2001 Grand Prix Hiroshima Coverage

After twelve hours of intense mental battle we were left with just two great Japanese superstars to determine who would walk out 2001 Grand Prix Hiroshima Champion. The stage was set for a classic showdown between back to back and current APAC Champion Masaya Mori and 1999 National Champion Masayuki Higashino.

It also faced the two most popular deck archetypes against each other, Higashino playing the aggressive black/red/blue and Mori playing green/white/blue. With a large audience and Hobby Japan reporters watching the match, the pressure was on both these veterans of the spotlight and the attention didn't seem to bother them at all.

Higashino was cool, calm, and collected in taking the match 2-0 and becoming the 2001 Grand Prix Hiroshima Champion pocketing an impressive week-end earnings of $2,400.

Top 8 Final Standing  1.  Masayuki Higashino (Japan) $2,400  2.  Masaya Mori (Japan) $1,700  3.  Nobuaki Shikata(Japan) $1,200  4.  Masahiko Morita (Japan) $1,000  5.  Katsuhiro Mori (Japan) $800  6.  Tsuyoshi Fujita (Japan) $800  7.  Koby Okada (Japan) $800  8.  Toshiki Tsukamoto (Japan) $800 (Click here for complete final standings)

	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals		Champion
1	Nobuaki Shikata		Nobuaki Shikata, 2-1
8	Toshiki Tsukamoto				Masayuki Higashino, 2-1
4	Masayuki Higashino		Masayuki Higashino, 2-1				Masayuki Higashino, 2-0
5	Koby Okada
2	Katsuhiro Mori		Masaya Mori, 2-0
7	Masaya Mori				Masaya Mori, 2-1
3	Tsuyoshi Fujita		Masahiko Morita, 2-1
6	Masahiko Morita

Photo Coverage: By Day / By Subject

INFORMATION	MATCH COVERAGE
1700-Flag Winners Top 8 Decklists Ken'ichi Fujita's Deck Japanese Sideboard Coverage Introduction Player List Fact Sheet	Finals: Masayuki Higashino vs. Masaya Mori Semifinals: Masayuki Higashino vs. Nobuaki Shikata Quarterfinals: Masaya Mori vs. Katsuhiro Mori Quarterfinals: Toshiki Tsukamoto vs. Nobuaki Shikata Top 8 Draft - Toshiki Tsukamoto Round 12: Masahiko Morita vs. Tsukamoto Toshiki Round 11: Alex Shvartsman vs. Kiyoshi Sasanuma Draft 2: Katsuhiro Mori Round 10: Masaya Mori vs. Toshiki Tsukamoto Round 8: Satoshi Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Maruyama Draft 1: Satoshi Nakamura Round 6: Alex Shvartsman vs. Tsuyoshi Doyama Round 5: Katsuhiro Mori vs. Tadayoshi Komiya Round 4: Masayuki Higashino vs. Takao Higaki Round 2: Takuichi Harino vs. Takaaki Takemoto Round 1: Masaei Miyamori vs. Keitaro Hattori
PAIRINGS	RESULTS	STANDINGS
Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Table) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Second Draft Pods Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) First Draft Pods Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table)	Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Table) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table)	Final Standings (By Player) Final Standings (By Score) Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Score) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Score) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Score) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Score) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Score) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Score) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Score) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Score) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Score) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Score) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Score) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Score) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Score)