Tournaments for the Diplomacy board game have been conducted around the world for decades.
The World Diplomacy Championship During the 1970s, there were very few Diplomacy tournaments outside North America. At that time, the winner of the tournament held at American DipCon was considered by the North American players as a world champion of Diplomacy.
The World Diplomacy Convention (WorldDipCon or WDC) was created in 1988 and the winner of the tournament held at this convention ("The World Diplomacy Championship") is acknowledged as the World Diplomacy Champion (also called the WDC Champion).
The location of each WDC, with the players taking the top three places in the tournament held there, are listed below: Year Host city Host country World Champion Second Third 1988 Birmingham Phil Day Matt MacVeigh Jim Mills 1990 Chapel Hill Jason Bergmann Jeff Bohner Steve Cooley 1992 Canberra Steve Gould Eric Roche Bruno-André Giraudon 1994 Birmingham Pascal Montagna Stéphane Gentric Bruno-André Giraudon 1995 Paris Bruno-André Giraudon Antonio Ribeiro da Silva Thomas Sebeyran 1996 Columbus Pitt Crandlemire Leif Bergman Björn von Knorring 1997 Gothenburg Cyrille Sevin Roger Edblom Borger Borgersen 1998 Chapel Hill Chris Martin John Quarto-von-Tivadar Mark Fassio 1999 Namur Christian Dreyer Leif Bergman Ivan Woodward 2000 Hunt Valley Simon Bouton Brian Dennehy Matthew Shields 2001 Paris Cyrille Sevin Brian Dennehy Chetan Radia 2002 Canberra Rob Stephenson Grant Steel Yann Clouet 2003 Denver Vincent Carry Edward Hawthorne Frank Johansen 2004 Birmingham Yann Clouet André Kooy Cyrille Sevin 2005 WashingtonOriginally scheduled to be in Hunt Valley, but moved when the original host convention moved from Hunt Valley to Lancaster. Frank Johansen Tom Kobrin Edi Birsan 2006 Berlin Nicolas Sahuguet Cyrille Sevin Yann Clouet 2007 Vancouver Doug Moore Jake Mannix Mark Zoffel 2008 Lockenhaus Julian Ziesing Cyrille Sevin Daniel Leinich 2009 Columbus Andrew Goff Daniel Lester Jim O'Kelley 2010 The Hague Gwen Maggi Igor Kurt Xavier Blanchot 2011 Sydney Andrew Goff Grant Steel Liam Cosgrave 2012 Chicago Michael A. Binder Don Scheifler Matt Shields 2013 Paris Cyrille Sevin Toby Harris Gwen Maggi 2014 Chapel Hill Thomas Haver Daniel Lester Phil Weissert 2015 Milan Toby Harris Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid Thomas Haver 2016 Chicago Chris Brand Doug Moore Andrew Goff 2017 Oxford Doug Moore Marvin Fried Tanya Gill 2018 Washington Andrew Goff Doug Moore Adam Sigal 2019 Marseille Gwen Maggi Andrew Goff Christophe Borgeat 2020 Event not held 2021 2022 Dover Daniel Lester Peter McNamara Peter Yeargin 2023 Bangkok Jamal Blakkarly Brandon Fogel Chris Brand 2024 Varedo Nicolas Sahuguet Peter McNamara Fabian Straub 2025 San Francisco Noam Brown Adam Sigal David Hood 2026 Athens Mikalis Kamaritis Daniel Lester Nicolas Sahuguet 2027 Chicago 2028 Melbourne
The 2020 event was originally scheduled for Dover, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the already-selected 2020 (Dover) and 2021 (Bangkok) events were pushed back two years.
Virtual Face-to-Face
Online play with real-time voice negotiations, known as virtual face-to-face, became widespread in 2020, leading to three major annual competitions with global participation.
Virtual Diplomacy Championship (VDC) The VDC is an open tournament held over a single weekend in December. Rounds are scheduled to be convenient to players around the world. +YearChampionSecondThird2020 Morgante Pell Nicolas Sahuguet Bill Hackenbracht2021 Nicolas Sahuguet Farren Jane Liam Stokes2022 Riaz Virani Jason Mastbaum Johnny Gillam2023 Jamal Blakkarly Peter McNamara Mikalis Kamaritis2024 Jaxon Roberts Jason Gray Noam Brown2025 Maaike Blom Katie Gray Mikalis Kamaritis & Casey McAllister
Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) The VDL is an open league with monthly gamedays and rounds convenient to players around the world. The season culminates in a championship game held in January. +YearChampionSecondThird2020 Tanya Gill John Anderson Morgante Pell2021 Nicolas Taillet Brandon Fogel Mikalis Kamaritis2022 Brandon Fogel Nicolas Taillet Timothy Crosby2023 Mikalis Kamaritis Nicolas Taillet Matthew Totonchy2024 Jordan Connors Justin Loar Matthew Totonchy2025 Bradley Grace Jamal Blakkarly Justin Loar
Diplomacy Broadcast Network Invitational (DBNI) The DBNI is an invitational tournament held annually in February. Players earn invitations based on their performance at a wide variety of Diplomacy competitions over the previous year, including in-person face-to-face, virtual face-to-face, and extended deadline online play. The champion receives the title "DBN Diplomat of the Year". +YearDiplomat of the YearRunners-up2021 Peter McNamara Matthew Crill Russ Dennis Andrei Gribakov Farren Jane Nicolas Sahuguet Markus Zijlstra2022 Jason Mastbaum Brandon Fogel Katie Gray Farren Jane Seren Kwok Ed Sullivan Nicolas Taillet2023 Brandon Fogel Chris Brand Noam Brown Peter McNamara Nicolas Sahuguet Ruben Sanchez Riaz Virani2024 Peter McNamara Johnny Gillam Seren Kwok Doug Malotte Ed Sullivan Matthew Totonchy Christopher Ward2025 Mikalis Kamaritis Katie Gray Bradley Grace Riaz Virani Doug Malotte Jordan Connors Max Wanji Roe Banks2026 Nicolas Taillet Maaike Blom Mikalis Kamaritis Brandan Austin Max Wanji Roe Banks Wes Ketchum Noam Brown
Online Diplomacy Championship
Created in 2015, the Online Diplomacy Championship occurs once every two years, rotating between a number of Diplomacy websites. The winner is considered to be the World Champion of Online Diplomacy, a format in which phases are processed once every one or two days, and all correspondence is sent in written form via the host site. Players in online tournaments typically play under pseudonyms, and accept the title under these names.
The players taking the top three places in each ODC tournament are listed below. Year Host Website Online Champion Second Third 2015 webDiplomacy Octavious VillageIdiot Yonni 2017 PlayDiplomacy Steve Cooley & Bravo Papa Alpha Tournament scoring in ODC 2017 allowed for a tie for first place. Machiara 2019 webDiplomacy Brumark Teccles Napoleon of Oz 2022 PlayDiplomacy RedCandle Pootleflump Yonni
North America
DipCon
The winner of the DipCon (Diplomacy Convention) tournament is the North American champion. The title of North American champion was not given at the beginning, but since 1972 has been awarded to each winner of the convention tournament. DipCon was created in 1966 and occurred each year (except in 1967 and 1968). There was no tournament in 1966,DipCon I held in Youngstown, and hosted by John Koning in his home, 31 August 1966. 1969DipCon II held in Youngstown, because "...we had so much fun last time, let's do it again." 1971, and 2020.
The winner of each DipCon North American Championship tournament: Year Host city Host country North American Champion Notes 1970 Oklahoma City John Smythe 1972 Chicago Richard Ackerlay 1973 Chicago Conrad von Metzke and John Smythe tie 1974 Chicago Mike Rocamora 1975 Chicago Walter Blank and Bob Wartenberg tie 1976 Baltimore Thomas Reape 1977 Lake Geneva Mike Rocamora 1978 Los Angeles David Lagerson 1979 Chester Ben Zablocki 1980 Rochester Carl Eichelberger 1981 Burlingame Ron Brown Held as part of Origins, which was in San Mateo, but held in a separate hotel because of space limitations 1982 Baltimore Konrad Baumeister 1983 Detroit Joyce Singer We can see in Diplomacy World 35 that the name of the winner is Joyce Singer. 1984 Dallas Jeff Key 1985 Seattle J.R. Baker 1986 Fredericksburg Malcolm Smith The best North American player, Marc Hurwitz, finished 2nd. 1987 Madison David Hood 1988 San Antonio Dan Sellers 1989 San Diego Edi Birsan Hohn Cho won the 1989 DipCon Diplomacy tournament, but that year's "DipCon Champion" was decided by a number of events. 1990 Chapel Hill Jason Bergmann This year, the DipCon was the WorldDipCon. 1991 Scarborough Gary Behnen 1992 Lenexa Marc Peters 1993 San Mateo Hohn Cho 1994 Chapel Hill Bruce Reiff 1995 Baltimore Sylvain Larose 1996 Columbus Pitt Crandlemire 1997 Seattle Chris Mazza 1998 Chapel Hill Chris Martin 1999 Columbus Chris Mazza 2000 Hunt Valley Simon Bouton The best North American player, Matthew Shields, finished 3rd. 2001 Denver David Hood 2002 Chapel Hill Morgan Gurley 2003 Washington Edward Hawthorne 2004 Portland Ken Lemere 2005 At Sea Rick Desper Played during a cruise from Galveston and with several stops: Progreso , Cozumel and Belize City . 2006 Charlottesville Hohn Cho 2007 Vancouver Doug Moore 2008 Tysons CornerDipCon status was removed from the Bangor event by the NADF on 30 July 2008. Chris Martin Results Disputed. Under normal hobby practice, the Tournament Director is ineligible for prizes due to real or perceived conflicts of interest. David Webster acted as TD, but still declared himself the winner. 2009 Columbus Andrew Goff The best North American player, Jim O'Kelley, finished 3rd. 2010 San Francisco Eric Mead 2011 Fairlee, Vermont Chris Martin 2012 Chicago Michael A. Binder 2013 Silver Spring Nate Cockerill 2014 Seattle Dan Lester The best North American player, Chris Martin, finished 2nd. 2015 Philadelphia Chris Martin 2016 Chicago Chris Brand 2017 Killington, Vermont Doug Moore 2018 Washington Andrew Goff The best North American player, Doug Moore, finished 2nd.2019 Seattle Steve Cooley 2021 Dover, Vermont Adam Silverman DipCon 2020 reported in 2021 (COVID-19).2022 San Jose Tanya Gill 2023 Chapel Hill Mikalis Kamaritis The best North American player, Michael A. Binder, finished 2nd.2024 Surrey Katie Gray 2025 Chicago Andrew Wu 2026 Thornton David Miller 2027 Baltimore
North American Grand Prix
The winner of each Grand Prix: Year Steps Players Winner 1999 7 58 Chris Martin 2000 14 125 Matt Shields 2001 34 166 Jerry Fest 2002 17 171 Andy Bartalone 2003 16 213 Edward Hawthorne 2004 14 305 Doug Moore 2005 13 234 Andrew Neumann 2006 12 200 Jim O'Kelley 2007 12 270 Doug Moore 2008 15 275 Thomas Haver 2009 10 182 Adam Sigal 2010 10 220 Peter Yeargin 2011 9 143 Chris Martin 2012 11 202 Michael A. Binder 2013 8 136 Graham Woodring 2014 8 188 Daniel Lester
Europe
EuroDipCon
The location and winner of each EuroDipCon tournament is listed below: Year Host city Host country European Champion Notes 1993 Paris Samy Malki 1994 Linköping Xavier Blanchot 1995 Cirencester Inge Kjøl 1996 Oslo Inge Kjøl 1997 Namur Cyrille Sevin 1998 Bedford Toby Harris 1999 Turku Simon Bouton 2000 Paris Leif Bergman 2001 Dublin Paraic Reddington 2002 Malmö Frank Johansen 2003 Dogana Yann Clouet 2004 Darmstadt Edi Birsan First European: Gihan Bandaranaike (second of the tournament). 2005 Utrecht Simon Bouton 2006 Cheshunt Benjamin Pouillès-Duplaix 2007 Marseille Fabien Grellier 2008 Brunate Luca Pazzaglia 2009 Bonn André Ilievics 2010 Paris Fabian Straub 2011 Derby Gwen Maggi 2012 Serravalle Nicolas Sahuguet 2013 Namur Gwen Maggi 2014 Rome Peter McNamara First European: Filippo Lonardo (second of the tournament). 2015 Leicester Cyrille Sevin 2016 Paris Gwen Maggi 2017 Milan Gwen Maggi 2018 Paris Lei Saarlainen 2019 Marseille Gwen Maggi 2020 Sion Alex Lebedev 2021 Serravalle Alex Lebedev 2022 Sierre Christophe Borgeat 2023 Paris Jelte Kuiper 2024 Sion Karthik KonathFirst European: Toby Harris (second of the tournament). 2025 Leiden Tanya Gill First European: Philipp Weissert (second overall). 2026 Chesterfield Christopher Ward 2027 Dresden
European Grand Prix
The winner of each Grand Prix is listed below: Year Nb of steps Nb of players Winner 2002 10 283 William Attia 2003 11 349 Yann Clouet 2004 15 472 Yann Clouet 2005 13 364 Gwen Maggi 2006 14 340 Gwen Maggi 2007 14 272 Gwen Maggi 2008 11 207 Emmanuel du Pontavice 2009 11 175 Gwen Maggi 2010 8 172 Gwen Maggi 2011 6 108 Gwen Maggi 2012 5 76 Dave Simpson 2013 7 112 Gwen Maggi 2014 6 81 Gwen Maggi 2015 8 116 Matteo Anfossi 2025 12 251 Maaike Blom
Asia Pacific Region
Asia Pacific Championships