Nordic Quizzing Championships

The Nordic Quizzing Championships is a bi-annual quiz event in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Top quizzers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland Islands, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are invited.

Finalists of the individual competition at the 2018 Nordic Quizzing Championships in Tallinn, Estonia

The event includes three different competitions: An Individual Competition, a Team Competition, and a Pairs Competition.

International Quizzing Association delegates from Estonia, Finland and Norway, meeting at the European Quizzing Championships in Blackpool in November 2007, began talks with a view to instituting a Nordic Championships. The first event was hosted by Tallinn, Estonia in 2008.[1] In 2010 the competition was in Turku, Finland.[2] The 2012 championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark.[3] In 2015 the competition was held in Oslo, Norway following a 3-year break.[4] In 2018 the championships took place in Tallinn, Estonia.[5]

Results

2008: Tallinn

10 May 2008.[6]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Tero Kalliolevo Ole Martin Halck Thomas Kolåsæter
Pairs Tero Kalliolevo
Jussi Suvanto		 Ole Martin Halck
Harald Aastorp		 Øystein Aadnevik
Dag Fjeldstad
Teams Tero Kalliolevo
Jussi Suvanto
Jari-Pekka Vuorela
Tuomas Tumi		 Dag Fjeldstad
Harald Aastorp
Lars Heggland
Knut Heggland		 Tore Dahl
Trine Aalborg
Thomas Kolåsæter
Ole Martin Halck

2010: Turku

22 and 23 May 2010.[7]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Tero Kalliolevo Tore Dahl Harald Aastorp
Pairs Tero Kalliolevo
Tuomas Tumi		 Tore Dahl
Ole Martin Halck		 Knut Heggland
Lars Heggland
Teams Tero Kalliolevo
Tuomas Tumi
Jari-Pekka Vuorela
Jari Hynninen		 Sigve Sørland
Harald Aastorp
Stig Sanner
Lars Heggland		 Tore Dahl
Jon Strøm
Thomas Kolåsæter
Knut Heggland

2012: Copenhagen

19 and 20 May 2012.[8]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Tero Kalliolevo Thomas Kolåsæter Harald Aastorp
Pairs Tero Kalliolevo
Tuomas Tumi		 Ove Põder
Tauno Vahter		 Thomas Kolåsæter
Tore Dahl
Teams Thomas Kolåsæter
Ole Martin Halck
Lars Heggland
Tore Dahl		 Ove Põder
Igor Habal
Arko Olesk
Tauno Vahter		 Harald Aastorp
Ingrid Sande Larsen
Stig Sanner
Geir Kristiansen

2015: Oslo

25 and 26 April 2015.[9]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Thomas Kolåsæter Ove Põder Tero Kalliolevo
Pairs Tero Kalliolevo
Jussi Suvanto		 Tore Dahl
Thomas Kolåsæter		 Ole Martin Halck
Harald Aastorp
Teams Thomas Kolåsæter
Ole Martin Halck
Geir Kristiansen
Harald Aastorp		 Arne Blakkisrud
Lars Heggland
Knut Heggland
Stig Sanner		 Jari Hakalax
Tero Kalliolevo
Jussi Suvanto
Tuomas Tumi

2018: Tallinn
The Finnish bronze medalists at the 2018 team competition (left to right: Markku Virtanen, Tero Kalliolevo, Tuomas Tumi, Jussi Suvanto)

19 and 20 May 2018.[10][11][12]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Igor Habal Ole Martin Halck Tero Kalliolevo
Pairs Igor Habal
Kaarel Silmato		 Tore Dahl
Thomas Kolåsæter		 Ove Põder
Tauno Vahter
Teams Igor Habal
Ove Põder
Kaarel Silmato
Tauno Vahter		 Thomas Kolåsæter
Lars Heggland
Tore Dahl
Geir Kristiansen		 Markku Virtanen
Tero Kalliolevo
Jussi Suvanto
Tuomas Tumi
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References
  1. Põhjamaade meistrivõistlused 10.05.2008
  2. Nordisk mesterskap 2010 - parkonkurransen
  3. NQC 2012
  4. Nordic Quizzing Championship 2015
  5. Nordic Quizzing Championship 2018
  6. Hooaeg 2007/08 10.05 - Põhjamaade MV
  7. NQC 2010 in English
  8. NQC 2012
  9. Results from the Nordic Quizzing Championships 2015
  10. Põhjamaade MV - üksikmäng
  11. Põhjamaade MV - võistkonnamäng
  12. Põhjamaade MV - paarismäng
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