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A Countdown tournament is an amateur tournament similar to a Scrabble or chess tournament. Players meet up with their Countdown board games (or in some cases, suitable computer software) and play a number of games of Countdown, usually 5 or 6, and the player with the most wins is the tournament winner. In the event of a tie, the number of points scored is used to separate them.

There are two distinct types of tournament: head-to-head "Edinburgh-style" tournaments, and "Bristol-style" tournaments where everyone in the room plays from the same set of letters and numbers. The Countdown in Lincoln tournaments use head-to-head games, i.e. each 'table' of three players selects its own separate letters and numbers (one person acting as host, 'Dictionary Corner' and 'Carol' whilst the other two play each other), while the Countdown in Bristol tournament uses the second system whereby players play in pairs, but all players have the same letters, numbers and conundrum (usually displayed on a board at the front of the room).

This second system eliminates the luck factor as no player or players have "better" selections than anyone else over the course of the day. However, some dislike it because, since they cannot select the letters or numbers themselves, it denies them the chance to use tactical selections to win individual games, for example picking an unusual numbers selection against an opponent known to be weak at the numbers game.

Winners and runners-up

Tournament Winner Runner-up
In-person tournaments
COLIN 2005 Chris Wills Mark Tournoff
CoBris 2005 Conor Travers Kirk Bevins
COLIN 2006 Chris Wills Stewart Holden
CoBris 2006 Chris Wills Mark Tournoff
COLIN 2007 Chris Wills Paul Howe
CORED 2007 Ben Wilson Mike Brown
CoBris 2007 Chris Wills Conor Travers
COLIN 2008 Conor Travers Jon O'Neill
CoNot 2008 Dan Vanniasingham Julian Fell
CoLei 2008 Mark Tournoff Ben Wilson
COLIN 2009 Jon Corby Jon O'Neill
CoNot 2009 Dinos Sfyris Paul Howe
CoLei2 (2009) Jon O'Neill Kirk Bevins
COLIN 2010 Kirk Bevins Paul Howe
Co:Lon 2010 Innis Carson Oliver Garner
CoLei Summer Special (2010) Richard Priest Kirk Bevins
CoLei3 (2010) Kirk Bevins Matt Bayfield
COLIN 2011 Kirk Bevins James Robinson
CoLei4 (2011) Jack Hurst James Robinson
CoNot 2011 Rob Foster Richard Priest
Co:Lon 2011 Matt Bayfield Thomas Cappleman
CoChest (2011) James Robinson Richard Priest
COLIN 2012 Jon Corby Konstadinos Sfyris
CO:REA (2012) James Robinson Dan McColm
CoLei5 (2012) James Robinson Richard Priest
COHUD (2012) Kirk Bevins Dan McColm
CobliviLon (2012) Innis Carson Edward McCullagh
CoChest2 (2012) Dylan Taylor Jack Worsley
COEDI (2012) Innis Carson James Robinson
COLIN 2013 Mark Deeks Kirk Bevins
CO:REA 2013 Mark Deeks Giles Hutchings
COHUD2 (2013) Kirk Bevins Glen Webb
CobliviLon II (2013) Conor Travers Jack Worsley
CO:Leam (2013) Jack Worsley Jack Hurst
COEDI2 (2013) Innis Carson Edward McCullagh
Countdown Aces Trophy (2013) Jack Worsley Kirk Bevins
COLIN X (2014) Jack Hurst Zarte Siempre
COLIN X: The Hangover (2014) Dylan Taylor Jack Worsley
CO:REA 2014 19 April 2014 19 April 2014

Notable Countdown tournaments