SB SUMO GAMES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

THE 2004 SUMO GAMES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

After the SUPER BANZUKE Masters Series emerged again from its ashes with an entirely new game concept, and a whole new set of rules, it was only a logical step to take the idea to the next level. In the SBMS, sumo games players earn points by finishing in the top-10 of SUPER BANZUKE-sanctioned games to compete for the Green Mawashi, which is awarded to the player who has the best overall performance at a basho, winning the "Super-Yusho", if you will. See the SBMS page for details on that.

The SUPER BANZUKE Sumo Games World Championship then takes all the points earned by each player in the SBMS all year long, and combines them to determine who was the best of the best for the entire year, and proclaiming that elite player the 2004 Sumo Games World Champion! :-)

To make things a little more interesting, the SUPER BANZUKE Kyokai (SBK) has decided to sponsor a beautiful Chalice, which can be seen on the left hand side. This trophy cup will be awarded to the Sumo Games World Champion each year.

The SBK has decided to bear the cost of purchasing and shipping the Chalice, but outside parties are also welcome to contribute by sponsoring one of the Kensho-banners which are displayed by our faithful Yobidashi on this page, above and below. For a very small contribution, sponsors can advertise their web site or other issue of choice for the entire year - what a deal! Click here for more details on how to become a World Championship Sponsor. "Regular old donations" of any amount are also always welcome, of course... ;-)

The FINAL 2004 World Championship Standings:
(After Kyushu Basho 2004 / Six Events)

The 2004 Sumo Games
World Champion is:

Mariohana!

2004 World Shukun-sho Champion:

Norizo
(5 Total Yusho)

2004 World Gino-sho Champion:

Norizo
(71.73 Points)

2004 World Kanto-sho Champion:

Ulsimitsuki
(23 Total Scores)

The final round of the 2004 Sumo Games World Championship proved a real thriller, with many eyes on the intercontinental battle between the two superstars from Germany and Japan, Doitsuyama and Norizo. Norizo had a handsome lead going into Kyushu Basho, but despite scoring a Yusho in Sekitori-Quadrumvirate could not hold on. But he didn't lose to Doitsuyama, whose valiant effort of two Yusho wins in Kyushu also remained unrewarded as far as the Championship goes. With a very solid showing, including a Yusho in the Sumo Game, Mariohana snuck up on both , and once and for all announced to the world that he has arrived, as was already clearly evidenced by his meteoric rise on the Super Banzuke, where he is now ranked as Ozeki. Congratulations to the inaugural World Champion!!

Norizo takes two sansho for the year, the Shukun-sho for winning no less than 5 Yusho in 2004, and the Gino-sho for displaying the most balanced excellence in both, Daily and Pre-Basho games. Ulsimitsuki takes the Kanto-sho for having scored 23 top-10 finishes in 2004, in 15 different games, over Doitsuyama with the same mark in 14 different games.

The Final 2004 Top-10 Sumo Gamers:

World Champion Mariohana	Second Place Norizo	Third Place Doitsuyama	Fourth Place Heruwejima	Fifth Place Kintamayama
Sixth Place Tamanaogijima	Seventh Place Gaijingai	Eigth Place Ulsimitsuki	Ninth Place Choshu-yuki	Tenth Place Ekigozan

2004 Hall of World Champions:

2004 Daily Games World Champion

Gaijingai

2004 Pre-Basho Games World Champion

Heruwejima

Bench Sumo World Champion Chijanofuji	Chaingang World Champion Daninowaka	Tipp-Spiel World Champion Tamanaogijima	Fantasy Sumo World Champion Chanko	GTB World Champion Kotoseiya
Totoro's Hoshitori World Champion Dimitri	ISP World Champion Unagiyutaka	Juryo Game World Champion Mishu	Paper Oyakata World Champion Yokochonoinkyo	Sekitori-Oracle World Champion Ekigozan
Norizo Cup World Champion Onzoushi-oyak.	Odd Sumo World Champion Yoma	Gunga's ISP World Champion Norizo	Sekitori-Quad World Champion Norizo	RotoSumo World Champion Yubiquitoyama
Sumo Game World Champion Igiski	Sekitori-Toto World Champion Norizo	UDH World Champion Maguroyama	Salarycap Sumo World Champion Heruwejima

Full Final 2004 Sumo Games World Championship Standings:

	PLAYER	NA	Gino	Daily	Pre-B	TOTAL	#	KYU	AKI	NAG	NAT	HAR	HAT	BS	CG	DTS	FS	GTB	TH	ISP	JG	POG	S-O	NC	ODD	GISP	S-Q	RS	SG	S-T	UDH	SCS
1	Mariohana	DE	64.06	64.06	87.85	151.91	23	44.25	2.23	34.50	25.85	43.58	1.50	8.00	0.00	10.00	0.00	27.50	3.50	4.50	1.00	0.00	15.10	0.00	0.00	9.75	15.00	0.00	21.33	5.23	15.00	16.00
2	Norizo	JP	71.73	71.73	75.00	146.73	19	24.00	36.60	24.00	26.13	20.00	16.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	10.00	0.00	0.00	6.60	5.50	11.50	7.00	15.00	0.00	26.00	30.00	0.00	0.00	26.13	0.00	0.00
3	Doitsuyama	DE	61.25	61.25	76.67	137.91	23	46.15	13.17	25.93	15.00	21.50	16.17	26.43	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50	15.00	10.67	0.67	12.00	10.50	0.00	6.00	2.00	0.15	17.00	12.00	6.00	0.00	15.00
4	Heruwejima	DE	35.08	35.08	88.67	123.75	21	58.21	13.00	0.60	10.50	25.77	15.67	0.00	0.00	15.00	14.00	0.00	10.00	0.71	8.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	13.50	0.60	14.50	0.00	0.77	3.00	25.00
5	Kintamayama	IL	43.53	76.65	43.53	120.19	20	13.33	12.00	19.60	39.76	20.50	15.00	2.50	0.00	17.50	0.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	11.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00	7.00	16.60	8.00	24.63	5.43	11.33	0.00
6	Tamanaogijima	DE	50.95	58.30	50.95	109.25	19	1.00	21.63	24.00	38.11	7.02	17.50	0.00	0.91	18.00	0.00	10.00	0.00	10.00	0.25	0.00	20.20	0.00	0.00	1.50	4.00	19.00	9.63	15.77	0.00	0.00
7	Gaijingai	US	27.00	79.98	27.00	106.98	18	0.50	31.13	22.18	12.70	12.88	27.60	3.93	17.43	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	13.30	0.25	0.00	0.50	0.00	2.00	25.25	10.00	0.00	17.63	15.70	0.00	0.00
8	Ulsimitsuki	DE	24.05	24.05	81.45	105.50	23	2.41	31.50	1.00	35.40	25.93	9.25	4.70	2.43	0.00	8.00	0.00	4.00	11.71	9.75	1.50	19.20	0.00	3.00	0.50	0.06	22.50	2.14	0.00	11.00	5.00
9	Choshu-yuki	JP	19.65	19.65	77.20	96.85	16	6.15	0.50	29.00	8.20	29.50	23.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	6.00	19.00	0.00	0.00	8.00	21.70	4.00	12.00	14.50	0.15	0.00	0.00	7.50	0.00	0.00
10	Ekigozan	AU	31.15	31.15	64.75	95.90	19	31.00	9.63	9.57	8.20	19.50	18.00	5.50	0.00	0.00	2.00	16.00	12.00	8.47	0.25	0.00	27.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	16.88	0.30	3.00	0.00
11	Dimitri	AT	46.50	48.64	46.50	95.14	13	3.00	24.00	24.50	0.91	27.73	15.00	0.00	0.91	15.00	0.00	0.00	22.00	6.73	0.00	0.00	11.50	0.00	8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	13.00	0.00
12	Flohru	DE	39.59	39.59	55.33	94.93	16	8.83	3.00	24.00	20.00	35.60	3.50	2.50	0.00	1.50	0.00	3.50	12.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	1.50	0.00	0.00	6.33	5.20	15.00	23.63	6.77	0.00	8.00
13	Hamanoyama	DE	35.80	35.80	58.42	94.22	19	23.88	5.00	13.87	36.22	1.25	14.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	2.67	23.00	0.00	1.70	0.75	0.00	15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.60	9.00	12.88	0.13	8.00	0.00
14	Frinkanohana	DE	18.43	18.43	74.20	92.63	13	0.20	49.00	1.00	3.00	2.43	37.00	0.00	2.43	12.00	10.00	0.20	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	15.00	4.00	13.00	0.00	0.00	7.00	0.00
15	Zenjimoto	AT	32.45	48.66	32.45	81.11	17	13.91	21.83	0.00	22.07	5.00	18.30	0.00	0.00	11.00	0.00	12.00	5.00	7.31	13.45	0.00	1.00	0.00	17.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.14	11.21	1.00	0.00
16	Hoshifransu	FR	11.39	11.39	67.75	79.14	16	11.07	12.67	18.00	18.50	3.73	15.17	0.00	0.07	0.00	11.00	11.00	3.50	2.90	0.25	0.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	19.00	4.42	0.00	19.00	0.00
17	Charliki	CH	28.94	28.94	49.90	78.84	14	5.20	21.63	2.50	17.14	12.00	20.37	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.20	0.00	10.00	15.00	17.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	1.50	4.00	3.00	4.94	0.00	12.00	0.00
18	Feginowaka	LI	36.00	38.82	36.00	74.82	14	11.35	47.70	0.00	3.66	12.11	0.00	6.61	0.00	0.00	12.00	6.90	0.00	11.00	0.00	0.00	0.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.21	16.50	21.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
19	Kaikitsune	FI	27.13	27.13	42.25	69.38	9	5.20	0.00	47.60	10.00	6.58	0.00	0.00	15.00	0.00	0.00	21.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.80	0.00	6.33	0.00	6.00	0.00
20	Oshirokita	CA	4.60	4.60	64.00	68.60	12	9.00	36.00	6.60	15.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	10.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	1.00	15.00	0.60	14.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	12.00
21	Furanohana	FR	2.26	2.26	65.70	67.96	13	0.79	12.00	17.27	21.70	15.00	1.20	0.00	1.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.99	17.50	0.00	9.20