GuanRong, a Malaysian TCG player, has been crowned champion in the first ONE PIECE CARD GAME Championship World Finals.
The ONE PIECE CARD GAME Championship which has been running since June 2023 was concluded on March 3rd, 2024, with the Malaysian player coming out on top.
『#ONEPIECEカードゲーム チャンピオンシップ2023 ワールドファイナル』優勝者のデッキを公開!
優勝:GuanRong選手
ワールドファイナル優勝おめでとうございます!#ワンピカード#ONEPIECE pic.twitter.com/CuIVenjAj7
— 【公式】ONE PIECEカードゲーム (@ONEPIECE_tcg) March 3, 2024
“ #ONEPIECEカードゲーム Championship 2023 World Final” winner’s deck revealed! Winner: GuanRong Congratulations on winning the World Finals! #ワンピカード #ONEPIECE (Translated by Google)
The World Championship comprised of four players, all from different regions, which are Malaysia, North America, Europe, and Japan.
GuanRong defeated Sirokko kun to make it to the Grand Finals, before defeating the runner-up railz0 to ultimately win the tournament.
Before this, GuanRong also won the Asia Finals to be invited to worlds, in which he achieved a clean sweep of 7-0 in said tournament.
One Piece Card Game Championship 2023 ASIA FINAL
A S I A C H A M P I O N 🏆
R1 Free Win✅
R2 Saka PH✅
R3 Moria HK✅
R4 Saka HK✅
R5 Saka Indo✅Top 4 Moria HK✅
Finals Moria SG✅7-0
I can now proudly say that
IM THE BEST OF THE BEST
➡️🌎🏆 pic.twitter.com/NN6oeaDVRs— GuanRong Kuik (@GuanRongKuik) February 5, 2024
To join a global final on its own is a huge feat for many, and to win one is an insane accomplishment. We congratulate GuanRong for achieving this monumental feat.
ONE PIECE CARD GAME is a trading card game released by Carddass and licensed by Shueisha in 2022. It was released in Japan on July 2022 as part of One Piece’s 25th anniversary celebration, with the game being released worldwide on a later date.
As for the series the card game is based on, One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. The series was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump since 1997, with 107 stand-alone volumes comprising of individual chapters of the manga compiled as of November 2023.