• 24 May 2010
    Yu-Gi-Oh! New Zealand National Championship 2010

     

    Sunday June 6

    Ellerslie Event Centre
    Guinea’s Room 1
    80-100 Ascot Avenue

    Greenlane, Auckland

     

     

    TIMES

    Doors open 8.00am, registration closes 9.45am. (Players are able to register on site, Saturday June 5, between 11.00am – 5.00pm.)

    Player meeting commences 10.00am.
    Round one begins 10.10am.

    Note – All players must have a deck list ready to submit to judges during the player meeting. Game loss penalty will be applied to any competitor who fails to provide a deck list at this time. Full card names must be used on the deck list, abbreviations are not acceptable.

     

    Entry fee: $20.00NZD
    Upon registration each player will receive 4 x Turbo Pack.
    This is an OPEN ENTRY tournament - an invitation is not required to play. Only New Zealand residents may participate.

     

     

    PRIZE PAYOUT

    Champion

    Travel and accommodation to the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship in Long Beach, California USA (includes a parent or guardian if the winner is under age)
    Dark End Dragon prize card
    Konami trophy to keep
    National Championship Trophy, with name engraved to hold until Nationals 2011
    5D’s branded folder
    World Championship Qualifier game mat
    World Championship Qualifier sleeves

     

    Finalist

    72 booster packs!
    Konami trophy to keep
    5D’s branded folder
    World Championship Qualifier game mat
    World Championship Qualifier sleeves

     

    Semi-finalist

    48 booster packs!
    Konami trophy to keep
    5D’s branded folder
    World Championship Qualifier game mat
    World Championship Qualifier sleeves

     

    Quarter-finalist

    24 booster packs!
    World Championship Qualifier game mat
    World Championship Qualifier sleeves

     

    9th – 16th

    12 booster packs!
    World Championship Qualifier game mat
    World Championship Qualifier sleeves

     

    All other players receive World Championship Qualifier sleeves.

     

     

    TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

    • National Championship uses ADVANCED CONSTRUCTED format. The Forbidden and Limited list is available http://www.yugioh-card.com/uk/limited/
    • The National Championship will use swiss pairings and cut to a top 8 single elimination play-off, after the appropriate number of rounds have been completed:

     

    Players Rounds
    1-8 3
    9-16 4
    17-32 5
    33-64 6
    65-128 7
    129-256 8
    .... ....

     

    • Each round of swiss will be best out of 3 games.
    • The top 8 finals will be best out of 3 games.
    • The time limit for each round of swiss is 40 minutes.
    • The time limit for top 8 final matches will be 60 minutes.