Singapore rules Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2009

Benjamin Hong Hwee Tan of Singapore took the victory over his opponent Yen-Jui Chien from Taiwan! Congratulations to Singapore for winning the Worlds this year! In the final showdown between the Blackwings and the Gladiator Beasts, Blackwings ultimately came in the end and triumphed. (Source: http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events/championships/World_2009/index.html)

According to our local forumer, darkworldduelist and Skyler91 from Pojo(his source), top 8 finishers of the tournament gets the following prizes:

Very happy that it was an all-asian finals. And even more pleased it was the Singaporean representative who ultimately became the champion. Got a chance to talk to Benjamin last night and found him to be a very humble and shy 16 year old kid.

The Konami General Manager of the card department kept on pointing to the stage while the finals was ongoing. Despite the language barrier, we all know what "Philippine people next year" means. So good luck to all of us. Hope a player will make us all proud. Go Pacman! Ay mali...
- Courtside, Official Philippine Yu-Gi-Oh OCG Distributor
Source: http://z3.invisionfree.com/ygocgph/index.php?showtopic=2962&st=30

I hope that next year, our country has the chance to send a representative over to the Worlds and compete. All we can do for now is wait, anticipate and see if our local duelists from the Philippines can level ground with the rest of the world. Mabuhay, Philippines! (Long live the Philippines)