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• Mikalis Kamaritis most recently won Best Italy in 2024 at Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Italy.
• Emily Cavanus has never won Best Italy.
• Phil Johns most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Theo Fox has played 12 tournament games.
• Theo Fox has competed in 4 tournaments.
• Darcy Morris first won Best Turkey in 2025 at Asia-Pacific Championship Brisbane 2025 Cane Toad Classic.
• Christopher Ward first competed in a tournament (Virtual Tour of Britain 2021) in 2021.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Germany.
• Mikalis Kamaritis won their first tournament (DBN Broadcaster Brawl 2023) in 2023.
• Darcy Morris won their first tournament (Snake Pit League S2 2025) in 2025.
• Emily Cavanus has never won Best Russia.
• David Wigglesworth has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Richard Bolton was eliminated in 2 of 27 tournament games played (7.41%).
• Christopher Ward has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best England.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Russia.
• Darcy Morris most recently won Best Turkey in 2025 at Asia-Pacific Championship Brisbane 2025 Cane Toad Classic.
• Darcy Morris most recently won a tournament (Snake Pit League S2 2025) in 2025.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has won Best Italy 2 times.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has finished with as many as 19 centres in tournament games.
• This is the first tournament for Blake Cooper.
• Isaac Juckes topped the board in 7 of 69 tournament games played (10.14%).
• Garry Sturley has played 11 tournament games.
• Isaac Juckes has competed in 25 tournaments.
• Garry Sturley topped the board in 2 of 11 tournament games played (18.18%).
• Blake Cooper has never won Best Germany.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has won Best Germany 2 times.
• Darcy Morris has yet to solo at a tournament.
• David Wigglesworth first won Best England in 2009 at MidCon Birmingham 2009.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Turkey.
• Isaac Juckes has played 69 tournament games.
• David Wigglesworth most recently won Best England in 2012 at Kent Kon I 2012.
• David Wigglesworth has won Best Germany 5 times.
• Blake Cooper has never won Best France.
• Darcy Morris has never won Best France.
• Darcy Morris has finished with as many as 13 centres in tournament games.
• Garry Sturley most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy League 2021) in 2022.
• Christopher Ward is ranked 96 internationally in the WPE7.
• David Wigglesworth has never won Best Russia.
• David Wigglesworth has won Best France 2 times.
• Christopher Ward has never won Best Turkey.
• Bradley Grace won their first tournament (SpireCon 2022) in 2022.
• Bradley Grace topped the board in 18 of 63 tournament games played (28.57%).
• Theo Fox has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Theo Fox has never won Best France.
• Emily Cavanus has never won Best Turkey.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Turkey.
• The best tournament result for Garry Sturley is 2nd.
• Blake Cooper has never won Best Turkey.
• George Mørk has never won Best Italy.
• The best tournament result for Phil Johns is 9th.
• Darcy Morris has won Best Italy 2 times.
• Theo Fox first competed in a tournament (UK National Diplomacy Championship 2024) in 2024.
• Darcy Morris has never won Best Russia.
• Darcy Morris has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Italy.
• Bradley Grace has won 4 of 33 tournaments (12.12%).
• Richard Bolton has never won Best France.
• Jeremy Tullet has never won Best France.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best France.
• George Mørk has finished with as many as 10 centres in tournament games.
• Bradley Grace has yet to solo at a tournament.
• David Wigglesworth is ranked 145 internationally in the WPE7.
• Emily Cavanus has never won Best Germany.
• Isaac Juckes has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Theo Fox has yet to top the board at a tournament.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Russia.
• Phil Johns topped the board in 2 of 19 tournament games played (10.53%).
• Mikalis Kamaritis first won Best England in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Bradley Grace most recently won a tournament (Virtual Tour of Britain 2024) in 2024.
• Theo Fox has never won Best England.
• Bradley Grace has played 63 tournament games.
• Bradley Grace has won Best Germany once.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has won 5 of 30 tournaments (16.67%).
• Phil Johns has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Darcy Morris has won 1 of 24 tournaments (4.17%).
• Christopher Ward has never won Best Italy.
• Garry Sturley has never won Best England.
• David Wigglesworth first won Best Turkey in 2011 at Brighton DipCon 2 2011.
• George Mørk most recently competed in a tournament (Steel Showdown) in 2026.
• Mikalis Kamaritis was DBNI Diplomat of the Year in 2025.
• Theo Fox has never won Best Italy.
• Christopher Ward has never won Best France.
• Phil Johns has never won Best France.
• George Mørk has competed in 11 tournaments.
• Phil Johns has never won Best England.
• Mikalis Kamaritis first won Best Italy in 2021 at Virtual Cascadia 2021.
• George Mørk has never won Best England.
• Phil Johns was eliminated in 3 of 19 tournament games played (15.79%).
• Theo Fox has never won Best Turkey.
• David Wigglesworth has won Best Italy 2 times.
• Mikalis Kamaritis was Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) Champion in 2023.
• Bradley Grace is ranked 25 internationally in the WPE7.
• Jeremy Tullet has never won Best Germany.
• George Mørk has played 29 tournament games.
• This is the first tournament for Jeremy Tullet.
• Isaac Juckes most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at Hechstechen Dresden 2025.
• Christopher Ward topped the board in 9 of 57 tournament games played (15.79%).
• David Wigglesworth first won Best France in 2010 at Brighton DipCon 1 2010.
• Emily Cavanus has never won Best England.
• Darcy Morris topped the board in 20 of 79 tournament games played (25.32%).
• Garry Sturley is ranked 240 internationally in the WPE7.
• George Mørk topped the board in 2 of 29 tournament games played (6.90%).
• Richard Bolton most recently won Best Italy in 2007 at ManorCon Leicester 2007.
• Phil Johns has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Blake Cooper has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Garry Sturley has competed in 12 tournaments.
• Christopher Ward was eliminated in 11 of 57 tournament games played (19.30%).
• Phil Johns has finished with as many as 17 centres in tournament games.
• Richard Bolton most recently won Best England in 2010 at ManorCon Leicester 2010.
• Richard Bolton has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Richard Bolton most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• David Wigglesworth has competed in 49 tournaments.
• David Wigglesworth won their first tournament (Kent Kon I 2012) in 2012.
• George Mørk has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Jeremy Tullet has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Bradley Grace has finished with as many as 17 centres in tournament games.
• Theo Fox has never won Best Germany.
• Garry Sturley is ranked 1740/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Phil Johns first competed in a tournament (Online Diplomacy Championship III 2019) in 2020.
• Mikalis Kamaritis first won Best Germany in 2024 at Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024.
• Darcy Morris has never won Best Germany.
• Isaac Juckes is ranked 358 internationally in the WPE7.
• George Mørk has never won Best Germany.
• Mikalis Kamaritis most recently won a tournament (DBN Invitational S5 (2024-2025)) in 2025.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Christopher Ward has finished with as many as 16 centres in tournament games.
• The best tournament result for Christopher Ward is 2nd.
• Garry Sturley first competed in a tournament (MaccCon Autumn 2019) in 2019.
• Mikalis Kamaritis was eliminated in 3 of 65 tournament games played (4.62%).
• Richard Bolton has played 27 tournament games.
• Jeremy Tullet has never won Best England.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has never won Best France.
• Emily Cavanus has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has won Best England once.
• Christopher Ward most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy League 2024) in 2025.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best France.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Turkey.
• Garry Sturley has never won Best Turkey.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Russia.
• Bradley Grace first competed in a tournament (SpireCon 2022) in 2022.
• Richard Bolton first won Best Italy in 2007 at ManorCon Leicester 2007.
• David Wigglesworth has won 3 of 49 tournaments (6.12%).
• The best tournament result for Richard Bolton is 3rd.
• Darcy Morris first won Best Italy in 2024 at Australian Open Canberra 2024.
• George Mørk has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Jeremy Tullet has never won Best Italy.
• Mikalis Kamaritis first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2020 Virtual World Diplomacy Classic) in 2020.
• Richard Bolton has finished with as many as 10 centres in tournament games.
• Darcy Morris was eliminated in 7 of 79 tournament games played (8.86%).
• Darcy Morris most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Mikalis Kamaritis most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• The best tournament result for George Mørk is 4th.
• Isaac Juckes has won Best Germany once.
• Christopher Ward has competed in 32 tournaments.
• David Wigglesworth has played 105 tournament games.
• Emily Cavanus has never won Best France.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Theo Fox most recently competed in a tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• David Wigglesworth most recently won Best Turkey in 2015 at Yorkshire DipCon 2015.
• Christopher Ward has never won Best Germany.
• Christopher Ward has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• David Wigglesworth most recently won Best France in 2014 at Yorkshire DipCon 2014.
• Richard Bolton first won Best England in 2010 at ManorCon Leicester 2010.
• Bradley Grace was eliminated in 5 of 63 tournament games played (7.94%).
• Theo Fox has finished with as many as 7 centres in tournament games.
• Garry Sturley has never won Best Germany.
• Garry Sturley has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Phil Johns has played 19 tournament games.
• Richard Bolton has won Best Italy once.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Turkey.
• Christopher Ward has never won Best England.
• Garry Sturley has never won Best France.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has played 65 tournament games.
• George Mørk has never won Best Turkey.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has never won Best Turkey.
• Bradley Grace has competed in 33 tournaments.
• David Wigglesworth most recently won a tournament (Yorkshire DipCon 2014) in 2014.
• Blake Cooper has never won Best Italy.
• George Mørk is ranked 331 internationally in the WPE7.
• The best tournament result for Theo Fox is 12th.
• Blake Cooper has never won Best Russia.
• Richard Bolton most recently competed in a tournament (Steel Showdown) in 2026.
• Theo Fox has never won Best Russia.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• David Wigglesworth was eliminated in 6 of 105 tournament games played (5.71%).
• Darcy Morris is ranked 71 internationally in the WPE7.
• Darcy Morris has won Best Turkey once.
• Mikalis Kamaritis first won Best Austria in 2025 at Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025.
• George Mørk has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Mikalis Kamaritis most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025.
• Darcy Morris most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Richard Bolton has won Best Germany once.
• Mikalis Kamaritis topped the board in 28 of 65 tournament games played (43.08%).
• David Wigglesworth most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• David Wigglesworth first competed in a tournament (ManorCon Birmingham 2006) in 2006.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has soloed 1 of 65 tournament games played (1.54%).
• Richard Bolton first competed in a tournament (ManorCon Birmingham 2006) in 2006.
• Bradley Grace first won Best Germany in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has never won Best Russia.
• David Wigglesworth first won Best Italy in 2014 at MidCon 2014.
• David Wigglesworth most recently won Best Germany in 2014 at MidCon 2014.
• Garry Sturley has finished with as many as 15 centres in tournament games.
• Mikalis Kamaritis was North American Champion in 2023.
• Christopher Ward has never won Best Russia.
• Isaac Juckes first won Best Germany in 2025 at Hechstechen Dresden 2025.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Isaac Juckes most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Blake Cooper has never won Best England.
• Phil Johns has competed in 11 tournaments.
• David Wigglesworth has won Best England 2 times.
• Darcy Morris has never won Best England.
• David Wigglesworth has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Darcy Morris first competed in a tournament (Australian Open Canberra 2024) in 2024.
• Mikalis Kamaritis is ranked 3 internationally in the WPE7.
• Isaac Juckes was eliminated in 10 of 69 tournament games played (14.49%).
• David Wigglesworth first won Best Austria in 2010 at ScotCon Edimburg 2010.
• Richard Bolton has won Best England once.
• Christopher Ward has played 57 tournament games.
• Mikalis Kamaritis has competed in 30 tournaments.
• Christopher Ward is ranked 697/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Garry Sturley has never won Best Russia.
• This is the first tournament for Emily Cavanus.
• Bradley Grace most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• George Mørk has never won Best Russia.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Italy.
• Jeremy Tullet has never won Best Turkey.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best England.
• Garry Sturley has never won Best Italy.
• The best tournament result for Isaac Juckes is 2nd.
• Theo Fox was eliminated in 2 of 12 tournament games played (16.67%).
• Jeremy Tullet has never won Best Russia.
• Richard Bolton first won Best Germany in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Darcy Morris has played 79 tournament games.
• Mikalis Kamaritis most recently won Best England in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• David Wigglesworth most recently competed in a tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Phil Johns is ranked 260 internationally in the WPE7.
• Isaac Juckes first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2022) in 2022.
• Mikalis Kamaritis most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025.
• Richard Bolton has competed in 15 tournaments.
• David Wigglesworth most recently won Best Austria in 2014 at Yorkshire DipCon 2014.
• Isaac Juckes has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
• Darcy Morris has competed in 24 tournaments.
• David Wigglesworth has won Best Austria-Hungary 3 times.
• George Mørk has never won Best France.
• David Wigglesworth first won Best Germany in 2012 at Kent Kon I 2012.
• David Wigglesworth topped the board in 19 of 105 tournament games played (18.10%).
• Garry Sturley has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Russia.
• Richard Bolton topped the board in 6 of 27 tournament games played (22.22%).
• George Mørk first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2020 Virtual World Diplomacy Classic) in 2020.
• David Wigglesworth has finished with as many as 13 centres in tournament games.
• Garry Sturley has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Bradley Grace most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Theo Fox has yet to solo at a tournament.

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