2001 Jeopardy! International Championship

Host

Alex Trebek

Announcer

Johnny Gilbert

Broadcast

02/12/01-02/16/01

Packager

Sony Pictures Television

Jeopardy! International Championship was the modern Jeopardy's last international tournament to and take place during episodes of the syndicated version. Featuring the three-week, two-round format as the traditional tournaments on Jeopardy!, it was held in honor of the tournament and offered a $50,000 top prize. The event's first round ran from February 12th-16th, 2001, and ended with the champions of all three games, as well as two non-winners with the highest scores, moving on to the finals. The three final matches were televised from February 12th-14th, with the finals airing from February 15th-16th.

Contestants

Name	Country	Occupation	Results
Carsten Wiedemann	Denmark	Journalist	★
Firat Isbecer	Turkey	University student
Fredrik Gildea	Sweden	Language teacher and scholar	★
Gosia Czepek	Poland	Senior tax consultant
Laszlo Mero	Hungary	Associate professor
Ott Sandrak	Estonia	Municipal civil servant
Robin Carroll	United States	Instructional designer	★
Sharon Eshel	Israel	Graduate student
Yuri Bershidski	Russia	Television producer

Game Summary

Game	Air Date	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Detail
SF #1	February 12, 2001	Yuri Bershidski	$19,100	Sharon Eshel	$2,800	Carsten Wiedemann	$19,600	#
SF #2	February 13, 2001	Robin Carroll	$15,000	Firat Isbecer	$1	Ott Sandrak	$11	#
SF #3	February 14, 2001	Gosia Czepek	$1	Fredrik Gildea	$18,000	Laszlo Mero	$0	#
Final	February 15, 2001	Carsten Wiedemann	$2,800	Fredrik Gildea	$5,800	Robin Carroll	$14,000	#
	February 16, 2001		$1,500		$5,199		$10,400	#
Total			$4,300		$10,999		$24,400

Trivia

• This was the last international tournament.
• This was the same location that was appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! before the first semifinal match.

List

Jeopardy! International Tournament
1996	1997	2001