WCE Shanghai Championships 2016
Qualified & Title Sponsors
UPDATE: Competition Videos Released!
The videos for all rounds of the Shanghai Championships can now be found online at https://livestream.com/worldcoffee. We apologize the technical issues that resulted in the delayed release of these videos, and have factored them into our plans going forward.
- 2016 WLAC Finals Shanghai
- 2016 WLAC Prelims Shanghai
- 2016 WCIGS Finals Shanghai
- 2016 WCIGS Prelims Shanghai
- 2016 WCIGS/WLAC Awards
- 2016 WCTC Finals+Awards Ceremony
- 2016 WCTC Quarters, Semis
- 2016 WCTC 1st Rounds
The 2016 World Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Coffee Roasting, and Coffee in Good Spirits Champions Announced
The dust has settled, and we have some brand new World Champions to introduce to you! Um Paul of South Korea and Michalis Dimitrakopoulos of Greece fought off stiff competition battling through the final round to become the 2016 World Latte Art Champion and World Coffee in Good Spirits Champions!
The World Cup Tasters Championship final was a tight competition as always, with Gabriel Céspedes of Costa Rica triumphing for a record second year in a row! Fun fact: he scored a six out of eight cups in the final round—which was only his second time ever missing a cup in competition.
In the World Coffee Roasting Championship, brought to you by Proaster, Alexandru Niculae of Romania triumphed through incredibly tight competition. Check out his winning roast profile on the Cropster blog here.
These events happen thanks to the support of our sponsors, and especially our Qualified Equipment Sponsors: CMA Astoria, Anfim, Cafetto, Pentair, and Technivorm. With their help, World Coffee Events (WCE) put on three simultaneous stages of world-class coffee competition for the more than 150,000 people who came through the HOTELEX Shanghai show.
We couldn’t have done it without an army of amazing volunteers, the incredible support of our host UBM Sinoexpo and our production crew LSFX, and an amazing crew of dedicated Judges.
To find out more about our competitions in Shanghai, click the Read More link, or you can scroll directly to the final scores below.
2016 World Latte Art Champion:
UMPAUL
Independent – South Korea
Final Round:
RANKING |
NAME |
COMPANY |
REPRESENTING |
SCORE |
1 |
UMPAUL |
Independent |
SOUTH KOREA |
374.0 |
2 |
QI LI |
Mellower Coffee |
CHINA |
348.0 |
3 |
MINAKO YOSHIZUMI |
Dean & Deluca Japan |
JAPAN |
327.5 |
4 |
DHAN TAMANG |
Caracoli |
UNITED KINGDOM |
326.5 |
5 |
AGNIESZKA ROJEWSKA |
Brisman Kawowy Bar |
POLAND |
320.5 |
6 |
BEN MORROW |
St ali Family and Sensory lab group |
AUSTRALIA |
285.0 |
2016 World Coffee In Good Spirits Champion:
MICHALIS DIMITRAKOPOULOS
The Underdog – Greece
Final Round:
RANKING |
NAME |
COMPANY |
REPRESENTING |
SCORE |
1 |
MICHALIS DIMITRAKOPOULOS |
The Underdog |
GREECE |
329.0 |
2 |
MARTIN HUDAK |
American Bar at The Savoy Hotel London |
SLOVAKIA |
319.0 |
3 |
BERG WU |
Simple Kaffa |
TAIWAN |
294.0 |
4 |
SHAE MACNAMARA |
Grinders Coffee |
AUSTRALIA |
272.5 |
5 |
HU YING |
Outman Coffee |
CHINA |
262.5 |
6 |
DAVID JAMESON |
Union Hand Roasted Coffee |
UNITED KINGDOM |
221.5 |
2016 World Coffee Roasting Champion
ALEXANDRU NICOLAIE
Barista School – Romania
RANKING | NAME | REPRESENTING | TOTAL SCORE |
1 | ALEXANDRU NICOLAIE | ROMANIA | 493.5 |
2 | DMITRII BORODAI | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 492.5 |
3 | MATTHEW ROBLEY-SIMEONSMA | UNITED KINGDOM | 491.5 |
4 | JOANNA ALM | SWEDEN | 486 |
5 | RUBENS GARDELLI | ITALY | 485.5 |
6 | ÖZGÜN SARISOY | TURKEY | 485.25 |
7 | SALVADOR BENITEZ | MEXICO | 479.25 |
8 | YUYA KAWAI | JAPAN | 476.75 |
9 | SEONG JUN | SOUTH KOREA | 475.25 |
10 | ALEC PFUHL | GERMANY | 474.92 |
11 | CRAZY VEISER | CHINA | 471 |
12 | STANLEY WU | TAIWAN | 461.75 |