The tournament was held at University of Southern California (USC), in a nearly empty auditorium. The organizers lost a lot of money from the event and put the tournament in danger of becoming extinct. I wrote about the aftermath of this tournament in a previous article.
Surprisingly, footage of the entire tournament exist. For years, most of the Classic Tetris community did not know the videos existed until someone found it on YouTube.
The format of this tournament was more straightforward. Basically, the qualifying round was played on Type B, Height 0. There was a 100,000 point bonus for playing on Level 19.
The Top 8 qualified for the main bracket were competitors faces each other 1 vs 1 in a Best of 3 format. Full rules can be found here.
2011 Classic Tetris World Championship Timestamps
Playlist
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Quarterfinals
Introduction
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Match #1: Jonas Neubauer vs Eli Markstrom
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Match #2: Robin Mihara vs Ben Mullen
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Match #3: Dana Wilcox vs Alex Kerr
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Match #4: Harry Hong vs Matt Buco
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Adam Cornelius Shows Trailer For Ecstasy Of Order
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Semifinals
Match #1
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Match #2
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Henk Rogers makes an appearance
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Finals
Intro to PS3 Team Battle Finals
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PS3 Team Battle Finals
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NES Tetris Finals
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PS3 Battle Finals
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Award Ceremony
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