Pairings – Round 1
August 20th, 2016
Here are the Pairings for Round 1 of the 2016 World Championship!
| Table | Player 1 | vs. | Player 2 |
| 1 | Buttiglieri, Carmello (Germany) | vs. | Aguilar Gonzalez, Brandon Ossiel (Mexico) |
| 2 | Sato, Kai (Japan) | vs. | Casiero, Matthew Adam (Australia) |
| 3 | Hiyama, Shunsuke (Japan) | vs. | Bachar, Samir (France) |
| 4 | Bakewell, Finn Rory (United Kingdom) | vs. | Rinaldi Petroni, Joaquin (Argentina) |
| 5 | Yada, Makoto (Japan) | vs. | Rowe, Thomas Isaiah (United States) |
| 6 | Smith, Travis Allen (United States) | vs. | Roma, Lorenzo Salvatore (Italy) |
| 7 | Hutchins, Adam Brian (United States) | vs. | Choi, Byung-Hyug (Korea) |
| 8 | Momiji, Daiki (Japan) | vs. | Nguyen, Jimmy TX (United States) |
| 9 | Kajihara, Soichiro (Japan) | vs. | Williams-Ademe, Admassu (United States) |
| 10 | Christensen, Erik Godwin (United States) | vs. | Temnyk, Bohdan John (Australia) |
| 11 | Hsiao, Tsun-Yu (Taiwan) | vs. | Flores Barboza, Mijail Stephano (Peru) |
