| Event | Pokémon Championships 2023-24 Thailand |
|---|---|
| Location |  Bangkok, Thailand |
| Date | 12 May 2024 |
| Capacity | 64 qualified players (44 in attendance) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2024 Season – VGC Regulation Set F |
| Format | Best-of-3 single-elimination bracket Open team lists (including Nature) |
| Organizer | The Pokémon Company (Thailand) |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Chaiyawat Traiwichcha (Nontaro) | 2024 Worlds Worlds R1 bye Travel Award |       |  |
| 2 | | Narawitch Naenna (MyStars) | 2024 Worlds Worlds R1 bye Travel Award |      | |
| Top 4 | | Jong Dae-Jung (AmazeMaker) | 2024 Worlds | | |
| Top 4 | | Nattanon Wongwiwatchai (boomngong) | 2024 Worlds |     | |
| Top 8 | | Nattawarn Emasiti (Folkey) | 2024 Worlds | | |
| Top 8 | | Nonthapat Shotikadechanarong (Nail) | 2024 Worlds |  | |
| Top 8 | | Panyawut Noijan (Rizaya) | 2024 Worlds | | |
| Top 8 | | Purivut Monchaisawat (Red) | 2024 Worlds | | |
| Top 16 | | Dejvikorn Sartprapa (Emiyasviel) | – |      | |
| Top 16 | | Iain Waddingham (Slayycoco) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Jirayut Chokplodkrow (PT_LoSTZ) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Nawapol Kumsup (Papini) | – |    | |
| Top 16 | | Pitchapat Chinnarasri (Pleng♪) | – | | |
| Top 16 | | Supaseth Charoensang (Piz) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Suppakit Velunarak (Rumi) | – |     | |
| Top 16 | | Tanat Leelapaiboonsakul (Kirito) | – |   |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on YouTube by TPC Thailand, in Thai, with Overboot and BoyHachiiz as casters. The stream starts on 12 May at 03:00 UTC.
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 64 | Jong Dae-Jung | vs | Noppasorn Tangkasem    |
| Top 32 (G2) | Narawitch Naenna | vs | Nachanok Juditprasert    |
| Top 16 | Nattanon Wongwiwatchai | vs | Jirayut Chokplodkrow |
| Top 8 | Nattawarn Emasiti | vs | Chaiyawat Traiwichcha |
| Top 4 | Narawitch Naenna | vs | Nattanon Wongwiwatchai |
| Finals | Narawitch Naenna | vs | Chaiyawat Traiwichcha |
Part 1
Part 2
Participating players
The 2024 Thailand National Championships is open only to the players that qualified through the following criteria:
- Top 64 among players in Thailand in the Global Challenge III
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Central Ladprao
เซ็นทรัล ลาดพร้าว
1693 Phahonyothin Rd, Chatuchak
1693 ถนนพหลโยธิน แขวงจตุจักร เขตจตุจักร กรุงเทพฯ 10900
Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Check-in can be done early on the day of the event from 9:30 local time.
Players must be in the venue by 12 May at 10:00 local time (03:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter.
Prizes
This event is an official tournament and is part of the 2024 official circuit in Thailand.
The highest-placed players earn invites to the 2024 World Championships.
| Placement | Prize |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + Round 1 bye + Travel Award Trophy + champion shirt |
| Finalist | Worlds invite + Round 1 bye + Travel Award Trophy |
| Semifinalists | Worlds invite Trophy |
| 5th to 8th | Worlds invite |
Overview
The Thailand National Championships is the most important VGC competition for players in Thailand, where TPC is responsible for the circuit since 2020.
It is the third edition of the Thailand National Championships, always under TPC. See the previous editions:
- 2022, won by Chaiyawat Traiwichcha
- 2023, won by Panyawut Noijan
The tournament is played as a pure single-elimination bracket (similar to 2023) and, for the first time ever, the whole tournament is played in best-of-3 matches (previous editions only featured the top cut or even just the finals).
Even though the tournament is held in May, the ruleset is still VGC Regulation Set F (the official ruleset from January to April 2024), and it is played using open team lists including Nature.
A little bit of history
Thailand has been one of the regions hosting an the official TPC circuit since June 2020, and it was part of the Oceania region of the official TPCI circuit before that. Since the TPC takeover, it has taken part in Asia online tournaments, such as the Asia Players Cup, and has hosted the first-ever live event in 2022, the National Championship. Thailand’s greatest VGC success were Jirawiwat Thitasiri‘s victory at the Asia Players Cup, as well as Chaiyawat Traiwichcha‘s and Panyawut Noijan‘s National wins. Additionally, Thai players have proven themselves as a major team force and they achieved victory at the 2022 World Cup of Pokémon VGC.
The most recent tournament held in Thailand was the 2023 Thailand National Championships, played in Bangkok with the VGC Regulation Set C in May 2023. The finals saw Thai Panyawut Noijan defeat fellow countryman Krittapas Augchariyajinda to achieve his first major title!
