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Adam Ni has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Francesco Conte first won Best France in 2010 at San Marino Con 2010.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Germany in 2012 at Euro DipCon 2012 San Marino Con.
Tanya Gill first competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford) in 2017.
André Ilievics has competed in 88 tournaments.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
André Ilievics most recently won a tournament (Varianten-Tage Wiesbaden 2010) in 2010.
Robert Schuppe has played 52 tournament games.
David Alberdi has never won Best Russia.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best France once.
Tanya Gill won their first tournament (v-Boston Massacre 2020) in 2020.
Tanya Gill first won Best Italy in 2021 at Dipcon 2021 Carnage in the mountain.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Turkey.
Adam Ni has yet to solo at a tournament.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Turkey in 2024 at Whipping San Francisco 2024.
Robert Schuppe first won Best France in 2022 at Virtual Cascadia 2022.
Tanya Gill most recently competed in a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Jakob Köstner has never played in a tournament before.
Jelte Kuiper has played 32 tournament games.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Tanya Gill has won Best France 2 times.
David Alberdi has never played in a tournament before.
Noah Lamens has played 8 tournament games.
Jelte Kuiper has yet to solo at a tournament.
David Alberdi has never won Best Germany.
Robert Schuppe has finished with as many as 16 centres in tournament games.
Francesco Conte has played 100 tournament games.
Simon Wesendrup has played 53 tournament games.
André Ilievics has never won Best Turkey.
Tanya Gill has won Best Russia once.
David Alberdi has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Francesco Conte first won Best Germany in 2012 at Euro DipCon 2012 San Marino Con.
Simon Wesendrup first won Best Austria in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
Tanya Gill is ranked 86/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
Francesco Conte most recently won a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Turkey.
The best tournament result for Noah Lamens is 8th.
Tanya Gill is ranked 127/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
Francesco Conte topped the board in 17 of 100 tournament games played (17.00%).
Francesco Conte has never won Best Russia.
Noah Lamens has yet to solo at a tournament.
David Alberdi has never won Best France.
Simon Wesendrup is ranked 47 internationally in the WPE7.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Italy.
Francesco Conte was eliminated in 13 of 100 tournament games played (13.00%).
André Ilievics has never played in a tournament before.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
André Ilievics has never won Best France.
Jelte Kuiper has competed in 20 tournaments.
Tanya Gill was Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) Champion in 2020.
Simon Wesendrup was eliminated in 4 of 53 tournament games played (7.55%).
Jelte Kuiper most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Simon Wesendrup first competed in a tournament (Virtual Summer Classic 2023) in 2023.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Turkey.
Tanya Gill has won 3 of 23 tournaments (13.04%).
Robert Schuppe has competed in 25 tournaments.
Francesco Conte has won Best Turkey 4 times.
David Alberdi has competed in 3 tournaments.
Noah Lamens first competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Austria in 2010 at Verona 2010.
Adam Ni first competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Tanya Gill most recently won a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
Simon Wesendrup first won Best France in 2025 at Netherlands NDC 2025 Groningen.
Tanya Gill is ranked 7 internationally in the WPE7.
Adam Ni has played 6 tournament games.
Tanya Gill has played 58 tournament games.
Adam Ni has never won Best Russia.
Robert Schuppe most recently competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Chesterfield 2026 Spirecon) in 2026.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
Francesco Conte has won Best Italy once.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Italy in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
Adam Ni has finished with as many as 7 centres in tournament games.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Italy.
Noah Lamens has never won Best France.
André Ilievics has never won Best England.
David Alberdi most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best England.
Simon Wesendrup has played 1 top board game.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Russia.
Francesco Conte won their first tournament (Pisa 2009 Italian NDC) in 2009.
Robert Schuppe most recently won Best France in 2022 at Virtual Cascadia 2022.
Jelte Kuiper most recently won a tournament (SYW Dutch League 2025) in 2025.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Germany.
Robert Schuppe won their first tournament (Boston Massacre 2022) in 2022.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best France.
Adam Ni has yet to top the board at a tournament.
Francesco Conte is ranked 83 internationally in the WPE7.
Jelte Kuiper was eliminated in 1 of 32 tournament games played (3.12%).
Tanya Gill was European Champion in 2025.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best Turkey once.
David Alberdi has never won Best Turkey.
Simon Wesendrup topped the board in 13 of 53 tournament games played (24.53%).
Simon Wesendrup most recently competed in a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Jelte Kuiper has played 1 top board game.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
Jelte Kuiper was European Champion in 2023.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Italy.
Adam Ni has competed in 2 tournaments.
André Ilievics has never won Best Italy.
André Ilievics first competed in a tournament (DEAC S1 2001) in 2001.
Adam Ni has never won Best Germany.
Francesco Conte has won Best Germany once.
Tanya Gill was eliminated in 2 of 58 tournament games played (3.45%).
Tanya Gill has finished with as many as 20 centres in tournament games.
Francesco Conte first won Best Turkey in 2010 at Terni 2010.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Austria in 2020 at v-Boston Massacre 2020.
Francesco Conte first won Best Italy in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
Francesco Conte has won Best France 2 times.
The best tournament result for Adam Ni is 6th.
David Alberdi first competed in a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024) in 2024.
This is the first tournament Jakob Köstner has competed in.
Noah Lamens has yet to top the board at a tournament.
Simon Wesendrup has competed in 19 tournaments.
Robert Schuppe first competed in a tournament (Virtual-Dixiecon 2021) in 2021.
The best tournament result for Simon Wesendrup is 2nd.
Robert Schuppe has played 4 top board games.
Noah Lamens has finished with as many as 7 centres in tournament games.
Francesco Conte first won Best England in 2009 at Pisa 2009 Italian NDC.
Tanya Gill has played 2 top board games.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best England.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Russia.
Jelte Kuiper first competed in a tournament (European Open Championship Amsterdam 2019 Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship) in 2019.
Tanya Gill has competed in 23 tournaments.
Adam Ni has never won Best England.
David Alberdi has never won Best England.
André Ilievics most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
André Ilievics has won 6 of 88 tournaments (6.82%).
Noah Lamens has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best Turkey in 2024 at Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Russia.
Jelte Kuiper has won 2 of 20 tournaments (10.00%).
Francesco Conte has won 2 of 41 tournaments (4.88%).
Tanya Gill has won Best Italy 3 times.
Tanya Gill has soloed 1 of 58 tournament games played (1.72%).
Francesco Conte most recently won Best France in 2013 at San Marino Con 2013.
André Ilievics has never won Best Russia.
Noah Lamens has competed in 4 tournaments.
André Ilievics was European Champion in 2009.
Robert Schuppe has yet to solo at a tournament.
Jelte Kuiper topped the board in 5 of 32 tournament games played (15.62%).
Robert Schuppe has won 2 of 25 tournaments (8.00%).
Adam Ni has never won Best Italy.
Robert Schuppe topped the board in 14 of 52 tournament games played (26.92%).
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best France.
Francesco Conte has yet to solo at a tournament.
Noah Lamens most recently competed in a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
David Alberdi has never won Best Italy.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Germany.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best France in 2025 at Netherlands NDC 2025 Groningen.
The best tournament result for David Alberdi is 16th.
Jelte Kuiper has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
Francesco Conte most recently competed in a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Germany.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best England.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Russia.
Tanya Gill topped the board in 28 of 58 tournament games played (48.28%).
André Ilievics has never won Best Germany.
Francesco Conte has competed in 41 tournaments.
Francesco Conte has finished with as many as 12 centres in tournament games.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Germany.
Francesco Conte has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
Adam Ni most recently competed in a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Adam Ni has never won Best Turkey.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
André Ilievics won their first tournament (DEAC S1 2001) in 2001.
Simon Wesendrup first won Best Turkey in 2024 at Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024.
Jelte Kuiper is ranked 46 internationally in the WPE7.
Noah Lamens has never won Best England.
Francesco Conte first won Best Austria in 2009 at Pisa 2009 Italian NDC.
Adam Ni has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
Tanya Gill first won Best Russia in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
Robert Schuppe was eliminated in 3 of 52 tournament games played (5.77%).
Simon Wesendrup has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
Tanya Gill first won Best Austria in 2020 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2020.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best England in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Russia.
Robert Schuppe has won Best France once.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
Robert Schuppe most recently won a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Tanya Gill has never won Best England.
Tanya Gill has never won Best Germany.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best Italy once.
Tanya Gill has won Best Turkey 2 times.
Tanya Gill was North American Champion in 2022.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025.
Jelte Kuiper won their first tournament (Euro DipCon Paris 2023) in 2023.
Tanya Gill first won Best France in 2019 at Liberty Cup Philadephie 2019.
Tanya Gill has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Turkey in 2012 at Diplomacy Over The Lake 2012.
Simon Wesendrup has yet to solo at a tournament.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Italy.
Robert Schuppe is ranked 67 internationally in the WPE7.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best France in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
Simon Wesendrup first won Best Italy in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Turkey.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best England.
André Ilievics has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Robert Schuppe is ranked 693/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
Noah Lamens has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Germany.
Francesco Conte first competed in a tournament (Terni 2009) in 2009.
Francesco Conte has won Best England 2 times.
Adam Ni has never won Best France.
Tanya Gill first won Best Turkey in 2017 at World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford.