NHPA Men's World Preliminary Class-A Champions
			40 Shoe Game Era 1982
	Year	Class	First	Last	State	W	L	Average %	World Location
	2023	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	14	1	84.33%	Lansing, Michigan (*)
	2022	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	0	89.00%	West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
	2021	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	0	85.17%	Winnemucca, Nevada (*)
	2020	WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus
	2019	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	0	88.83%	Wichita Falls, Texas  (*)
	2018	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	13.5	1.5	84.50%	Florence, South Carolina (*)
	2017	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	1	89.22%	St. George, Utah (*)
	2016	A-1	Brian	Simmons	VT	15	0	77.00%	Montgomery, AL (*)
	2015	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	0	90.00%	Topeka, Kansas (*)
	2014	A-1	Brian	Simmons	VT	15	0	85.50%	Buffalo, New York (*)
	2013	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	1	89.22%	St. George, Utah (*)
	2012	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	14	1	87.67%	Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
	2011	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	0	88.00%	West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
	2010	A-1	Brian	Simmons	VT	15	0	81.17%	Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
	2009	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	1	88.59%	Springfield, Illinois (*)
	2008	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	0	89.83%	York, Pennsylvania (*)
	2007	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	1	82.66%	Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
	2006	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	9	0	90.96%	Gillette, Wyoming (*)
	2005	A-1	Mark	Mauthe	WI	10	3	67.31%	Bakersfield, California (*)
	2004	A-1	Gary	Opper	ID	13	2	68.83%	Pocatello, Idaho (*)
	2003	A-1	Ricky	Hall	VA	11.5	3.5	67.67%	Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
	2002	A	Brian	Simmons	RI	13.5	1.5	82.50%	Red Deer, Alberta(*)
	2001	A-1	Brian	Simmons	RI	15	0	86.33%	Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
	2000	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	13.5	1.5	82.67%	Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
	1999	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	15	2	85.29%	Greenville, Ohio
	1998	A-1	Alan	Francis	OH	12	4	78.59%	Ainsworth, Nebraska
	1997	A-1	Glenn	Burris	PA	11.5	3.5	72.33%	Kitchener, Ontario (*)
	1996	A-1	Brian	Simmons	ME	13.5	1.5	81.50%	Gillette, Wyoming (*)
	1995	A-1	Brian	Simmons	ME	14	2	81.83%	Perry, Georgia (*)
	1994	A-1	Jack	Stenberg	NY	13	2	67.50%	Syracuse, New York (*)
	1993	A-7	Peter	Clark	WA	7	0	79.71%	Spearfish, South Dakota
	1992	A-4	Kevin	Cone	IA	6	1	83.71%	Columbus, Ohio (*)
	1991	A-1	Joe	Schultz	NY	10	1	77.00%	Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
	1990	A	Rich	Pintor	CO	9	0	71.40%	Stone Mtn., Georgia (#)
	1989	A-11	Jim	Knisley	OH	9	0	79.94%	Spearfish, South Dakota
	1988	A-2	Walter Ray	Williams	CA	7	0	87.50%	Pleasanton. California ( # )
	1987	A	John	Kapnis	MA	6	1	77.10%	Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
	1986	A	Walter Ray	Williams Jr.	CA	7	0	87.43%	Ainsworth, Nebraska
	1985	A	No Class A	Top 32 in Champ Class Prelims Moved up					Lafayette, Indiana ( + )
	1984	A	No Class A	Top 24 in Champ Class Prelims Moved up					Huntsville, Alabama
	1983	A	No Class A	Top 24 in Champ Class Prelims Moved up					Statesville, North Carolina
	1982	A	No Class A	Top 24 in Champ Class Prelims Moved up					Huntsville, Alabama
	Updated After World 2023
	2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus
	(*) Indoor Courts
	(#) Overhead Cover
	(+) Both
	None = Outdoors