The 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is the 9th annual tournament.
“Boom! Tetris For Jeff!” meme made the 2016 finals go viral. It brought new fans to the tournament, including 16-year old Joseph Saelee.
This year, the organizers brought in Arda Ocal, who joined as a commentator and host.
The tournament format changed in terms of the bracket. It expanded from 32-player bracket to a 40-player bracket. Seeds 25-40 compete in Round 0 for 8 remaining spots in Round 1.
For the first time in 7 years, all of the matches were recorded. Matches on the side stage were livestreamed on Jonas Neubauer’s Twitch Channel, Nubbinsgoody.
2018 Classic Tetris World Champions Timestamps
Playlist
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- Qualifying
- Round 0 – Top 40
- Round 1 – Top 32
- Round 2 – Top 16
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
- Finals
- Results
Qualifying
Qualifying Session #1: Robin Mihara, Chad, Lars (jazzthief81), fridaywitch
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Qualifying Session #2: Kristen Stein, Matt Schoolmaster, Ben Mullen, Harry Hong
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Qualifying Session #3: Joseph Saelee, Trey Harrison, Terry Purcell, Matt Buco
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Clip of Joseph Saelee reaching Level 30
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Qualifying Session #4: Jeff Moore, Chris Brady, Rigel Pearce, Svavar
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Qualifying Session #5: Peter Grisafi (MetalBeast), Greentea, Jonas Neubauer, Koryan
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Clip of Jonas Neubauer
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Tetris Effect Showcase
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Round 0 – Top 40
Walter Day Trading Card Awards
Livestream VOD
Match #1: SQR vs Justin O (squarewave)
Match #2: Kristen Stein vs Paul Tesi (MegaRetroMan)
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Match #3: Greg Vander Velden vs David Legendre (DivCaste) (Big Dave)
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Match #4: Jon Baker vs Gin Morgan
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Match #5: Trey Harrison vs Burke Kenny
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Match #6: Betastrep vs Patrick Nyffeler
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Match #7: Sam Parry vs Ethan Daniels
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Match #8: Robin Mihara vs Packie619
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Round 1 – Top 32
Tetris Anthem
Livestream VOD
Match #1: Joey Parker vs Chris Brady
Match #2: Jeff Moore vs Frank Westphal
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Match #3: Gin Morgan vs Svavar
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Match #4: Terry Purcell vs Matt Schoolmaster
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Match #5: Jani Herlevi vs Peter Grisafi (MetalBeast)
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Match #6: Eli Markstrom vs Buco
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Match #7: Stacy Schierholz vs Zzyzx (Quaid)
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #8: Jake Stein vs Chad
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Match #9: Ben Mullen vs Mike Winzinek
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Match #10: Packie619 vs Josh Tolles
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Match #11: David Legendre (DivCaste) (Big Dave) vs Jonas Neubauer
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Match #12: Trey Harrison vs Harry Hong
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Match #13: Patrick Nyffeler vs Joseph Saelee
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Match #14: Alex Kerr (Kitaru) vs SQR
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Match #15: Koryan vs Paul Tesi (MegaRetroMan)
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Match #16: Sam Parry vs Greentea
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Round 2 – Top 16
Match #1: Jeff Moore vs Svavar
Match #2: Joseph Saelee vs Jani Herlevi
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Match #3: Joey Parker vs Jonas Neubauer
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Match #4: Terry Purcell vs Harry Hong
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Match #5: Chad vs Greentea
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Match #6: Koryan vs Matt Buco
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #7: Alex Kerr (Kitaru) vs Zzyzx (Quaid)
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Match #8: Ben Mullen vs Josh Tolles
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Tetris Effect Exhibition Match
Livestream VOD
Quarterfinals
Match #1: Koryan vs Zzyzx (Quaid)
Match #2: Joseph Saelee vs Harry Hong
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Match #3: Jonas Neubauer vs Svavar
Match #4: Greentea vs Josh Tolles
YouTube | Livestream VOD
Semifinals
Sponsorship Promo – Ting
Livestream VOD
Match #1
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Interview with Winner of Match #1
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Commentator, James Chen, gets players’ ages mixed up
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James Chen corrects himself
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Player makes faces
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Match #2
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Interview with Winner of Match #2
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Sponsorship Promo – Tetris Effect
Livestream VOD
Finals
Finals Match
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Interview with Winner
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Interview with Runner-up
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Continued Interview with Winner
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Results
- Qualifying Rank
- Seeds 1-4 scored 2 maxouts in Qualifying
- Seeds 5-7 scores 1 maxout in Qualifying
- Jani Herlevi and Frank Westphal had the same qualifying score, their 2nd highest scores were used as a tiebreaker
- Liquipedia
- Raw Data
- Final Standings
