The World Skat Championship has been organised biannually since 1978 by the

International Skat Players Association The International Skat Players Association (ISPA) is the worldwide umbrella organisation for all competition Skat players. The ISPA was founded in 1976 by Peter Brand and Martha Prickartz in Aachen, Germany. It initially crossed swords with the wo ...

(ISPA) at various locations worldwide and is the highest level Skat competition in the world. It alternates with the

European Skat Championship The European Skat Championship has been held biennially since 1979 by the world Skat organisation, the International Skat Players Association (ISPA), at various locations. It alternates with the World Skat Championship which has also been run bienn ...

which has taken place biannually since 1979 and which ISPA also organises. In addition to the title of World Skat Champion, players compete for other titles: the Women's World Skat Champion, a Youth World Champion, a Veteran World Champion and a Veteran Women's World Champion. In addition, there is an award for the best team (since 1980) and the best mixed team. In 1992 an award for the best nation was introduced.

Past championships and winners

{, class="wikitable" , - class="hintergrundfarbe8" ! Year , , Men , , Women , , Team , , Best Nation , , Held in , - , 1978 , , Helmut Voss , , Marianne Kaseckert , , , , , ,

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, - , 1980 , , Willi Knack , , Gerti Lacher , , Herz Bube Aachen , , , ,

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, - , 1982 , , Dieter Honsel , , Gerti Lacher , , Böse Buben Untermain , , , , Kitchener , - , 1984 , , Ludger Brinkschulte , , Irene Raatz , , Herthie Hamm , , , ,

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, - , 1986 , , Manfred Grothe , , Angelika Krüger , , Ritzendorf Dortmund , , , ,

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, - , 1988 , , Reinhold Wynands , , Margit Braun , , Herz Dame Aachen , , , ,

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, - , 1990 , , Peter Pekarek , , Hanni Gnadl , , Skatfreunde Hamm , , , ,

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, - , 1992 , , Detlef Plewnia , , Ellen Schüler , , Mittelrhein Koblenz , , , ,

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, - , 1994 , , Dietmar Fritz , , Martha Prickartz , , Jogi Team Baesweiler , , , ,

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, - , 1996 , , Gerd Raschke , , Beate Lochschmid , , Hagen International , , , ,

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, - , 1998 , , Walter Schneider , , Alexandra Degener , , Hagen International , , , ,

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, - , 2000 , , Wolfgang Skusa , , Claudia Then , , Merkur Spielothek , , , ,

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, - , 2002 , , Andreas Backhaus , , Angelika Pullig , , Skatfreunde Hamm , , , ,

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, - , 2004 , , Dirk Paßmann , , Angelika Pullig , , TMG Reiseteam , , , ,

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, - , 2006 , , Bernd Uhl , , Angelika Pullig , , Hagen International , , , ,

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, - , 2008 , , Adam Kołodziejczyk , , Angelika Pullig , , DEUMA Team , , , ,

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, - , 2010 , , Alfred Flöck , , Claudia Then , , Hagen International , , , ,

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, - , 2012 , , Andreas Backhaus , , Carmen Schulze , , Loibi , , , ,

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, - , 2014 , , Hans-Jürgen Neubert , , Ina Hoffman , , Hagen International , , , ,

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, - , 2016 , , Rolf Schnier , , Tina Halke , , 1. SC Dieburg , , , ,

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, - , 2018 , , Maik Neumann , , Carmen Schulze , , BABEDA , , , ,

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, - , 2020 , , colspan=5 align=center, Not held due to

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, - , 2022 , , Deni Lazicic , , Angelika Pullig , , ISPAWORLD and Friends , , Canada , , {{flagicon, CAN

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External links

List of ISPA World Champions

Skat World Champions
Skat (card game) World championships