| Event | Pokémon Trainers Cup 2022 |
|---|---|
| Location | Main stage: Online Final stage (Top 4): Seoul, South Korea |
| Date | Main stage: 21–22 May 2022 Final stage (Top 4): 4 June 2022 |
| Attendance | 90 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield |
| Season | 2022 Season – VGC Series 12 |
| Format | Double elimination with open teamsheets |
Teams and Results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Wonseok Jung (레오) | Worlds Day 2 + TA |       |  |
| 2 | | Jeongso Lee (Crystal) | Worlds Day 2 + TA |     | |
| 3 | | Hyuk-in Kwon (소리) | Worlds Day 2 + TA | | |
| 4 | | Sanghyeok Kang (스카이루트) | Worlds Day 1 |     | |
| 4 | | Sejun Park (Sejun) | Worlds Day 1 |     | |
| 6 | | Taeyeong Kim (캐티) | Worlds Day 1 |   | |
| 6 | | Yongseo Kim (그니혀니) | Worlds Day 1 | | |
| 8 | | Hyeon Seo (서현) | – |    | |
| 8 | | Jiseok Lee (Q) | – |    | |
| 8 | | Sunghwan Park (박성환) | – | | |
| 8 | | Guangjun Kim (미노이) | – |   | |
| 12 | | Minhwan Oh (omh) | – | | |
| 12 | | Jihyeon Ryu (두까비) | – | | |
| 12 | | Jagyun Jeon (전우치) | – |   | |
| 12 | | Miseong Kim (파닥) | – |   |
* Wonjae Kim was disqualified before Winners Finals, thus third place was vacated and everyone below advanced one place in the final standings.
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This is the third edition of the Pokémon Trainers Cup series, after the events held in 2020, won by Sangyoon Jeong, and 2021, won by Wonseok Jung. After the cancellation of the usual live events, this has been the most important official tournament in South Korea.
Only players residing in South Korea could play this tournament. With a cap of 128 entries, players would face each other in a double-elimination bracket with open teamsheets, in best-of-three matches to crown this year’s Pokémon Trainers Cup champion.
It was announced on 6 July 2022, over one month after the end of the tournament, that the Top 3 players would receive Day 2 invites to the World Championships (with Travel Awards consisting on flight + accommodation for the finalists, and just flight for third place) and the Top 7 players would receive Day 1 invites.
Top 3 streaming
The top 3 matches were broadcast live from Seoul on 4 June, featuring Dongmin Park and Mori Ahn as casters (in Korean).
Take a look below at the following matches!
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Losers’ finals | Jeongso Lee | vs | Hyuk-in Kwon |
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| Grand finals | Wonseok Jung | vs | Jeongso Lee |
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