argentina |
| 21 | Georgi Georgien | Bulgaria |
| 22 | Jerry Tong | United States of America |
| 23 | Fanny-Dhelia Pajuste | Estonia |
| 24 | Sergejs Gorškovs | Latvia |
| 25 | Ho Man Lam | China |
| 26 | Tomáš Uhl | Czech Republic |
| 27 | Pedro Miguel Camões da Silva Santos | Portugal |
| 28 | Andreas Stavrou | Greece |
| 29 | İbrahim Haras | Turkey |
| 30 | Tarek Kanaan | Lebanon |
| 31 | Will Cavaretta | United States of America |
| 32 | Parminder Thindal | Great Britain |
| 33 | Phúc Đào Thanh | Vietnam |
| 34 | Dmitrii Pliusnin | Russia |
| 35 | Jacques Servais | France |
| 36 | Niv Heled | Israel |
| 37 | David Nordlundh | Sweden |
| 38 | Chaiwat Lertcumpeesil | Thailand |
| 39 | Tomas Milašauskas | Lithuania |
| 40 | Lech Olczak | Poland |
| 41 | Rune R. Petersen | Denmark |
| 42 | Gerrit Mes | South Africa |
| 43 | Sebastián Andrés Berrios Donoso | Chile |
| 44 | Joe Williams | Great Britain |
| 45 | Corinne Gasser | Switzerland |
| 46 | Evaldas Rutkauskas | Lithuania |
| 47 | Lorenzo Tedone | Italy |
| 48 | Angel Estrada | Mexico |
| 49 | Oscar Brenes | Costa Rica |
| 50 | Erik Peinar | Estonia |
| 51 | Marko Pokrajac | Serbia |
| 52 | Wesley Stroop | Belgium |
| 53 | Pavel Mishanov | Russia |
| 54 | Michaela Wolff | Germany |
| 55 | Martin Dijkhuijsen | Netherlands |
| 56 | Karl Verheyden | Belgium |
| 57 | Rozzana Loaiza Flower | Peru |
| 58 | Balazs Gyongyosi | Hungary |
| 59 | Andreas Hainy | Austria |
| 60 | Christian Giroud | France |
| 61 | Torstein Aase Johnsen | Norway |
| 62 | Tatar Adrian | Romania |
| 63 | Vincent Daccache | Lebanon |
| 64 | William Spear | United States of America |
| 65 | Nathan Johns | Australia |
| 66 | Symeon Panagiotoglou | Greece |
| 67 | Ting-Wei Zhuang | Taiwan |
| 68 | Zainab Tahir | United Arab Emirates |
| 69 | Nathan McCarthy | Canada |
| 70 | Simon Engmalm | Sweden |
| 71 | Jesus Gayoso Cuesta | Spain |
| 72 | Joshua Chong Kah Leong | Malaysia |
| 73 | Carly Matthews-Lynch | Ireland |
| 74 | David Cordover | Australia |
| 75 | Vujadin Jankovic | Serbia |
| 76 | Dorottya Mohacsi | Hungary |