Teams and Results from the Pokémon Players Cup 25th Anniversary Invitational

EventPokémon Players Cup 25th Anniversary Invitational
LocationOnline
DateStreamed on 14–15 August 2021
Attendance8 players
VideogamePokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
Season2021 SeasonVGC21 Series 10
FormatDouble elimination

Teams and Results

#FlagPlayerPrizeTeamExp.
1USASantino Tarquinio
(Santino)
Final Boss Exhibition
KyogreTsareenaRillaboomWeavileUrshifuTornadus
2JPNRyota Otsubo
(ロワ)
Calyrex-Shadow-RiderArcanineWhimsicottIndeedeeMienshaoStakataka
3ECUPaul Ruiz
(Ralfdude)
XerneasIncineroarRillaboomAmoongussUrshifuVolcarona
4ITAArash Ommati
(★M€AN)
Calyrex-Shadow-RiderIncineroarRillaboomRegielekiUrshifuNihilego
5PERRenzo Navarro
(Prro-T)
Calyrex-Shadow-RiderIncineroarRillaboomRegielekiMienshaoStakataka
5USAWolfe Glick
(Wolfey)
GroudonIncineroarCherrimZapdosDusclopsEntei
7JPNNaoto Mizobuchi
(コケホドリ)
Zacian-CrownedIncineroarAmoongussRegielekiUrshifuGrimmsnarl
7KORSejun Park
(세준)
XerneasTorkoalKrookodileIndeedee-FemaleDragoniteStakataka

Structure

This invitational tournament was organised to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Pokémon franchise. The Pokémon Company International invited the following players, all of them former World Champions or Players Cup winners:

These players would face each other in a double-elimination bracket in best-of-three matches.

The winner of the Invitational would face a mystery Final Boss, later revealed to be American Ray Rizzo, 3-time (2010, 2011 and 2012) World Champion.

Streaming

The matches were prerecorded in an unspecified date (presumed to be on 31 July 2021) and streamed on 14 and 15 August 2021 on the official Pokémon Twitch channel. The stream featured the experienced casters Aaron ZhengRosemary KelleyAdam Dorricott and Lou Cromie.

  • Day 1 featured the tournament until 6 players remained.
  • Day 2 featured all other matches and the Final Boss Exhibition.

Take a look below at the following matches!

List of streamed matches (Day 1)

Link 1 (G1 of Arash vs Santino) here!
Link 2 (rest of that set and other matches) here!

 

TimeRoundPlayer 1vsPlayer 2
8:53
(link 1)
0:00
(link 2)
WR1ITA
Arash Ommati
vsUSA
Santino Tarquinio
calyrex-shadow-riderincineroarrillaboomregielekiurshifunihilego
kyogretsareenarillaboomweavileurshifutornadus
10:18WR1USA
Wolfe Glick
vsJPN
Naoto Mizobuchi
groudonincineroarcherrimzapdosdusclopsentei
zacian-crownedincineroaramoongussregielekiurshifugrimmsnarl
38:00WR1ECU
Paul Ruiz
vsJPN
Ryota Otsubo
xerneasincineroarrillaboomamoongussurshifuvolcarona
calyrex-shadow-riderarcaninewhimsicottindeedeemienshaostakataka
1:17:07WR1PER
Renzo Navarro
vsKOR
Sejun Park
calyrex-shadow-riderincineroarrillaboomregielekimienshaostakataka
xerneastorkoalkrookodileindeedee-femaledragonitestakataka
1:56:45LR1
(T8)
JPN
Naoto Mizobuchi
vsITA
Arash Ommati
zacian-crownedincineroaramoongussregielekiurshifugrimmsnarl
calyrex-shadow-riderincineroarrillaboomregielekiurshifunihilego
3:02:16LR1
(T8)
JPN
Ryota Otsubo
vsKOR
Sejun Park
calyrex-shadow-riderarcaninewhimsicottindeedeemienshaostakataka
xerneastorkoalkrookodileindeedee-femaledragonitestakataka
3:36:20WR2USA
Santino Tarquinio
vsUSA
Wolfe Glick
kyogretsareenarillaboomweavileurshifutornadus
groudonincineroarcherrimzapdosdusclopsentei
4:12:05WR2PER
Renzo Navarro
vsECU
Paul Ruiz
calyrex-shadow-riderincineroarrillaboomregielekimienshaostakataka
xerneasincineroarrillaboomamoongussurshifuvolcarona
List of streamed matches (Day 2)

Link for all the following matches here!

 

TimeRoundPlayer 1vsPlayer 2
23:49LR2
(T6)
PER
Renzo Navarro
vsITA
Arash Ommati
calyrex-shadow-riderincineroarrillaboomregielekimienshaostakataka
calyrex-shadow-riderincineroarrillaboomregielekiurshifunihilego
51:24LR2
(T6)
JPN
Ryota Otsubo
vsUSA
Wolfe Glick
calyrex-shadow-riderarcaninewhimsicottindeedeemienshaostakataka
groudonincineroarcherrimzapdosdusclopsentei
1:09:16LR3
(T4)
ITA
Arash Ommati
vsJPN
Ryota Otsubo
calyrex-shadow-riderincineroarrillaboomregielekiurshifunihilego
calyrex-shadow-riderarcaninewhimsicottindeedeemienshaostakataka
1:40:33Winners’ finalsECU
Paul Ruiz
vsUSA
Santino Tarquinio
xerneasincineroarrillaboomamoongussurshifuvolcarona
kyogretsareenarillaboomweavileurshifutornadus
2:12:31Losers’ finalsJPN
Ryota Otsubo
vsECU
Paul Ruiz
calyrex-shadow-riderarcaninewhimsicottindeedeemienshaostakataka
xerneasincineroarrillaboomamoongussurshifuvolcarona
2:40:01Grand finalsUSA
Santino Tarquinio
vsJPN
Ryota Otsubo
kyogretsareenarillaboomweavileurshifutornadus
calyrex-shadow-riderarcaninewhimsicottindeedeemienshaostakataka
3:11:08Grand finals resetUSA
Santino Tarquinio
vsJPN
Ryota Otsubo
kyogretsareenarillaboomweavileurshifutornadus
calyrex-shadow-riderarcaninewhimsicottindeedeemienshaostakataka
3:27:38Final Boss ExhibitionUSA
Santino Tarquinio
vsUSA
Ray Rizzo
kyogretsareenarillaboomweavileurshifutornadus
zacian-crownedincineroarrillaboomregielekitapu-finilandorus

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