The winner is: Arthur J Telle Thlemann- Spain

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Noam Kortler- Israel
2. Dany Weinberg- Israel
3. Amir Stern - Israel
4. Yahav Esh – Israel
 
 The Best Singular Entry:
1,000 bottles of Maccabee beer
+ 11 days diving trip to Cocos Island
aboard Undersea Hunter Group

The winner is: Izchak Yogev -  Israel

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Arthur J Telle Thlemann - Spain
2. Yonatan Nir- Israel
3. Boaz Samorai - Israel
4. Ran Marom- Israel
 
 Mayor of Eilat Prize:
$ 2,000 for the competition's album cover

The winner is: Magnus Lundgren- Sweden

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Dombovarski Tibor - Hungary
2. Sharon Rainis – Israel
3. Amir Stern – Israel
4.Arthur j Telle Thlemann - Spain
 
 
The Judge's Prize:
Seacam Housing for Nikon (worth $5,500)
 
The winner is: Dany Weinberg- Israel

The additional 4 nominees: 
1.Noam Kortler - Israel
2. Sharon Rainis - Israel
3. Yonatan Nir - Israel
4. Noam Kortler - Israel

 
Eilat's Video Clip Category

 $7,500 courtesy of Oceanic products
+ Diving trip to Tawali resort-Papua New Guinea
+Round trip air tickets Singapore/Papua/Singapore
courtesy of Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority
 
The winner is: Amotz Tal– Israel

The additional 4 nominees: 
1.Gyula Somogyi - Hungary
2. Bruno Vanherck - Belguim
3. Nadel Eytan - Israel
4. Arnon Yogev – Israel
 
* The films will be shown soon

   

 Images of the World
 
The Best 5 Images - Digital Images (Portfolio)
 $3,000 courtesy of Olympus
+ 7 days diving for two to the Red Sea,
Aboard the Luxurious Liveaboard VIP1

 The winner is: Noam Kortler - Israel

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Franco Banfi – Swiss
2. Levent Konuk – Turkey
3. Jose Alejandro Alvarez – Dominican Republic
4. Ofer Ketter - Israel
 
 
Best color print
$3,000 courtesy of Quick-Soft, Adobe Israel
+ 7 days diving for two to the Red Sea,
Aboard Sinai Dive's Legendary Ghazala 1 Yacht.

The winner is: Todd Essick - USA

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Andrey Nekrasov - Russia
2. Rossi Antidio - Italy
3. Mirko Zanni - Swiss
4. Noam Kortler –Israel
 
 
The Best Wrecks of the World - Black & White (Print)

$2,000 courtesy of Cyprus Tourism Organization
+ D9 diving computer courtesy of Suunto
 
The winner is: Mirko Zanni - Swiss

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Ernst Seeling – Austria
2. Yonatan Nir – Israel 
3. Andi Voeltz – Germany
4. Mirko Zanni - Swiss
 
 
The Best Humoristic Image (Print )

Subal Housing for Nikon (worth $5,000 )
 
The winner is:  Jean Bourrel – France

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Eckhard Krumpholz - Germany
2. Alptekin Baloglu - Turkey
3. Alptekin Baloglu – Turkey
4. Gianni Risso – Italy
 
 
 
The Best Environmental and Conservation Image (digital)

$3,000 courtesy of PADI
 
The winner is:  Alessio Viora - Italy

The additional 4 nominees: 
1. Ronny Fogelman - Israel
2. Sumer Verma – India
3. Kochergina Irina - Russia
4. Aviad Harpaz - Israel