Players

Wannes Vansina

Carcharoth 9

Belgium Team Belgium BGA profile

Belgian champion Carcassonne 2016 (live) and runner-up in 2023. Bronze medallist at the Carcassonne World Championship 2016.

Did you know? Carcassonne is one of the only board games Wannes plays competitively. Normally he prefers to break his head over cooperative games such as Arkham Horror and Tainted Grail.

Bio

Wannes Vansina, known online as Carcharoth 9, is a Belgian champion (2016) and ranks 7th in the Belgian ranking. Carcharoth 9 has played 13 editions of the live Belgian Championship since 2007.

Carcharoth 9 has represented Belgium at the World Championship once, finishing 3rd in 2016. Since 2023, Carcharoth 9 has played 22 international matches for Belgium and won 10 (45%). On Board Game Arena, Carcharoth 9 has played 2,946 rated games, with a peak rating of 647.

Honours

1 Belgian title, 1 runner-up finish and 1 World Championship appearance stand out in Carcharoth 9's record.

Year	Tournament	Result
2025	Belgian Carcassonne Online Championship	4th
2023	Belgian Championship (live)	Runner-up
2016	Belgian Championship (live)	Champion
2016	World Championship	3rd of 32 (bronze, best Belgian result at the time)

Played: 13 editions of the live Belgian Championship and 4 editions of the online championship (best: 4th in 2025).

Key figures

Measure	Value
Belgian ranking	7th (271 points, ranking rating 1771)
Head-to-head rating	14th (1627, peak 1661 on 1 Jan 2025)
Head-to-head matches	198: 110 won, 68 lost, 20 drawn (56% won)
BGA rating	596 (peak 647)
Rated BGA games	2,946
International matches for Belgium	22 (10 won, 12 lost)

National team

Carcharoth 9 has won 5 of 11 matches at official team championships and is the 10th most-capped of 21 Belgian players.

Tournament	Won–lost	Highlights
WTCOC 2026	2–2	Wins against Chile and Colombia
ETCOC 2026	2–0	Wins against Ukraine and Romania
ETCOC 2025	0–2	Narrowest loss: Ukraine (316–332)
WTCOC 2024	0–1	Narrowest loss: Peru (162–184)
ETCOC 2023	1–1	Win against Poland

In friendly internationals the record is 5–6. Highest score for Belgium: 316 points, against Ukraine (ETCOC 2025).

Rivalries

Carcharoth 9's most frequent opponent is Defdamesdompi (13 matches, 6–6–1). Against the top 10 the best record is versus JinaJina (no. 4 head-to-head): 4–0–2.

Opponent	Matches	Won–lost–drawn
Defdamesdompi (Dominic Reberez)	13	6–6–1
N2xU (Nico Wellemans)	9	4–5–0
CraftyRaf (Raf Mesotten)	8	6–2–0
71Knives (Karl Verheyden)	8	4–2–2
mobidic (Maud Quaniers)	7	5–2–0
Learn to fly (Michiel Meire)	7	4–3–0
Sicarius Lupus (Wolf Nuyts)	7	2–4–1
Lord Sjoepoelopoelos	6	5–1–0

Source: Carcassonne Belgium statistics database (Belgian Championship, online championship, league, World Championship and international matches), rankings computed on 12 October 2026. Generated by scripts/generate_player_bios.py.

Team Belgium

22 caps, 10–12 won – lost (45 %), points -85. Debut on 24 October 2023 against Poland (PL). All caps

Date	Competition	Opponent
24 Oct 2023	Friendlies Friendly 25	Merlin_89 Poland (PL)	Lost
Game 1 85 – 122 BGA table Game 2 105 – 80 BGA table Game 3 89 – 119 BGA table Points 279 – 321
28 Oct 2023	ETCOC 2023 Match 1	Kurasant123 Poland (PL)	Won · Carcharoth 9 wins tie
Game 1 97 – 97 draw BGA table Game 2 70 – 52 BGA table Points 167 – 149
28 Oct 2023	ETCOC 2023 Match 2	Priskus Portugal (PT)	Lost
Game 1 95 – 110 BGA table Game 2 95 – 97 BGA table Points 190 – 207
14 Mar 2024	Friendlies Friendly 26	Bluste Croatia (HR)	Won
Game 1 85 – 64 BGA table Game 2 78 – 100 BGA table Game 3 140 – 88 BGA table Points 303 – 252
28 Mar 2024	Friendlies Friendly 28	Lawyer Ukraine (UA)	Lost
Game 1 110 – 116 BGA table Game 2 119 – 92 BGA table Game 3 53 – 85 BGA table Points 282 – 293
21 Apr 2024	WTCOC 2024 Match 1	Sparklehorsee- Peru (PE)	Lost
Game 1 80 – 89 BGA table Game 2 82 – 95 BGA table Points 162 – 184
11 Feb 2025	Friendlies Friendly 32	Rasdarot Croatia (HR)	Lost
Game 1 89 – 99 BGA table Game 2 107 – 115 BGA table Points 196 – 214
18 Oct 2025	ETCOC 2025 Match 1	bs12 Greece (GR)	Lost
Game 1 137 – 153 BGA table Game 2 85 – 72 BGA table Game 3 85 – 119 BGA table Points 307 – 344
19 Oct 2025	ETCOC 2025 3rd/4th place	fanalexn Ukraine (UA)	Lost
Game 1 112 – 101 BGA table Game 2 92 – 111 BGA table Game 3 112 – 120 BGA table Points 316 – 332
12 Mar 2026	Friendlies Friendly 40	Stane_CP Croatia (HR)	Won
Game 1 94 – 65 BGA table Game 2 99 – 98 BGA table Points 193 – 163
17 Mar 2026	Friendlies Friendly 41	Chemimaru Ukraine (UA)	Won
Game 1 83 – 83 BGA table Game 2 99 – 100 BGA table Game 3 107 – 76 BGA table Points 289 – 259
22 Mar 2026	Friendlies Friendly 42	TRojasHenao Colombia (CO)	Lost
Game 1 88 – 107 BGA table Game 2 102 – 85 BGA table Game 3 94 – 104 BGA table Points 284 – 296
26 Mar 2026	Friendlies Friendly 43	Kingkelodeon Spain (ES)	Won
Game 1 125 – 94 BGA table Game 2 115 – 111 BGA table Points 240 – 205
28 Mar 2026	Friendlies Friendly 44	YguruguruY Japan (JP)	Lost
Game 1 93 – 80 BGA table Game 2 74 – 104 BGA table Game 3 77 – 114 BGA table Points 244 – 298
30 Mar 2026	Friendlies Friendly 45	inicolae Romania (RO)	Won
Game 1 87 – 76 BGA table Game 2 105 – 62 BGA table Points 192 – 138
2 Apr 2026	Friendlies Friendly 46	pricci Poland (PL)	Lost
Game 1 85 – 96 BGA table Game 2 69 – 85 BGA table Points 154 – 181
13 Apr 2026	WTCOC 2026 Gr.Stage 1	Carito36 Chile (CL)	Won
Game 1 93 – 91 BGA table Game 2 89 – 101 BGA table Game 3 92 – 87 BGA table Points 274 – 279
3 May 2026	WTCOC 2026 Gr.Stage 2	KR_ Knight_ Realm Brazil (BR)	Lost · lost draw
Game 1 128 – 101 BGA table Game 2 86 – 112 BGA table Game 3 81 – 81 BGA table Points 295 – 294
9 May 2026	WTCOC 2026 Gr.Stage 3	Pechitoz Colombia (CO)	Won
Game 1 107 – 105 BGA table Game 2 63 – 91 BGA table Game 3 106 – 104 BGA table Points 276 – 300
20 May 2026	WTCOC 2026 1/16 final	majkls Czech Republic (CZ)	Lost
Game 1 95 – 106 BGA table Game 2 86 – 98 BGA table Points 181 – 204
21 Sep 2026	ETCOC 2026 Gr.Stage 1	Lawyer Ukraine (UA)	Won
Game 1 116 – 113 BGA table Game 2 94 – 89 BGA table Points 210 – 202
30 Sep 2026	ETCOC 2026 Gr.Stage 3	Mars15 Romania (RO)	Won
Game 1 69 – 83 BGA table Game 2 125 – 119 BGA table Game 3 78 – 74 BGA table Points 272 – 276

Tournaments

Tournament	Place	Points
Team Belgium Qualifiers WTCOC 2026	1 (Group A · qualified)	4
BCOC 2026	7
BCLC 2025	6	5
Team Belgium Qualifiers WTCOC 2025	7 (Group B)	1
BCOC 2025	4
BCLC 2024	15
Team Belgium Qualifiers WTCOC 2024	1 (Group A · qualified)	5
BCOC 2024	7
BCLC 2023	2	25
BCOC 2023	7
BCLC 2022	24	14.5
BCLC 2018	33	18
BCLC 2017	10	22
BCLC 2016	1
WK 2016	3 (BRONS - Beste Belgische WK-resultaat)	5
BCLC 2015	20	19
BCLC 2014	18	19
BCLC 2013	32	16
BCLC 2012	11	20
BCLC 2008	13	10
BCLC 2007	25	6

Ranking breakdown details

Event	Raw	Decay	Points
ETCOC 2026 [Gr.Stage 3] — W vs opp	4	1.00	4.0
ETCOC 2026 [Gr.Stage 1] — W vs opp	4	1.00	4.0
WTCOC 2026 [1/16 final] — L vs opp	0	1.00	0.0
WTCOC 2026 [Gr.Stage 3] — W vs opp	4	1.00	4.0
WTCOC 2026 [Gr.Stage 2] — L vs opp	0	1.00	0.0
WTCOC 2026 [Gr.Stage 1] — W vs opp	4	1.00	4.0
Friendlies [Friendly 46] — L vs opp	0	1.00	0.0
Friendlies [Friendly 45] — W vs opp	2	1.00	2.0
Friendlies [Friendly 44] — L vs opp	0	1.00	0.0
Friendlies [Friendly 43] — W vs opp	2	1.00	2.0
Friendlies [Friendly 42] — L vs opp	0	1.00	0.0
Friendlies [Friendly 41] — W vs opp	2	1.00	2.0
Friendlies [Friendly 40] — W vs opp	2	1.00	2.0
BCOC 2026 — rank 7	17	1.00	12.8
ETCOC 2025 [3rd/4th place] — L vs opp	0	0.85	0.0
ETCOC 2025 [Match 1] — L vs opp	0	0.85	0.0
Friendlies [Friendly 32] — L vs opp	0	0.85	0.0
BCOC 2025 — rank 4	35	0.85	22.3
BCLC 2025 — rank 6	20	0.85	17.0
WTCOC 2024 [Match 1] — L vs opp	0	0.72	0.0
Friendlies [Friendly 28] — L vs opp	0	0.72	0.0
Friendlies [Friendly 26] — W vs opp	2	0.72	1.4
BCOC 2024 — rank 7	17	0.72	9.2
BCLC 2024 — rank 15	8	0.72	5.8
ETCOC 2023 [Match 1] — W vs opp	4	0.61	2.5
ETCOC 2023 [Match 2] — L vs opp	0	0.61	0.0
Friendlies [Friendly 25] — L vs opp	0	0.61	0.0
BCOC 2023 — rank 7	17	0.61	7.8
BCLC 2023 — rank 2	70	0.61	43.0
BCLC 2022 — rank 24	3	0.52	1.6
BCLC 2018 — rank 33	1	0.27	0.3
BCLC 2017 — rank 10	8	0.23	1.9
BCLC 2016 — rank 1	100	0.20	19.7
BCLC 2015 — rank 20	3	0.17	0.5
BCLC 2014 — rank 18	3	0.14	0.4
BCLC 2013 — rank 32	3	0.12	0.4
BCLC 2012 — rank 11	8	0.10	0.8
BCLC 2008 — rank 13	8	0.10	0.8
BCLC 2007 — rank 25	3	0.10	0.3
WK 2016 — rank 3/36	94.285714285714	0.20	13.0

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7 Oct 2026	dayvillage (85)	130	630 (+3)	table
7 Oct 2026	Mattia leg (105)	140	627 (+2)	table
7 Oct 2026	Mattia leg (88)	131	625 (+3)	table