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Tanya Gill first won Best Turkey in 2017 at World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford.
Robert Schuppe was eliminated in 4 of 62 tournament games played (6.45%).
Francesco Conte has won Best Germany once.
Simon Wesendrup most recently competed in a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Jelte Kuiper has won 2 of 29 tournaments (6.90%).
Simon Wesendrup has finished with as many as 17 centres in tournament games.
André Ilievics first won Best Russia in 2006 at HessenCon 2006.
Noah Lamens has competed in one tournament.
Tanya Gill has won 4 of 25 tournaments (16.00%).
Simon Wesendrup first won Best France in 2025 at Netherlands NDC 2025 Groningen.
Tanya Gill won their first tournament (Boston Massacre 2020) in 2020.
David Alberdi has played 6 tournament games.
Tanya Gill was Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) Champion in 2020.
Francesco Conte has won Best France 2 times.
André Ilievics most recently won Best France in 2013 at HessenCon 2013.
Jelte Kuiper first competed in a tournament (European Open Championship Amsterdam 2019 Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship) in 2019.
André Ilievics first won Best Turkey in 2003 at DomDipCup Utrecht 2003.
André Ilievics most recently won Best Turkey in 2009 at HessenCon 2009.
Adam Ni has competed in one tournament.
Robert Schuppe won their first tournament (Boston Massacre 2022) in 2022.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best France in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
André Ilievics has won Best Russia 3 times.
Simon Wesendrup has yet to solo at a tournament.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won a tournament (Seven Year's War League 2023) in 2024.
Jelte Kuiper has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
Francesco Conte has won Best Turkey 4 times.
André Ilievics most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
David Alberdi has never won Best France.
Noah Lamens has yet to solo at a tournament.
Tanya Gill most recently won a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Turkey.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best England.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Italy.
Tanya Gill is ranked 127/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
Jelte Kuiper most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Italy in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
André Ilievics has won Best Turkey 6 times.
Jelte Kuiper won their first tournament (Euro DipCon Paris 2023) in 2023.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best France once.
Adam Ni has never won Best France.
André Ilievics has finished with as many as 13 centres in tournament games.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Germany.
Simon Wesendrup first won Best Turkey in 2024 at Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024.
Tanya Gill topped the board in 30 of 59 tournament games played (50.85%).
Francesco Conte first competed in a tournament (Pisa 2009 Italian NDC) in 2009.
Francesco Conte first won Best Austria in 2009 at Pisa 2009 Italian NDC.
Adam Ni has finished with as many as 3 centres in tournament games.
André Ilievics won their first tournament (DEAC S1 2001) in 2001.
Francesco Conte has yet to solo at a tournament.
André Ilievics most recently won Best Austria in 2009 at Euro DipCon Bohn 2009.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Germany in 2012 at Euro DipCon 2012 San Marino Con.
David Alberdi has finished with as many as 4 centres in tournament games.
Noah Lamens has never won Best England.
André Ilievics most recently won Best Germany in 2008 at HessenCon 2008.
André Ilievics first won Best France in 2004 at Felix Austria 2004.
Noah Lamens first competed in a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
André Ilievics first won Best Germany in 2004 at DomDipCup Utrecht 2004.
André Ilievics topped the board in 35 of 151 tournament games played (23.18%).
Adam Ni has played 3 tournament games.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best France.
Tanya Gill has won Best Russia once.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best Turkey in 2024 at Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best England.
Adam Ni has never won Best Russia.
Simon Wesendrup was eliminated in 5 of 72 tournament games played (6.94%).
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Russia.
Robert Schuppe most recently competed in a tournament (Masters Francophone 2025-2026) in 2026.
Francesco Conte has competed in 57 tournaments.
Robert Schuppe is ranked 70 internationally in the WPE7.
André Ilievics first won Best Austria in 2009 at Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament 2009.
Francesco Conte has never won Best Russia.
Jelte Kuiper topped the board in 13 of 56 tournament games played (23.21%).
André Ilievics most recently won Best England in 2009 at Diplomacy Over The Lake 2009.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Italy.
Francesco Conte first won Best Turkey in 2010 at Terni 2010.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best France in 2013 at San Marino Con 2013.
Jelte Kuiper is ranked 46 internationally in the WPE7.
The best tournament result for Noah Lamens is 16th.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
Adam Ni first competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Robert Schuppe has yet to solo at a tournament.
André Ilievics most recently won Best Italy in 2007 at BerliCon 2007.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Germany.
Jelte Kuiper was eliminated in 1 of 56 tournament games played (1.79%).
Simon Wesendrup topped the board in 20 of 72 tournament games played (27.78%).
Robert Schuppe has played 62 tournament games.
Tanya Gill was eliminated in 2 of 59 tournament games played (3.39%).
Adam Ni has yet to top the board at a tournament.
Francesco Conte has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
David Alberdi first competed in a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024) in 2024.
Adam Ni has never won Best England.
Tanya Gill is ranked 7 internationally in the WPE7.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Germany.
Robert Schuppe has competed in 28 tournaments.
Adam Ni has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
Tanya Gill has won Best France 2 times.
Tanya Gill first won Best Austria in 2020 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2020.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Turkey in 2012 at Diplomacy Over The Lake 2012.
André Ilievics first won Best England in 2009 at Diplomacy Over The Lake 2009.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
David Alberdi has never won Best England.
André Ilievics has played 151 tournament games.
Noah Lamens has yet to top the board at a tournament.
David Alberdi has yet to top the board at a tournament.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
Jelte Kuiper has competed in 29 tournaments.
Noah Lamens has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
Robert Schuppe most recently won a tournament (Boston Massacre 2022) in 2022.
Tanya Gill has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
André Ilievics has won 6 of 88 tournaments (6.82%).
Adam Ni has never won Best Turkey.
Simon Wesendrup has competed in 25 tournaments.
The best tournament result for Adam Ni is 21st.
Tanya Gill has played 59 tournament games.
Tanya Gill has won Best Turkey 2 times.
Francesco Conte was eliminated in 15 of 107 tournament games played (14.02%).
David Alberdi has never won Best Turkey.
André Ilievics has won Best England once.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Turkey.
David Alberdi has competed in 3 tournaments.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Italy.
Adam Ni has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
André Ilievics has competed in 88 tournaments.
André Ilievics has yet to solo at a tournament.
David Alberdi has yet to solo at a tournament.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Austria in 2020 at Boston Massacre 2020.
Adam Ni has never won Best Germany.
Francesco Conte first won Best France in 2010 at San Marino Con 2010.
Tanya Gill first won Best Italy in 2021 at Dipcon 2021 Carnage in the mountain.
Francesco Conte first won Best Germany in 2012 at Euro DipCon 2012 San Marino Con.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
Francesco Conte first won Best Italy in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
Tanya Gill has finished with as many as 20 centres in tournament games.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best Italy once.
Jelte Kuiper has played 56 tournament games.
Simon Wesendrup first won Best Austria in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
Tanya Gill has competed in 25 tournaments.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Turkey.
Jelte Kuiper has yet to solo at a tournament.
André Ilievics most recently won a tournament (Varianten-Tage Wiesbaden 2010) in 2010.
André Ilievics has won Best France 2 times.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Russia.
Francesco Conte has played 107 tournament games.
Tanya Gill was European Champion in 2025.
Tanya Gill most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
Francesco Conte topped the board in 17 of 107 tournament games played (15.89%).
Simon Wesendrup won their first tournament (Seven Year's War League 2023) in 2024.
Tanya Gill has never won Best Germany.
Jelte Kuiper was European Champion in 2023.
Adam Ni has yet to solo at a tournament.
Francesco Conte won their first tournament (Pisa 2009 Italian NDC) in 2009.
David Alberdi has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Francesco Conte has finished with as many as 12 centres in tournament games.
Robert Schuppe is ranked 693/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
Adam Ni most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Simon Wesendrup first competed in a tournament (Nexus Press League 2022) in 2023.
Robert Schuppe has won Best France once.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Russia.
Noah Lamens has never won Best France.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best France.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Francesco Conte has won 2 of 57 tournaments (3.51%).
Noah Lamens most recently competed in a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Francesco Conte most recently won a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
André Ilievics was eliminated in 10 of 151 tournament games played (6.62%).
Robert Schuppe topped the board in 14 of 62 tournament games played (22.58%).
David Alberdi has never won Best Russia.
Tanya Gill has never won Best England.
André Ilievics has won Best Germany 4 times.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best England in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
Simon Wesendrup has won 2 of 25 tournaments (8.00%).
Noah Lamens has never won Best Russia.
Tanya Gill has soloed 1 of 59 tournament games played (1.69%).
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Russia.
Robert Schuppe first won Best France in 2022 at Virtual Cascadia 2022.
Robert Schuppe has finished with as many as 16 centres in tournament games.
André Ilievics was European Champion in 2009.
André Ilievics first competed in a tournament (DEAC S1 2001) in 2001.
Tanya Gill first won Best Russia in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best England.
Tanya Gill is ranked 86/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
Tanya Gill most recently won Best Turkey in 2024 at Whipping San Francisco 2024.
Francesco Conte most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
Francesco Conte has won Best Italy once.
The best tournament result for David Alberdi is 16th.
This is the first tournament for Jakob Köstner.
Simon Wesendrup first won Best Italy in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
André Ilievics first won Best Italy in 2002 at GermanDipCon 2002 Hessencon.
André Ilievics has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
André Ilievics most recently won Best Russia in 2008 at Championnat de France Paris 2008.
Robert Schuppe has won 1 of 28 tournaments (3.57%).
Noah Lamens has never won Best Germany.
Tanya Gill first competed in a tournament (Dipcon 2017 Carnage in the mountain) in 2017.
Jelte Kuiper most recently won a tournament (SYW Dutch League 2025) in 2025.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Turkey.
Noah Lamens has played 3 tournament games.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Italy.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won Best France in 2025 at Netherlands NDC 2025 Groningen.
Simon Wesendrup has won Best Turkey once.
Adam Ni has never won Best Italy.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best England.
Francesco Conte first won Best England in 2009 at Pisa 2009 Italian NDC.
Tanya Gill first won Best France in 2019 at Liberty Cup 2019.
Simon Wesendrup has played 72 tournament games.
Tanya Gill was North American Champion in 2022.
Robert Schuppe most recently won Best France in 2022 at Virtual Cascadia 2022.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Germany.
Noah Lamens has finished with as many as 7 centres in tournament games.
David Alberdi has never won Best Germany.
Francesco Conte has won Best England 2 times.
David Alberdi has never won Best Italy.
David Alberdi has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
Tanya Gill has won Best Italy 3 times.
Simon Wesendrup is ranked 52 internationally in the WPE7.
André Ilievics has won Best Italy 3 times.
David Alberdi most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Francesco Conte is ranked 120 internationally in the WPE7.
Robert Schuppe first competed in a tournament (Virtual Boston Massacre 2021) in 2021.
Francesco Conte most recently won Best Austria in 2010 at Verona 2010.