Tournaments and World Championships
World Championships
International Carcassonne tournaments were held in Germany in 2003–2005.
The first official Carcassonne world championship was held at SPIEL in Essen, Germany, in 2006, and every year after that. The fifth was held on 24 October 2010 during SPIEL but in an alternate location in Herne, Germany. Ralph Querfurth has been the World Champion in four editions.
| Year | World Champion | 2nd | 3rd | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | GER Ralph Querfurth | AUT Michael Wischounig | CZE David Korejtko | 16 |
| 2007 | GER Sebastian Trunz | TWN Chen Wei-Chi | FIN Janne Jaula | 20 |
| 2008 | GER Ralph Querfurth | CZE Martin Mojžiš | GER Sebastian Trunz | 20 |
| 2009 | GER Ralph Querfurth | AUS Daniel Geromboux | SVK Matej Tabak | 20 |
| 2010 | GER Ralph Querfurth | CZE Martin Mojžiš | SVK Matej Tabak | 22 |
| 2011 | NLD Els Bulten | JPN Shinnosuke Komukai | GER Robert Mützner | 24 |
| 2012 | CZE Martin Mojžiš | AUT Stefan Leopoldseder | SVK Matej Tabak | 26 |
| 2013 | GRC Pantelis Litsardopoulos | CZE Martin Mojžiš | LVA Aleksejs Peguševs | 36 |
| 2014 | JPN Takafumi Mochizuki | GRC Pantelis Litsardopoulos | SVK Matej Tabak | 34 |
| 2015 | GRC Pantelis Litsardopoulos | JPN Takafumi Mochizuki | NED Els Bulten | 32 |
| 2016 | RUS Vladimir Kovalev | GRC Pantelis Litsardopoulos | BEL Vannes Vansina | 36 |
| 2017 | POL Tomasz Preuss | GRC Pantelis Litsardopoulos | ITA Davide Sandrin | 38 |
| 2018 | JPN Genro Fujimoto | ROM Marian Curcan | GER Kolja Stratmann | 34 |
| 2019 | ROM Marian Curcan | TWN Ying Chien Chien | EST Timofei Gretsenko | 36 |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | POL Maciej Polak | BRA Melvin Gavinho Quaresma | POL Tomasz Preuss | 42 |
| 2022 | ROM Arpad Gere | TWN Min-Wen Chen | CZE Martin Mojžiš | 36 |
| 2023 | GBR Matt Tucker | LVA Aleksejs Peguševs | NLD Patrick Bekkenutte | 42 |