JAPAN’S
MASATOSHI TOGAWA CROWNED 2004 YU-GI-OH! TRADING
CARD GAME WORLD CHAMPION
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship
Tournament – Sunday, July 25, 2004
Thousands gathered in the Anaheim Convention
Center
 on
Sunday (July 25) to witness the biggest Duel of
the year. After two days of fierce competition,
finalist Masatoshi Togawa (20, Japan) has earned
the title as the 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card
Game World Champion.
In addition to winning the championship trophy,
and covenant title, Masatoshi was also awarded
an exclusive Ulevo promotional card, and a
backpack full of assorted Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD
GAME related prizes. Runner-ups include (in
order) 17-year-old Chan Wan Hang (Hong Kong),
30-year-old Yoshinobu Suekane (Japan), and
19-year-old Ryan Pugh (United Kingdom). Each
were awarded a Meteo the Matchless promotional
card, and, a backpack full of assorted Yu-Gi-Oh!
TRADING CARD GAME prizes.
All eight phenomenally rare promotional cards
are sealed in an acrylic block, and cannot be
used in any tournament. See below for details on
both cards.
In addition, Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG fans had the
opportunity to take a sneak-peek at the
exclusive movie packs, which were on sale at the
Upper Deck Entertainment booth. The exclusive
packs were only available at the World
Championship event, and will be available again
when the Yu-Gi-Oh! movie releases in August.
As a part of Upper Deck Entertainment’s Premier
Tournament series, Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME
finalists are determined through Regional and
National tournaments held throughout the world.
Winners of Regional tournaments are awarded
entry to National tournaments, in which the top
selected players are then awarded entry into the
Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship
tournament and compete for the coveted title of
2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game World Champion.
Over 25 countries were represented in the entire
competition.
The
Top 8 Deck Lists can be found here.
Ulevo
Level 10
EARTH
Winged Beast / Effect
ATK 3000
DEF 2500
This card cannot be Special Summoned. This card
must be Tribute Summoned by offering 3 Winged
Beast-Type monsters on your side of the field as
Tributes. If this card attacks your opponent's
Life Points directly and makes them 0, the
controller of this card wins the Match.
Meteo the Matchless
Level 8
DARK
Beast-Warrior / Effect
ATK 2400
DEF 2000
This card cannot be Special Summoned. This card
must be Tribute Summoned by offering 3
Beast-Warrior-Type monsters on your side of the
field as Tributes. If this card attacks your
opponent's Life Points directly and makes them
0, the controller of this card wins the Match.
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