世界锦标赛（WOC）& 世界杯（OWC）资讯

crystal

The World Othello Federation is very positive that Japan Othello Association have decided to accept Mr. Takanashi and Mr. Okamoto as World Othello Champions 2012 and 2013! This is a very big step to again unite the Othello World!

We will inform you that the W.O.F and Megahouse in November started up discussions about a sponsorship agreement. W.O.F. also continues discussions with Anjar about the Othello future. We all look forward tothe day that the conflict about the trademark of Othello is over. The Othello world needs cooperation and that we all work toward the same direction: To make Othello more known and popular!

W.O.F. arranges the World Othello Championship (W.O.C.). We will continue to arrange W.O.C. in the same spirit as it has been done so far.

Megahouse as Trademark holder in parts of the world is very interested to continue to cooperate with the W.O.F. and make it possible so the W.O.C. can continue as the most important Othello tournament every year in the future! So we all hope that the discussions about sponsorship and cooperation will be successful!.

Megahouse has informed us that Othello World Cup (O.W.C) as it has been arranged in 2013 and 2014, will not continue. O.W.C. in Singapore 2014 will be the last O.W.C. in this format.

We believe in a good future for our beloved game Othello. Together we can make the game more popular and more well known then ever!


World Othello Federation Council by:
Benkt Steentoft, Event and Tournament Manager, World Othello Federation
Tor Birger Skogen, President of World Othello Federation

crystal

Dear all Othello-players,

2013 is soon history, and I hope you all have had a good Othello-year. This year started with a large tournament in Japan, Othello World Cup 2013. The tournament was arranged to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Othello in Japan, and about 60 players from all over the world was invited to join the tournament. We who were privileged to take part in this celebration had a great time together in Tokyo.

In Europe the European Grand Prix (EGP) has been organized as every year, and in 2013 Greece was a new tournament entry. At the EGP tournaments there are always a great number of top players, but there seems to be a problem recruiting new players. All the federations seem to have a crisis of new players while the top ones still continue to play. In the end of the year Europe has started to formalize the rules of the EGP.

In Asia have Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China continued organizing their tournaments as usual. Vietnam is under consideration as a new Othello country, and arranged a tournament in September.

Players in Asia found hard time to participate in the World Othello Championship as most of them do not have sponsorships, and expenditures to Europe is quite expensive. If the WOC could be organized in Asia, it would be good for them.

In Americas there have been official tournaments in USA, Argentina and Brazil. There is no registered activity in other countries, but there are people searching for information in Venezuela and Colombia.

In 2013 World Othello Federation arranged the 37th World Othello Championship (WOC) in Stockholm, Sweden. This was the first time WOF was alone responsible for the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by local Swedish companies and some enthusiastic Othello players.

It is a lot of work to arrange such a tournament, and I want to thank all of you that contributed to make this tournament possible. A special thanks to Benkt Steentoft as Head Tournament Director and Emmanuel Lazard as Technical Tournament Director!

WOF will continue to arrange WOC in same spirit as it has been done so far. In November WOF and Megahouse started up discussions about a sponsorship agreement. Megahouse has informed us that Othello World Cup (OWC) will not continue. OWC in Singapore 2014 will be the last OWC in this format. Megahouse as Trademark holder in parts of the world is therefore very interested to cooperate with WOF and make it possible so the WOC can continue as the most important Othello tournament every year in the future. Of course WOF also continues discussions with Anjar about the Othello future.

I believe in a good future for our loved game Othello, and hope that we together with Megahouse and Anjar can make the game more popular and well-known in 2014.

I wish you all a Happy New Year, and hope you all will have an Othellofantastic year in 2014.


Tor Birger Skogen
President, World Othello Federation

dragoniye

OWC对大陆来说算是一件好事。 随着他的结束，国内选手去参赛机会又少了。

ariesmu

是啊，自从有了OWC，才有世界黑白棋就在身边的感觉。

ariesmu

看了主帖，一知半解，产生了以下想法，不知对不对，请教DJ和各位棋友：
1、世界联盟是WOC的主办方，而OWC是日本联盟以40周年庆典为理由（借口）办起来的？
2、世界联盟看到日本联盟竟然另起炉灶，胆敢跟自己分庭抗礼，于是立即进行围剿？
3、抵抗1年，日本联盟最终接受招安，世界联盟统一天下？

dragoniye

个人理解
还是 Megahouse 和Anjar   以前赞助世锦赛的，没得到什么实际好处， 还不如另起炉灶，办个世界杯。办一届之后发现费用挺多的，又不想出钱了，没人出钱的owc肯定参赛者寥寥，没人参赛还有什么意思，取消吧。

以上剧情纯属个人虚构，请勿对号入座。

crystal

ariesmu 发表于 2014-1-5 18:17
看了主帖，一知半解，产生了以下想法，不知对不对，请教DJ和各位棋友：
1、世界联盟是WOC的主办方，而OWC是 ...

1、世锦赛（WOC）一向来是世界联盟（WOF）负责组织的。
2、日本联盟（JOA）为了庆祝奥赛罗40周年才组织的邀请赛。只因当时的 ”Othello“ 商标起了冲突，才会取名叫 世界杯（OWC）。
3、既然是世界赛，一个就足够了。没必要你做你的，他做他的。要齐心合力，才能把 ”奥赛罗“ 更普及化。


WOF 和 JOA 从去年11月就开始商讨赞助金。WOF希望能拿到赞助金，好让更多的人来参赛。世界主席说如果能在亚洲举办世锦赛会对我们好。


只能坐等他们带来的好消息了 。。。

crystal

dragoniye 发表于 2014-1-5 23:37
个人理解
还是 Megahouse 和Anjar   以前赞助世锦赛的，没得到什么实际好处， 还不如另起炉灶，办个世界 ...

想象力真丰富呢！

ariesmu

crystal 发表于 2014-1-6 00:55
1、世锦赛（WOC）一向来是世界联盟（WOF）负责组织的。
2、日本联盟（JOA）为了庆祝奥赛罗40周年才组织的 ...

感谢DJ的回答。

也是探讨，我的想法是，如果要令“奥赛罗”更加普及，仅仅一个WOC是不够的。
我没有统计，现在的WOC如果除去欧美和日本这些发达国家的选手，还有多少其他国家的人？

看看羽毛球、乒乓球、围棋等体育项目，世界性的赛事也不仅一个。
希望这次不是由于世界联盟的打压导致“世界杯”的取消。

如果按照这种逻辑，那么我们大陆的赛事，只需要集中精力办一个就够了，还搞广州、天津、北京、上海那么多比赛干什么？
而正因为要在大陆普及奥赛罗，才在各个地方办比赛，就近参赛，将节约下来的路费和路途时间用在组织比赛上，这不是对推广更有利吗？

ariesmu

dragoniye 发表于 2014-1-5 23:37
个人理解
还是 Megahouse 和Anjar   以前赞助世锦赛的，没得到什么实际好处， 还不如另起炉灶，办个世界 ...