The results are in for one of the absolute closest contests in years, and Gentry Stein is your new World Champion!!!
2014 World YoYo Contest – TAKUMA YAMAMOTO WINS 2A!!
The results are in, and Takuma Yamamoto has kept his title and won the 2A Division here at the 2014 World YoYo Contest!
1 Takuma Yamamoto 88.7
2 Yasushi Furukawa 74.1
3 Hiraku Fujii 68.1
4 Tomoyuki Kaneko 65.8
5 Shuhei Kanai 62.4
6 Joseph Harris 58.9
7 Liu Man Ki 50.7
8 Dave Geigle 43.3
9 JongKi Yoon 38.6
2014 World YoYo Contest – HAJIME MIURA WINS 3A!!
The results are in, and Hajime Miura from Japan is the new 3A World Champion!
1 Hajime Miura 92.8
2 Hank Freeman 82.9
3 Minato Furuta 76.8
4 Mizuki Takimoto 72.2
5 Taiichiro Higashi 65.4
6 Patrick Borgerding 61.5
7 Alex Hattori 58.3
8 Ng Wang Kit 52.7
9 Michal Jaško 48.6
10 Donald Hodgkinson 45.6
11 Naoya Takeuchi 22.1
2014 World YoYo Contest – Artistic Performance Results
The results are in for the Artistic Performance Division at the 2014 World YoYo Contest!
Grand Prix Winner – Spination (Japan)
Artistic Award – Spination (Japan)
Creativity Award – Tuan Chin-Min (Taiwan)
2014 World YoYo Contest – TESSA PICCILLO WINS WOMEN’S DIVISION
Results are in for the Women’s Division at the 2014 World YoYo Contest, and YoYoJam’s Tessa Piccillo is the new World Champion!
1 Tessa Piccillo 80.4
2 Julia Aleksandra Gutowska 75.0
3 Corli du Toit 58.3
4 Ann Connolly 57.4
5 Josefina Nešporová 53.5
6 Mimi Thian 43.7
7 Grace Barnes 38.8
8 Veronika Dlesková 38.3
9 Tatiana Ganikhina 33.5
10 Anna Varga 15.2
11 Karolína Záhrubská 12.6
12 Sara D’Amato 10.6
– Chloé Monsonégo – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DQ
2014 World YoYo Contest – REI IWAKURA WINS 4A!
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The results are in, and Rei Iwakura is the 2014 World Champion in the 4A Division!
1 Rei Iwakura 93.0
2 Michael Nakamura 91.0
3 Naoto Okada 83.8
4 Ian Johnson 83.2
5 Zac Rubino 82.6
6 Po Han Kuo 75.2
7 Gustavo Amaral 72.3
8 Chun Hin Chan 68.5
9 Tsubasa Onishi 62.6
10 Yuuki Uchida 60.3
11 Jeon Ji Hwan 59.8
12 Norbert Jenei 57.8
13 Ben Conde 56.3
14 Lorenzo Sabatini 54.5
15 Quentin Godet 54.2
16 Ondřej Schmid 46.2
17 Trivet Sembel 42.9
18 Ayumu Harada 42.8
19 Wu Jinnan 42.2
2014 World YoYo Contest – TAKESHI MATSUURA WINS 5A!
The results are in for the 5A Division at the 2014 World YoYo Contest…Takeshi Maatsura from Japan is once again the World Champion!
1 Takeshi Matsuura 94.4
2 Jake Elliott 84.7
3 Sora Ishikawa 82.6
4 Naoya Takeuchi 58.0
5 Ko Kwan Ho 57.1
6 Ian Loh 51.9
7 Chase Baxter 51.0
8 Petr Kavka 50.9
9 Daniel Budai 50.4
10 Min Soo Kim 46.7
11 David Molnár 45.5
12 Brian Leung Pak Wai 38.6
13 Matthew Gallacher 35.0
14 Maciek Cwynar 31.7
15 George Stoyanov 29.7
16 Petr Míka 20.7
– Marco Riechen – DQ
2014 World YoYo Contest – 2A Prelim Results
Here are the results for the 2014 World YoYo Contest 2A Prelims…these players will move to tomorrow’s finals!
1 Yasushi Furukawa 89.8
2 Shuhei Kanai 76.5
3 Tomoyuki Kaneko 75.7
4 Hiraku Fujii 73.4
5 JongKi Yoon 56.0
Not Advancing
6 Matyáš Racek 47.4
7 Hsing Yu Lin 44.4
8 Jan Bubák 38.3
9 Ben McPhee 31.3
2014 World YoYo Contest – 1A Semi-Final Results
Here are the results from the 1A Semi-Finals…these players will advance to finals for a chance at the title of World YoYo Champion!
1 Gentry Stein 89.2
2 Hiroyuki Suzuki 86.8
3 Paul Kerbel 86.7
4 Takeshi Matsuura 86.0
5 Shinya Kido 82.4
6 Izuru Hasumi 81.4
7 Yamato Murata 80.5
8 Zach Gormley 79.5
9 Yusuke Otsuka 78.0
10 Iori Yamaki 77.2
11 Václav Kroutil 75.7
12 Andrew Maider 74.2
13 Marcus Koh 73.8
14 Masahiro Terada 73.6
15 Petr Aminev 72.6
16 Peter Pong Si Yee 72.3
17 Matouš Tomeš 71.0
2014 World YoYo Contest – 1A Prelim Results
The 1A division this year has been absolutely STACKED with talent! More than 90 players entered the wildcard round, with only 27 moving through to prelims. Of those, only the following outstanding players will advance to semi-finals!
1 Shinya Kido 84.3
2 Iori Yamaki 80.6
3 Peter Pong Si Yee 79.4
4 Hiroyuki Suzuki 77.9
5 Izuru Hasumi 75.4
6 Jakub Dekan 73.1
7 Václav Kroutil 72.7
8 Masahiro Terada 72.6
9 Paul Kerbel 72.5
10 Yusuke Otsuka 71.3
11 Ayumu Harada 70.3
12 Andrew Maider 69.9
13 Paolo Bueno 68.0
14 Harold Owens III 66.8
15 Yamato Murata 66.7
16 Michael Kurti 66.0
17 Marcus Koh 65.6
18 Akitoshi Tokubuchi 64.1
19 Aristidis Voultsios 63.7
20 Daniel Tamariz 61.0
21 Anthony Rojas 61.0
22 Andrew Bergen 59.9
23 Mizuki Takimoto 58.9
24 Zach Gormley 58.6
25 Grzegorz Wójcik 58.2
26 Maxim Gruzintsev 57.8
27 Matouš Tomeš 57.1
28 Ilya Matros 56.3
29 Igor Galiev 55.9
30 Attila Botlik 55.8
2014 World YoYo Contest – Prelim Results (3A, 4A, 5A)
Results are in the for 3A, 4A, and 5A Prelims…the following players will move to Finals in each division!
3A Division
1 Minato Furuta 90.5
2 Mizuki Takimoto 84.5
3 Patrick Borgerding 81.3
4 Taiichiro Higashi 69.4
5 Donald Hodgkinson 60.1
6 Ng Wang Kit 52.5
7 Naoya Takeuchi 50.0
4A Division
1 Zac Rubino 88.4
2 Ben Conde 88.1
3 Naoto Okada 84.7
4 Tsubasa Onishi 84.0
5 Lorenzo Sabatini 81.9
6 Yuuki Uchida 75.0
7 Wu Jinnan 74.3
8 Ayumu Harada 72.9
9 Norbert Jenei 72.6
5A Division
1 Sora Ishikawa 87.2
2 Naoya Takeuchi 78.0
3 Daniel Budai 62.2
4 Chase Baxter 57.6
5 Petr Míka 54.8
6 Brian Leung Pak Wai 54.4
7 Marco Riechen 48.5
8 Matthew Gallacher 47.9
2014 World YoYo Contest – Wildcard Results
Results are in for the 1A Division Wildcard round, where non-seeded players had 30 seconds in a private judging session to advance to the next round of the 1A Division! Some amazing players made it through from YoYoFactory, CLYW, YoYoJam, and more!
1A Division – Advancing to Prelims
1 Hiroyuki Suzuki – Japan 97.4
2 Iori Yamaki – Japan – 83.8
3 Peter Pong Si Yee – Hong Kong 82.6
4 Yamato Murata – Japan – 73.2
5 Ryosuke Iwasawa – Japan – 72.0
6 Andrew Maider – United States – 66.0
7 Mizuki Takimoto – Japan – 65.7
8 Aristidis Voultsios – Greece – 64.7
9 Jakub Dekan – Czech Republic – 62.2
10 Ayumu Harada – Japan – 60.9
11 Paul Kerbel Mexico – 59.8
12 Masahiro Terada – Japan – 58.3
13 Clint Armstrong – United States – 57.9
14 Tatsunari Kado – Japan – 57.7
15 Jensen Kimmitt – Canada – 57.6
16 Keiran Cooper – United States – 56.9
17 Matyáš Racek – Czech Republic – 55.7
18 Yixing Tan – China – 55.7
19 Wong Wai Sheuk – Hong Kong – 55.4
20 Adam-David Hutchinson – Czech Republic – 55.1
21 Paolo Bueno – United States / Brazil – 55.0
22 Tessa Piccillo – United States – 54.2
23 Attila Botlik – Hungary – 54.0
24 James Reed – United States – 53.4
25 Andrew Bergen – United States – 52.9
26 Kenji Nakatsuka – Japan – 51.5
27 Erik Bjork – United States – 51.2
1A Division – Not Advancing
28 Victor Shevchenko Russia 48.4
29 Nicholas de Valpine United States 48.1
30 Victor Gravitsky Russia 47.7
31 Alexey Vandakurov Russia 47.5
32 Daniel Dietz United States 47.1
33 John Votrubec Czech Republic 47.0
34 Michael Malik Czech Republic 47.0
35 Matthew Poon United States 46.5
36 Ondřej Horák Czech Republic 46.5
37 Tomáš Vyletěl Czech Republic 46.4
38 Eric Koloski United States 45.5
39 Evgeniy Kochergin Russia 44.1
40 Leonid Nemchik Russia 43.6
41 Dylan Benharris United States 43.6
42 Yuan-Ching Yang Taiwan 43.4
43 Ricardo Marechal Brazil 43.4
44 Gábor Kocsis Hungary 42.6
45 Dmitry Akinshin Russia 42.5 45
46 Renjie Lv China 42.5
47 Wilson Van Gundy United States 42.3
48 Alex Berenguel United States 41.8
49 Norbert Janowiec Slovakia 41.6
50 Borys Radziszewski Poland 41.0
51 Ondřej Dolejš Czech Republic 40.9
52 Chingiz Alpyspayev Kazachastan 40.1
53 Matej Hatala Slovakia 38.3
54 Hans Wong-Jensen Singapore 38.1
55 Alexander Bachvarov Bulgaria 37.6
56 Gergő Priately 37.5
57 Ann Connolly United States 36.9
58 Ky Zizan United States 36.4
59 Michael Nakamura United States 36.4
60 Justin Weber United States 35.3
61 William El Sawalhi 34.1
62 Brian Leung Pak Wai China / Hong Kong 32.9
63 Maciej Janiak Poland 32.5
64 Aaron Bendich United States 32.2
65 Andrey Glukhov Russia 31.7
66 Rodrigo Yokota Brazil 31.0
67 Elliot Ogawa United States 29.9
68 Li Ho Kwan Hong Kong 29.6
69 Alexey Khaynovskiy 29.3
70 Simone Capurro Italy 28.4
71 Honza Bui 27.5
72 Filip Pietraszewski Poland 26.6
73 Hunter Gormley United States 25.9
74 Jakub Mozgawa Poland 25.7
75 Kryštof Kuchař Czech Republic 25.0
76 Simon Blount United Kingdom 23.5
77 Mathias Ditlefsen 22.3
78 Chih Min Tuan Vietnam 22.2
79 Oleg Matveev Russia 22.0
80 Isaac Kanarek Mexico 21.9
81 Adam Reeder United States 21.6
82 Ma Hailin China 21.5
83 Andy Jones United Kingdom 21.0
84 Federico Zermian Italy 17.4
85 Patrik Foldvari 15.8
86 Piotr Jerczynski Poland 14.4
87 Marco De Lucia Italy 14.2
88 Sara D’Amato Italy 13.8
89 George Wollaston United Kingdom 12.4
90 Michael Gleockner 7.4
91 Quentin Lefrancois France 7.1
92 Andreas G. Nie Germany 3.1
2014 World YoYo Contest – Doors are OPEN!
The doors have opened here at the 2014 World YoYo Contest! Check out our video of this momentous occasion!
2014 World YoYo Contest – Player Order
Here is the full player order for the 2014 World YoYo Contest. Please be sure to watch along on the live stream to catch your favorite players!
