Vasilis Fatouros Wilco Pinkster Axel Berglund Jelger Wiegersma Kamiel Cornelissen André Coimbra Asbjørn Fallesen GP Hiroshima (19–20 August) Format: Limited Attendance: 417 Shuhei Nakamura André Coimbra Takahiro Suzuki Basam Tebet Julien Nuijten Kentarou Nonaka Ichirou Shimura Yuusuke Wakisaka GP Phoenix (2–3 September) Format: Limited Attendance: 387 Carlos Romão Sean Inoue Raphaël Lévy Sam Stein Geoffrey Siron Gadiel Szleifer André Coimbra Shu Kumuro GP Sydney (7–8 October) Format: Limited Attendance: 213 James Zhang Anatoli Lightfoot Tomoharu Saitou Jeremy Neeman Steven Aplin Takuya Oosawa Shouta Yasooka Hugh Glanville GP Athens (14–15 October) Format: Limited Attendance: 469 Sebastian Aljiaj Vincent Lemoine Marcio Carvalho Guillaume Wafo-Tapa David Brucker Antoine Ruel Evangelos Papatsarouchas Aaron Brackmann Pro Tour – Kobe (20–22 October 2006) German Jan-Moritz Merkel won Pro Tour Kobe. It was his first appearance at a Pro Tour. Tournament data Players: 388 Prize Pool: $240,245 Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral) Head Judge: John Shannon Top 8 Final standings Grand Prixs – New Jersey, Yamagata GP New Jersey (11–12 November) Format: Limited Attendance: 913 Guillaume Cardin Richard Hoaen Timothy Aten Jason Imperiale Gerry Thompson John Pelcak Andrew Stokinger Shouta Yasooka GP Yamagata (18–19 November) Format: Limited Attendance: 359 Takihiro Suzuki Takeshi Ozawa Jelger Wiegersma Katsuhiro Mori Richard Hoaen Antoine Ruel Ryo Ogura Yuu Murakami 2006 World Championships – Paris (29 November – 3 December 2006) The tournament began with the Hall of Fame induction of Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty. In an all-Japanese final Makihito Mihara defeated Ryo Ogura. The Dutch team of Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, and Robert van Medevoort won the team finals against Japan. Tournament data Prize pool: $255,245 (individual) + $210,000 (national teams) Players: 356 Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Time Spiral), Extended Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer, Jason Ness Top 8 Final standings National team competition The Netherlands (Julien Nuijten, Kamiel Cornelissen, Robert van Medevoort) Japan (Hidenori Katayama, Katsuhiro Mori, Shuhei Yamamoto) Pro Player of the year final standings After the World Championship Shouta Yasooka was awarded the Pro Player of the year title. References Magic: The Gathering professional events