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Pokemon World Championships

Aug 12-14th

Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101

 

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Here's the information that was posted prior to Worlds!

The tournament is run using the Modified (HGSS-on) Format and Swiss plus Single Elimination pairings. The number of Swiss rounds run will depend on total attendance at the event.

After Swiss rounds are complete, there will be a cut to single-elimination finals. The top players (number to be determined by final attendance) from each age division will then play in the single-elimination finals on Sunday, August 14th, beginning at 9:00 A.M.

Single-elimination finals will be a best-of-three game format. Each single-elimination round will last 75 minutes.

What are the prizes?

Prizes are awarded to the top 32 players in each age division.

The divisions are:

Junior Division: Born in 2000 or later

Senior Division: Born in 1996, 1997, 1998, or 1999

Masters Division: Born in 1995 or earlier

The top 32 finishers in each of the three age divisions receive the following prizes:

1st Place

  • A Pokémon TCG World Champion Trophy
  • An invitation to the 2012 World Championships
  • A Travel Award for the winner (and parent or legal guardian for players considered a minor) to the 2012 World Championships
  • A scholarship award worth $7,500 (Click here for scholarship details and restrictions)
  • Two boxes of each of the most current Pokémon TCG expansions for a year
  • Cool Pokémon World Championships commemorative items

2nd Place

  • A Pokémon TCG World Championships Second-Place Trophy
  • An invitation to the 2012 World Championships
  • A Travel Award for the winner (and parent or legal guardian for players considered a minor) to the 2012 World Championships
  • A scholarship award worth $5,000 (Click here for scholarship details and restrictions)
  • Two boxes of each of the most current Pokémon TCG expansions for a year
  • Cool Pokémon World Championships commemorative items

3rd Place

  • A Pokémon TCG World Championships Third-Place Trophy
  • An invitation to the 2012 World Championships
  • A Travel Award for the winner (and parent or legal guardian for players considered a minor) to the 2012 World Championships
  • A scholarship award worth $3,500 (Click here for scholarship details and restrictions)
  • Two boxes of the next upcoming Pokémon TCG expansion
  • Cool Pokémon World Championships commemorative items

4th Place

  • An invitation to the 2012 World Championships
  • A Travel Award for the winner (and parent or legal guardian for players considered a minor) to the 2012 World Championships
  • A scholarship award worth $3,500 (Click here for scholarship details and restrictions)
  • Two boxes of the next upcoming PokémonTCG expansion
  • Cool Pokémon World Championships commemorative items

5th through 8th Place

  • A scholarship award worth $1,500 (Click here for scholarship details and restrictions)
  • 36 booster packs from the next upcoming Pokémon TCG expansion
  • Cool Pokémon World Championships commemorative items

9th through 16th Place

  • A scholarship award worth $1,000 (Click here for scholarship details and restrictions)
  • 36 booster packs from the next upcoming PokémonTCG expansion

17th through 32nd Place

  • 36 booster packs from the next upcoming PokémonTCG expansion

For more information go to the Play!Pokemon website