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Welcome to the 28th annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship

The "World Cup" is truly the only worldwide tournament of its kind. Each July 4, teams fish for 8 hours in their time zone to see who can catch the largest blue marlin over 500 pounds. Winner takes all. There is no second place. July 4, 2012 is on Wednesday and the cash prize will be in the hundreds of thousands.

The World Cup supports game fishing though its support of the IGFA and The Billfish Foundation.

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The 28th annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship is less than two months away
May 4, 2012
The 28th annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship is less than two months away. This worldwide one day event takes place each July 4 for eight hours in each team’s time zone.  The heaviest blue marlin, over 500 pounds, stands to win hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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MAUI JIM JOINS WORLD CUP
March 18, 2012
The World Cup Blue Marlin Championship (World Cup) has announced that the popular Maui Jim sunglasses has joined the tournament as the official sunglasses of the World Cup.

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Where in the world will the 2012 winning blue marlin be caught in the July 4 World Cup?
January 16, 2012
Where in the world will the 2012 winning blue marlin be caught in the July 4 World Cup? Hundreds of thousands of dollars will be at stake. Will it be a repeat win for Kona, Bermuda, Madeira, or the Cape Verde Islands?

Mike Leech - Tournament Director Email Me Lynda Wilson - Assistant Tournament Director
Jose Ribeiro - (Madeira) Kathy Bakke - (Kona Hawaii)
Jimmy Loveland - (St. Thomas) Dan Jacobs - (Bermuda)
Dr Ian Nicolson - (Angola) Berno Niebuhr - (Cape Verde Islands)
Augusto Figueira - (Algarve, Portugal) Jimmy Taylor - (US Gulf Coast)
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