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[[File:TCG World Championships 2008 logo.png|thumb|200px|Logo]] | [[File:TCG World Championships 2008 logo.png|thumb|200px|Logo]] | ||
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The '''2008 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships''' were held at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista hotel in Orlando, Florida from August 15-17, 2008. | The '''2008 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships''' were held at the {{wp|Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista}} hotel in {{wp|Orlando}}, {{wp|Florida}} in the United States from August 15-17, 2008. They were the fifth World Championships event hosted by [[Play! Pokémon]]. In addition, this year featured the [[Pokémon Video Game Showdown 2008]], which would evolve into the annual Video Game World Championships starting in 2009. | ||
The event used the {{TCG|EX Holon Phantoms}} onwards Modified Format. The second day of the tournament featured seven rounds of Swiss Pairings for all three divisions. The top 32 players in each division were then seeded into single-elimination tournaments on Sunday to determine each division’s World Champion. | The event used the {{TCG|EX Holon Phantoms}} onwards Modified Format. The second day of the tournament featured seven rounds of Swiss Pairings for all three divisions. The top 32 players in each division were then seeded into single-elimination tournaments on Sunday to determine each division’s World Champion. | ||