International prize list of Diplomacy


Tournaments for the Diplomacy board game have been conducted around the world for decades.

WorldDipCon

During the 1970s, there were very few Diplomacy tournaments outside North America. At that time, the winner of the tournament held at American DipCon was considered by the North American players as a world champion of Diplomacy.
The WorldDipCon was created in 1988 and the winner of the tournament held at this convention becomes the world champion of Diplomacy.
The players taking the top three places in each WorldDipCon tournament are listed below:
YearHost CityHost CountryWorld ChampionSecondThird
1988BirminghamGBR Phil Day Matt MacVeigh Jim Mills
1990Chapel HillUSA Jason Bergmann Jeff Bohner Steve Cooley
1992CanberraAUS Steve Gould Eric Roche Bruno-André Giraudon
1994BirminghamGBR Pascal Montagna Stéphane Gentric Bruno-André Giraudon
1995ParisFRA Bruno-André Giraudon Antonio Ribeiro da Silva Thomas Sebeyran
1996ColumbusUSA Pitt Crandlemire Leif Bergman Björn von Knorring
1997GothenburgSWE Cyrille Sevin Roger Edblom Borger Borgersen
1998Chapel HillUSA Chris Martin John Quarto-von-Tivadar Mark Fassio
1999NamurBEL Christian Dreyer Leif Bergman Ivan Woodward
2000Hunt ValleyUSA Simon Bouton Brian Dennehy Matthew Shields
2001ParisFRA Cyrille Sevin Brian Dennehy Chetan Radia
2002CanberraAUS Rob Stephenson Grant Steel Yann Clouet
2003DenverUSA Vincent Carry Edward Hawthorne Frank Johansen
2004BirminghamGBR Yann Clouet André Kooy Cyrille Sevin
2005WashingtonUSA Frank Johansen Tom Kobrin Edi Birsan
2006BerlinGER Nicolas Sahuguet Cyrille Sevin Yann Clouet
2007VancouverCAN Doug Moore Jake Mannix Mark Zoffel
2008LockenhausAUT Julian Ziesing Cyrille Sevin Daniel Leinich
2009ColumbusUSA Andrew Goff Daniel Lester Jim O'Kelley
2010The HagueNLD Gwen Maggi Igor Kurt Xavier Blanchot
2011SydneyAUS Andrew Goff Grant Steel Liam Cosgrave
2012ChicagoUSA Michael A. Binder Don Scheifler Matt Shields
2013ParisFRA Cyrille Sevin Toby Harris Gwen Maggi
2014Chapel HillUSA Thomas Haver Daniel Lester Phil Weissert
2015MilanITA Toby Harris Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid Thomas Haver
2016ChicagoUSA Chris Brand Doug Moore Andrew Goff
2017OxfordGBR Doug Moore Marvin Fried Tanya Gill
2018WashingtonUSA Andrew Goff Doug Moore Adam Sigal
2019MarseilleFRA Gwen Maggi Andrew Goff Christophe Borgeat
2020DoverUSA
2021BangkokTHA

North America

DipCon

The winner of the DipCon tournament is the North American champion. The title of North American champion was not given at the beginning, but since 1972 has been awarded to each winner of the convention tournament. DipCon was created in 1966 and occurred each year. There was no tournament in 1966, 1969 and 1971.
The winner of each DipCon North American Championship tournament:
YearHost CityHost CountryNorth American ChampionNotes
1970Oklahoma CityUSA John Smythe
1972ChicagoUSA Richard Ackerlay
1973ChicagoUSA Conrad von Metzke and
John Smythe tie
1974ChicagoUSA Mike Rocamora
1975ChicagoUSA Walter Blank and
Bob Wartenberg tie
1976BaltimoreUSA Thomas Reape
1977Lake GenevaUSA Mike Rocamora
1978Los AngelesUSA David Lagerson
1979ChesterUSA Ben Zablocki
1980RochesterUSA Carl Eichelberger
1981BurlingameUSA Ron Brown
1982BaltimoreUSA Konrad Baumeister
1983DetroitUSA Joyce Singer
1984DallasUSA Jeff Key
1985SeattleUSA J.R. Baker
1986FredericksburgUSA Malcolm Smith
1987MadisonUSA David Hood
1988San AntonioUSA Dan Sellers
1989San DiegoUSA Edi Birsan
1990Chapel HillUSA Jason Bergmann
1991ScarboroughCAN Gary Behnen
1992LenexaUSA Marc Peters
1993San MateoUSA Hohn Cho
1994Chapel HillUSA Bruce Reiff
1995BaltimoreUSA Sylvain Larose
1996ColumbusUSA Pitt Crandlemire
1997SeattleUSA Chris Mazza
1998Chapel HillUSA Chris Martin
1999ColumbusUSA Chris Mazza
2000Hunt ValleyUSA Simon Bouton
2001DenverUSA David Hood
2002Chapel HillUSA Morgan Gurley
2003WashingtonUSA Edward Hawthorne
2004PortlandUSA Ken Lemere
2005At SeaUSA
MEX
Belize		 Rick Desper
2006CharlottesvilleUSA Hohn Cho
2007Vancouver Doug Moore
2008Tysons CornerUSA Chris Martin
2009Columbus Andrew Goff
2010San Francisco Eric Mead
2011Fairlee, Vermont Chris Martin
2012Chicago Michael A. Binder
2013Silver SpringUSA Nate Cockerill
2014SeattleUSA Dan Lester
2015PhiladelphiaUSA Chris Martin
2016ChicagoUSA Chris Brand
2017Killington, VermontUSA Doug Moore

North American Grand Prix

The winner of each Grand Prix:
YearStepsPlayersWinner
1999758 Chris Martin
200014125 Matt Shields
200134166 Jerry Fest
200217171 Andy Bartalone
200316213 Edward Hawthorne
200414305 Doug Moore
200513234 Andrew Neumann
200612200 Jim O'Kelley
200712270 Doug Moore
200815275 Thomas Haver
200910182 Adam Sigal
201010220 Peter Yeargin
20119143 Chris Martin
201211202 Michael A. Binder
20138136 Graham Woodring
20148188 Dan Lester

Europe

EuroDipCon

The winner of each EuroDipCon tournament:
YearHost CityHost CountryEuropean ChampionNotes
1993ParisFRA Samy Malki
1994LinköpingSWE Xavier Blanchot
1995CirencesterGBR Inge Kjøl
1996OsloNOR Inge Kjøl
1997NamurBEL Cyrille Sevin
1998BedfordGBR Toby Harris
1999TurkuFIN Simon Bouton
2000ParisFRA Leif Bergman
2001DublinIRL Paraic Reddington
2002MalmöSWE Frank Johansen
2003DoganaSMR Yann Clouet
2004DarmstadtGER Edi Birsan
2005UtrechtNED Simon Bouton
2006CheshuntGBR Benjamin Pouillès-Duplaix
2007Marseille Fabien Grellier
2008BrunateITA Luca Pazzaglia
2009Bonn André Ilievics
2010ParisFRA Fabian Straub
2011DerbyGBR Gwen Maggi
2012SerravalleSMR Nicolas Sahuguet
2013NamurBEL Gwen Maggi
2014RomeITA Peter McNamara
2015LeicesterGBR Cyrille Sevin
2016ParisFRA Gwen Maggi
2017MilanITA Gwen Maggi
2018ParisFRA Lei Saarlainen
2019MarseilleFRA Gwen Maggi
2020MilanITA

European Grand Prix

The winner of each Grand Prix:
YearNb of stepsNb of playersWinner
200210283 William Attia
200311349 Yann Clouet
200415472 Yann Clouet
200513364 Gwen Maggi
200614340 Gwen Maggi
200714272 Gwen Maggi
200811207 Emmanuel du Pontavice
200911175 Gwen Maggi
20108172 Gwen Maggi
20116108 Gwen Maggi
2012576 Dave Simpson
20137112 Gwen Maggi
2014681 Gwen Maggi

Australia and New Zealand

Bismark Cup

The National Tournaments Championship – comprising the perpetual trophy known as the Bismark Cup – is awarded for the best aggregate tournament results at Diplomacy tournaments held during the calendar year. It is an annual ranking. The exact number of points depends on the size of the tournament and the person's placing in that tournament.
The winner of each Bismark Cup:
YearNbr of stepsNbr of playersWinner
1989 Robert Wessels
1990 Harry Kolotas
1991375 Robert Wessels
19925123 Steve Gould
1993693 Harry Kolotas
1994 Craig Sedgwick
1995 Rob Stephenson
1996565 Craig Sedgwick
1997574 Bill Brown
1998792 Rob Stephenson
19998117 Brandon Clarke
20009111 Rob Stephenson
200110104 Tristan Lee
2002784 Rob Schöne
2003652 Geoff Kerr
2004856 Grant Steel
2005865 Tony Collins
20061076 Sean Colman
2007––Not organised
2008758 Andrew Goff
2009769 Shane Cubis
2010769 Thorin Munro
2011549 Grant Steel
2012––Not organised

Origins of the Bismark Cup

In the early 1980s the Diplomacy scene in Australia was built around several PBM Diplomacy magazines, of which the most significant titles were Rumplestiltskin, The Go Between, Beowulf, Victoriana, The Journal of Australian Diplomacy, and The Envoy. Most of the tournament players were subscribers, players and editors of these magazines. The Envoy, which was published between 1986 and 1991, ran a series of articles which were both popular and influential. Purportedly written by Arthur von Bismark and styled as lecture transcripts, the character of Arthur von Bismark became celebrated among the contemporary Diplomacy subculture in Australia.
The articles were popular at a time when tournament play in Australia had become more organized, with well-attended tournaments in Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. Rating systems at the time were being hotly debated and many players desired a way to assess the best player in the tournament scene for a calendar year, as a way of overcoming the perceived inconsistencies of rating systems within one event. The annual trophy concept was accepted among the then-principle organizers of these tournaments and the title Arthur Bismark Cup was suggested by The Envoy's then-editor Mathew Gibson.
The real author of these Arthur von Bismark articles was never announced publicly, but was suspected as being either Harry Kolotas, Marion Ashworth, Neil Ashworth or Luke Clutterbuck.

Diplomacy National World Cup

More prestigious web tournament. The third edition begins in 2013.
EditionWorld ChampionSecondThird
2007–2009FRAITAARG
2010–2012IRLUSAFRA
2013-____Cancelled tournament--

EditionMembers of the World champion teamMembers of second teamMembers of third team
2007–2009France
Emmanuel du Pontavice
Fabrice Essner
Jean-Luc Granier
Fabien Grellier
Michel Lacroix
Gwen Maggi
Jean-Pierre Maulion
Nicolas Sahuguet
Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
Cyrille Sevin		Italy
Enrico Agamennone
Alessio Cei
Giovanni Cesarini
Davide Cleopadre
Marco Noseda Pedraglio
Luca Pazzaglia
Roberto Perego
Leonardo Quirini
Andrea Ziffer		Argentina
Leonardo Colangelo
Pablo Echevarría
Mike Goldfeld
Martin Kaplan
Marcelo Larroque
Ismael Puga
Felipe Sanchez
Ariel Max Sanchez Romero
2010–2012Ireland
Mike Cosgrave
Brian Dennehy
Aidan Duggan
Conor Kostick
Cian O'Rathaille
Nigel Phillips
Rick Powell		United States
Kevin Dietz
Jim Green
Melinda Holley
Brian McCain
Pete Marinaro
Charles Mullin
Kyra Olson
Yashwant Parmar
Eric Sorenson		France
Frédéric Coste
Fabrice Essner
Gwen Maggi
Jean-Pierre Maulion
Jean-François Mougard
Reynald Nicod
Vincent Reulet
Nicolas Sahuguet
Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
Cyrille Sevin
2013-____Cancelled tournament--