2025 Carolina Special Championships

Event2025 Carolina Special Championships
LocationPRI Carolina, Puerto Rico
Date15–16 February 2025
Capacity164 players (100 MA, 32 SR, 32 JR)
VideogamePokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Season2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set G
FormatSwiss rounds + top cut single elimination, as per attendance
Open team lists
OrganizerDMK Esports

Check the organizer’s website here for further info!

Table of Contents

Sign-up instructions

Sign-ups for the event are done through the Play LATAM platform, and you will first need to set up your Play LATAM profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID.

Sign-ups are $35 USD, and they open on 26 October 2024 at 19:00 AST (23:00 UTC). There are 100 spots for Masters players, 32 for Senior players and 32 for Junior players.

Streaming

It is still unknown whether the event will be streamed.

Venue and schedule

The tournament is held in the following location:

STEM Success Center Dewey University
11700 C. Marginal
Carolina, Puerto Rico 00987

Check-in can be done early on Saturday 15 February.

Players must be in the venue by 15 February at 11:00 AST (15:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds.

Players qualified to Day 2 must be in the venue on 16 February for the team checks. The Day 2 Swiss rounds and the top cut will be played thereafter.

Prizes

This event is part of the 2025 official TPCi circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).

Check out the organizer’s website for information about participation goodies.

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

Overview

The Carolina Special Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the first and only Special and sixth Regional-level event of the 2025 season in the North American circuit.

The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set G, and it is played using open team lists.

A little bit of history

Puerto Rico has been part of the North America region of the official TPCi circuit for many years, as per its status as a territory of the United States. It has hosted multiple Special Events. Puerto Rico’s greatest VGC success is the second place achieved by Quentin Colón at the 2019 North America International Championships in the Seniors Division.

The most recent tournament held in Puerto Rico was the 2024 Carolina Special Event, also played with the VGC Regulation Set G in May 2024. The finals saw Puerto Rican Kenneth Tirado defeat US Virgin Islander Jahnoi Wilson to win his first major event title!

Victory Road