Event | 2024 Stockholm Regional Championships |
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Location | Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden |
Date | 11–12 May 2024 |
Capacity | 360 players (300 MA, 60 SR/JR) |
Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
Season | 2024 Season – VGC Regulation Set G |
Format | TBD Swiss rounds + top 8 single elimination Open team lists |
Organizer | Tournamentcenter |
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 €60 for Masters players and €40 for Senior and Junior players, and they open on 13 March at 19:00 CET (18:00 UTC). There are 460 spots for all age divisions.
- It was later announced that a reallocation of spots would happen on 28 March. As a result, VGC spots are reduced, bringing the total down to 300 spots for Masters players and 60 spots for Senior and Junior players.
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 11 May at 07:30 CEST (05:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are €5 and can be purchased here.
Streaming
The event will be broadcast live by TPCi, with Victory Road behind the scenes. More information will be announced at a later date.
Venue and schedule
The tournament will be held in the following location:
Stockholmsmässan
Mässvägen 1,
125 30 Älvsjö, Sweden
Check-in can be done early on Saturday from 07:30 CEST.
Players must be in the venue by 11 May 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 12 May 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).
As a participation goodie, all players will be provided a Pokémon Regional Championships promo card, as well as a goodie bag consisting of a string bag, an Ultra Pro goodie, a playmat, a pen and a water bottle. Players can also opt to upgrade it to a premium bag, which adds a tote bag, an exclusive commemorative coin, an icecube mould, an Ultra Pro upgraded goodie and 3 TCG booster packs.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs and prize money depending on final attendance:
Take a look at the following prizepool, depending on the final attendance!
Placement | CP | Money (MA) | Money (SR/JR) | Other prizes |
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Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP | $6,000 | $1,000 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Finalist | 160 CP | $4,000 | $750 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Semifinalists | 130 CP | $2,000 | $500 | 36 TCG booster packs |
5th to 8th | 100 CP | $1,000 | – | 18 TCG booster packs |
9th to 16th | – | $750 | – | 9 TCG booster packs |
Placement | CP | Money (MA) | Money (SR/JR) | Other prizes |
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Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP | $6,000 | $1,000 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Finalist | 160 CP | $4,000 | $750 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Semifinalists | 130 CP | $2,000 | $500 | 36 TCG booster packs |
5th to 8th | 100 CP | $1,000 | – | 18 TCG booster packs |
9th to 16th | 80 CP | $750 | – | 9 TCG booster packs |
Placement | CP | Money (MA) | Money (SR/JR) | Other prizes |
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Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP | $6,000 | $1,000 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Finalist | 160 CP | $4,000 | $750 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Semifinalists | 130 CP | $2,000 | $500 | 36 TCG booster packs |
5th to 8th | 100 CP | $1,000 | – | 18 TCG booster packs |
9th to 16th | 80 CP | $750 | – | 9 TCG booster packs |
17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – | – |
Placement | CP | Money (MA) | Money (SR/JR) | Other prizes |
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Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP | $6,000 | $1,000 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Finalist | 160 CP | $4,000 | $750 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Semifinalists | 130 CP | $2,000 | $500 | 36 TCG booster packs |
5th to 8th | 100 CP | $1,000 | – | 18 TCG booster packs |
9th to 16th | 80 CP | $750 | – | 9 TCG booster packs |
17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – | – |
33rd to 64th | 50 CP | – | – | – |
Placement | CP | Money (MA) | Money (SR/JR) | Other prizes |
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Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP | $6,000 | $1,000 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Finalist | 160 CP | $4,000 | $750 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Semifinalists | 130 CP | $2,000 | $500 | 36 TCG booster packs |
5th to 8th | 100 CP | $1,000 | – | 18 TCG booster packs |
9th to 16th | 80 CP | $750 | – | 9 TCG booster packs |
17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – | – |
33rd to 64th | 50 CP | – | – | – |
65th to 128th | 40 CP | – | – | – |
Placement | CP | Money (MA) | Money (SR/JR) | Other prizes |
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Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP | $6,000 | $1,000 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Finalist | 160 CP | $4,000 | $750 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Semifinalists | 130 CP | $2,000 | $500 | 36 TCG booster packs |
5th to 8th | 100 CP | $1,000 | – | 18 TCG booster packs |
9th to 16th | 80 CP | $750 | – | 9 TCG booster packs |
17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – | – |
33rd to 64th | 50 CP | – | – | – |
65th to 128th | 40 CP | – | – | – |
129th to 256th | 30 CP | – | – | – |
Placement | CP | Money (MA) | Money (SR/JR) | Other prizes |
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Champion | Worlds invite + 200 CP | $6,000 | $1,000 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Finalist | 160 CP | $4,000 | $750 | 72 TCG booster packs |
Semifinalists | 130 CP | $2,000 | $500 | 36 TCG booster packs |
5th to 8th | 100 CP | $1,000 | – | 18 TCG booster packs |
9th to 16th | 80 CP | $750 | – | 9 TCG booster packs |
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 | – | – | – |
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).
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
# | Player | CP |
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1 | Nils Dunlop | 1488 |
2 | Eduardo Cunha | 1408 |
3 | Marco Silva | 1262 |
4 | Davide Cognetta | 1230 |
5 | Eric Rios | 1220 |
6 | Víctor Medina | 1122 |
7 | Àlex Gómez | 1055 |
8 | Aurélien Soula | 1052 |
9 | Frederik Høj Nielsen | 994 |
10 | Oliver Eskolin | 966 |
11 | Michael Kelsch | 957 |
12 | Guillermo Castilla | 957 |
13 | Simone Sanvito | 952 |
14 | Baris Akcos | 925 |
15 | Zhang Hengyue | 912 |
16 | Javier Señorena | 883 |
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 |
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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 Stockholm Regional Championships is an official TPCi Regional for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the sixth Regional and eighth Regional-level event of the 2024 season in the European circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set G, and it is played using open team lists. It is the first major event in Europe to use this ruleset!
A little bit of history
Sweden has been part of the Europe region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted several Regional Championships. Sweden’s greatest VGC success was American-Swede Nils Dunlop‘s top 4 place at the 2018 World Championships.
The most recent tournaments held in Sweden was the 2023 Malmö Regional, played with the Regulation Set C in May 2023. The finals saw Irishman Mattie Morgan defeat 2020 OCIC Champion Marco Silva to win his first Regional Championship title in the Masters division!
The last event held in Stockholm was the 2016 Stockholm Regional, played with the VGC16 ruleset in January 2016. The finals saw 2-time National Champion Markus Stadter defeat Swede Christopher Chan to win his first Regional Championship title!
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.