Beach GP Brisbane (20–21 October) Format: Limited Attendance: 233 Anatoli Lightfoot Shawn Rayson André Coimbra Hassan Kamel David Zhao Norman McPherson Andrew Eckermann Chris Ninnes GP Bangkok (27–28 October) Format: Limited Attendance: 314 Masahiko Morita Shingou Kurihara Yong Han Choo Kok Seng Ong Junya Iyanaga Koutarou Ootsuka Steven Tan Takuya Oosawa GP Kraków (3–4 November) Format: Standard Attendance: 849 Paul Cheon Amiel Tenenbaum Armin Birner Olivier Ruel Robert Jacko David Besso Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Matej Zatlkaj GP Kitakyuushuu (10–11 November) Format: Limited Attendance: 354 Junya Iyanaga Shouta Yasooka Akira Asahara Olivier Ruel Kazuya Hirabayashi Jun Young Park Kenji Tsumura Chih-Chun Tsai GP Daytona Beach (17–18 November) Format: Limited Attendance: 636 Seth Manfield Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Tillman Bragg Tanon Grace Gabe Walls Steven Wolansky Kyle Miller Alex Lieberman 2007 World Championships – New York City (6–9 December 2007) The World Championships began with the induction of the third class into the hall of fame. The inductees were Kai Budde, Zvi Mowshowitz, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Nicolai Herzog, and Randy Buehler. In the individual competition Uri Peleg became the first Israeli, not only to reach the top eight, but also to win a Pro Tour. For Mori it was his third consecutive Worlds Top 8 appearance. In the team competition, the Swiss defeated the Austrian team in the finals Tournament data Prize pool: $215,600 (individual) + $192,200 (national teams) Players: 386 Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Lorwyn), Legacy Head Judge: Mike Guptil Top 8 Final standings National team competition Switzerland (Nico Bohny, Manuel Bucher, Raphael Genari, Christoph Huber) Austria (Thomas Preyer, Stefan Stradner, David Reitbauer, Helmut Summersberger) Pro Player of the year final standings After the World Championship Tomoharu Saitou was awarded the Pro Player of the year title. Performance by country Japan players dominated the season, making 16 Top 8 appearances although they had only about half as many players on the Pro Tour as the United States, which had the secondmost Top 8 appearances at 9. Both countries generated 21 level 4+ pro players in this season. For the Netherlands despite having generated 7 level 4+ pro players in the season success on the Pro Tour was almost elusive with a single 8th place being their only Top 8 appearance. T8 = Number of players from that country appearing in a Pro Tour Top 8; Q* = Number of players from that country participating in Pro Tours (PT San Diego is missing