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2 unusual facts about Tournament of Champions


Manchester Essex Regional Middle High School

In 1987 the team won both the National Forensic League Policy debate championship (Cincinnati, Ohio) and the Tournament of Champions (Lexington, Kentucky).

Wael El Hindi

El Hindi's 2008 campaign began with a quarter-final berth in the Tournament of Champions in January, then the following month he exceeded his seeding in the Canadian Classic in Toronto, where he beat Australian Cameron Pilley to set up a surprise all-Egyptian semi-final line-up.


Anthony Ricketts

It was in February 2005 in New York, where seeded ten in the Tournament of Champions, he beat third seed Peter Nicol, then Amr Shabana in the semi-finals, before defeating world champion and World No 1 Thierry Lincou in the final.

Chuck Forrest

He went on to win the 1986 Tournament of Champions.

Grégory Gaultier

At the 2009 Tournament of Champions, Gaultier defeated the world No.1 Karim Darwish in the semifinal, and beat Nick Matthew in the final with a score 11–9, (2–11), 11–8, 11–4.

James Willstrop

In January 2010, Willstrop won his first Tournament of Champions title in New York, defeating World Number 1 Ramy Ashour in the final and dropping only one game during the whole tournament.

Martin Heath

In 2000, he finished runner-up at the Tournament of Champions in New York City (beating Peter Nicol in the semi-finals, before losing to Jonathon Power in the final).


see also

2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions

The 2012 edition was the first held in Sofia, having been relocated from Bali, where the tournament was held for the previous three years and called the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Avon Cup

The event was sponsored by Avon Products and BMW during its tenure and was known as the Tournament of Champions in its final year.

Eddie Timanus

His winnings totaled $69,700 (USD) plus two new cars (Chevrolet Camaros in his case), and he was invited back for the 2000 Tournament of Champions in Atlanta, Georgia, where he reached the semifinals and won $5,000 there.

Louis Asmo

He won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 1997 in the $3,000 Limit Texas hold 'em event. Asmo's other notable finish came when he lost heads up against David Chiu in the 1999 Tournament of Champions of Poker. In a famous hand of the TOC, Chiu to mucked two kings face-up to Asmo's pre-flop re-raise.

McClymonds High School

The McClymonds varsity basketball team won a state Tournament of Champions held in 1980 at the Oracle Arena.

World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker.