NEWS
GRAND FINAL 2022 OVERVIEW WITH ALL RESULTS LISTED
It was true GRAND FINAL with epic results, achieved in dramatic, James Bond movie atmosphere and style.
PHOTOS: Nikola Brboleza & Matko Petric
NThe new World Champion ran the best race of his life, and with absolute dominance, he climbed to the very top of the WORLD.
The CSWC GRAND FINAL 2022 was one of the most spectacular, and it will be remembered as the glory of a Polish couple Borys and Klaudia who, for the first time, conceived the world as a slow smoking couple. They did it in the James Bond style, which is even more impressive given that both of them work in the fashion industry, nurturing exactly that style - Bond and Bond Girl. It was truly like that in that close fight for the World Champion title and the title of the world's best woman.
They not only did historical things for the CSWC as the first couple to stand on the throne of the CSWC World, but they also sealed season 2022 as one for the history books in which one country dominated the most, as no other ever has, and that is POLAND. We can conclude with pleasure that Poland, as country achieved the greatest success of in the history of the CSWC by finishing the season with 8 positions in the top 20 list, as well as the titles of World Champion and Best Woman plus new record on Rocky Patel CSWC cigar.
Season 2022 was spectacular, and it ended spectacularly, with a spectacular victory of spectacular people. The true James Bond atmosphere of this high-end challenge drew the best of the best from around the world, and it was a true celebration of positive competitiveness and deep feelings of sincere friendship. - Marko Bilic, CSWC Founder
Klaudia Ide, Woman world Champion in her signature competition position which in the eyes of spectators is almost as art.
GRAND FINAL 2022 will be remembered as the culmination of an exciting qualification season in which some new names appeared on stage suddenly and unexpectedly and demonstrated that today they shaped the history of CSWC as just the beginning of an amazing future. For certain, that name is Drew EMC from Apex, USA, who has shown that he is capable of returning the United States to the top of the CSWC after a long period of absence in that elite category of top smokers. He is already there with a stunning achievement in season 2022: second place on the top 20 list and second place on the GRAND FINAL race, both times smoking for more than 3 hours. Many believe he is the new successor to his compatriot and legend Darren Cioffi, and that he may even surpass him in the future.
Drew Emch from Apex cigar lounge USA, the biggest surprise of the season 2022 and Grand Finale 2022
Even though he was well known to the CSWC as one of its best friends and supporters, Dimitry Smirnov surprised everyone in the 2022 season. As previously stated, he has extensive experience in the CSWC as both an organizer and a competitor - albeit a competitor with great times who has never finished higher than second in qualification events. He nailed it this year. He won the Open Baltik Championship in Tallinn and placed third in the GRAND FINALE. With pushing cigar to its limits, he burned the ring and lost his second place, but managed to keep an amazing third place, and with this result he wrote history with bronze letters for the Latvian cigar community as the first one from Latvia who put the Latvian flag in the top three the best smokers in the world, and the first one who marked Latvian flag and his name in the elite group of smokers capable of smoking 3 hours. His name will be included in the Top 20 list of the greatest world smokers of all time.
Dimitry Smirnow from Latvia, great gentlemen and CSWC friend, marked history for Latvian cigar community with bronze letters
Other competitors did an outstanding job. The fight was fierce, and the race was thrilling. Hauke Walter of Germany, one of the favorites, finished fourth after struggling with burning. At the same time, this was not the night for Henrik Kristensoon, the former World Champion from Sweden, who finished ninth. Denis Demich, a smoker from Latvia, surprised everyone by finishing in fifth place - another success for Latvia. Croatia is one of the best countries on this Finals with veterans Nenad and Zoran and great and proven newcomer Ivan Zizic,who managed to put Croatian flag on three positions in TOP 10. Daniel Friedenthal of Austria proved that he can always be counted on, and with a strong sixth place finish, he is back on track for next season. The country with the most competitors was the United Kingdom, and Etan Patel once again demonstrated why he is the UK Champion - he was the best among them, finishing 14th overall.
All times are listed below:
CSWC GRAND FINALE 2022
RESULTS
POSITION
COUNTRY
FINAL TIME
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1. Borys Szokodziak POL 3h, 20min, 03sec
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2. Drew Emch USA 3h, 00min, 04sec
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3. Dimitri Smirnov LVA 2h, 52min, 52sec
4. Hauke Walter GER 2h, 42min, 18sec
5. Denis Demich LVA 2h, 24min, 54sec
6. Daniel Friedenthal AUT 2h, 21min, 35sec
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7. Nenad Medak CRO 2h, 20min, 06sec
8. Zoran Pejovic CRO 2h, 06min, 53sec
9. Henrik Kristensson SWE 2h, 00min, 00sec
10. Ivan Zizic CRO 2h, 00min, 00sec
11. Michael Iverson DEN 1h, 54min, 50sec
12. Ali Iravani AUT 1h, 51min, 04sec
13. Klaudia Ide POL 1h, 49min, 22sec
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14. Etan Patel UK 1h, 48min, 41sec
15. Michael Jelard UK 1h, 43min, 00sec
16. Dariusz Jacek POL 1h, 42min, 51sec
17. Rolf Brock NOR 1h, 42min, 10sec
18. Elena Tronina POL 1h, 41min, 51sec
19. Sarkis Akopov AUS 1h, 40min, 24sec
20. Donato Moriconi SVK 1h, 39min, 40sec
21. Marc Libeling GER 1h, 37min, 40sec
22. Aniello Buonincontro ITA 1h, 37min, 38sec
23. Martin Williams UK 1h, 36min, 52sec
24. Pavlos Pavlidis GRC 1h, 36min, 01sec
25. Paresh Patel UK 1h, 35min, 23sec
26. Julius Honsch UK 1h, 32min, 59sec
27. Jamal Hipps USA 1h, 30min, 26sec
28. Massimo Rossi CHE 1h, 29min, 48sec
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29. Kamer Alyanakyan TUR 1h, 28min, 55sec
30. Veiko Tamm EST 1h, 23min, 08sec
31. Nika Pavelin CRO 1h, 19min, 51sec
32. Dejan Atanovski MKD 1h, 17min, 10sec
33. Philip Ashley Rudd UK 1h, 12min, 10sec
34 . Jadran Lazic CRO 1h, 09min, 14sec
35. Tamlyn Thompson UK 1h, 09min, 03sec
36. Stuart Presgrave UK 1h, 08min, 10sec
37. Jakub Wojciechowski POL 1h, 04min, 19sec
38. Gilles Tanghe BEL 1h, 03min, 58sec
39. Dalton Cole USA 0h, 57min, 38sec
40. Kristian Lind Jensen DNK 0h, 56min, 03sec
41. Alex Lerian USA 0h, 53min, 15sec
42. Saso Dukovski MKD 0h, 45min, 54sec
43. Don Pepone GER 0h, 36min, 50sec
44. Nikola Popovski MKD 0h, 30min, 30sec
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45. Dejan Pazin SVN 0h, 29min, 31sec
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46. Ayman El Mahdi QAT 0h, 19min, 47sec
47. Toni Stoilov CRO 0h, 18min, 48sec
48. Matko Kuzmanic CRO 0h, 16min, 03sec
49. Natasha Nicolazzi CHE 0h, 12min, 00sec
50. Oliver Walla AUT 0h, 07min, 30sec
51. Marcin Sakowski POL 0h, 04min, 06sec
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52. Felix Matei ROM 0h, 04min, 00sec
Etan Patel, amazing 14th position - the best among UK smokers
Borys in full focus in last third of his slow smoking Grand Final race
Michael Iverson achieved the best position ever for Denmark on the Grand Finale - 11th position.
Klaudia Ide in her slow smoking start, fully dedicated to thze one mission - and she achieved that - best Woman of the World