World Sudoku Championship

In 2006 the World Puzzle Federation started supervising a yearly World Sudoku Championship (WSC). The first WSC took place in March, 2006, in Lucca, Italy. The 3rd WSC took place in Goa, India during April 14-17, 2008. The last WSC took place in Senec, Slovakia in 2016. The 12th WSC will take place in Bangalore in 2017.

Each national team for the WSC consists of three/four members. Each country organizes its own national championship to select the top three/four candidates to represent their respective countries.

Year	Location	World Champion	Winning team
2017	Bangalore, India	???	???
2016	Senec, Slovakia	Tiit Vunk (Estonia)	Czech Republic
2015	Sofia, Bulgaria	Kota Morinishi (Japan)	Japan
2014	London, UK	Kota Morinishi (Japan)	Japan
2013	Beijing, China	Jin Ce (China)	China
2012	Kraljevica, Croatia	Jan Mrozowski (Poland)	Japan
2011	Eger, Hungary	Thomas Snyder (USA)	Germany
2010	Philadelphia, USA	Jan Mrozowski (Poland)	Germany
2009	Zilina, Slovakia	Jan Mrozowski (Poland)	Slovakia
2008	Goa, India	Thomas Snyder (USA)	Czech Republic
2007	Prague, Czech Republic	Thomas Snyder (USA)	Japan
2006	Lucca, Italy	Jana Tylova (Czech Republic)	-