The twelfth MONOPOLY World Championship took place October 8 & 9, 2004 in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Tokyo, Japan. Antonio Zafra Fernandez of Spain was the champion, defeating a field of 39 from 38 countries including defending champion Yutaka Okada. His prize was $15,140, the amount of money then included in a game of MONOPOLY. The tournament consisted of three preliminary rounds on October 8th, followed a final round on October 9th. Zafra Fernandez won with a natural monopoly on the Oranges in the Final Game.
The tournament was originally going to be held in Hong Kong, but was reportedly moved due to fears of SARS.
Players competing in order of finish
Place | Name | Country |
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1st - Champion | Antonio Zafra Fernandez, 36 year old lab technician from Madrid | Spain |
2nd - Final Table | Bjorn Andenaes, mutual fund manager[1] | Norway |
3rd - Final Table | Bartlomiej Korczak, 21 years old from Tarnow | Poland |
4th - Final Table | Anthony Redmond, 36 year old civil servant[2] from Dublin | Ireland |
5th | Leon Vandendooren | Canada |
6th | Mindaugas Ganusauskas | Lithuania |
7th | Ognjen Livada | Croatia |
8th | Hans-Georg Schellinger | Germany |
9th | Georges Leuck | Luxembourg |
10th | Ho King Fair | Hong Kong |
11th | Tha Phopol | Belgium |
11th | Ivo Capins | Latvia |
11th | Vitor Candido | Portugal |
14th | Sung-Ho Kang | South Korea |
14th | Andyputra Zachardyutama Bin Muhamed Kaddyran | Malaysia |
16th | Bernd Laimer | Austria |
16th | Moises Oliveira Bezerra | Brazil |
16th | Adrian Prince | United Kingdom |
16th | Mariona Suinaga | Mexico |
16th | Annie Lodato | France |
21st | Erik Mashkilleyson | Finland |
22nd | Matt McNally | USA |
23rd | Tamas Revesz | Hungary |
24th | Andrew Dimock | New Zealand |
24th | Omer Sumer | Turkey |
26th | Leon Hechtman | Australia |
27th | Maria Panagou | Greece |
27th | Mario Morales | Guatemala |
27th | Arun Kumar | India |
27th | Johan Christiaan Hulsman | The Netherlands |
27th | Maung Thu Ya Pyine | Singapore |
27th | Tine Oblak | Slovenia |
27th | Chuang Chiung Chi | Taiwan |
34th | Peter Broennimann | Switzerland |
35th | Darya Laane | Ukraine |
36th | Mattias Bjorklund | Sweden |
37th | Mikihiro Ueda | Japan |
38th | Yutaka Okada, Defending Champion (2000) | Japan |
39th | Joosep Simm | Estonia |
- http://monopoly-championship.jp/world/2004/wc04info.html
- http://monoponeko.com/
- http://monopoly-championship.jp/world/2004/wc04final.html
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