| Event | Pokémon Players Cup III |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | Regional Online Qualifiers: 20–27 March 2021 Global Finals: 10 April 2021 |
| Attendance | Regional Online Qualifiers: 896 qualified players Global Finals: 16 qualified players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield |
| Season | 2021 Season – VGC21 Series 8 |
| Format | Double elimination with open teamsheets |
Teams and Results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Jonathan Evans (Ezrael) | Travel Award |       | |
| 2 |  | Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) | Travel Award |     |  Team report here! |
| 3 |  | Yoav Reuven (gold) | Travel Award |  |  |
| 4 |  | Alberto Daza (Beto D.) | Travel Award |       |  Team report here! |
| 5 |  | Gabriel Agati (Gabriel) | – |     |  |
| 5 |  | Alejandro Díaz (Cano) | – |    |  |
| 7 | | Francesco P. Pero (CICCIOTT) | – | | |
| 7 | | Roberto Porretti (Raider) | – |   | |
| 9 |  | Rafael Busutil (PokeRaf) | – | | |
| 9 |  | Orlando Luna (orlando luna) | – | |  |
| 9 | | Daniel Quek (Daniel) | – |   | |
| 9 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | – |   | |
| 13 | | Michael D’Angelo (Mike) | – |  | |
| 13 | | Christopher Egan (Eggan) | – |     | |
| 13 | | James Mainey (Mufasa) | – |     |  Team report here! |
| 13 | | Alec Rubin (Blah) | – |   |
Structure
The players that achieved the following results in the Pokémon Players Cup III Qualifier (a best-of-one challenge-format tournament held on 15–17 January under Series 7 rules) qualified for the Pokémon Players Cup III Regional Online Qualifiers:
- Top 256 European players
- Top 256 North American players
- Top 256 Latin American players
- Top 128 Oceanian players
Those players then competed in the Pokémon Players Cup III Region Qualifiers, a double-elimination best-of-three tournament with open teamsheets for each region (North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania). The following players then qualified for the Global Finals:
- Top 4 players from the North America Region Qualifier
- Top 4 players from the Europe Region Qualifier
- Top 4 players from the Latin America Region Qualifier
- Top 4 players from the Oceania Region Qualifier
These sixteen qualified players competed in the Pokémon Players Cup III Global Finals, another double-elimination tournament with open teamsheets, in best-of-three matches except for the winners’, losers’ and grand finals which were played as best-of-five matches, to crown the Pokémon Players Cup III champion.
Additionally, the Top 4 players of the Pokémon Players Cup III will receive a Travel Award for a future International Championship of their choosing.
Global Finals streaming
Some of the top 16 matches, labeled as the Global Finals, were broadcast on 23–25 April, featuring the experienced casters Lou Cromie, Lee Provost and Aaron Zheng, as well as debuting caster Sierra Hunter.
- Day 1 featured the tournament until 10 players remained.
- Day 2 featured the tournament until 3 players remained.
- Day 3, or Championship Sunday, featured the winners’ finals, losers’ finals and grand finals.
Take a look below at the following matches!
| Time | Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
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| 36:49 | WR1 | Christopher Egan | vs | Leonardo Bonanomi |
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| 1:10:57 | WR1 | Daniel Quek | vs | Alejandro Díaz |
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| 1:49:10 | WR1 | Orlando Luna | vs | Joseph Ugarte |
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| 2:30:10 | LR1 (T16) | Roberto Porretti | vs | Michael D’Angelo |
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| 3:11:11 | LR1 (T16) | James Mainey | vs | Francesco P. Pero |
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| 3:52:25 | WR2 | Gabriel Agati | vs | Jonathan Evans |
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| 4:26:04 | WR2 | Rafael Busutil | vs | Alejandro Díaz |
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| 5:11:28 | WR2 | Alberto Daza | vs | Yoav Reuven |
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| 5:38:16 | LR2 (T12) | Rafael Busutil | vs | Roberto Porretti |
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| 5:57:50 | LR2 (T12) | Gabriel Agati | vs | Joseph Ugarte |
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| Time | Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31:27 | LR2 (T12) | Daniel Quek | vs | Yoav Reuven |
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| 1:14:14 | WR3 (WSF) | Leonardo Bonanomi | vs | Alberto Daza |
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| 1:51:15 | WR3 (WSF) | Jonathan Evans | vs | Alejandro Díaz |
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| 2:13:30 | LR3 (T8) | Gabriel Agati | vs | Roberto Porretti |
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| 2:46:23 | LR3 (T8) | Francesco P. Pero | vs | Yoav Reuven |
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| 3:10:07 | LR4 (T6) | Gabriel Agati | vs | Alberto Daza |
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| 3:46:32 | LR4 (T6) | Yoav Reuven | vs | Alejandro Díaz |
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| 4:29:01 | LR5 (T4) | Yoav Reuven | vs | Alberto Daza |
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| Time | Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:39:23 | Winners’ finals | Leonardo Bonanomi | vs | Jonathan Evans |
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| 7:55:55 | Losers’ finals | Yoav Reuven | vs | Jonathan Evans |
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| 8:44:55 | Grand finals | Jonathan Evans | vs | Leonardo Bonanomi |
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| 9:40:33 | Grand finals reset | Jonathan Evans | vs | Leonardo Bonanomi |
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