Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2025
Event Information
It's almost time for Day 1 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2025! A 3 day event held between August 29-31 in Paris, France where the best of the best will be crowned across Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG/TCG, DUEL LINKS (Speed Duel and Rush Duel) and MASTER DUEL!
Use the tabs below to check out the full event schedule - and keep your eyes peeled on Master Duel Meta across the weekend as we update you with results and potential announcements Konami may have in store..
- Event Coverage
- MASTER DUEL Format
The MASTER DUEL World Championship coverage will be split across 2 days of Traditional, in-person live commentary with the recently announced AI Live Commentary Trial also taking place on Day 1 only, in 7 different languages. You can find all the livestreams for this feature by clicking this link.
Day 1 Stream
- 5 Rounds of Round Robin within each of the two groups
- English Stream Link Coming Soon
Day 2 Stream - Finals
- Semi-Finals & Championship Match
- English Stream Link Coming Soon
General Information
The Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL WCS 2025 Finals will be a series of battles between teams of 3. There will be 12 teams fighting for the title of champion: the winning team from last year, plus 3 teams that earned their places through the Duelist Cup, 6 through the Regional Qualifiers, and 2 through Season Points.
The Finals consist of the 1st Stage and Final Tournament. The 1st Stage is a round-robin tournament with teams split into two groups. Two teams from each group will qualify for the Final Tournament A match between two teams is called a "round." A round consists of each player playing one Duel against everyone on the opposing team. Each round consists of three sets of three simultaneous Duels.
During rounds, players can talk with their teammates and watch their Duels after finishing their own Duels. However, they cannot watch other teams' Duels or listen to other teams' conversations.
The winner of a round is the team that won the most Duels. However, if a team has won five or more Duels by the end of the second set, and has therefore already won the round, the third set will not be played, and all Duels in the third set will be counted as wins for the round-winning team. If the number of Duels won is tied, the round-winning team will be decided by a Duel between the team representatives.
Deck Building
All Decks must follow the Forbidden/Limited List effective as of Aug. 10, 2025 and consist only of cards available on that date.
Each player can use up to two Decks and can choose which of the two to use for each Duel. (Six Decks per team in total.) - There can be at most three copies of each card across all of each team's Decks. If a card is Limited or Semi-Limited, only one or two copies respectively can be included across all of each team's Decks.
For Example:
- If 1 Deck contains 2 copies of Loading... , there can be at most 1 other copy across the other Decks.
- If 1 Deck contains 3 copies of Loading... , none of the other Decks can contain a copy.
- If 1 Deck contains 1 copy of Loading... , a Semi-Limited card, there can be at most 1 other copy across the other Decks.
- If 1 Deck contains 1 copy of Loading... , a Limited card, none of the other Decks can contain a copy.
Each team can designate up to 3 different cards as "Shared Cards". If a card is designated as a Shared Card, up to 3 copies can be included in each Deck. If a Shared Card is Limited, only 1 copy can be included in each Deck. If a Shared Card is Semi-Limited, up to 2 copies can be included in each Deck.
Tournament Format
Finals Stage 1 - August 29th 2025
In the Finals 1st Stage, groups will be formed of 6 teams, and a round-robin competition will be held among the 6 teams in each group. The top 2 teams from each group will proceed to the Final Tournament.
The ranking within each group is determined by the following.
- Total rounds won.
- Most individual Duels won.
- Total Duels won by the team leader.
- 1 to 3 have all won direct matches against the same team.
- If the ranking still cannot be determined, the top teams will be decided by lottery.
Finals Tournament - August 30th 2025
- The top two teams from each group will proceed to the Final Tournament for a total of four teams.
- The four teams will compete in the Semi-Finals, with the two winning teams advancing to the Championship Match.
- The winning team in the Championship Match will be the winner of this competition.
- When the winning team is determined, all other Duels taking place at that moment will be terminated.