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The first ever Tantrix Table Tournament was held in Cambridge, UK back in 2002 and was run in conjunction with the Mind Sports Olympiad. Each year, more events were added to the tournament calendar and these "Table Opens" have now been held in over ten different countries.

Tournament formats vary slightly from country to country, but most events run over a weekend. A draw is held on the first day which splits players into groups. Usually one game is played against each player in your group to determine who proceeds to the finals. On the second day the format varies from round robin to knockout. The winner gets a trophy to keep for a year (or permanently if you're lucky) and medals go to the top finishers. There may be spot prizes for the best players in special divisions. Some tournaments have a small entry fee to cover expenses for the venue, lunches, T-shirts etc.

Aside from the joy of playing and the glory of winning, table tournaments are usually quite social. Players often arrive a few days early in order to explore the area and to meet each other. It is traditional for players to get together at a local restaurant one evening (to the detriment of other visitors at the time). Most events have more than half a dozen nationalities attending. If you ever wanted to meet Tantrix players in real life, table tournaments are a great way to do it!


Recent and future World Opens


2024 World Open (13th)   Barcelona, SPA Apr 2024 13-14 April, confirmed More info
2023 World Open (12th)   Bischoffen, GER Oct 2023 7-8 Oct, confirmed More Info
2022 World Open (11th)   Trosa, SWE Jul 2022 Third time lucky! More Info
2021 World Open (11th)   Trosa, SWE Jul 2021 Another victim of Covid More Info
2020 World Open (11th)   Trosa, SWE Jun 2020 Fell victim to Covid! More Info


For post-2019 details on national tournaments please go to the Tantrix Tournament website.


2019 Table Tournaments


2019 Swedish Open (16th)   Trosa, SWE Nov 2019 Won by Lennart Aspelin, SWE More Info
2019 Hungarian Open (15th)   Budapest, HUN Oct 2019 Won by Illes Gabor Matocsi, HUN More Info
2019 World Open (10th)   Oterleek, NED May 2019 Won by Neil Jenner, GBR More Info
2019 Spanish Open (7th)   Badalona, ESP Mar 2019 Won by Iris Gil, ESP More Info


2018 Table Tournaments


2018 Swedish Open (15th)   Trosa, SWE Oct 2018 Won by Lewis Palmer, SWE More Info
2018 Hungarian Open (14th)   Budapest, HUN Oct 2018 Won by Leticia Lengyel, HUN More Info
2018 World Open (9th)   Guillestre, FRA Aug 2018 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2018 Spanish Open (6th)   Badalona, ESP May 2018 Won by Iris Gil, ESP More Info


2017 Table Tournaments


2017 Swedish Open (14th)   Trosa, SWE Sep 2017 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2017 World Open (8th)   Debrecen, HUN Sep 2017 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2017 German Open (12th)   Bischoffen, GER May 2017 Won by Rolf Schreiber, GER More Info
2017 Spanish Open (6th)   Badalona, ESP May 2017 Won by Iris Gil, ESP More Info
2017 Dutch Open (12th)   Goudriaan, NED Apr 2017 Won by Simon Wright, GBR More Info


2016 Table Tournaments


2016 Hungarian Open (12th)   Budapest, HUN Nov 2016 Won by Tamas Gombkoto, HUN More Info
2016 Swedish Open (13th)   Trosa, SWE Sep 2016 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2016 World Open (7th)   Badalona, ESP May 2016 Won by Britta Steude, NZL More Info
2016 Dutch Open (11th)   De Kwakel, NED Apr 2016 Won by Simon Wright, GBR More Info
2016 German Open (11th)   Stuttgart, GER Feb 2016 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info


2015 Table Tournaments


2015 Swedish Open (12th)   Trosa, SWE Oct 2015 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2015 Hungarian Open (11th)   Budapest, HUN Sep 2015 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info
2015 Dutch Open (10th)   Mariahout, NED Jun 2015 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info
2015 World Open (6th)   Crolles, FRA May 2015 Won by Monica Palmer, SWE More Info
2015 Spanish Open (4th)   Badalona, ESP April 2015 Won by Iris Gil, ESP More Info

2014 Table Tournaments


2014 Dutch Open (9th)   's Hertogenbosch, NED Nov 2014 Won by Ben Polman, NED More Info
2014 Polish Open (3rd)   Krynica Zdroj, POL Oct 2014 Won by Laszlo Szobonya, HUN More Info
2014 Swedish Open (11th)   Gothenburg, SWE Sep 2014 Won by Adam Pettersson, SWE More Info
2014 Hungarian Open (10th)   Budapest, HUN Aug 2014 Won by Laszlo Szobonya, HUN More Info
2014 World Open (5th)   Bischoffen, GER May 2014 Won by Zoltan Nemeth, HUN More Info
2014 Spanish Open (3rd)   Getafe, ESP April 2014 Won by Iris Gil, ESP More Info


2013 Table Tournaments


2013 Dutch Open (8th)   De Hoef, NED Nov 2013 Won by Lewis Palmer, SWE More Info
2013 Hungarian Open (9th)   Budapest, HUN Aug 2013 Won by Peter Kovacs, HUN More Info
2013 World Open (4th)   Trosa, SWE Jun 2013 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2013 German Open (9th)   Bischoffen, GER May 2013 Won by Ben Polman, NED More Info

2012 Table Tournaments


2012 Dutch Open (7th)   Alphen, NED Oct 2012 Won by Ben Polman, NED More Info
2012 Swedish Open (9th)   Gothenburg, SWE Sep 2012 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2012 Hungarian Open (8th)   Budapest, HUN Aug 2012 Won by Tamas Gombkoto, HUN More Info
2012 German Open (8th)   Bischoffen, GER May 2012 Won by Rolf Schreiber, GER More Info
2012 French Open (7th)   Crolles, FRA Mar 2012 Won by Laurence Pacull, FRA More Info

2011 Table Tournaments


2011 Swedish Open (8th)   Trosa, SWE Nov 2011 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2011 World Open (3rd)   Almere, NED Sep 2011 Won by Peter Kovacs, HUN More Info
2011 Hungarian Open (7th)   Budapest, HUN Sep 2011 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info
2011 British Open (9th)   Edinburgh, UK Jun 2011 Won by Rick Yagodich, UK More Info
2011 French Open (6th)   Crolles, FRA Feb 2011 Won by Laurence Pacull, FRA More Info
2011 German Open (7th)   Giessen, GER Jan 2011 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info

2010 Table Tournaments


2010 Australian Open (2nd)   Windsor, AUS Dec 2010 Won by Hamish Watt, NZ More Info
2010 Swedish Open (7th)   Sodertalje, SWE Nov 2010 Won by Lewis Palmer, SWE More Info
2010 Dutch Open (5th)   Delft, NED Sep 2010 Won by Ben Polman, NED More Info
2010 World Table Open (2nd)   Budapest, HUN Jul 2010 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2010 Spanish Open (2nd)   Getafe, ESP May 2010 Won by Xavier Segura, ESP More Info
2010 NZ Open (5th)   Nelson, NZ Mar 2010 Won by Attila Mikulan, HUN More Info
2010 German Open (6th)   Giessen, GER Jan 2010 Won by Lennart Aspelin, SWE More Info

2009 Table Tournaments


2009 Israeli Open (3rd)   Tel Aviv, ISR Dec 2009 Won by Arnon Chor, ISR More Info
2009 Swedish Open (6th)   Gothenburg, SWE Nov 2009 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2009 Dutch Open (4th)   Alphen, NED Sep 2009 Won by Ben Polman, NED More Info
2009 Hungarian Open (5th)   Budapest, HUN Sep 2009 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info
2009 World Table Open (1st)   Edinburgh, UK Jun 2009 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2009 Spanish Open (1st)   Granollers, SPA May 2009 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info
2009 French Open (5th)   Bagneux, FRA Mar 2009 Won by Christopher Eck, FRA More Info
2009 German Open (5th)   Giessen, GER Feb 2009 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info

2008 Table Tournaments


2008 Israeli Open (2nd)   Tel Aviv, ISR Dec 2008 Won by Arnon Chor, ISR More Info
2008 Swedish Open (5th)   Trosa, SWE Nov 2008 Won by Marek Reniers, POL More Info
2008 Dutch Open (3rd)   Amsterdam, NED Sep 2008 Won by Rob Morton, UK More Info
2008 Hungarian Open (4th)   Budapest, HUN Aug 2008 Won by Rick Yagodich, UK More Info
2008 Polish Open (2nd)   Krosno, POL July 2008 Won by Attila Mikulan, HUN More Info
2008 French Open (4th)   Paris, FRA June 2008 Won by Laurence Pacull, FRA More Info
2008 British Open (7th)   London, UK Apr 2008 Won by Rob Morton, UK More Info
2008 NZ Open (4th)   Nelson, NZ Mar 2008 Won by Susi Rieger, GER More Info
2008 German Open (4th)   Berlin, GER Jan 2008 Won by Rick Yagodich, UK More Info

2007 Table Tournaments


2007 Israeli Open (1st)   Modiin, ISR Dec 2007 Won by Yoseph Phillips, ISR More Info
2007 Australian Open (1st)   Windsor, AUS Dec 2007 Won by Jungle Payne, NZ More Info
2007 Swedish Open (4th)   Trosa, SWE Nov 2007 Won by Rick Yagodich, UK More info
2007 Dutch Open (2nd)   Rotterdam, NED Sep 2007 Won by Ben Polman, NL More info
2007 Hungarian Open (3rd)   Budapest, HUN Sep 2007 Won by Attila Mikulan, HUN More info
2007 Polish Open (1st)   Krosno, POL Aug 2007 Won by Laszlo Szonbonya, HUN More Info
2007 French Open (3rd)   Arcueil, FRA May 2007 Won by Remy Goyon, FRA More Info
2007 NZ Open (3rd)   Nelson, NZ Mar 2007 Won by Jason Oliver, NZ More Info
2007 British Open (6th)   London, UK Mar 2007 Won by Zoltan Nemeth, HUN More Info
2007 German Open (3rd)   Giessen, GER Jan 2007 Won by Rob Morton, UK More Info

2006 Table Tournaments

2006 Dutch Open (1st)   Rotterdam, NED Oct 2006 Won by Hendri Adriaens, NED More Info
2006 Swedish Open (3rd)   Sodertalje, SWE Sep 2006 Won by Heli Niemi, FIN More Info
2006 Hungarian Open (2nd)   Budapest, HUN Aug 2006 Won by Zsofia Salat, HUN More Info
2006 French Open (2nd)   Arcueil, FRA May 2006 Won by Angharad Taylor, UK More Info
2006 British Open (5th)   London, UK Mar 2006 Won by Attila Mikulan, HUN More Info
2006 German Open (2nd)   Giessen, GER Jan 2006 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info


2005 Table Tournaments

2005 Swedish Open (2nd)   Sodertalje, SWE Sep 2005 Won by Zoltan Nemeth, HUN More Info
2005 Hungarian Open (1st)   Budapest, HUN Aug 2005 Won by Susi Rieger, GER More Info
2005 Spanish Open (1st)   L'Escala, ESP Jul 2005 Won by Remy Goyon, FRA More Info
2005 French Open (1st)   Arcueil, FRA May 2005 Won by Remy Goyon, FRA More Info
2005 British Open (4th)   Cambridge, UK May 2005 Won by Laszlo Szobonya, HUN More Info
2005 NZ Open (2nd)   Nelson, NZ Apr 2005 Won by Jason Oliver, NZ More Info
2005 German Open (1st)   Giessen, GER Jan 2005 Won by Heli Niemi, FIN More Info


2004 Table Tournaments (and prior)

2004 Swedish Open (1st)   Gothenburg, SWE Sep 2004 Won by Niklas Andersson, SWE More Info
2004 British Open (3rd)   Cambridge, UK May 2004 Won by Rob Morton, UK More Info
2004 NZ Open (1st)   Nelson, NZ Apr 2004 Won by Matt Peek, NZ More Info
2003 British Open (2nd)   Cambridge, UK May 2003 Won by Ben Polman, NED More Info
2002 British Open (1st)   Cambridge, UK May 2002 Won by Tom McCoy, UK More Info



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