This is your quick reference schedule for Round One of the 2014 World Barista Championship, hosted by World Coffee Events in Rimini, Italy. The opening field includes 54 baristas total, each eligible to advance based on points to the Semi Finals Round of 18. Official WBC Livestream is available here. Conversion tables for your local time are available here.
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If you’re looking for Day Two competitors, skip down here.
Day One–Monday, June 9, 2014–28 Competitors
1. 8:15 Craig Simon, Think Tank Coffee, Australia @craig_simon @ThinkTankCoffee
2. 8:35 Soren Stiller Markussen, Great Coffee, Denmark @sorenstiller
3. 8:55 Kapo Chiu, The Cupping Room, Hong Kong @TheCuppingRoom
4. 9:15 Dmitry Koryukin, Omni Coffee, Russia @dmkoryukin
5. 9:35 Sonja Zweidick, La Cabra, Austria @Lacabracoffee
6. 9:55 Yoshua Tanu, Common Grounds Coffee Roastery, Indonesia @ystanu @commongroundsjkt
7. 10:15 Charlene De Buysere, OR Coffee Roasters, Belgium @DeBuysereC
8. 10:35 Krisztian Nagy, Expresso Cafe Hungary, Hungary
9. 10:55 Tse-Lin (Berg) Wu, Simple Kaffa, Taiwan @simplekaffa
10. 11:15 Dailess Nalwamba, Blue Moon Cafe, Zambia
11. 11:35 Tobias Palm, Johan & Nystrom, Sweden @JN_Oy
12. 11:55 Giacomo Vannelli, Pasticceria Vannelli, Italy @GiacomoVannelli
13. 12:15 Marian Plajdicko, Slovakia @plajdo @THEBARNBERLIN
14. 12:35 Erna Tosberg, Roestbar, Germany @kommissar_ern
15. 12:55 Kevin Israel Fortu, EDSA Beverage Design Group, Philippines
16. 1:15 Godfrey Batte, Africa Coffee Academy, Uganda @AfricaCoffeeACA
17. 1:35 Pete Williams, 3fe, Ireland @3fe
18. 1:55 Nicolas Rico, Amor Perfecto, Colombia @nicolaswbc27 @amorperfectocaf
19. 2:15 Nina Rimpl, Henauer Kaffee, Switzerland @HenauerKaffee
20. 2:35 Vinicio Bastidas, Cafe Logia, Ecuador
21. 2:55 Luca Casadei, Independent, France @lucacasadei7
22. 3:15 GeunHa Park, Fritz Coffee Corp., Korea @geunha
23. 3:35 Agustina Roman, Coffee Town, Argentina @baristazen
24. 3:55 Christos Loukakis, TAF, Greece @chrisbarista @tafcoffee
25. 4:15 Leo Moco, Café do Moço, Brazil
26. 4:35 William Hernandez, Viva Espresso, El Salvador @williamhve @VivaEspresso1
27. 4:40 Ben Put, Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, Canada @philandseb @putankhamun
28. 5:15 Harrysson Neira, El Café de Harry, Peru @harryneira
Day Two–Tuesday, June 10, 2014–25 Competitors
29. 8:15 Xin Yi Loke, Common Man Coffee Roasters, Singapore @kopiakia_xin @commonmancoffee
30. 8:35 Hiroko Hanna Teramoto, Espresso Workshop, New Zealand @espworkshop
31. 8:55 Craig Charity, Lineage Coffee, South Africa @craigcharity @lineagecoffee
32. 9:15 Natalia Ostapyuk, World of Coffee, Ukraine
33. 9:35 Kushal Kumar Balami, Raw Coffee Company, United Arab Emirates @rawcoffee
34. 9:55 Coen Van Sprang, Bocca Coffee Roasters, The Netherlands @boccacoffee
35. 10:15 Eric Kithinji, Nairobi Java House Limited, Kenya @nairobi_java
36. 10:35 Yalian Wu, Chu Family Cafe, China
37. 10:55 Helka Ikonen, Cafe Art, Finland
38. 11:15 Vaiva Maskovaite, Caravan (London), Lithuania @caravanexmouth
39. 11:35 Varatt Vichit-Vadakan, Think Beyond, Thailand
40. 11:55 Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, Colonna & Small’s, United Kingdom @colonna_smalls
41. 12:15 Javier Garcia, Right Side Coffee Roasters, Spain @rightsidecoffee
42. 12:35 Katarzyna Zyzalo, Independent, Poland
43. 12:55 Tore Overleir, Dromedar Kaffebar, Norway @dromedarkaffe
44. 1:15 Koray Erdogdu, Mambocino Coffee, Turkey
45. 1:35 David Coelho, Independent, Portugal
46. 1:55 Michal Kocman, Coffee Fusion, Czech Republic
47. 2:15 Hidenori Izaki, Maruyama Coffee Co., Japan @maruyamacoffee
48. 2:35 Maria Auxiliadora Bonilla, Cafe Don Mayo, Costa Rica @cafedonmayo
49. 2:55 Stefan Laurentiu, Barista School, Romania
50. 3:15 Jose Miguel Echeverria Donis, Cafe El Injerto, Guatemala @elinjertocoffee
51. 3:35 Daniel Rivera, Hacienda San Pedro, Puerto Rico @bici_cafe
52. 3:55 Laila Ghambari, Cherry Street Coffee House, United States @cherrystreet @lay_luh
53. 4:15 Erika Chagoya Leon, Gradios!, Mexico
54. 4:35 Jose Luis Herrera Madrid, Cafe Estancia, Honduras
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