| Event | 2024 Bologna Special Event |
|---|---|
| Location |  Bologna, Italy |
| Date | 1–2 June 2024 |
| Capacity | 1000 players (all age divisions) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2024 Season – Ruleset TBD |
| Format | TBD Swiss rounds + top 8 single elimination Open team lists |
| Organizer | Progaming Italia |
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 free and they open on 10 April at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC). There are 1000 total spots for all age divisions. Players must confirm their participation by submitting a preliminary list by 16 April at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC), otherwise their spot will be freed for the next wave.
- A second wave was announced to open on 18 April at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC). This wave only includes the unconfirmed entries, confirmed to be 139 spots for Masters players and 44 spots for Senior and Junior players. Players must confirm their participation by submitting a preliminary list by 14 May at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC), otherwise their spot will be freed.
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 2 hours before the event starts.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 1 hour before the event starts, by 1 June at 07:30 CEST (05:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are free and can be acquired here.
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Victory Road behind the scenes. Stream details and caster lineup will be revealed at a later date.
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Bologna Fiere – Pavilion 20
Piazza della Costituzione, 4
40128 Bologna, BO Italy
Check-in can be done early on Saturday from 07:45 CEST.
Players must be in the venue by 1 June at 08:30 CEST (06:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds. Seniors and Juniors start 30 minutes later.
Players qualified to Day 2 must be in the venue by 2 June at 08:30 CEST (06:30 UTC) for the team checks. The Day 2 Swiss rounds (if any) and the top cut will be played thereafter.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2024 official TPCi circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
There are no participation goodies announced for this event. Further announcements may be made by the organizer.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs depending on final attendance:
Take a look at the following prizepool, depending on the final attendance. 
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| 129th to 256th | 30 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| 129th to 256th | 30 CP |
| 257th to 512th | 20 CP |
CP standings
Season standings
The following are the Europe Championship Point standings before and after the event.
Players ranked 1st to 16th at the end of the 2024 season get Tier 1 invites to the 2024 World Championships. Players ranked 17th to 22nd get Tier 2 invites.
Before the event
Check this information after Stockholm Regional!
NOTE: CPs from Premier Challenges and Midseason Showdowns may not be up to date.
After the event
Check this information after the event!
NOTE: CPs from Premier Challenges and Midseason Showdowns may not be up to date.
| # | Player | CP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Visishtah Vasudevan | 100 |
| 2 |  Peng Chongjun | 100 |
| 3 |  Luca Paz | 100 |
| 4 | Wolfe Glick | 80 |
| 5 | Wang Bingjie | 80 |
| 6 | Collin Heier | 60 |
| 7 |  Stefan Mott | 60 |
| 8 | Justin Burns | 60 |
| 9 |  Abe Brath | 60 |
| 10 | Kevin Swastek | 60 |
| 11 | Devon Singh | 50 |
| 12 | Jeremy Gross | 50 |
Overview
The Bologna Special Event is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the third Special Event and ninth and last Regional-level event of the 2024 season in the European circuit.
The ruleset is to be announced, and it is played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Italy has been part of the Europe region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted a few major events, including Regionals, Special Events and old-era National Championships. Italy’s greatest VGC success was Arash Ommati‘s 2013 World Championship win, the first one for a European player.
The most recent tournament held in Italy was the 2023 Turin Special Event, played with the Regulation Set C in June 2023. The finals saw 2-time International finalist Davide Cognetta defeat 2018 EUIC Champion Simone Sanvito to win his first Regional Championship title!
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
