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The 2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship is the first edition of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships competition organized by the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation (WJPF). [1] It was held between 28 and 29 September in Valladolid, Spain. [2]
The venue for this first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship was the Cúpula del Milenio.
The Championship included three events: team, pairs, and individual. [3]
For the Team event, teams of 4 members (also 1 reserve is allowed) make 4 jigsaw puzzles (2 puzzles of 1000 pieces and 2 puzzles of 1500 pieces) in a maximum period of 8 hours, and the fastest team to finish them is the champion. The four members have to do one puzzle and when they finished it they can start the next puzzle.
For the Pairs event, 2 members make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes, and the fastest pair to finish it win the competition.
For the Individual event, each individual participant make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 2 hours, and the fastest to finish it is the champion.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team [4] |  Siberian Team Irina Batalova Valentina Baburchenkova Natalia Komarova Galina Medvedeva Marina Radchenko | 04h 11' 17" |  Czech Dragons Jana Hanzelková Katerina Novotna Luisa Uhlařová Radka Pečinková | 04h 20' 42" | Russia Stella-Puzzler.su Dmitry Makarenko Irina Akopova Olga Popova Ekaterina Mishanina | 04h 29' 45" |
| Pairs [5] |  Demelza Becerra Ángel Heras | 34' 34" | Jana Hanzelková Kateřina Novotná | 35' 13" | Irina Batalova Natalia Komarova | 36' 40" |
| Individual [6] | Jana Hanzelková | 46' 35" |  Mariusz Ślizewski | 52' 25" | Kateřina Novotná | 52' 50" |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
39 countries are represented in the first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.
Andorra 
Argentina 
Australia 
Belarus 
Belgium 
Brazil 
Bulgaria 
Canada 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Costa Rica Czech Republic 
Ecuador 
France 
Germany 
Great Britain 
Greece 
India 
Ireland 
Italy 
Japan 
Mexico 
Netherlands 
Norway 
Panama 
Peru Poland 
Portugal Russia 
Singapore 
South Korea Spain 
Trinidad & Tobago 
Turkey 
Uganda 
United States 
Uruguay 
Vietnam 
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