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Winners of Major Backgammon Tournaments

As there is no single worldwide backgammon organisation, there is also not a single premier tournament. But here are the winners of five major competitions.

World Championship

1967, Las Vegas
Tim Holland (USA)
1968, Las Vegas
Tim Holland (USA)
1969, Las Vegas
Alice Topping (USA)
1970, ??
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1971, Las Vegas
Tim Holland (USA)
1972, Las Vegas
Oswald Jacoby (USA)
1973, Las Vegas
Carol Crawford (USA)
1974, Las Vegas
Claude Beer (USA)
1975, Bahamas
Billy Eisenberg (USA)
1976, Bahamas
Baron Vernon Ball (USA)
1977, Bahamas
Ken Goodman (USA)
1978, Bahamas
Paul Magriel (USA)
1979, Monte Carlo
Luigi Villa (Italy)
1980, Monte Carlo
Walter Coratella (Mexico)
1981, Monte Carlo
Lee Genud (USA)
1982, Monte Carlo
Jacques Michel (Switzerland)
1983, Monte Carlo
Bill Robertie (USA)
1984, Monte Carlo
Mike Svobodny (USA)
1985, Monte Carlo
Charles-Henri Sabet (Italy)
1986, Monte Carlo
Clement Palacci (Italy)
1987, Monte Carlo
Bill Robertie (USA)
1988, Monte Carlo
Phillip Marmorstein (Germany)
1989, Monte Carlo
Joe Russell (USA)
1990, Monte Carlo
Hal Heinrich (Canada)
1991, Monte Carlo
Michael Meyburg (Germany)
1992, Monte Carlo
Ion Ressu (Romania)
1993, Monte Carlo
Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark)
1994, Monte Carlo
Frank Frigo (USA)
1995, Monte Carlo
David Ben-Zion (Israel)
1996, Monte Carlo
David Nahmad (Israel/Monaco)
1997, Monte Carlo
Jerry Grandell (Sweden)
1998, Monte Carlo
Michael Meyburg (Germany)
1999, Monte Carlo
Jorgen Granstedt (Sweden)
2000, Monte Carlo
Katie Scalamandre (USA)
2001, Monte Carlo
Jorgen Granstedt (Sweden)

World Cup

I, 1988
Joe Sylvester (USA)
II, 1990
Billy Horan (USA)
III, 1992
Mike Svobodny (USA)
IV, 1994
Billy Horan (USA)
V, 1996
Malcolm Davis (USA)
VI, 1998
August 1998

International Tournament, Bahamas

1964
Charles Wacker (USA)
1965
John Crawford (USA)
1966
Oswald Jacoby (USA)
1967
Oswald Jacoby (USA)
1968
Oswald Jacoby (USA)
1969
Walter Cooke (USA)
1970
Walter Cooke (USA)

World Backgammon Federation Champions of Europe

2001
Francois Tardieu (France)
2000
Harald Johanni (Germany)
1999
Mario Sequeira (Portugal)
1998
Elio Hamoui (Israel-Italy)
1997
Michael Lצfblad (Sweden)
1996
Nicholas Kitt (Romania)
1995
Nino Di Bella (Italy)
1994
Cathrine Bladh-Risselin (Sweden)
1993
Faik Gousseinov (Azerbaijan)
1992
Cathrine Bladh-Risselin (Sweden)
1991
Heiner Haussleiter (Germany)

American Backgammon Tour

The ABT is not a single event, but an award based on the results from about 20 individual tournaments. You can see this year's results so far at the Chicago Point website.
1993
Marty Storer (USA)
1994
Neil Kazaross (USA)
1995
Joe Russell (USA)
1996
Dennis Culpepper (USA)
1997
Art Benjamin (USA)
1998
Alex Caraplis (USA)
1999
Neil Kazaross (USA)
2000
Bob Bishop (USA)
2001
Jake Jacobs (USA)
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