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Ranking of previous world barista competitions

The first World baristas were held in Monte Carlo, Morocco in 2000, and their goal is to establish a competition to showcase the best baristas from all over the world. Contestants from 12 different co...

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The first World baristas were held in Monte Carlo, Morocco in 2000, and their goal is to establish a competition to showcase the best baristas from all over the world. Contestants from 12 different countries participated in the competition.

2000-Monaco Monte Carlo

No. 1: Robert Tolerson (Norway)

No. 2: ERLA Kristisdottir (Iceland)

Third place: Martin Hildebrand (Denmark)

2001-Miami, USA

First place: Martin Hildebrand (Denmark)

No. 2: Tim Wendelboe (Norway)

No. 3: Roberto Dale Aquilla (Sweden)

2002-Oslo, Norway

No. 1: Fritz Storm (Denmark)

No. 2: Tim Wendelboe (Norway)

No. 3: Vikram Kurana (India)

2003-Boston, USA

No. 1: Paul Bassett (Australia)

Second place: Asaiena Petterson (Iceland)

Third place: Eirik S. Johansen (Norway)

2004-Trieste, Italy

No. 1: Tim Wendleboe (Norway)

No. 2: Sammy Piccolo (Canada)

No. 3: Klaus Thomson (Denmark)

2005-Seattle, USA

No. 1: Terres Overdal Paulson (Denmark)

No. 2: Hiroshi Miguchi (Japan)

No. 3: Sami Piccolo (Canada)

2006-Bern, Switzerland

No. 1: Klaus Thomson (Denmark)

No. 2: Sammy Piccolo (Canada)

Third place: Matthew Liddell (USA)

2007-Tokyo, Japan

No. 1: James Hoffman (UK)

Second place: Heather Perry (USA)

No. 3: Karl Sala (New Zealand)

2008-Copenhagen, Denmark

No. 1: Stephen Morrissey (Ireland)

No. 2: David Ma Jin (Australia)

Third place: Liesbeth Sleijster (Netherlands)

2009-Atlanta, Georgia

No. 1: GWILYM Davis (UK)

No. 2: Sammy Piccolo (Canada)

No. 3: McPhillips (United States)

2010-London, UK

No. 1: Michael Phillips (USA)

Second place: Raul Rodas (Guatemala)

Third place: Scotty Callahan (Australia)

2011-Bogota, Colombia

No. 1: Alejandro Mendes (El Salvador)

No. 2: Pete Likata (USA)

No. 3: Matt Perger (Australia)

2012-Vienna, Austria

No. 1: Raul Rodas (Guatemala)

Second place: Fabrizio Senci ó n Ramirez (Mexico)

Third place: Colin Harmon (Ireland)

2013-Melbourne, Australia

No. 1: Pete Licata (USA)

Second place: Matthew Perger (Australia)

Third place: William (El Salvador)

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