The twelfth World Championship was held from 30 November to 4 December at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. The tournament featured Standard on Wednesday, Ravnica Booster Draft on Thursday, and Extended on Friday. The team format was Ravnica Team Rochester Draft. The event began with the induction of the first class of the newly incepted Hall of Fame – Alan Comer, Jon Finkel, Tommi Hovi, Darwin Kastle, and Olle Rade.
287 players from 56 countries competed in the event. Katsuhiro Mori won the tournament, defeating Frank Karsten 3–1 in the final, taking home $35,000. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130. In the team final Japan defeated the United States 3–0.

Finishing Order

1. Katsuhiro Mori (Japan)
2. Frank Karsten (Netherlands)
3. Tomohiro Kaji (Japan)
4. Akira Asahara (Japan)
5. Marcio Carvalho (Portugal)
6. Ding Leong (Singapore)
7. Shuhei Nakamura (Japan)
8. Andre Coimbra (Portugal)

Team final

1. Japan – Takuma Morofuji, Ichirou Shimura, Masashi Oiso
2. United States – Antonino De Rosa, Neil Reeves, Jonathan Sonne

Player of the Year Race

1. Kenji Tsumura (Japan)
2. Olivier Ruel (France)
3. Masashi Oiso (Japan)

Rookie of the Year
1. Pierre Canali (France)

Hall of Fame inductees
- Jon Finkel (United States)
- Darwin Kastle (United States)
- Tommi Hovi (Finland)
- Alan Comer (United States)
- Olle Rade (Sweden)