2023 Sydney Regionals

Event2023 Sydney Regional Championships
LocationAUS Sydney, Australia
Date1–2 April 2023
CapacityUndisclosed
VideogamePokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Season2023 SeasonFormat TBD
FormatSwiss rounds + top cut single elimination, as per attendance
Open team lists
OrganizerESL Australia

Check the organizer’s website here for further info!

Table of Contents

Sign-up instructions

Sign-ups for the event are done through RK9 Labs platform, and you will first need to set up your RK9 profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID. All players must comply with the Play! Pokémon COVID-19 Protocols.

Sign-ups are A$35 for Masters players and A$25 for Seniors and Juniors players, and they open on 15 March 2023 at 7 pm local time (08:00 UTC).

If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 2 hours and 30 minutes before the event starts.

For registered players, team lists must be submitted 2 hours before the event starts, by 1 April 2023 at 7 am local time (31 March at 20:00 UTC). Paper team lists can also be found here.

Spectator passes are A$10 and can be purchased through RK9 Labs.

Venue and schedule

The tournament will be held on the following location:

Sydney Olympic Park
Sydney NSW 2127

Check-in can be done in advance on Satuday since 8:30 am. Players must be in the venue by 1 April 2023 at 9 am local time (31 March at 22:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament will start afterwards with the Swiss rounds.

Remember that Sydney observes daylight saving time and changes time zones from 1 to 2 April!

The Day 2 Swiss rounds, if any, and the top cut will be played starting on the following day at 9:30 am local time (1 April at 23:30 UTC).

Prizes

This event is part of the 2023 official TPCI circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).

As a participation goodie, all players will be provided a Pokémon Regional Championships promo card. Other items may be later added by the organizer.

Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following prizes depending on final attendance:

1 to 24 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$50072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$25072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP36 packs
5th to 8th100 CP18 packs
9th to 16th9 packs
25 to 47 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$100072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$50072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$25036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP18 packs
9th to 16th9 packs
48 to 99 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$100072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$50072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$25036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP18 packs
9th to 16th80 CP9 packs
Exactly 100 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$100072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$50072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$25036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP$25018 packs
9th to 16th80 CP9 packs
17th to 32nd60 CP
101 to 199 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$200072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$100072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$50036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP$25018 packs
9th to 16th80 CP9 packs
17th to 32nd60 CP
Exactly 200 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$200072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$100072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$50036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP$25018 packs
9th to 16th80 CP$2509 packs
17th to 32nd60 CP
33rd to 64th50 CP
201 to 399 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$300072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$200072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$100036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP$50018 packs
9th to 16th80 CP$2509 packs
17th to 32nd60 CP
33rd to 64th50 CP
400 to 799 players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$300072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$200072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$100036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP$50018 packs
9th to 16th80 CP$2509 packs
17th to 32nd60 CP
33rd to 64th50 CP
65th to 128th40 CP
800 or more players
PlacementCPPrize moneyPokémon TCG booster packs
Winner200 CP$300072 packs
Runner-up160 CP$200072 packs
Semifinalists130 CP$100036 packs
5th to 8th100 CP$50018 packs
9th to 16th80 CP$2509 packs
17th to 32nd60 CP
33rd to 64th50 CP
65th to 128th40 CP
129th to 256th30 CP

If prize money is $5000 or more, it will be given as a choice of scholarship (in all cases) or cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card). For lower prizes, it will be given as cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card).

Streaming

The event is broadcast live. Check out the caster team and stream schedule soon!

The event is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube, in Portuguese, with SharKTuxa and Noga as casters.

  • Day 1: stream starts on 11 March at 13:00 UTC
  • Top Cut: stream starts on 12 March at 12:00 UTC

Take a look at the following matches:

CP standings

Season standings

The following are the Oceania Championship Point standings before and after the event.

Top 4 players at the end of the 2023 season get Day 2 invites to the 2023 World Championships.

Before the event

#PlayerCP
1AUS  Sam Pandelis330
2AUS  Alister Sandover320
3AUS  Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez250
4AUS  Meaghan Rattle240
5AUS  Lochiel Cameron210
6AUS  Thomas Chen210
7AUS  James Katsaros210
8CHL  Michael Navas210
9AUS  James Sullivan190
10CHN  Liu Genting190
11AUS  Jesse Beard160
12AUS  Fred Zhou160

After the event

Standings will be updated after the event.

NAIC Travel Award standings

This event counts towards the North America International Championships (NAIC) Travel Award standings. It is the second of two Regional-level events in Oceania to count.

Top 4 players at the end of this period (20 February to 16 April 2023) will receive a $3500 Travel Award ($5000 for minors), while players ranked 5th to 8th will receive a $1000 Travel Stipend.

Before the event

#PlayerCP
1AUS  Alister Sandover160
2AUS  Mitch Kendrick130
3AUS  Sam Pandelis130
4CHL  Diego Ferreira100
5AUS  Owen Buttigieg100
6AUS  Philippe Breig100
7AUS  Kiran Singh100
8AUS  Lochiel Cameron80
9AUS  Brendan Robeson80
10AUS  Thomas Chen80
11AUS  Meaghan Rattle80
12AUS  Ethan Walters80

After the event

Standings will be updated after the event.

Overview

The Sydney Regionals is an official TPCI Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the second and last Regionals of the 2023 season in the Oceanian circuit, and also the second and last in the NAIC travel award race. This event was originally going to take place on 27-28 May, but was rescheduled on 21 February to its final date in April.

The ruleset is to be defined, as the current VGC Regulation Set B has an end date of 31 March, and it will be played using open team lists.

A little bit of history

Australia has been part of the Oceania region of the official TPCI circuit since they were established. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships and all editions of OCIC since its inception in 2017. Australia’s greatest VGC success is Nicholas Kan‘s 2017 Junior Division World Championship win, while in the Masters Division Sam Pandelis reached that same year the finals at the 2017 World Championships.

The most recent tournament held in Australia was the 2023 Perth Regionals, played with the VGC Regulation Set B in March 2023. The finals saw Briton Taran Birdee defeat Australian Alister Sandover.

The last time there was an event in Sydney was the 2019 Sydney Regionals, played in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon with the VGC19 Ultra Series ruleset in May 2022. The finals saw 2017 North America International Champion Christopher Kan defeat fellow Australian Henry Rich.

Victory Road