Magic The Gathering - Malaysia

Magic The Gathering Online is offering a series of tournaments to qualify for a Tournament Worlds Qualifier Tournament where the winner wins an invite to the World Championship 2008, as well as hotel accommodation and flight for two.

The 2008 Magic: The Gathering World Championships will take place December 11 – 14, 2008 in Memphis, TN, USA. The World Championships is the highest-level competition that Magic™ has to offer.

The Magic Online World Championships qualifier is a one-time opportunity which gives a chance for you to qualify and compete in the most exciting Magic: The Gathering tournament of the year. The winner of the qualifier and a guest will experience Worlds like Magic's elite: airfare, hotel, and a chance to become the 2008 World Champion.

- Wizards of the Coast official Announcement

Magic Online World Championships Qualifier Preliminary Top 8 Tournaments

Dates: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 through Tuesday October 14, 2008.

Thirty-two (32) Daily Events will be designated "Worlds QT Prelim" events. Each Worlds QT Prelim will invite the Top 8 finishers to play in the 2008 World Championships Qualifier Tournament on Saturday October 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM PST. See the Magic Online Event Schedule for a complete schedule of Worlds QT Prelims.

Formats: Constructed – Standard, Extended, Classic, LRW-SHM Block
Limited – SHM-EVE Sealed, 10E Sealed

Cost: Constructed Formats – 10 Tix
Limited Formats – 4 Tix, plus Product

Prizes: Prizes paid as follows.

Place Boosters
1 20
2 15
3-4 10
5-8 5
9-16 3
17-32 1

In addition, the Top 8 finishers of each Worlds QT Prelim are invited to the 2008 World Championships Qualifier on October 18, 2008.

Magic Online World Championships Last Chance to Qualify Queues

After the completion of the scheduled Top 8 Qualifier tournaments we will run Last Chance to Qualify Queues for approximately 36 hours running from Wednesday October 15 after the weekly downtime (approximately 12:00 PM PST) until 11:59 PM PST Thursday October 16.

These 8-player single elimination queues will award the 1st place finisher an invitation to compete in the 2008 Magic Online World Championships Qualifier. No other prizes will be awarded in these queues.

Dates: Wednesday, October 15 after the weekly downtime through Thursday October 16, 2008 12:00 am

Formats: Constructed – Standard
Limited – SHM-EVE Sealed

Cost: Constructed Format – 4 Tix
Limited Format – Product only

Prizes: The winner of each 8-player queue will be invited to participate in the 2008 World Championships Qualifier on October 18, 2008.

2008 Magic Online World Championships Qualifier

START TIME: Saturday October 18, 9:00 am PST

FORMAT: Standard

ADMISSION: FREE – (No Tix, Invitation only)

PRIZE SUPPORT:

Place Boosters
1 36
2 54
3-4 36
5-8 18
9-16 12
17-32 6
33-64 3

In addition, the winner of the World Championships Qualifier receives an invitation to the 2008 World Championships in Memphis, TN, USA, including two round-trip economy-class tickets from the airport nearest the winner's location to Memphis and five nights hotel accommodation during Worlds*.

Full terms and conditions can be found on the information and official announcement page found here.