2019 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship facts for kids

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). It was held between 28 and 29 September in Valladolid, Spain.

Organisation

The venue for this first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship was the Cúpula del Milenio.

The Championship included three events: team, pairs, and individual.

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.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team	Siberian Team	04h 11' 17"	Czech Dragons	04h 20' 42"	Russia Stella-Puzzler.su	04h 29' 45"
Pairs	Demelza Becerra Ángel Heras	34' 34"	Jana Hanzelková Kateřina Novotná	35' 13"	Irina Batalova Natalia Komarova	36' 40"
Individual	Jana Hanzelková	46' 35"	Mariusz Ślizewski	52' 25"	Kateřina Novotná	52' 50"

Medal table

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 nations)		3	3	3	9

Participants

40 countries are represented in the first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.