List of backgammon world champions

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This list gives an overview of all world champions in backgammon since 1967

World Championships in Las Vegas

year World Champion
1967 United StatesUnited States Tim Holland ( USA )
1968 United StatesUnited States Tim Holland (USA)
1969 United StatesUnited States Alice Topping (USA)
1970 no event
1971 United StatesUnited States Tim Holland (USA)
1972 United StatesUnited States Oswald Jacoby (USA)
1973 United StatesUnited States Carol Crawford (USA)
1974 United StatesUnited States Claude Beer (USA)

World Championships in the Bahamas

year World Champion
1975 United StatesUnited States Billy Eisenberg (USA)
1976 United StatesUnited States Baron Vernon Ball (USA)
1977 United StatesUnited States Ken Goodman (USA)
1978 United StatesUnited States Paul Magriel (USA)

World Championships in Monte Carlo

year World Champion
1979 ItalyItaly Luigi Villa ( Italy )
1980 MexicoMexico Walter Coratella ( Mexico )
1981 United StatesUnited States Lee Genud (USA)
1982 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jacques Michel ( Switzerland )
1983 United StatesUnited States Bill Robertie (USA)
1984 United StatesUnited States Mike Svobodny (USA)
1985 ItalyItaly Charles-Henri Sabet (Italy)
1986 ItalyItaly Clement Palacci (Italy)
1987 United StatesUnited States Bill Robertie (USA)
1988 GermanyGermany Philipp Marmorstein ( FRG )
1989 United StatesUnited States Joe Russell (USA)
1990 CanadaCanada Hal Heinrich ( Canada )
1991 GermanyGermany Michael Meyburg ( Germany )
1992 RomaniaRomania Ion Ressu ( Romania )
1993 DenmarkDenmark Peter Jes Thomsen ( Denmark )
1994 United StatesUnited States Frank Frigo (USA)
1995 IsraelIsrael David Ben-Zion ( Israel )
1996 ItalyItalyMonacoMonaco David Nahmad (Italy / Monaco )
1997 SwedenSweden Jerry Grandell ( Sweden )
1998 GermanyGermany Michael Meyburg (Germany)
1999 SwedenSweden Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden)
2000 United StatesUnited States Katie Scalamandre (USA)
2001 SwedenSweden Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden)
2002 DenmarkDenmark Mads Andersen (Denmark)
2003 NorwayNorway Jon Kristian Røyset ( Norway )
2004 DenmarkDenmark Peter Hallberg (Denmark)
2005 United StatesUnited States Dennis Carlston (USA)
2006 NetherlandsNetherlands Philip Vischjager ( Netherlands )
2007 ArgentinaArgentina Jorge Pan ( Argentina )
2008 DenmarkDenmark Lars Trabolt (Denmark)
2009 JapanJapan Masayuki Mochizuki ( Japan )
2010 DenmarkDenmark Lars Bentzon (Denmark)
2011 JapanJapan Takumitsu Suzuki (Japan)
2012 DenmarkDenmark Nevzat Dogan (Denmark)
2013 UkraineUkraine Vyacheslav Pryadkin ( Ukraine )
2014 JapanJapan Akiko Yazawa (Japan)
2015 TurkeyTurkey Ali Cihangir Cetinel ( Turkey )
2016 SwedenSweden Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden)
2017 FranceFrance Didier Assaraf ( France )
2018 JapanJapan Akiko Yazawa (Japan)
2019 IsraelIsrael Eli Roymi (Israel)

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