The 2022 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship is the second edition of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships competition organized by the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation (WJPF). It was held between 23 and 26 June in Valladolid, Spain.
This event returns after two years of cancelation due the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Organisation The venue for this second World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship was the .
The Championship included three events: team, pairs, and individual. Each event had a classification round and a grand final.
Team event
Classification round (2 groups) Teams of 4 members make 2 jigsaw puzzles of 1000 pieces in a maximum period of 3 hours. Best two teams by country and the rest of the teams (up to 40), in order of classification are qualificated to the final.
Final (80 teams) Teams of 4 members make 2 jigsaw puzzles (1 puzzle of 1000 pieces and 1 puzzle of 1500 pieces in a maximum period of 3 hours. The fastest team to finish them is the champion. The team must complete one puzzle before starting the other.
Pairs event
Classification Round (2 groups) 2 members make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes. The fastest two pairs from each country, with the remainder (up to 50) in order of classification move onto the finals.
Final (100 pairs) 2 members make a jigsaw puzzles of 1000 pieces in the maximum period of 2 hours and the fastest pair to finish it win the competition.
Individual event
Classification round (3 groups) Each individual participant makes a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes. The fastest two participants from each country, with the remainder (up to 60) in order of classification move onto the finals.
Final (180 participants) Each participant makes a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes and the fastest one to finish it is the champion.
Schedule
+ Event schedule Thursday, 23 June 202218h Opening Ceremony Friday, 24 June 202210h Individual Group A 12h Individual Group B14h Individual Group C17h Pairs Group A 19h Pairs Group B Saturday, 25 June 20229h Team Group A + B (Combined) 17h Individual Final19h Pairs Final Sunday, 26 June 202210h Team Final14h Award Ceremony Closing Ceremony
Results Individual Alejandro Clemente 34' 25" Kristin Thuv 41' 27" Tereza Koptíková 42' 18"Pairs Katerina Novotna Tereza Koptíková 1h 02' 20" Demelza Becerra Ángel Heras 1h 05' 54" Susana Pérez Van Deenen Alejandro Clemente 1h 06' 05"Team Non Stop Ana Gil Ana Isabel Jimeno Alejandro Clemente David Caballero 2h 54' 13" Eckteile Chiara Dellantonio Nicola Giordani Isabelle Gall Michael Smit 2230 pieces Jigsaw Junkies Grey Rogers Katherine Dilks Geoffrey Scott Amber Haglund-Pagel 2216 pieces
Medal table
Participants 42 countries are represented in the second World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.
Andorra Australia Belarus Belgium Brazil Chile China Colombia Croatia (debut) Cyprus (debut) Czech Republic Denmark (debut) Ecuador France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary (debut) Ireland Israel (debut) Italy Japan Latvia (debut) Malta (debut) Mexico Netherlands Norway Peru Poland Portugal Roumania (debut) Singapore Slovenia (debut) Slovakia (debut) South Africa (debut) South Korea Spain Sweden (debut) Turkey Uganda Ukraine (debut) United States
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