List of official Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournaments

This is a list of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe competitions held or sanctioned by Nintendo.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit
Mario Kart 8 Seasonal Circuits are periodic in-game tournament sessions promoted by Nintendo of Europe. They consist of one or more tournaments open only to residents of a given country or group of countries. The winners of a tournament in a Seasonal Circuit earn physical Mario Kart-inspired prizes, such as clothing, toys, and Nintendo Switch cases, in addition to My Nintendo Gold Points.

Balkans
The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit Balkans Spring Cup tournament was promoted by CD Media, distributor of Nintendo products in Southeast Europe (see Facebook link in the table below). The participating countries were Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, and Romania.

2021–2022
Each Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit Benelux tournament starting with the 2021 Spring Cup and up to the 2022 Winter Cup ran alongside a screenshot contest held by Nintendo Nederland on : tournament participants could share a screenshot of their race using a specific hashtag, and the best three entries would be decided by Dutch Rickachu. Winning users would earn physical Mario Kart products, such as a Banana-shaped cushion or a Red Shell lamp.

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 * Official website (Belgium)
 * Official website (Netherlands)
 * Facebook event page
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2022–ongoing
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 * Official website (Belgium)
 * Official website (Netherlands)
 * Facebook event page
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grands Prix are seasonal competitions open only to residents of Australia and New Zealand. The first series of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix events was kicked off on April 2022 with the Autumn Grand Prix.

Nintendo VS UK Cup
Nintendo VS UK Cup is a recurring tournament held every weekend.

Nintendo UK VS Cup
Nintendo UK VS Cup was a recurring tournament open only to residents of the United Kingdom. It was held every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from April 7, 2020 to June 14, 2020.

The tournaments ran concurrently with a promotional contest held by NintendoUK on, in which participants had to share video clips of their race with a specific hashtag for the day in which they joined the tournament. Entries for a certain tournament day could be submitted to the competition until the final day of the tournament; subsequently, one winning entry was selected for each tournament day, and its corresponding Twitter user was awarded £10 in Nintendo eShop credit.

The following hashtags were to be used by participating Twitter users:
 * Tuesday: #MarioKartUKTues
 * Thursday: #MarioKartUKThurs
 * Saturday: #MarioKartUKSat
 * Sunday: #MarioKartUKSun

#TorneoMK8D
This tournament was promoted by Nintendo's official Spanish Twitter account.

In parallel, Nintendo held a contest on Twitter in which competitors had to share a screenshot or video of their tournament gameplay with the hashtag "#TorneoMK8D" for a chance to win €10 on their Nintendo eShop account. The following five Twitter users were selected as winners:
 * SergioCascant12
 * Enfant14
 * Samu17052002
 * Adolfo20022
 * frossendo

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturday
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays, also referred to as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe AU & NZ Super Saturdays and known in-game as "AUNZ Super Saturday", were tournaments promoted by Nintendo's social media accounts for Australian and New Zealander audiences. They were held every Saturday between August 15, 2020 and October 31, 2020.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run
Nintendo of America used this tournament to promote a free 7-day Nintendo Switch Online trial subscription for My Nintendo members.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022
The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 is an upcoming tournament at. The participants will be the top twelve players of the Mario Kart North American Open July 2022. The tournament will be held in conjunction with the Splatoon 3 Enter the Splatlands Invitational 2022 and will be live-streamed on Nintendo's YouTube and Twitch channels.

Mario Kart North American Open


Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix


Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit
      
 * Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
 * Balkans
 * Benelux (Belgium)
 * Benelux (Netherlands)
 * Italy
 * Nordics
 * Spain

Others
