This tournament is valid for the title of European Champion of each category, officially sanctioned by the

Worldwide Backgammon Federation. 

The past WBF sanctioned European Champions are:

1989 - Barry McAdam (Scotland)
1990 - Thomas Lumper (Germany)
1991 - Michael Meyburg (Germany)
1992 - Ion Ressu (Romania)
1993 - Matthias Körner (Germany)
1994 - Ion Ressu (Romania)
1995 - Evert van Eijck (Holland)
1996 - Nicholas Kitt (Romania)
1997 - Michael Löfblad (Sweden)
1998 - Elio Hamoui (Israel/Italy)
1999 - Mario Sequeira (Portugal)
2000 – Harald Johanni (Germany)
2001 – François Tardieu (France)
2002 – Katja Sophie Spillum Svendsen (Norway)
2003 – John Slattery (Scotland)
2004 – François Tardieu (France)
2005 – François Tardieu (France)
2006 – Michel Serrero (France)
2007 – Werner Schmuck (Austria)
2008 – Fernando Braconi (Italy)
2009 – Christos Groutsos (Greece)
2010 – Eli Roymi (Israel)
2011 – Shimon Kagan (Israel)
2012 - Masayuki "Mochy” Mochizuki (Japan)

2013 - Michihito "Michy" Kageyama (Japan)