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| The top 3, from left to right: Ulrich Voigt (2nd, Germany),
Niels Roest (1st, Netherlands), Roger Barkan (3rd, USA) |
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| The finals... |
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| The winning team from the USA. Left to right: Joe DeVicentis,
Jonathan Rivet, Roger Barkan, Nick Baxter (captain) and Wei-Hwa Huang |
13th World Puzzle Championship, Croatia
The 13th WPC took place October 12 - 17 in Opatija, Croatia. It was organized
by the Croatian Puzzle Federation, supported by puzzle magazine Feniks. To be
more specific: the persons we thank a wonderful WPC to are Pero Galogaza, Valter
Kvalic and their staff.
Like the 1997 WPF in Koprivnica, Croatia, under the directions of Pero Galogaza,
this one was very well organized. Great puzzles, accommodations, food et cetera.
Pero and Valter even managed to appear completely relaxed and easy to approach
during the entire week.
Individual winner was — like in 2002 — Niels Roest from the Netherlands.
Second was 2003 champion Ulrich Voigt from Germany. Number 3, Roger Barkan from
the USA, also won a first prize as member of the victorious team USA.
On these pages you will find information on the WPC, and all results. We hope
to add soon all team photos and a selection of the puzzles.
