If you’ve not qualified for the cups or you’ve been unlucky and been knocked out early, there is one last chance each year. The highest 64 total scores of players not in any of the current sudoku competitions (Grand Combined Tournament doesn’t count for this) are entered into a random straight knockout cup.
Sudoku Last Chance Cup
| Name | Country | Match | Score | Result | Round 4 Match |
| city isolated | China | Last Chance Match 1 | 0 | L | |
| Mikhail Tikhomirov | Cyprus | Last Chance Match 1 | 285 | W | Last Chance Match 33 |
| Jonathan Yu | Philippines | Last Chance Match 2 | 327 | W | Last Chance Match 33 |
| Michael Gross | USA | Last Chance Match 2 | 230 | L | |
| Robert Vollmert | Germany | Last Chance Match 3 | 458 | L | |
| Yu Tianxiang | China | Last Chance Match 3 | 795.3 | W | Last Chance Match 34 |
| Pavel Jaselský | Slovakia | Last Chance Match 4 | 504 | W | Last Chance Match 34 |
| Yanzhe Qiu | China | Last Chance Match 4 | 0 | L | |
| Bob Gui | China | Last Chance Match 5 | 450 | W | Last Chance Match 35 |
| Nicholas Allendorf | USA | Last Chance Match 5 | 339 | L | |
| Sinchai Jaturangkhajit | Thailand | Last Chance Match 6 | 0 | L – author – winner on last result | Last Chance Match 35 |
| Harrison Beer | Australia | Last Chance Match 6 | 494 | W | |
| Valeria Losasso | Italy | Last Chance Match 7 | 292 | L | |
| SeongHwa Hong | Korea, South | Last Chance Match 7 | 536 | W | Last Chance Match 36 |
| cheng hao zhang | China | Last Chance Match 8 | 0 | D – tie break winner | Last Chance Match 36 |
| Ankit Ramteke | India | Last Chance Match 8 | 0 | D | |
| Zbigniew Laskowski | Poland | Last Chance Match 9 | 0 | L | |
| Zhengze Zhou | China | Last Chance Match 9 | 255 | W | Last Chance Match 37 |
| Md Azim Hossain Sakib Sakib | Bangladesh | Last Chance Match 10 | 0 | L | |
| Yuji Yamamoto | Japan | Last Chance Match 10 | 432 | W | Last Chance Match 37 |
| Freddie Hand | UK | Last Chance Match 11 | 812.7 | W | Last Chance Match 38 |
| Takuya Sugimoto | Japan | Last Chance Match 11 | 556 | L | |
| Kartik Reddy | India | Last Chance Match 12 | 409 | W | Last Chance Match 38 |
| Maxim Li | USA | Last Chance Match 12 | 0 | L | |
| 黄明睿 Huang | China | Last Chance Match 13 | 833.5 | W | Last Chance Match 39 |
| yongbu Wang | China | Last Chance Match 13 | 0 | L | |
| Todd Geldon | USA | Last Chance Match 14 | 373 | W | Last Chance Match 39 |
| Kin Ting Chan | Hong Kong | Last Chance Match 14 | 345 | L | |
| 志航 杨 | China | Last Chance Match 15 | 442 | W | Last Chance Match 40 |
| Cheryl Gaul | USA | Last Chance Match 15 | 269 | L | |
| Chris Narrikkattu | USA | Last Chance Match 16 | 347 | L | |
| Jonathan Bode | USA | Last Chance Match 16 | 353 | W | Last Chance Match 40 |
| Quilhot Nicolas | France | Last Chance Match 17 | 357 | W | Last Chance Match 41 |
| Pitchaya Apichetyota | Thailand | Last Chance Match 17 | 14 | L | |
| Tana Wattanawaroon | Thailand | Last Chance Match 18 | 0 | L – author – still not winner | |
| Heyu Wang | China | Last Chance Match 18 | 553 | W | Last Chance Match 41 |
| Jiri Hrdina | Czech Rep. | Last Chance Match 19 | 385 | L | |
| Arnaud Dumont | France | Last Chance Match 19 | 405 | W | Last Chance Match 42 |
| Enyang Li | China | Last Chance Match 20 | 548 | L | |
| BOY JOY | Albania | Last Chance Match 20 | 596 | W | Last Chance Match 42 |
| Ladawan Ruengchimplee | Thailand | Last Chance Match 21 | 292 | W | Last Chance Match 43 |
| Rauno Pärnits | Estonia | Last Chance Match 21 | 0 | L | |
| Lenka Chaloupková | Czech Rep. | Last Chance Match 22 | 329 | L | |
| Julien DAL ZOTTO | France | Last Chance Match 22 | 397 | W | Last Chance Match 43 |
| Pavel Kadlečík | Czech Rep. | Last Chance Match 23 | 642 | W | Last Chance Match 44 |
| Ragnar Kruberg | Estonia | Last Chance Match 23 | 314 | L | |
| Jaipal Reddy | India | Last Chance Match 24 | 450 | W | Last Chance Match 44 |
| Giulia Cossutti | Italy | Last Chance Match 24 | 397 | L | |
| Walker Anderson | USA | Last Chance Match 25 | 483 | L | |
| Krystian Świderski | Poland | Last Chance Match 25 | 518 | W | Last Chance Match 45 |
| Suyu Liu | China | Last Chance Match 26 | 359 | W | Last Chance Match 45 |
| SANGJUN AHN | Korea, South | Last Chance Match 26 | 290 | L | |
| Serhii Tyshchenko | Ukraine | Last Chance Match 27 | 536 | W | Last Chance Match 46 |
| Patrick Kanz | Germany | Last Chance Match 27 | 301 | L | |
| Dan Katz | USA | Last Chance Match 28 | 467 | W | Last Chance Match 46 |
| Jason Lee | USA | Last Chance Match 28 | 324 | L | |
| Florian Habermann | Germany | Last Chance Match 29 | 171 | W | Last Chance Match 47 |
| Verena Möhler | Germany | Last Chance Match 29 | 0 | L | |
| SHANSHUI WANYAN | China | Last Chance Match 30 | 536 | W | Last Chance Match 47 |
| Timothy Leong | Australia | Last Chance Match 30 | 420 | L | |
| Svetlozar Stefanov | Bulgaria | Last Chance Match 31 | 0 | L | |
| Mikołaj Piotrowski | Poland | Last Chance Match 31 | 451 | W | Last Chance Match 48 |
| Elizabeth Izaks | Netherlands | Last Chance Match 32 | 253 | W | Last Chance Match 48 |
| zhiyang Tong | China | Last Chance Match 32 | 0 | L |