Here is the full history of the World Othello Championships, showing the individual finalists and team champions for each year. The team title was first awarded in 1987:
| Year |
Place |
Champion |
Score |
Runner-Up |
Top Team |
| 1977 | Tokyo | Inoue Hiroshi (Japan) | 1-0 | Thomas Heiberg (USA) | |
| 1978 | New York | Maruoka Hideshi (Japan) | 2-0 | Carol Jacobs (Norway) | |
| 1979 | Rome | Inoue Hiroshi (Japan) | 2-0 | Jonathan Cerf (USA) | |
| 1980 | London | Jonathan Cerf (USA) | 2-0 | Mimura Takuya (Japan) | |
| 1981 | Brussels | Maruoka Hideshi (Japan) | 1-0 | Brian Rose (USA) | |
| 1982 | Stockholm | Tanida Kunihiko (Japan) | 2-0 | David Shaman (USA) | |
| 1983 | Paris | Ishii Ken'ichi (Japan) | 2-0 | Imre Leader (UK) | |
| 1984 | Melbourne | Paul Ralle (France) | 2-0 | Taniguchi Ryoichi (Japan) | |
| 1985 | Athens | Takizawa Masaki (Japan) | 2-0 | Paolo Ghirardato (Italy) | |
| 1986 | Tokyo | Tamenori Hideshi (Japan) | 2-0 | Paul Ralle (France) | |
| 1987 | Milan | Ishii Ken'ichi (Japan) | 2-1 | Paul Ralle (France) | USA |
| 1988 | Paris | Tamenori Hideshi (Japan) | 2-0 | Graham Brightwell (UK) | UK |
| 1989 | Warsaw | Tamenori Hideshi (Japan) | 2-0 | Graham Brightwell (UK) | UK |
| 1990 | Stockholm | Tamenori Hideshi (Japan) | 2-0 | Didier Piau (France) | France |
| 1991 | New York | Kaneda Shigeru (Japan) | 2-0 | Paul Ralle (France) | USA |
| 1992 | Barcelona | Marc Tastet (France) | 2-0 | David Shaman (USA) | UK |
| 1993 | London | David Shaman (USA) | 2-0 | Emmanuel Caspard (France) | USA |
| 1994 | Paris | Takizawa Masaki (Japan) | 2-0 | Karsten Feldborg (Denmark) | France |
| 1995 | Melbourne | Tamenori Hideshi (Japan) | 2-0 | David Shaman (USA) | USA |
| 1996 | Tokyo | Murakami Takeshi (Japan) | 2-0 | Stephane Nicolet (France) | UK |
| 1997 | Athens | Suekuni Makoto (Japan) | 2-0 | Graham Brightwell (UK) | UK |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Murakami Takeshi (Japan) | 2½-½ | Emmanuel Caspard (France) | France |
| 1999 | Milan | David Shaman (Netherlands) | 2-1 | Nakajima Tetsuya (Japan) | Japan |
Tamenori is also the only champion so far to successfully defend his title. So it will be interesting to see if Shaman can win as defending champion in 2000.
