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David Alberdi has never won Best France.
Adam Ni has never won Best England.
David Alberdi has never won Best Italy.
André Ilievics won their first tournament (DEAC S1 2001) in 2001.
Francesco Conte is ranked 120 internationally in the WPE7.
Adam Ni has never won Best Russia.
Robert Schuppe most recently won a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
Tanya Gill has never won Best Germany.
Noah Lamens most recently competed in a tournament (Vier Chancen 2026-2027) in 2027.
Jelte Kuiper won their first tournament (Euro DipCon Paris 2023) in 2023.
Robert Schuppe has won Best France once.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Russia.
Tanya Gill has never won Best France.
Simon Wesendrup has won 2 of 25 tournaments (8.00%).
Jelte Kuiper has won 2 of 20 tournaments (10.00%).
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Turkey.
David Alberdi has competed in 3 tournaments.
Robert Schuppe won their first tournament (Boston Massacre 2022) in 2022.
Francesco Conte first competed in a tournament (Terni 2009) in 2009.
David Alberdi first competed in a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship Groningen 2024) in 2024.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Italy.
André Ilievics has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Francesco Conte has never played in a tournament before.
Robert Schuppe has competed in 24 tournaments.
Francesco Conte has never won Best Germany.
Tanya Gill most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
Tanya Gill has never won Best Italy.
Jelte Kuiper was European Champion in 2023.
Francesco Conte has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
André Ilievics has never won Best Turkey.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Germany.
Tanya Gill won their first tournament (Boston Massacre 2020) in 2020.
David Alberdi has never won Best Germany.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best France.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Italy.
Jelte Kuiper was eliminated in 1 of 32 tournament games played (3.12%).
Jelte Kuiper topped the board in 5 of 32 tournament games played (15.62%).
Tanya Gill has never won Best Russia.
Jelte Kuiper has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
Simon Wesendrup is ranked 52 internationally in the WPE7.
Simon Wesendrup first competed in a tournament (Nexus Press League 2022) in 2023.
This is the first tournament Jakob Köstner has competed in.
Francesco Conte has never won Best England.
Robert Schuppe first competed in a tournament (Virtual-Dixiecon 2021) in 2021.
Robert Schuppe most recently won Best France in 2022 at Virtual Cascadia 2022.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Jelte Kuiper is ranked 46 internationally in the WPE7.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best England.
Simon Wesendrup most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
The best tournament result for Noah Lamens is 8th.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Turkey.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Russia.
Tanya Gill was European Champion in 2025.
André Ilievics has competed in 88 tournaments.
André Ilievics has never won Best France.
Francesco Conte won their first tournament (Pisa 2009 Italian NDC) in 2009.
Adam Ni has never won Best France.
Tanya Gill first competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford) in 2017.
Tanya Gill was North American Champion in 2022.
Noah Lamens has never played in a tournament before.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Germany.
Adam Ni first competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Francesco Conte most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
André Ilievics has never won Best Russia.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best France.
Tanya Gill has never played in a tournament before.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Italy.
Francesco Conte has competed in 57 tournaments.
Simon Wesendrup most recently won a tournament (Seven Year's War League 2024) in 2024.
Robert Schuppe has played 3 top board games.
Jelte Kuiper most recently won a tournament (SYW Dutch League 2025) in 2025.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Italy.
Francesco Conte has won 2 of 57 tournaments (3.51%).
Adam Ni has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Jakob Köstner has never played in a tournament before.
Robert Schuppe topped the board in 12 of 48 tournament games played (25.00%).
Tanya Gill has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Robert Schuppe is ranked 693/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Russia.
Francesco Conte has never won Best France.
Jelte Kuiper most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Adam Ni has never won Best Italy.
David Alberdi has never won Best Russia.
Jelte Kuiper has played 1 top board game.
Robert Schuppe has played 48 tournament games.
Robert Schuppe was eliminated in 3 of 48 tournament games played (6.25%).
Noah Lamens has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Jelte Kuiper has yet to solo at a tournament.
Adam Ni has competed in one tournament.
Francesco Conte has never won Best Russia.
Francesco Conte most recently won a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Jelte Kuiper has competed in 20 tournaments.
Robert Schuppe first won Best France in 2022 at Virtual Cascadia 2022.
Adam Ni has never won Best Germany.
Simon Wesendrup has competed in 25 tournaments.
André Ilievics has never won Best Italy.
Noah Lamens has competed in 6 tournaments.
Noah Lamens has never won Best France.
Robert Schuppe has yet to solo at a tournament.
David Alberdi has never played in a tournament before.
André Ilievics has never won Best Germany.
André Ilievics was European Champion in 2009.
Simon Wesendrup has never played in a tournament before.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Germany.
Adam Ni has never won Best Turkey.
Tanya Gill was Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) Champion in 2020.
Francesco Conte has never won Best Italy.
Tanya Gill has competed in 25 tournaments.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best Russia.
The best tournament result for David Alberdi is 16th.
Robert Schuppe has finished with as many as 16 centres in tournament games.
Robert Schuppe is ranked 70 internationally in the WPE7.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Jelte Kuiper first competed in a tournament (European Open Championship Amsterdam 2019 Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship) in 2019.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best England.
André Ilievics has won 6 of 88 tournaments (6.82%).
André Ilievics has never played in a tournament before.
André Ilievics has never won Best England.
Robert Schuppe has never won Best England.
Tanya Gill is ranked 86/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
Tanya Gill has never won Best Turkey.
Tanya Gill most recently won a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
Noah Lamens first competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Turkey.
David Alberdi has never won Best Turkey.
Tanya Gill is ranked 7 internationally in the WPE7.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Turkey.
André Ilievics most recently won a tournament (Varianten-Tage Wiesbaden 2010) in 2010.
André Ilievics first competed in a tournament (DEAC S1 2001) in 2001.
Tanya Gill has never won Best England.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Germany.
Jelte Kuiper has never won Best England.
Francesco Conte has never won Best Turkey.
David Alberdi has never won Best England.
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best Italy.
André Ilievics most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Turkey.
Adam Ni most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
Noah Lamens has never won Best Germany.
David Alberdi most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
The best tournament result for Adam Ni is 21st.
Tanya Gill has won 4 of 25 tournaments (16.00%).
Simon Wesendrup has never won Best France.
Jakob Köstner has never won Best Russia.
Tanya Gill is ranked 127/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
Simon Wesendrup won their first tournament (Seven Year's War League 2023) in 2024.
Robert Schuppe has won 2 of 24 tournaments (8.33%).
Robert Schuppe most recently competed in a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
David Alberdi has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
Jelte Kuiper has played 32 tournament games.
Adam Ni has never played in a tournament before.
Noah Lamens has never won Best England.