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