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==Official competitions==
==Official competitions==
The following are promotional ''Mario Kart 8'' competitions sanctioned by Nintendo, ordered by starting date. For official competitions held in the game's Nintendo Switch version, see [[List of official Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournaments|List of official ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' tournaments]].
The following are promotional ''Mario Kart 8'' competitions sanctioned by Nintendo, ordered by starting date. For official competitions held in the game's Nintendo Switch version, see [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Official tournaments|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' § Official tournaments]].
===''Mario Kart 8'' promotion tour===
The '''''Mario Kart 8'' promotion tour''' was a 2014 competition organized by Gameland Events in collaboration with Nintendo as well as electronics retailers {{wp|Game Mania|l=nl}} and {{wp|Fnac}}, and sponsored by PROG4MER.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules">[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/events_8/nl_18/MaroKart8_Promotour_BE.pdf MARIO KART 8 PROMOTION TOUR COMPETITION RULES] (PDF). ''nintendo-europe.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/PwUyB Archived] September 5, 2022, 17:04:41 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> Held across {{wp|Belgium}}, the competition consisted of eight preliminary rounds followed by a number of final rounds; the finals occurred at the Gameland 2014 event.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules"/> Each preliminary round decided a winner who advanced to the final rounds. The winners then competed in pairs across a number of semi-finals, with a grand final subsequently deciding the winner of the entire competition.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules"/>
;Preliminary rounds
{|class="wikitable"width=75%
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!rowspan=3|First round
!City
|{{wp|Herentals}}
|-
!Location
|Grote Markt
|-
!Date and time
|July 19, 2014, 11:00⁠–⁠17:00 CEST
|-
!rowspan=3|Second round
!City
|{{wp|Turnhout}}
|-
!Location
|{{wp|Grote Markt (Turnhout)|Grote Markt|l=nl}}
|-
!Date and time
|July 26, 2014, 14:00⁠–⁠18:00 CEST
|-
!rowspan=3|Third round
!City
|{{wp|Mechelen}}
|-
!Location
|{{wp|Veemarkt (Mechelen)|Veemarkt|l=nl}}
|-
!Date and time
|August 2, 2014, 14:00⁠–⁠18:00 CEST
|-
!rowspan=3|Fourth round
!City
|{{wp|Nijlen}}
|-
!Location
|Jour Tibour festival grounds
|-
!Date and time
|August 10, 2014, 14:30⁠–⁠20:00 CEST
|-
!rowspan=3|Fifth round
!City
|{{wp|Brussels}}
|-
!Location
|Fnac store ({{wp|City 2|l=nl}} shopping center)
|-
!Date and time
|August 16, 2014, 11:00⁠–⁠17:00 CEST
|-
!rowspan=3|Sixth round
!City
|{{wp|Liège}}
|-
!Location
|Fnac store
|-
!Date and time
|August 27, 2014, 11:00⁠–⁠17:00 CEST
|-
!rowspan=3|Seventh round
!City
|{{wp|Louvain-la-Neuve}}
|-
!Location
|Fnac store
|-
!Date and time
|August 30, 2014, 11:00⁠–⁠17:00 CEST
|-
!rowspan=3|Eighth round
!City
|Brussels
|-
!Location
|Fnac store ({{wp|Galeries de la Toison d'or|Toison d'or|l=fr}} shopping center)
|-
!Date and time
|September 6, 2014, 11:00⁠–⁠17:00 CEST
|-
!colspan=2 width=20%|Structure of each round
|width=80%|
*'''Mode:''' 100cc Race
*'''Teams:''' No Teams
*'''Items:''' Normal Items
*'''COM:''' No COM
*'''Race Count:''' 3 Races
According to the competition's official rules, "if all players and the admin agree, small changes to the rules can be used, such as using 150cc instead of 100cc."<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules"/>
|-
!colspan=2|Prizes in each round
|
*'''1st place:'''
**''Mario Kart'' cup
**T-shirt
**magnet board
**ticket to the finals at Gameland 2014
*'''2nd–⁠3rd place:'''
**T-shirt
**magnet board
|}
;Finals
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|-
!width=20%|Location
|width=80%|{{wp|Bobbejaanland}} ({{wp|Lichtaart}} village)
|-
!Date
|September 13, 2014 CEST
|-
!Structure
|
*'''Mode:''' 150cc Race
*'''Teams:''' No Teams
*'''Items:''' Normal Items
*'''COM:''' No COM
*'''Race Count:''' 3 Races
|-
!Prize
|
*'''1st place:'''
**Wii U
**''Mario Kart 8''
*'''2nd place:'''
**[[Nintendo 3DS#Nintendo 2DS|Nintendo 2DS]]
**''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
*'''3rd place:''' ''Mario Kart 8''
As specified in the official rules, "if the winner already has ''Mario Kart 8'', a substitute prize will be provided."<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules"/>
|}


===''Mario Kart 8'' Championship 2014===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width=50%
The '''''Mario Kart 8'' Championship 2014''' was a competition held by news website {{wp|Gamer Network#Partnered websites|Nintendo Life}} in collaboration with the official Nintendo UK online store.<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life">Whitehead, Thomas (August 14, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_the_uk_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_one_is_on_saturday_16th_august Play & Win: The UK Mario Kart 8 Championship, Heat One, Is On Saturday 16th August]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140815034706/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_the_uk_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_one_is_on_saturday_16th_august Archived] August 15, 2014, 03:47:06 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> It consisted of four online tournaments, referred to as heats, which served as qualifiers for a final held live at {{wp|EGX (expo)|EGX London 2014}}; to qualify for the finals, players had to place first to third by number of circuit points at the end of a heat.<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life"/> Nintendo Life covered travel and accommodation expenses for the qualifying players.<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life"/>
;Heats
{|class="wikitable"width=75%
|-
!colspan=2 width=20%|Banner
|width=80%|[[File:MK8 Championship 2014 banner Nintendo Life.jpg|300px]]
|-
!rowspan=3|First heat<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life"/>
!In-game name
|{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying'''<ref>nintendolife (August 16, 2014). [https://www.facebook.com/nintendolife/photos/10152574219019651 633 racers have entered our #mk8tournament so far. But there can only be 3 winners to go on to the @EGX finals today!] ''Facebook''. Retrieved September 5, 2022.</ref>
|-
!Period
|August 16, 2014, 16:00–⁠20:00 BST
|-
!Code
|2876-5853-5012
|-
!rowspan=3|Second heat<ref>Whitehead, Thomas (August 22, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_2_launches_on_sunday_24th_august Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 2 - Launches on Sunday 24th August]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140825005216/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_2_launches_on_sunday_24th_august Archived] August 25, 2014, 00:52:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
!In-game name
|{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 2}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 2
|-
!Period
|August 24, 2014, 14:00–⁠18:00 BST
|-
!Code
|5794-2562-1682
|-
!rowspan=3|Third heat<ref>Whitehead, Thomas (September 4, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_3_launches_on_saturday_6th_september Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 3 - Launches on Saturday 6th September]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150413154028/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_3_launches_on_saturday_6th_september Archived] April 13, 2015, 15:40:28 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
!In-game name
|{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 3}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 3
|-
!Period
|September 6, 2014, 14:00–⁠18:00 BST
|-
!Code
|3320-6917-7272
|-
!rowspan=3|Fourth heat<ref>Whitehead, Thomas (September 12, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_4_sunday_14th_september Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 4 - Sunday 14th September]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140914001127/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_4_sunday_14th_september Archived] September 14, 2014, 00:11:27 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
!In-game name
|{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 4}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 4
|-
!Period
|September 14, 2014, 16:00–⁠20:00 BST
|-
!Code
|9654-7542-0621
|-
!colspan=2|Structure of every heat
|
*'''Mode:''' 150cc Race
*'''Items:''' Normal Items
*'''COM:''' Hard COM
*'''Public/Private:''' Code Required<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140831230911/http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 Contest page]. ''nintendolife.com''. Archived August 31, 2014, 23:09:11 UTC from the [http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 original] via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2022.</ref>
|}
;Final
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|-
|-
!width=20%|Location
!width=25%|Title
|width=80%|{{wp|Earls Court Exhibition Centre}}, {{wp|London}}
!width=25%|Location
!width=25%|Period
!width=25%|Banner
|-
|-
!Date
![[Mario Kart 8 promotion tour|''Mario Kart 8'' promotion tour]]
|September 27, 2014 BST
|Various localities across {{wp|Belgium}}
|July 19, 2014–<br>September 13, 2014 CEST
|N/A
|-
|-
!Grand prize
![[Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014|''Mario Kart 8'' Championship 2014]]
|
|The competition's qualifiers were held online. The grand final took place at the {{wp|Earls Court Exhibition Centre}} in {{wp|London}}, {{wp|United Kingdom}} as part of the {{wp|EGX (expo)|EGX London 2014}} event.
*A physical copy of every new game published by Nintendo on the Wii U and released within the 12 months following September 27, 2014
|August 16, 2014–<br>⁠September 27, 2014 BST
*£100 in [[Nintendo eShop]] credit
|[[File:MK8 Championship 2014 banner Nintendo Life.jpg|300px]]
|}
|}
;External links
*August 13, 2014. [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2014/August/Join-the-Mario-Kart-8-Championship-2014-911280.html Join the Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014]. Official Nintendo UK & Ireland website. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/WAne7 Archived] September 5, 2022, 20:40:45 UTC via archive.today.)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041242/http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 Contest page]. ''nintendolife.com''. Archived August 6, 2014, 04:12:42 UTC from the [http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 original] via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2022.


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