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{{Tournament InfoBox|winner=KTH|date=19th February 2007|participants=80|rounds=6|image={{#setmainimage:Wt2007map.jpg}}}}
{{Tournament InfoBox|winner=KTH|date=19th February 2007|participants=80|rounds=6|image={{#setmainimage:Wt2007map.jpg}}}}  
The '''Pen Spinning World Tournament 2007''' started on the 19th of February, 2007.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ucpsb/world-tournament-first-round-discussion-t5279.html First round discussion on UCPSB]</ref>
The '''Pen Spinning World Tournament 2007''' started on the 19th of February, 2007. It was organized by [[CrAsH]] from [[UCPSB]] and won by [[KTH]].<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ucpsb/world-tournament-first-round-discussion-t5279.html First round discussion on UCPSB]</ref>
==History==  
==History==  
On January 4th 2007, [[CrAsH]] posted a UCPSB thread titled 'World Pen Spinning Tournement?' where he explained that he wanted to organize a 'world spinning tournament', having spoken with members from [[FPSB]] and [[PDS]] about the concept.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ucpsb/world-pen-spinning-tournement-t4641.html "World Pen Spinning Tournement?" UCPSB thread]</ref> He had also consulted [[Bonkura]] from [[JEB]] about judging and prizes, with the suggestion being for the prize pool to contain a pen mod from each participating community. Bonkura had also suggested merging the tournament with a potential 'universal' [[Collaboration Video]], but this did not go forward.
On January 4th 2007, [[CrAsH]] posted a UCPSB thread titled 'World Pen Spinning Tournement?' where he explained that he wanted to organize a 'world spinning tournament', having spoken with members from [[FPSB]] and [[PDS]] about the concept.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ucpsb/world-pen-spinning-tournement-t4641.html "World Pen Spinning Tournement?" UCPSB thread]</ref> He had also consulted [[Bonkura]] from [[JEB]] about judging and prizes, with the suggestion being for the prize pool to contain a pen mod from each participating community. Bonkura had also suggested merging the tournament with a potential 'universal' [[Collaboration Video]], but this did not go forward.
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After the first round's videos were submitted, the criteria needed to be adjusted due to controversy over the 'Speed' criterion. It was replaced with 'Style'.
After the first round's videos were submitted, the criteria needed to be adjusted due to controversy over the 'Speed' criterion. It was replaced with 'Style'.


Eriror's performance was considered notably impressive for the time, with victories against spinners such as Cloud Traveler, who was once considered the strongest spinner in the world, and Bonkura, another favorite. KTH on the other hand had a surprising run. Considered one of the weaker korean spinners in the tournament, KTH managed to claim first place, after pulling ahead of the rest of his community in the earlier rounds. Another surprise was from FPSB's Banz, who at 11 months of experience only defeated Taeryong, a famous early korean spinner, in the first round.<ref>[https://thefpsbv2.penspinning.fr/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=2647&start=320 FPSB WT07 thread, page 17 addressing Banz's win]</ref>
Eriror's performance was considered notably impressive for the time, with victories against spinners such as Cloud Traveler, who was once considered the strongest spinner in the world, and Bonkura, another favorite. KTH on the other hand had a surprising run. Originally not even competing before being brought in as a substitute for the spinner Fingerpass who had suffered an injury, he was considered one of the weaker korean spinners in the tournament. Surprisingly, he managed pull ahead of the rest of his community in the earlier rounds. Another surprise was from FPSB's Banz, who at 11 months of experience only defeated Taeryong, a famous early korean spinner, in the first round and later JEB's Key3.<ref>[https://thefpsbv2.penspinning.fr/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=2647&start=320 FPSB WT07 thread, page 17 addressing Banz's win]</ref>


By the end of the tournament only 6 of the original 8 judges remained, and the final round was an upset win by KTH. Eriror had been favored to win for the round due to his 2p2h combo, but an anomalously low result from one of the judges led to KTH winning by 5 points.
By the end of the tournament only 6 of the original 8 judges remained, and the final round was an upset win by KTH. Eriror had been favored to win for the round due to his 2p2h combo, but an anomalously low result from one of the judges led to KTH winning by 5 points.
One of the most valuable prizes being prepared was a custom insert signed by numerous famous spinners, including Bonkura, [[Kam]], [[nhk_9]], [[Mr.LSC]] and KiT-CaT. It is unknown if it ever made it to KTH, as the last mention of it shows it on the way to KiT-CaT<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ucpsb/world-tournament-insert-thread-t5746.html World Tournament Insert thread on UCPSB]</ref>.


==Scoring System==
==Scoring System==
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* [[ps-728]]
* [[ps-728]]
* [[Key3]]
* [[Key3]]
* [[Ryo]]
* [[RYO]]
* Dopamine
* Dopamine
* [[Ayatori]]
* [[Ayatori]]
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==Results==
==Results==
Winners of rounds are in bold.
Winners of rounds are in bold.
===Round 1===
<tabber>
{|
|-|Round 1=
|
<div style=display:inline-table>
* Harvey vs '''Aki-maru'''
{| class="wikitable"
* Spin vs '''Ivan the terrible'''
! colspan="3" | Participants
* '''Banz''' vs Taeryong
! Winner
* '''Nomed''' vs Nervous
|-
* Vincent Leest vs '''Skatox'''
| Harvey || vs || Aki-maru
* '''Blackhero''' vs Pe/Pdr
| '''Aki-maru'''
* '''Val''' vs Nicky
|-
* '''Vision''' vs ShaHell
| Spin || vs || Ivan the terrible
* '''Eric.C''' vs '''Key3'''
| '''Ivan the terrible'''
* '''Coochun''' vs Pang
|-
|
| Banz || vs || Taeryong
* Erie/Erkan vs '''AJ'''
| '''Banz'''
* DaZogga vs '''Hanataro_7'''
|-
* Movie Raid vs '''KTH'''
| Nomed || vs || Nervous
* '''Nagi''' vs Samuirai
| '''Nomed'''
* Flip vs '''Schwede'''
|-
* DeFlare vs '''Emenai'''
| Vincent Leest || vs || Skatox
* '''LAM''' vs cw14
| '''Skatox'''
* Winter vs '''Uriel'''
|-
* '''ChuBao''' vs MoerKedal
| Blackhero || vs || Pe/Pdr
* '''Cloud Traveler''' vs Edwin
| '''Blackhero'''
|
|-
* CYL vs '''Sorez'''
| Val || vs || Nicky
* '''Fratleym''' vs Maniok
| '''Val'''
* '''Ayatori''' vs MokYin
|-
* Toast vs '''DaftSystem'''
| Vision || vs || ShaHell
* Swe_Empa vs '''Leo'''
| '''Vision'''
* '''A_Qui''' vs Sfsr
|-
* zblader vs '''Scelus'''
| Eric.C || vs || Key3
* Sing~ vs '''Yiep'''
| '''Key3'''
* '''Bonkura''' vs Nanna
|-
* Sidous vs '''Stephen'''
| Coochun || vs || Pang
|
| '''Coochun'''
* Donk3y vs '''Mouquette'''
|}
* '''Cheukii''' vs KitCat
</div>
* MAA vs '''Mizm'''
<div style=display:inline-table>
* Zaazu vs '''X1213'''
{| class="wikitable"
* Alan vs '''Dopamine'''
! colspan="3" | Participants
* Sathon vs '''ps-728'''
! Winner
* Ceedgee vs '''Ryo'''
|-
* '''gollumsk8''' vs Eso
| Erie/Erkan || vs || AJ
* '''Vick''' vs Wlid
| '''AJ'''
* '''Eriror''' vs Deity
|-
| DaZogga || vs || Hanataro_7
| '''Hanataro_7'''
|-
| Movie Raid || vs || KTH
| '''KTH'''
|-
| Nagi || vs || Samuirai
| '''Nagi'''
|-
| Flip || vs || Schwede
| '''Schwede'''
|-
| DeFlare || vs || Emenai
| '''Emenai'''
|-
| LAM || vs || cw14
| '''LAM'''
|-
| Winter || vs || Uriel
| '''Uriel'''
|-
| ChuBao || vs || MoerKedal
| '''ChuBao'''
|-
| Cloud Traveler || vs || Edwin
| '''Cloud Traveler'''
|}
</div>
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Participants
! Winner
|-
| CYL || vs || Sorez
| '''Sorez'''
|-
| Fratleym || vs || Maniok
| '''Fratleym'''
|-
| Ayatori || vs || MokYin
| '''Ayatori'''
|-
| Toast || vs || DaftSystem
| '''DaftSystem'''
|-
| Swe_Empa || vs || Leo
| '''Leo'''
|-
| A_Qui || vs || Sfsr
| '''A_Qui'''
|-
| zblader || vs || Scelus
| '''Scelus'''
|-
| Sing~ || vs || Yiep
| '''Yiep'''
|-
| Bonkura || vs || Nanna
| '''Bonkura'''
|-
| Sidous || vs || Stephen
| '''Stephen'''
|}
</div>
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Participants
! Winner
|-
| Donk3y || vs || Mouquette
| '''Mouquette'''
|-
| Cheukii || vs || KitCat
| '''Cheukii'''
|-
| MAA || vs || Mizm
| '''Mizm'''
|-
| Zaazu || vs || X1213
| '''X1213'''
|-
| Alan || vs || Dopamine
| '''Dopamine'''
|-
| Sathon || vs || ps-728
| '''ps-728'''
|-
| Ceedgee || vs || RYO
| '''RYO'''
|-
| gollumsk8 || vs || Eso
| '''gollumsk8'''
|-
| Vick || vs || Wlid
| '''Vick'''
|-
| Eriror || vs || Deity
| '''Eriror'''
|}
</div>
 
|-|Round 2=
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Participants
! Winner
|-
| Vision || vs || Ayatori
| '''Ayatori'''
|-
| Yiep || vs || Hanataro_7
| '''Hanataro_7'''
|-
| Scelus || vs || Cloud Traveler
| '''Cloud Traveler'''
|-
| Stephen || vs || Key3
| '''Key3'''
|-
| Banz || vs || Aki-maru
| '''Banz'''
|-
| Dopamine || vs || KTH
| '''KTH'''
|-
| Ivan the Terrible || vs || Skatox
| '''Skatox'''
|-
| Schwede || vs || X1213
| '''X1213'''
|-
| DaftSystem || vs || Bonkura
| '''Bonkura'''
|-
| Emenai || vs || Leo
| '''Leo'''
|}
</div>
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Participants
! Winner
|-
| Uriel || vs || Mouquette
| '''Uriel'''
|-
| LAM || vs || Val
| '''Val'''
|-
| Coochun || vs || A_Qui
| '''Coochun'''
|-
| Blackhero || vs || Mizm
| '''Mizm'''
|-
| Cheukii || vs || Sorez
| '''Sorez'''
|-
| Nagi || vs || Nomed
| '''Nagi'''
|-
| ChuBao || vs || Fratleym
| '''Fratleym'''
|-
| AJ || vs || Eriror
| '''Eriror'''
|-
| ps-728 || vs || RYO
| '''ps-728'''
|-
| gollumsk8 || vs || Vick
| '''gollumsk8'''
|}
</div>
 
|-|Round 3=
<div style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Participants
! Winner
|-
| Gollumsk8 || vs || Coochun
| '''Gollumsk8'''
|-
| Leo || vs || Nagi
| '''Leo'''
|-
| X1213 || vs || Ayatori
| '''Ayatori'''
|-
| Hanataro_7 || vs || KTH
| '''KTH'''
|-
| ps-72 || vs || Sorez
| '''ps-72'''
|}
|}
===Round 2===
</div>
{|
<div style=display:inline-table>
|
{| class="wikitable"
* Vision vs '''Ayatori'''
! colspan="3" | Participants
* Yiep vs '''Hanataro_7'''
! Winner
* Scelus vs '''Cloud Traveler'''
|-
* Stephen vs '''Key3'''
| Frayleym || vs || Val
* '''Banz''' vs Aki-maru
| '''Frayleym'''
* Dopamine vs '''KTH'''
|-
* Ivan the Terrible vs '''Skatox'''
| Key3 || vs || Banz
* Schwede vs '''X1213'''
| '''Banz'''
* DaftSystem vs '''Bonkura'''
|-
* Emenai vs '''Leo'''
| Mizm || vs || Bonkura
|
| '''Bonkura'''
* '''Uriel''' vs Mouquette
|-
* LAM vs '''Val'''
| Eriror || vs || Cloud Traveler
* '''Coochun''' vs A_Qui
| '''Eriror'''
* Blackhero vs '''Mizm'''
|-
* Cheukii vs '''Sorez'''
| Skatox || vs || Uriel
* '''Nagi''' vs Nomed
| '''Uriel'''
* ChuBao vs '''Fratleym'''
* AJ vs '''Eriror'''
* '''ps-728''' vs Ryo
* '''gollumsk8''' vs Vick
|}
|}
===Round 3===
</div>
* '''Gollumsk8''' vs Coochun
* '''Leo''' vs Nagi
* X1213 vs '''Ayatori'''
* Hanataro_7 vs '''KTH'''
* '''ps-72''' vs Sorez
* '''Frayleym''' vs Val
* Key3 vs '''Banz'''
* Mizm vs '''Bonkura'''
* '''Eriror''' vs Cloud Traveler
* Skatox vs '''Uriel'''
===Round 4===
* Ayatori vs '''KTH'''
* Uriel vs '''ps-728'''
* '''Eriror''' vs Bonkura
* gollumsk8 vs '''Banz'''
* '''Fratleym''' vs Leo
===Round 5===
5 man group phase to split into finalists and runner-ups.


Finalists:
|-|Round 4=
* '''KTH'''
{| class="wikitable"
* '''Eriror'''
! colspan="3" | Participants
! Winner
|-
| Ayatori || vs || KTH
| '''KTH'''
|-
| Uriel || vs || ps-728
| '''ps-728'''
|-
| Eriror || vs || Bonkura
| '''Eriror'''
|-
| gollumsk8 || vs || Banz
| '''Banz'''
|-
| Fratleym || vs || Leo
| '''Fratleym'''
|}


Runner-ups:
|-|Round 5=
* Fratleym
5 man group phase to split into finalists and runner-ups.
* Banz
{| class="wikitable"
* ps-728
! Placement
! Participants
|-
! Finalists
| '''KTH'''
|-
! Finalists
| '''Eriror'''
|-
! Runner-ups
| Fratleym
|-
! Runner-ups
| Banz
|-
! Runner-ups
| ps-728
|}


===Round 6===
|-|Round 6=
Results from finalist battle and third place match:
Results from finalist battle and third place match:
# '''KTH'''
{| class="wikitable"
# Eriror
! Ranking
# Fratleym
! Participants
# Banz
|-
# ps-728
| 1
| '''KTH'''
|-
| 2
| Eriror
|-
| 3
| Fratleym
|-
| 4
| Banz
|-
| 5
| ps-728
|}
</tabber>


==In the media==
==In the media==
CrAsH had starred in an article for the Metro, a UK free newspaper with a readership of about 4 million. The article can still be found [https://metro.co.uk/2007/02/14/pen-spinning-world-cup-launched-86949/ here]. He had also appeared on the ITV television channel to talk about pen spinning, but it is unknown where the video for this can be found.
CrAsH had starred in an article for the Metro, a UK free newspaper with a readership of about 4 million. The article can still be found [https://metro.co.uk/2007/02/14/pen-spinning-world-cup-launched-86949/ here]. He had also appeared on the ITV television channel to talk about the World Tournament. The entire news segment can no longer be found, but clips of it still exist. [https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/video/world-pen-spinning-championships-ext-copyright-audio-news-footage/671870362 Clip 1] [https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/video/world-pen-spinning-championships-ext-alex-simpson-news-footage/671870424 Clip 2] [https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/video/world-pen-spinning-championships-alex-simpson-interview-news-footage/671870534 Clip 3]
 
==References==
==References==
<references />
<references />


[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Events]]

Latest revision as of 11:50, 28 August 2026

The Pen Spinning World Tournament 2007 started on the 19th of February, 2007. It was organized by CrAsH from UCPSB and won by KTH.[1]

History

On January 4th 2007, CrAsH posted a UCPSB thread titled 'World Pen Spinning Tournement?' where he explained that he wanted to organize a 'world spinning tournament', having spoken with members from FPSB and PDS about the concept.[2] He had also consulted Bonkura from JEB about judging and prizes, with the suggestion being for the prize pool to contain a pen mod from each participating community. Bonkura had also suggested merging the tournament with a potential 'universal' Collaboration Video, but this did not go forward.

After the first round's videos were submitted, the criteria needed to be adjusted due to controversy over the 'Speed' criterion. It was replaced with 'Style'.

Eriror's performance was considered notably impressive for the time, with victories against spinners such as Cloud Traveler, who was once considered the strongest spinner in the world, and Bonkura, another favorite. KTH on the other hand had a surprising run. Originally not even competing before being brought in as a substitute for the spinner Fingerpass who had suffered an injury, he was considered one of the weaker korean spinners in the tournament. Surprisingly, he managed pull ahead of the rest of his community in the earlier rounds. Another surprise was from FPSB's Banz, who at 11 months of experience only defeated Taeryong, a famous early korean spinner, in the first round and later JEB's Key3.[3]

By the end of the tournament only 6 of the original 8 judges remained, and the final round was an upset win by KTH. Eriror had been favored to win for the round due to his 2p2h combo, but an anomalously low result from one of the judges led to KTH winning by 5 points.

One of the most valuable prizes being prepared was a custom insert signed by numerous famous spinners, including Bonkura, Kam, nhk_9, Mr.LSC and KiT-CaT. It is unknown if it ever made it to KTH, as the last mention of it shows it on the way to KiT-CaT[4].

Scoring System

The initial scoring system consisted of four criteria, each scored from 0-10:

  • Smoothness
  • Speed
  • Difficulty
  • Creativity

The scores from the 8 total judges were added to give a final score out of 320.

The Speed criterion was criticized early on and was removed by the 23rd of February, 2007. However, this was after results for the first round had started coming back, so the first round combos were judged on speed. This resulted in spinners such as Bonkura getting unexpectedly low scores. Speed was replaced with Style for the remainder of the competition.

Tournament structure

The competition consisted of four rounds of single elimination to reduce the 80 participants down to 5. Then a group phase was held with the remaining spinners to split them into the top 2 and remaining 3.

The final round consisted of a battle for third place among the lower three spinners and a battle for World Champion among the top two.

Participants

Eight communities took part. From the archived original website:[5]

FPSB GPC JEB KitCat PDS Penzone SweSpin UCPSB
  • Schwede
  • DaZogga
  • Nomed
  • Emenai
  • Maniok
  • Samuirai
  • Spin
  • Sidious
  • Moerkedal
  • Movie Raid
  • Nicky
  • Nervous
  • Cw14
  • Vincent Leest
  • ChuBao
  • CYL
  • Stephen
  • MokYin
  • Deity
  • KitCat
  • Sing~
  • LAM
  • Edwin
  • Eric.C
  • Harvey
  • Vick
  • X1213
  • Pang
  • AJ
  • Leo
  • DeFlare
  • Swe_Empa
  • Yiep
  • Pe/Pdr
  • Zaazu
  • Eirie/Erkan
  • Sfsr
  • Alan
  • Ceedgee
  • Wlid
  • Eriror
  • Donk3y
  • Eso
  • Ivan the terrible
  • Toasty
  • Blackhero
  • Sathon
  • Flip
  • MAA
  • Zblader

Results

Winners of rounds are in bold.

Participants Winner
Harvey vs Aki-maru Aki-maru
Spin vs Ivan the terrible Ivan the terrible
Banz vs Taeryong Banz
Nomed vs Nervous Nomed
Vincent Leest vs Skatox Skatox
Blackhero vs Pe/Pdr Blackhero
Val vs Nicky Val
Vision vs ShaHell Vision
Eric.C vs Key3 Key3
Coochun vs Pang Coochun
Participants Winner
Erie/Erkan vs AJ AJ
DaZogga vs Hanataro_7 Hanataro_7
Movie Raid vs KTH KTH
Nagi vs Samuirai Nagi
Flip vs Schwede Schwede
DeFlare vs Emenai Emenai
LAM vs cw14 LAM
Winter vs Uriel Uriel
ChuBao vs MoerKedal ChuBao
Cloud Traveler vs Edwin Cloud Traveler
Participants Winner
CYL vs Sorez Sorez
Fratleym vs Maniok Fratleym
Ayatori vs MokYin Ayatori
Toast vs DaftSystem DaftSystem
Swe_Empa vs Leo Leo
A_Qui vs Sfsr A_Qui
zblader vs Scelus Scelus
Sing~ vs Yiep Yiep
Bonkura vs Nanna Bonkura
Sidous vs Stephen Stephen
Participants Winner
Donk3y vs Mouquette Mouquette
Cheukii vs KitCat Cheukii
MAA vs Mizm Mizm
Zaazu vs X1213 X1213
Alan vs Dopamine Dopamine
Sathon vs ps-728 ps-728
Ceedgee vs RYO RYO
gollumsk8 vs Eso gollumsk8
Vick vs Wlid Vick
Eriror vs Deity Eriror

Participants Winner
Vision vs Ayatori Ayatori
Yiep vs Hanataro_7 Hanataro_7
Scelus vs Cloud Traveler Cloud Traveler
Stephen vs Key3 Key3
Banz vs Aki-maru Banz
Dopamine vs KTH KTH
Ivan the Terrible vs Skatox Skatox
Schwede vs X1213 X1213
DaftSystem vs Bonkura Bonkura
Emenai vs Leo Leo
Participants Winner
Uriel vs Mouquette Uriel
LAM vs Val Val
Coochun vs A_Qui Coochun
Blackhero vs Mizm Mizm
Cheukii vs Sorez Sorez
Nagi vs Nomed Nagi
ChuBao vs Fratleym Fratleym
AJ vs Eriror Eriror
ps-728 vs RYO ps-728
gollumsk8 vs Vick gollumsk8

Participants Winner
Gollumsk8 vs Coochun Gollumsk8
Leo vs Nagi Leo
X1213 vs Ayatori Ayatori
Hanataro_7 vs KTH KTH
ps-72 vs Sorez ps-72
Participants Winner
Frayleym vs Val Frayleym
Key3 vs Banz Banz
Mizm vs Bonkura Bonkura
Eriror vs Cloud Traveler Eriror
Skatox vs Uriel Uriel

Participants Winner
Ayatori vs KTH KTH
Uriel vs ps-728 ps-728
Eriror vs Bonkura Eriror
gollumsk8 vs Banz Banz
Fratleym vs Leo Fratleym

5 man group phase to split into finalists and runner-ups.

Placement Participants
Finalists KTH
Finalists Eriror
Runner-ups Fratleym
Runner-ups Banz
Runner-ups ps-728

Results from finalist battle and third place match:

Ranking Participants
1 KTH
2 Eriror
3 Fratleym
4 Banz
5 ps-728

In the media

CrAsH had starred in an article for the Metro, a UK free newspaper with a readership of about 4 million. The article can still be found here. He had also appeared on the ITV television channel to talk about the World Tournament. The entire news segment can no longer be found, but clips of it still exist. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3

References

  1. ↑ First round discussion on UCPSB
  2. ↑ "World Pen Spinning Tournement?" UCPSB thread
  3. ↑ FPSB WT07 thread, page 17 addressing Banz's win
  4. ↑ World Tournament Insert thread on UCPSB
  5. ↑ Archived World Tournament site
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