The 2025 World Championships will be held in Anaheim, CA, United States on 15–17 August 2025.
It is the 12th time that Worlds is held in the United States; the 5th time that it is held in California (2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2025); and the 2nd time in Anaheim, where it was already held in 2017!
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Worlds invite requirements
| Rating Zone | Criteria | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| North America* | Top 75 players in the Masters Division in the US & Canada CP leaderboard Top 20 players in the Senior Division in the US & Canada CP leaderboard Top 20 players in the Junior Division in the US & Canada CP leaderboard | ||
| Europe* | Top 75 players in the Masters Division in the Europe CP leaderboard Top 20 players in the Senior Division in the Europe CP leaderboard Top 20 players in the Junior Division in the Europe CP leaderboard | ||
| Latin America* | Top 50 players in the Masters Division in the Latin America CP leaderboard Top 15 players in the Senior Division in the Latin America CP leaderboard Top 15 players in the Junior Division in the Latin America CP leaderboard | ||
| Oceania* | Top 20 players in the Masters Division in the Oceania CP leaderboard Top 10 players in the Senior Division in the Oceania CP leaderboard Top 10 players in the Junior Division in the Oceania CP leaderboard | ||
| Middle East and South Africa* | Top 5 players in the Masters Division in the ME&SA CP leaderboard Top 5 players in the Senior Division in the ME&SA CP leaderboard Top 5 players in the Junior Division in the ME&SA CP leaderboard | ||
| Japan | TBD (expected to depend on the results of the Japan National Championships) | ||
| South Korea | TBD (expected to depend on the results of the Korea Trainers Cup Final Round) | ||
| Asia-Pacific | Top 24 players at the Taiwan Master Ball League Top 12 players at the Malaysia Master Ball League Top 12 players at the Philippines Master Ball League Top 12 players at the Thailand Master Ball League Top 12 players at the Hong Kong Master Ball League Top 12 players at the Singapore Master Ball League | ||
| 2025 International Championships | Top 4 players from each age division at LAIC Top 4 players from each age division at EUIC Top 4 players from each age division at NAIC | ||
| 2025 Regional & Special Championships | The Champions from each age division of every TPCi Regional and Special Championships worldwide | ||
| 2024 World Championships | Top 4 players from each age division in the 2024 World Championships | ||
* Players earning an invite through their results in a World, International, Regional, or Special Championship, will not count against the total invitation slots for their rating zone.
The following is the list of the Masters Division players that have qualified to the 2025 World Championships by any of the means described above. They have been ordered alphabetically for each table.
Latest update: 25 March 2025
North America
| # | Criteria | Player | Best results this season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regional Champion |  Andrew Zheng | Louisville Regional Champion |
| 2 | International Semifinalist | Ashton Cox | LAIC Top 4 |
| 3 | Regional Champion | Behzad Muntazir | San Antonio Regional Top 32 Vancouver Regional Champion |
| 4 | Regional Champion | Carson Confer | Louisville Regional Top 16 Sacramento Regional Champion San Antonio Regional Top 8 |
| 5 | Special Champion | Hunter Braum | Sacramento Regional Top 16 San Juan Special Champion |
| 6 | Regional Champion | Justin Tang | Baltimore Regional Top 16 LAIC Top 16 Toronto Regional Top 16 San Antonio Regional Champion EUIC Top 64 |
| 7 | 2024 Worlds Finalist (SR) | Luke Kroll | Toronto Regional Top 32 |
| 8 | 2024 Worlds Semifinalist (SR) |  Michael Vono | – |
| 9 | Regional Champion | Nicholas Morales | Baltimore Regional Champion |
| 10 | International Champion Regional Champion | Wolfe Glick | Baltimore Regional Top 16 Louisville Regional Top 8 Toronto Regional Champion Global Challenge I Champion EUIC Champion |
Europe
| # | Criteria | Player | Best results this season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regional Champion |  Davide Miraglia | Dortmund Regional Champion |
| 2 | International Finalist |  Dyl Yeomans | EUIC Finalist |
| 3 | Regional Champion | Eden Batchelor | Stuttgart Regional Champion EUIC Top 32 |
| 4 | Regional Champion | Federico Camporesi | Gdańsk Regional Champion LAIC Top 32 Grand Challenge III Champion Birmingham Regional Top 4 Stockholm Regional Top 8 |
| 5 | 2024 World Champion | Luca Ceribelli | Stuttgart Regional Top 16 EUIC Top 32 |
| 6 | International Champion | Marco Silva | Lille Regional Top 16 Grand Challenge II Top 4 Gdańsk Regional Finalist LAIC Champion Toronto Regional Finalist Birmingham Regional Top 32 EUIC Top 32 Global Challenge II Top 4 Stockholm Regional Top 16 |
| 7 | 2024 Worlds Semifinalist Regional Champion |  Michael Kelsch | Dortmund Regional Top 16 Gdańsk Regional Top 8 LAIC Top 32 EUIC Top 128 Stockholm Regional Champion |
| 8 | Regional Champion | Nils Dunlop | Lille Regional Champion |
| 9 | International Semifinalist | Taran Birdee | Gdańsk Regional Top 16 Birmingham Regional Top 16 EUIC Top 4 |
| 10 | International Finalist |  Víctor Medina | Dortmund Regional Top 32 Lille Regional Finalist Grand Challenge II 2nd place Gdańsk Regional Top 8 LAIC Finalist |
| 11 | Regional Champion | William Bassolino | Gdańsk Regional Top 16 Birmingham Regional Champion |
Latin America
| # | Criteria | Player | Best results this season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regional Champion |  Bruno Rebello | Rio de Janeiro Regional Top 8 Fortaleza Regional Champion |
| 2 | Regional Champion |  Daniel Núñez | Bogotá Special Top 8 Mérida Regional Champion |
| 3 | Regional Champion | Gabriel Agati | Joinville Regional Champion Grand Challenge I 2nd place Global Challenge III Top 8 |
| 4 | Special Champion |  Javier Nain | Joinville Regional Top 16 Buenos Aires Special Champion EUIC Top 256 |
| 5 | Regional Champion |  Juan Salerno | Joinville Regional Top 4 Buenos Aires Special Finalist Rio de Janeiro Regional Champion Fortaleza Regional Top 8 |
| 6 | Special Champion |  Max Morales | Bogotá Special Champion Mérida Regional Top 16 |
| 7 | International Semifinalist |  Renzo Navarro | Buenos Aires Special Top 16 LAIC Top 4 |
| 8 | Special Champion | Sebastián Rodríguez | Lima Special Champion Buenos Aires Special Top 8 Bogotá Special Finalist |
Oceania
| # | Criteria | Player | Best results this season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regional Champion | Diego Ferreira | Buenos Aires Special Top 4 Brisbane Regional Champion |
| 2 | Regional Champion |  Oliver Ramsay | Perth Regional Champion |
Middle East & South Africa
No player from the Middle East and South Africa has earned an invite yet!
Japan
| # | Criteria | Player | Best results this season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Semifinalist |  Yosuke Takayanagi | EUIC Top 4 |
| 2 | 2024 Worlds Finalist | Yuta Ishigaki | – |
South Korea
| # | Criteria | Player | Best results this season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 Worlds Semifinalist (SR) |  Minjun Oh | – |
| 2 | 2024 Worlds Semifinalist | Seongjae Jeong | – |
Asia-Pacific
No player from Asia-Pacific has earned an invite yet!
