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'''2000 Decipher World Championship''' was the fifth Star Wars CCG World Championship, at DecipherCon in Kissimmee, Florida. [[Matt Sokol]] (United States) defeated [[Yannick Lapointe]] (Canada) in the Final Confrontation.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game], Wikipedia</ref><ref name="sokol">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041026224145/http://www.trandosite.mcmail.com/iv16.htm Matt Sokol interview], [[Trandosite]] (25 October 2000)</ref>

The constructed pool was [[Premiere - Death Star II]]. Wikipedia lists 72 Day 1 players. Sokol was player 36 on Day 1. He lost the first final game and won the second by one more Force.<ref name="sokol" /><ref name="wp" />

== Format ==

* '''Environment:''' [[Premiere - Death Star II]]
* '''Site:''' DecipherCon, Kissimmee, Florida
* '''Dates:''' mid-October 2000 (Day 2 results archived 26 October 2000)
* '''Field:''' 72 Day 1 (Wikipedia); 58 Day 2 (Decipher results page)<ref name="wp" /><ref name="d2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20001026043505/http://www.decipher.com/deciphercon/2000/events/results/starwars.html DecipherCon 2000 Day 2]</ref>

Day 2 was eight games (4 Light / 4 Dark). Twelve advanced to Day 3. Day 3 reset those twelve for four games (2 Light / 2 Dark); top two played the Final Confrontation.<ref name="d3">[https://web.archive.org/web/20010303120030/http://decipher.com/deciphercon/2000/events/results/starwars3.html DecipherCon 2000 Day 3]</ref>

The last Day 2 slot was [[Dominic Gaudreault]] 10 (+70). [[Martin Akesson]] 10 (+69) missed by one differential. On Day 3, [[Kevin Shannon]]'s Game 2 Dark vs [[Steve Brentson]] was a '''Modified Win by 14''' (+1 victory point). A full win there would have moved Shannon past Sokol on the cut math; that example is on [[Tournaments#2000 World Championship — Sokol, Shannon, and a modified win]].<ref name="d3" />

== Day 2 (twelve advancing) ==

From the Decipher Day 2 page, the twelve who appear on Day 3, with Day 2 totals:<ref name="d2" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Day 2 !! Player !! Points (diff)
|-
| 1 || [[Clint Hays]] || 14 (85)
|-
| 2 || [[Kyle Craft]] || 14 (65)
|-
| 3 || Martin Falke || 13 (54)
|-
| 4 || [[Yannick Lapointe]] || 12 (75)
|-
| 5 || [[Raphael Asselin]] || 12 (67)
|-
| 6 || Brian Rippetoe || 12 (62)
|-
| 7 || Steve Brentson || 12 (47)
|-
| 8 || [[Matt Sokol]] || 12 (6)
|-
| 9 || [[Paul Todd Feldman]] || 11 (52)
|-
| 10 || [[Kevin Shannon]] || 10 (111)
|-
| 11 || [[Gary Carman]] || 10 (99)
|-
| 12 || Dominic Gaudreault || 10 (70)
|}

The remaining Day 2 field (through 58th) is on the Decipher results page.

== Day 3 ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Finish !! Player !! Points (diff) !! Notes
|-
| 1 || [[Yannick Lapointe]] || 8 (47) || advanced
|-
| 2 || [[Matt Sokol]] || 6 (23) || advanced
|-
| 3 || [[Kyle Craft]] || 6 (2) ||
|-
| 4 || [[Kevin Shannon]] || 5 (29) || Game 2 Dark vs Steve Brentson: Modified Win by 14
|-
| 5 || Dominic Gaudreault || 4 (28) ||
|-
| 6 || Martin Falke || 4 (10) ||
|-
| 7 || [[Raphael Asselin]] || 4 (4) ||
|-
| 8 || [[Clint Hays]] || 4 (−17) ||
|-
| 9 || Brian Rippetoe || 2 (−19) ||
|-
| 10 || [[Gary Carman]] || 2 (−38) ||
|-
| 11 || [[Paul Todd Feldman]] || 2 (−39) ||
|-
| 12 || Steve Brentson || 0 (−30) ||
|}

== Final Confrontation ==

Sokol's published pair:<ref name="sokol" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Finish !! Player !! Dark !! Light
|-
| 1 || [[Matt Sokol]] || [[2000 Decipher World Championship Matt Sokol DS|ISB Operations]] || [[2000 Decipher World Championship Matt Sokol LS|Hidden Base]]
|-
| 2 || [[Yannick Lapointe]] || — || —
|}

== See also ==

* [[Championships]]
* [[List of SWCCG tournaments]]
* [[Tournaments#2000 World Championship — Sokol, Shannon, and a modified win]]
* [[Matt Sokol]] · [[Yannick Lapointe]]

== Sources ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20001026043505/http://www.decipher.com/deciphercon/2000/events/results/starwars.html DecipherCon 2000 Day 2] (Wayback 26 October 2000)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010303120030/http://decipher.com/deciphercon/2000/events/results/starwars3.html DecipherCon 2000 Day 3] (Wayback 3 March 2001)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041026224145/http://www.trandosite.mcmail.com/iv16.htm Matt Sokol interview], Trandosite (25 October 2000)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Wikipedia World Champions table]
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/9/hidden-base-2000-world-champion-1.0 Hidden Base: 2000 World Champion], SWCCGDB
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/10/isb-2000-world-champion-1.0 ISB: 2000 World Champion], SWCCGDB

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