The Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship Returns To Europe This August

Konami has announced that the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship will return to Europe in 2025. The prestigious World Championship 2025 will bring challengers from across the globe to Paris, France from 30 to 31 August 2025 for two days of captivating first-class Dueling.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship (WCS) 2025 will feature separate tournaments in four categories. They include tournaments for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG), Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, and two different tournaments for Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS. One of the Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS tournaments will be for the SPEED DUEL format and the other tournament will be for the RUSH DUEL format, introduced in September 2023.

Stay tuned for future tournament updates, including dates for the World Championship Qualifier (WCQ) tournaments in the Americas, Europe, Oceania, and Asia.

Today, the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is available across the globe, with products distributed in more than 80 countries and 9 languages, to be enjoyed by fans of all ages. Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS brings the popular game to life on mobile devices and on PC. Duelists can kindle the spirit of Yami Yugi, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, and other beloved characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in competitive card battle action. Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS has now achieved 150 million downloads worldwide.

Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS is available for free at the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Google Play for Android devices, and for PC via Steam. Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL features beautifully rendered Duels in 4K resolution, more than 10,000 cards to collect, an extensive single-player Solo Mode, online Duels, events and more. Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL is free-to-play with in-game purchases on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Steam, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android, and it’s available now.

Check out the trailer below: