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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023

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Artwork for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023 from the event's official announcement
Artwork for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023

The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023 was a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe competition promoted by Nintendo of Europe. It debuted with three open qualifiers, held online, followed by several finals held at the Nintendo European Championships 2023 event near Frankfurt, Germany. There were 24 finalists from across Europe in this competition, i.e. the 8 players with the highest number of circuit points from each of the qualifying rounds. The champion of the competition represented Europe at the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe World Championship 2024.[1]

Eligible countriesEdit

Only residents of the following European countries could enter the competition:[2]

QualifiersEdit

General structureEdit

The structure of each qualifier was as follows:[3][4][5]

  • Mode: 150cc Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Normal Items
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: No Smart Steering
  • Race Count: 24 Races
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Code Required

First qualifierEdit

In-game name 2023 EU Qualifier #1
Period August 19, 2023, 15:00–19:00 UTC+1
Code 0980-1145-8091
Top 8 players
(player tag, country, and no. of circuit points)
1st Fresh   360
2nd alpaco   360
3rd Tab   357
4th Tanguy   357
5th Sorata   357
6th Alici4   357
7th tx Owned   357
8th Enekito   357

Second qualifierEdit

In-game name 2023 EU Qualifier #2
Period September 8, 2023, 16:00–20:00 UTC+1
Code 3959-7481-4251
Top 8 players
(player tag, country, and no. of circuit points)
1st Hernán   360
2nd ᴍω clement   360
3rd zsnipe   357
4th Markus   357
5th ώƒ Mars   357
6th JB   357
7th Drack   357
8th starxlx   357

Final qualifierEdit

In-game name 2023 EU Qualifier #3
Period September 17, 2023, 14:00–18:00 UTC+1
Code 3626-8881-7707
Top 8 players
(player tag, country, and no. of circuit points)
1st Thomas   360
2nd nulp   360
3rd Mio   360
4th Mario   360
5th Maickel   360
6th César   357
7th GえCKお   357
8th DaniPro   357

FinalsEdit

 
Tournament host Nimmz with players Mario (behind Nimmz), Thomas (center) and ᴍω clement. Thomas, who won the tournament, holds their boarding pass to Nintendo Live 2024, where the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe World Championship 2024 was originally slated to take place.

The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023 continued with an on-site tournament between the 24 players who qualified in the online rounds. This tournament was part of the Nintendo European Championships 2023 event set at the VILCO convention center in Bad Vilbel, Germany. All rounds of the tournament were held in close succession on October 8, 2023, the second day of the event, starting from 14:00 UTC+1.[6] The entire event, including the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe finals, was hosted by Nimmer "Nimmz" Riaz and commented by Bowie Alexander and CharlieAstronaut.[7][8] It was also streamed live on Nintendo of Europe's YouTube channels.

Thomas, a competitor from France, won the grand final and went on to compete at the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe World Championship 2024, where they represented Europe.[9]

StructureEdit

The tournament featured two semi-finals and a grand final, each with 12 races set on preselected courses. The 24 competitors of this tournament were split into groups of 12, each group competing in one of the semi-final rounds. The 6 best ranking players by the end of a semi-final advanced to the grand final.

The following rules, shown in the live stream prior to the start of the first semi-final round, applied to all of the tournament's rounds:[10]

  • Mode: 150cc VS Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Normal Items
  • CPU: No CPU
  • Mii Characters: Allowed
  • Courses: Preselected

In addition, as stated in the live stream by event host Nimmz, Smart Steering was not allowed.

CoursesEdit

The two semi-finals had the same succession of courses, a decision made to ensure fairness to the players.[11] All of the city courses originally from Mario Kart Tour that were featured in this tournament were based on European cities, a fact that the commentators remarked upon.[12][13]

The following are the courses selected for this tournament. They are listed here in the order they were played.

Semi-finals Grand final
  1. Mario Kart Stadium
  2. Yoshi's Island
  3. N64 Royal Raceway
  4. Hyrule Circuit
  5. Tour Paris Promenade
  6. Sunshine Airport
  7. DS Waluigi Pinball
  8. GBA Ribbon Road
  9. Ninja Hideaway
  10. SNES Rainbow Road
  11. GCN Daisy Cruiser
  12. Mount Wario
  1. Wii Grumble Volcano
  2. Tour London Loop
  3. Toad Harbor
  4. Animal Crossing (autumn)
  5. Wii Coconut Mall
  6. Tour Amsterdam Drift
  7. SNES Mario Circuit 3
  8. 3DS DK Jungle
  9. Squeaky Clean Sprint
  10. Big Blue
  11. Bowser's Castle
  12. Rainbow Road

StandingsEdit

The following are the players' overall standings at the end of each round in this tournament. Players are listed here alongside the flag of their country and the total number of circuit points they earned throughout a round.

First semi-final Second semi-final Grand final
Placement Player tag Country No. of circuit points
1st César   112
2nd Drack   99
3rd Enekitoa   97
4th alpaco   89
5th Tanguy   85
6th ώƒ Mars   84
7th nulp   81
8th Markus   72
9th Fresh   71
10th Alici4   70
11th Mio   67
12th Maickel   57
Placement Player tag Country No. of circuit points
1st starxlx   97
2nd Thomas   94
3rd tx Owned   94
4th zsnipea   93
4th Sorata   93
6th ᴍω clement   90
6th Mario   90
8th DaniPro   84
9th Tab   67
10th JB   65
11th GえCKお   62
12th Hernán   55
Placement Player tag Country No. of circuit points
1st Thomas   101
2nd starxlx   94
3rd ώƒ Mars   88
4th Mario   86
5th alpaco   84
6th César   80
7th Sorata   79
7th nulp   79
7th ᴍω clement   79
10th Tanguy   77
11th tx Owned   74
12th Drack   63

GalleryEdit

QualifiersEdit

  • The tournament code of the first qualifier

  • The tournament code of the second qualifier

  • The tournament code of the final qualifier

  • Top player ranking for the first qualifier

  • Top player ranking for the second qualifier

  • Top player ranking for the final qualifier

FinalsEdit

  • The tournament's bracket at the start

  • The tournament's bracket after the first semi-final

  • The tournament's bracket after the second semi-final

  • The trophy awarded to the winner of this tournament

  • The event's commentators (Bowie Alexander, left; CharlieAstronaut, bottom middle) and host (Nimmz, right)

  • Photographs showing the winners of the Splatoon 3 European Championship 2023 (left) and the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023

External linksEdit

Official live stream:
August 2023 announcement on European Nintendo websites:

NotesEdit

a - Although they were placed within the top 6 in the semi-finals, Enekito and zsnipe were disqualified from the grand final. All the lower-ranking players from their respective semi-finals were bumped up one rank, with nulp and Mario proceeding to the grand final as a result.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ August 17, 2023. The 2023 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship is here! nintendo.co.uk. Retrieved January 7, 2024. (Archived September 15, 2023, 19:25:19 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023 Terms and Conditions & Privacy Policy (PDF). nintendo-europe.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Nin10doPro (August 18, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - European Championship 2023 - Qualifier #1 - Practice matches - Online Gameplay. YouTube. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  4. ^ Nin10doPro (September 17, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - European Championship - Qualifier 2 - Nin10doPro. YouTube. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Nin10doPro (November 4, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - European Championship - Qualifier #3 - Nin10doPro. YouTube. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  6. ^ MarioKartUK (October 8, 2023). Start your engines! The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship finals – live from the Nintendo European Championships 2023 – kicks off at 14:00 UK time today. Watch it live here: . Facebook. Retrieved January 7, 2024. (Archived January 2, 2024, 22:59:55 UTC via archive.today.)
  7. ^ NintendoEurope (October 8, 2023). A big thank you to our host and commentators, @ItsJusNimmz, @Bowie_Alexander and @CharlieAstronau, bringing the action to you throughout the weekend! #NintendoEC2023. X. Retrieved January 7, 2024. (Archived January 4, 2024, 00:16:23 UTC via archive.today.)
  8. ^ ScreenshotMedia:YT Nintendo UK 2023-10-08 screenshot 18615s.jpg of the YouTube live stream at 5 hours, 10 minutes, and 15 seconds
  9. ^ NintendoEurope (October 8, 2023). The chequered flag has been waved, and Thomas 🇫🇷 is the #MarioKart 8 Deluxe European Champion for 2023! Next stop: Nintendo Live 2024 in Tokyo, Japan, where they’ll represent Europe in the World Championship! #NintendoEC2023. X. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  10. ^ Nintendo UK (October 8, 2023). "Nintendo European Championships 2023 – Day 2". Timestamp: 5:19:01. YouTube. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  11. ^ Nintendo UK (October 8, 2023). "Nintendo European Championships 2023 – Day 2". Timestamp: 6:14:06. YouTube. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
    Bowie Alexander: "We want to make sure the semis are fair. Everyone's racing on the same tracks."
    Nimmz: "Absolutely; we're gonna make sure that everything is fair."
  12. ^ Nintendo UK (October 8, 2023). "Nintendo European Championships 2023 – Day 2". Timestamp: 5:21:28. YouTube. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
    Bowie Alexander: "One thing I noticed is that all of the city courses from Mario Kart Tour are all of the European ones."
    Note that only a selection of Mario Kart Tour's European city courses were played throughout the tournament.
  13. ^ Nintendo UK (October 8, 2023). "Nintendo European Championships 2023 – Day 2". Timestamp: 7:35:02. YouTube. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
    CharlieAstronaut (referring to Tour London Loop): "Yet another European City. As you mentioned earlier, all of those 'Tour' maps are going to be European cities."
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