World finals: Contestants
- Veronique Rousseau Canada
- Ryan Stevenson Belgium
- Sylvain Bortolini USA
- John Costello United Kingdom
- Damien Deslandes Lebanon
- Luis Robledo Mexico
- Xavier Berger France
- Frank Haasnoot Netherlands
- Jana Ristau Germany
- Yoshiaki Uezaki Japan
- Yumiko Saimura Italy
- Claudia Schmid Switzerland
- Francisco Somoza Spain
- Mariusz Buritta Eastern Europe
- Palle Sørensen Denmark
- Asgeir Sandholt Iceland
- Alexander Ilyukhin Russia
- Seung Yun Lee Australia
- Chi Hsien Cheng Taiwan