31 participants tried their luck in reaching the final in Split this September when the Cigar Smoking World Championship came to Greece for the second time.
CSWC in Azerbaijan
Fine dining and prized wines at the Baku resturant Jakonda made for a perfect warm-up when Azerbaijan hosted its second ever Cigar Smoking World championship qualifier.
CSWC in Germany
At the end of May Mikael “Zeke” Zander became Swedish slow smoking champion for the third time.
CSWC in Belarus
24 seconds. That’s how close Andrey Leontiev was to reach that sought-after three hour time limit, when the Cigar Smoking World Championship came to Minsk.
CSWC in Slovakia
Just like last year the Slovakian qualifier for the Cigar Smoking World Championship consisted of two rounds, the first one in Košice and the second one in Bratislava.
CSWC in Latvia
Latvian slow smoker Nikola Branjak is probably way too familiar with the concept “close but no cigar” by now. Last year he was in the lead when his cigar suddenly went out and he had to concede to Denis Demitch. This year he came in second again, only a minute and a half behind first time competitor, Alexander Ostrovskiy. Â
CSWC in Finland
This year’s qualification round of the Cigar Smoking World Championship in Finland was bigger than ever.
Loser winner of CSWC in Switzerland
CSWC in Switzerland.
CSWC Club
Since smoking laws vary greatly from country to country it hasn’t always been easy to keep up, and that’s why they started the CSWC Club.Â
Simultaneous Slow Smoking in the US
For the first time the US qualification rounds for the Cigar Smoking World Championship will be held on the same date, and on a much smaller scale. Instead of 17 local competitions like last year there will be five, all at Burn by Rocky Patel lounges around the country.
CSWC Sweden
The Cigar Smoking World Championship organization called it the most anticipated qualification round of the season.
CSWC Austria
After last year’s third place Daniel Friedenthaler reclaimed the title of Austrian slow smoking champion.
