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First Disney Lorcana World Champion Crowned

First Disney Lorcana World Champion Crowned

July 2, 2025

Who Will be the Next Champion?

 

The first Disney Lorcana TCG World Championship was an incredible experience for fans to watch live all weekend long. Congratulations to Dinh Khang Pham for defeating Edmond Chiu in the final to earn the first 1/1 Golden Mickey Mouse – Brave Little Tailor card. Viewed by more than 130,000 fans across the world, the broadcast team kept the energy high and the competition fierce. With the first World Champion crowned, fans can now look forward to the next season of competitive events with dozens of Challenge events and other events on the horizon in 2025 and 2026. The Ravensburger team is excited to grow support for organized play for the Disney Lorcana TCG.

 

Disney Lorcana 2025 World Champ

“I still can’t believe it! My hand was amazing, of course. I beat insane odds. I couldn’t believe I won against Zach [Bivens, third place winner] for example and against Ed [Chiu] on the draw. Amazing games and so much fun!!”

“I still can’t believe it! My hand was amazing, of course. I beat insane odds. I couldn’t believe I won against Zach [Bivens, third place winner] for example and against Ed [Chiu] on the draw. Amazing games and so much fun!!” said Dinh Khang Pham, known as DKP to the Disney Lorcana TCG community, comes from Germany and is a regular at many stores in the area.

 

When asked what the secret is to his success? DKP simply said, “Friends.” That’s the Disney Lorcana TCG community to a T!

 

When asked what the secret is to his success? DKP simply said, “Friends.” That’s the Disney Lorcana TCG community to a T!

 

“It was absolutely thrilling to witness DKP’s win with so many Disney Lorcana TCG fans watching live on Twitch,” said Elaine Chase, Chief Marketing Officer for TCGs at Ravensburger. “As a former competitive TCG player, it feeds my soul to see so many competitors vie for the title of World Champion and the one-of-a-kind Golden Mickey Mouse Card. We at Ravensburger can’t wait for next year’s World Championship now that the schedule is chock full of Challenges and events all over the world.”

 

The Ravensburger team announced the following events would be happening in the next 12-16 months:

 

Europe:

Challenge: Bologna Fiere | October 3-5 2025

Challenge: Ghent Flanders Expo | March 6-8 2026

Challenge: Dortmund | June 5-7 2026

Championship: September 11-13 2026, Location TBD

 

North America:

Challenge: Milwaukee, WI | October 24-26 2025

Challenge: Richmond, VA | January 9-11 2026

Challenge: Indianapolis, IN | June 19-21 2026

Championship: August 28-30 2026, Location TBD

 

Ravensburger also announced on the livestream that Japan, China, Australia, and other territories will be joining the next season of Disney Lorcana Challenge and that there will be a path towards invitations to the World Championship. The Ravensburger team will release more details with exact dates and venues for those events soon.

 

In addition, Ravensburger shared a first look at even more Disney Lorcana TCG events they are supporting, designed to keep players meeting up and competing between Challenge events. These events will be supported by Ravensburger through prizing and other promotional opportunities, such as broadcasts and social media coverage.

 

“We’re excited to support all kinds of Disney Lorcana TCG play going forward,” said Steven Cooper, Senior Tournament Manager. “That includes a bunch of events that Ravensburger is supporting that don’t fall into categories such as in-store play or Disney Lorcana Challenge. We want to schedule more events like this all over the world in 2026 and beyond!”

 

Upcoming Europe events:

 

  • Finnish Open – August 18th, 2025 (Finland)
  • Warszawa Casual Series – August 23rd & 24th, 2025 (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Malmö Games Week – August 30th & 31st, 2025 (Malmö, Sweden)
  • Stockholm Open 2 – September 27th, 2025 (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Cardiff Firestorm Games – September 27th & 28th (Cardiff, UK)
  • Royaume du TCG – November 1st & 2nd, 2025 (Paris, France)

 

Upcoming North America events:

 

  • Geekfest – July 18-20, 2025 (Everett, WA)
  • PAX West – August 29th – September 1st, 2025 (Seattle, WA)
  • PAX Unplugged – November 21-23, 2025 (Philadelphia, PA)

 

More information on Disney Lorcana Challenge and competitive play will be available soon. Join the Disney Lorcana TCG discord at discord.gg/disneylorcana and watch livestreams of the Weekly Lorecast dishing out news and info each Thursday at 10am PT on twitch.tv/DisneyLorcana.