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Introducing Bushiroad World Championship (BWC) 2015!

Bushiroad World Championship is an annual event across North America/Latin America, Europe and Asia-Oceania with major tournaments for Bushiroad English edition card games: Cardfight!! Vanguard, Weiss Schwarz and Future Card Buddyfight. This year we have more locations introduced such as Costa Rica, Spain, Italy and Philippines-Cebu!

Participate in the Regional Qualifies to test your skills and make new friends! Top winners of Regional Qualifiers will be invited to the respective Continental Championships, and the champions will be sponsored with travel and accommodation! Winners of Continental Championships will be sponsored to travel to Japan for the World Final!

The invitation and sponsorship vary from different regional qualifies.

It is highly recommended to download the above deck registration forms for Bushiroad World Championship. Please kindly print out both pages. You may also use the registration forms for other events.

Participate in BWC tournaments and/or side events may receive two PR cards and an exclusive World Championship rubber playmat of that game! One of the PR cards is hot-stamped!

Click the long buttons below to learn how to receive the promotional goods!

If you are participating in World Championship Regional Qualifiers in Europe or Asia-Oceania

If you are participating in World Championship Regional Qualifiers in Europe or Asia-Oceania

If you are participating in World Championship Regional Qualifiers in North America or Latin America

If you are participating in World Championship Regional Qualifiers in North America or Latin America

The quantities of promotional cards and World Championship playmats allocated to each location are limited. While stocks last.

Schedule is subject to the actual event. Purchase EUR10 worth of products on November 14 & 15, 2015 at the venue to participate in the autograph session. Limited tickets available.

Freelance illustrator illustrating artworks for trading card games, arcade games and books. Homepage | Pixiv | Twitter Illustrator of popular Cardfight!! Vanguard cards such as “One Who Supasses the Storm, Thavas”, “Embodiment of Perdition, Sahr” and “Cradle of the Stars, Stellar Maker”. Guest of BWC2015 France Regional Qualifier

Purchase RM30 worth of products on 31st October & 1st November 2015 at the venue to participate in the autograph session. Limited tickets available.

Purchase for SGD30 or more in a single receipt to receive a ticket to autograph session! Tickets issued per day is limited. The actual schedule is subject to actual events.

Illustrator of popular Cardfight!! Vanguard cards such as School Etoile, Olyvia, Squallmaker Vampir and Black Shiver, Gavrail. Guest of BWC2015 Singapore Regional Qualifier

Regional Qualifiers

Information is subject to change.

Some information of the European Grand Prix (EGP) and World Grand Prix (WGP) 2015 are included as well. Please be noted that they are different events from Bushiroad World Championship, even though some EGP or WGP tournaments are held at the same venue and/or on the same dates as Bushiroad World Championship. Please kindly refer to their official pages for more information.

North America / Latin America

There will be special arrangement for winners’ invitations. Please click here for more details.

There will be special arrangement for winners’ invitations. Please click here for more details.

There is special arrangement for winners’ invitations. Please click here for more details.

Europe

Europe Grand Prix (EGP) is a separate event from Bushiroad World Championship. More EGP qualifiers are available across Europe before Nov 28. Please click above for more information.

* There will be no invitation of winners from Future Card Buddyfight tournament to World Finals.

Commemorative PR: Top 3 winners of each game may receive 1pc of the Commemorative PR card (Continental Championship ver.) of the game he/she has played.

Invitation: Champions of Cardfight!! Vanguard and Weiss Schwarz will be invited to participate in World Finals in Japan on Jan 9, 2016. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

Eligibility: Only residents in France, Switzerland and Belgium may participate.

Entry to Play Expo is free for World Championship tournaments. Special queue arrangement will be available at Play Expo for tournament participants 09:30am – 11:00am. Please approach our friendly ushers should you need any assistance.

[Update] Clanwars: La Guerra de las Cien Casas has joint BWC2015. The Spain Qualifier on Oct 3 at Akiba Store is the Final for Clanwars. Please check out Clanwars event page for Clanwars tournament schedules.

[Update] Only fighters residing in Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar may participate.

There will be special arrangement for winners’ invitations. Please click here for more details.

The Spain Special Qualifier on Oct 3 is the Final for Clanwars: La Guerra de las Cien Casas . By Invitation only.

Weiss Schwarz tournament in Greece is a side event of Bushiroad World Championship. Participants will receive the same PR cards and Attack on Titan rubber playmat (subject to stock), but winners will not be eligible to participate in Europe Continental Championship or World Finals.

[Update] Only fighters residing in Italy, Vatican City and San Marino may participate.

There will be special arrangement for winners’ invitations. Please click here for more details.

Asia-Oceania

Continental ChampionshipsBy invitations only

Information is subject to change.

World FinalBy invitations only

Information is subject to change.

Format

Individual

Entry Fee

none *

If the tournaments are held inside another event organized by a third party such as an exhibition or a convention, the entry fee to that event may apply.

Eligibility of Participation

North America/Latin America: All fighters living in North America and Latin America may participate. Fighters living outside of North America or Latin America may not participate. All fighters living in North America and Latin America may participate. Fighters living outside of North America or Latin America may not participate. Europe (Except for Spain, Italy and France): All fighters living in Europe may participate. Fighters living outside of Europe may not participate.

Clanwars (Spain/Portugal): All fighters residing in Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar may participate. Fighters residing outside of Spain, Portugal, Andorra or Gibraltar may not participate. For Oct 3 Final in Akiba Store, only invited winners from each Clanwars tournaments may participate.

Italy: All fighters residing in Italy, Vatican City and San Marino may participate. Fighters residing outside of Italy, Vatican City or San Marino may not participate.

[Update] France Replacement Qualifier: All fighters residing in France, Switzerland and Belgium may participate. Asia-Oceania: All fighters living in Asia-Oceania may participate. Fighters living outside of Asia-Oceania may not participate.

Language Restriction

All English version cards can be used. Cards of other languages may not be used.

Sleeving

Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.

You may use different card sleeves from your deck for your G Units (Cardfight!! Vanguard) / Flag (Future Card Buddyfight).

Sleeves used for the other cards, including main deck, side-board and Buddy Monster (when applicable) must be of the same design.

Eligibility of Cards

Cards from new expansions are legal to use from the expansion’s release date.

Cards from sneak previews may not be used before the release date of that expansion.

Sideboard Rulings

(Applicable to Future Card Buddyfight tournaments only)

Fighters must use the same Buddy and Flag throughout the whole tournament. Fighters cannot change the Buddy or Flag between games. Fighters can have 0-10 cards for their sideboard. The 4 per deck rule applies to the main deck and sideboard as a whole.

(i.e. You may only have up to 4 of a certain card between your deck and sideboard. Like normal games, your Buddy does not count towards the 4 per deck.) Between games 1-2 and 2-3 of each round, fighters may use cards from their sideboard to change their deck. After sideboarding, the deck needs to be in a legal state and the sideboard can be no more than 10 cards. Fighters must return deck to pre-sideboard state before each new round.

Clan Fight

(Applicable to Cardfight!! Vanguard tournaments only)

Fighters’ decks (including G-Units) must only contain cards from the same clan, with the exception of: <<Cray Elemental>> cards;

<<Royal Paladin>> decks may consist of up to 4 copies of “Blaster Dark”;

<<Link Joker>> decks may consist of cards with “Яeverse” in its name.

Tournament Structure

Fighters will have to adhere to the deck regulations/requirements. Please click the long buttons below to view the detailed tournament structure of each game.

Tournament Structure for Cardfight!! Vanguard Regional Qualifiers Tournament Structure for Cardfight!! Vanguard Regional Qualifiers North America/Latin America Europe/Asia-Oceania Format Modified Swiss, Double Elimination Modified Swiss Clan Fight

Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Clan Fight

Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Time Limit 20 min / round 20 min / round Top 8 – Tournament will be cut to Top 8

Cut to Top 6 for Mexico Format Single Elimination Single Elimination Clan Fight

Best 2 out of 3 games, 3 games per round Clan Fight

Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Time Limit 40 min / round 20 min / round

Tournament Structure for Future Card Buddyfight Regional Qualifiers Tournament Structure for Future Card Buddyfight Regional Qualifiers All Regions Format Modified Swiss Best 2 out of 3 games, 3 games per round Time Limit 40 min / round Sideboard Sideboard allowed. Please refer to above “Sideboard Rulings” section for more details. Top 8 – Tournament will be cut to Top 8 Format Single Elimination Best 2 out of 3 games, 3 games per round Time Limit 40 min / round Sideboard Sideboard allowed

Tournament Structure for Weiss Schwarz Regional Qualifiers Tournament Structure for Weiss Schwarz Regional Qualifiers All Regions Format Modified Swiss Neo Standard

Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Time Limit 30 min / round Top 8 – Tournament will be cut to Top 8 Format Single Elimination Neo Standard

Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Time Limit 30 min / round

Tournament Regulations and Formats

for Continental Championships & World Finals

Format Individual Eligibility Via invitation only Regulations Regulations on “Language Restriction”, “Sleeving” and “Eligibility of Cards” are the same as regional qualifiers.

Clan Fight and Sideboard rulings are also applicable to Cardfight!! Vanguard and Future Card Buddyfight tournaments respectively at Continental Championships and World Finals. Tournament Format for Continental Championships Swiss before Top 4

Cut to Top 4

Top 4: Single Elimination

Best of 3, 50 min/round

Clan Fight Swiss before Top 4*

Cut to Top 4

Top 4: Single Elimination

Best of 1, 30 min/round

Neo-standard Swiss before Top 4

Cut to Top 4

Top 4: Single Elimination

Best of 3, 40 min/round

Sideboard allowed

sideboard ruling applies * For Asia-Oceania, Weiss Schwarz tournament format will be Round Robin. Tournament Format for World Finals Swiss before Top 4

Cut to Top 4

Top 4: Single Elimination

Best of 3, 50 min/round

Clan Fight 2 rounds of seed placement,

then single

elimination

Best of 3, 75 min/round

Neo-standard 2 rounds of seed placement,

then single

elimination

Best of 3, 40 min/round

Sideboard allowed

sideboard ruling applies

Finalists’ Prizes

For Regional Qualifier Winners

Finalist who obtains a Top 4 position in Bushiroad World Championship tournaments may receive a certificate of that position and the game played.

Top finalists may also receive invitations to respective Continental Championships or World Final directly. Winners’ travel and accommodation expenses to Continental Championships / World Final may be provided. Please refer to the details in the table below.

If the winner is from the same city or town as where the Continental Championship is held, no accommodation will be provided. Invitation must be confirmed within 7 days in order to secure the invitation. Invited players are requited to arrange visa by themselves if necessary.

Players who have received an invitation from a previous World Championship 2015 tournament will NOT be eligible for another invitation. The invitation will be passed down to the next position if the winner has already received an invitation.

North America / Latin America

Applicable Regions Finalists’ Invitations All USA Locations

All Canada Locations Champion and 2nd Place will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

3rd and 4th Place will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship. Champion will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

2nd Place will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship. Mexico Champion will receive an invitation to World Finals in Japan. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. Champion will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

2nd Place will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship. Latin America Locations

(Puerto Rico & Costa Rica) Champion will receive an invitation to Mexico Regional Qualifier, and directly qualifies Top 8. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. [Puerto Rico only] Champion will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

2nd Place will receive an invitation to North America Continental Championship.

Europe

Applicable Regions Finalists’ Invitations Greece Champion will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

2nd Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. * Weiss Schwarz is not applicable to Greece. France Replacement Qualifier

[Updated] Champion will receive an invitation to World Final. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. There will be no invitation for Future Card Buddyfight tournament winners. Germany Champion and 2nd Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

3rd and 4th Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Champion will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

2nd Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. United Kingdom Champion and 2nd Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

3rd and 4th Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Champion will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

2nd Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Champion will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.

2nd Place & 3rd Place will receive an invitation to Europe Continental Championship. Italy

Spain (Clanwars Final) Champion will receive an invitation to World Final. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. * Cardfight!! Vanguard is applicable to Spain only. Weiss Schwarz is applicable to Italy only.

Asia-Oceania

Applicable Regions Finalists’ Invitations All Asia-Oceania Locations Champion will receive an invitation to Asia-Oceania Continental Championship. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided, except for winners from Singapore Regional Qualifier or residing in Singapore.

2nd Place will receive an invitation to Asia-Oceania Continental Championship. * Invitation of winners is only applicable if that location has World Championship main tournament of that game as listed above.

For Continental Championship Winners

Continental Championships winner will receive an invitation to participate in World Finals in Japan. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided. Please find the number of invitees from respective Continental Championship below:

Continentals North America Top 3 Top 4 [updated] Top 2 Europe Top 2 [updated] Champion Champion Asia-Oceania Top 2 Champion Champion

Mexico Cardfight!! Vanguard Regional Qualifier, Italy Weiss Schwarz Regional Qualifier, Spain Cardfight!! Vanguard Regional Qualifier (Clanwars Finals) and France Cardfight!! Vanguard and Weiss Schwarz [updated] Champions will join above finalists in World Finals.

Commemorative PR Cards for Continental Championships and World Finals Participants

Special commemorative cards will be given to Continental Championship and/or World Final Invitees! Participants of the Continental Championships and World Finals may receive the following cards with hot-stamp:

Continental Championships

BWC2015/VG01EN Supremacy Dragon, Claret Sword Dragon

BWC2015/WS01EN Loves Card Games! Shiyoko

BWC2015/BF01EN Demon Lord, Asmodai World Finals

BWC2015/VG02EN Chronojet Dragon

BWC2015/WS02EN After School Shiyoko

BWC2015/BF02EN “Awakened” Fifth Omni Dragon Lord, Drum

Every player is entitled to one PR card per type only. Invitees may only receive the above-mentioned hot-stamp PR cards by participating in the respective Continental Championships and/or World Finals. Invitees fail to participate in Continental Championships and/or World Finals may not receive the PR cards. Infomation is subject to change. Terms and conditions apply.

Special Arrangements

Mexico & Spain

Cardfight!! Vanguard Regional Qualifier Champions Invitees may receive both BWC2015/VG01EN & BWC2015/VG01EN at World Finals. Costa Rica and Puerto Rico

Cardfight!! Vanguard Regional Qualifier Champions Invitees may receive BWC2015/VG01EN at Mexico Regional Qualifer. Italy

Weiss Schwarz Regional Qualifier Champion Invitee may receive both BWC2015/WS01EN & BWC2015/WS02EN at World Finals. France Replacement Qualifier

Top 3 Winners of Each Game Players with Top 3 position may receive a piece of the Commemorative PR Card for Continental Championships (BWC2015/VG01EN, BWC2015/WS01EN, BWC2015/BF01EN) of the game he/she has played.

Subject to production schedule. Invitees need participate in World Finals / Mexico Reqional Qualifier Top 8 to receive the PR cards.

Merchandise

Mermaid Idol Summer Set A collection of 9 <<Bermuda Triangle>> PR cards and three clear files with mermaid idols! Pre-sale starts at World Championship locations and selected events. Learn more about the product here

Free FightsAvailable in North America/Latin America Only

Free Fight is a format to play simply for fun without competition. Participants can go in and out freely during the Free Fight time. Fighters will be randomly matched against a new opponent after each match.

Free Fight is available for Cardfight!! Vanguard, Future Card Buddyfight and Weiss Schwarz in all World Championship locations across North America and Latin America.

Free Fights are available for all the three games: Cardfight!! Vanguard, Weiss Schwarz and Future Card Buddyfight.

If you are an organizer: download Free Fight form here: Single Page Ver. | 4-per-page Ver.

Eligibility Anyone may participate Time 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Actual timing is subject to the space available and the progress of the main tournaments. Deck Regulations Participants are free to enter and leave without restriction.

Participants will be randomly matched against a new opponent each round.

Only English edition cards may be used. Prizes All participants who fought in 3 or more matches of the same game title will receive a PR card from that game title. – Cardfight!! Vanguard: PR/0209EN Lady Battler of the White Dwarf

– Future Card Buddyfight: PR/0112EN Purgatory Knights, Curse Falx Dragon

– Weiss Schwarz: FS/S34-PE01 The Ones Fighting Against Fate The redemption period of the PR cards is subject to organizer’s discretion. While stocks last.

Future Card Buddyfight Junior ChampionshipAvailable in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines

Junior Championship is similar to and runs concurrently with the Bushiroad World Championship 2015 program, but is tailored for young fighters and below and uses Best of 1 in the format.

Champions do not receive any invitation to compete in further events.

Age limit depends on the education system used on the host country:

Eg. Primary 6 and below for British education system.

Grade 6 and below for Japanese education system.

Tournament Structure

Format Modified Swiss, Double Elimination Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Time Limit 20 min/round Sideboard Not allowed Top 8 – Tournament will be cut to Top 8 Top 8 Format Single Elimination Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Time Limit 20 min / round Sideboard Not allowed

Participation Prizes PR/0013EN Star Guardian, Jackknife “Full Burst”

1pc per participant Finalists’ Prizes Winner will receive a 1st Place certificate.

1st Runner-Up will receive a 2nd Place Certificate.

8-Man-Win-A-PR Available at Some Locations only

“8-Man-Win-A-PR” is a mini-tournament that will be conducted as soon as 8 players have signed up. The tournaments are available for all three games: Cardfight!! Vanguard, Future Card Buddyfight & Weiss Schwarz at some World Championship locations.

Format Single Elimination

Best out of 1 game, 1 game per round Time 20 min / round (Cardfight!! Vanguard, Future Card Buddyfight)

30 min / round (Weiss Schwarz) Language Either English or Japanese decks may be used.

However, no mixing of languages in the same deck is allowed. Prize The champion will receive a PR good for the respective game title that they participated in.

THe type of the PR good is subject to the availability at that location.

Availability of “8-Man-Win-A-PR” tournaments is subject to the location and the availabiy of PR goods.