CREATE TABLE table_52169 ("Region" CLOB, "Year" FLOAT, "Name" CLOB, "Format ( s ) " CLOB, "Label" CLOB)

Name the region before 2008 when name of best 1200
SELECT "Region" FROM table_52169 WHERE "Year" < '2008' AND "Name" = 'best 1200'
SELECT "Region" FROM "table_52169" WHERE "Name" = 'best 1200' AND "Year" < '2008'