| Event | 2025 Dortmund Regional Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Dortmund, Germany |
| Date | 28–29 September 2024 |
| Attendance | 710 players (MA) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set H |
| Format | 8 Day 1 Swiss rounds + 3 Day 2 Swiss rounds + asymmetrical top cut Open team lists |
| Organizer | 2022 Tournaments |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9-2 |  | Davide Miraglia (Dede) | 2025 Worlds 350 CP $6,000 |       |  | |
| 2 | 9-2 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | 325 CP $4,000 |     | | |
| 3 | 9-2 | | Nicolò Berardo (Beru) | 300 CP $2,000 |      | | |
| 4 | 9-2 | | Alessandro Marchionne (60€) | 300 CP $2,000 |   | | |
| 5 | 10-1 | | Fevzi Özkan (Fevzi) | 280 CP $1,000 |      | | |
| 6 | 9-2 |  | Jack Clarke (Jack) | 280 CP $1,000 |      | | |
| 7 | 9-2 | | Ibrahim Maarouf (Alice) | 280 CP $1,000 |  | | |
| 8 | 9-2 | | Davide Cognetta (Dave) | 280 CP $1,000 |  | | |
| 9 | 10-1 |  | Joan Garcia (JG) | 160 CP $750 |  | | |
| 10 | 10-1 | | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | 160 CP $750 | | | |
| 11 | 10-1 | | Rafael Sadowski (Rafa) | 160 CP $750 |  | | |
| 12 | 10-1 |  | Koen van Cann (KoonKy) | 160 CP $750 |   | | |
| 13 | 9-2 | | Lukas Kiefl (Sildurah) | 160 CP $750 |   | | |
| 14 | 9-2 | | Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | 160 CP $750 |  | | |
| 15 | 9-2 | | Rahim Farzan (Pres) | 160 CP $750 | | | |
| 16 | 9-2 |  | Hippolyte Bernard (★AllySwitch★) | 160 CP $750 | | | |
| 17 | 9-2 | | Jannik Koch (Jannik) | 125 CP |  | | |
| 18 | 9-2 |  | Rhys Johnson (Dread) | 125 CP | | | |
| 19 | 9-2 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | 125 CP | | | |
| 20 | 9-2 | | Víctor Medina (Torviv) | 125 CP | | | |
| 21 | 9-2 |  | Hjalmar Lind (Hjalle) | 125 CP |  | | |
| 22 | 9-2 | | Sergio Ramírez (Sergio) | 125 CP |  | | |
| 23 | 9-2 | | Joan Poyato (Kurbitoo) | 125 CP | | |
Day 2 Swiss rounds
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Day 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 8-3 | | Faaiz Ashfaq (nameer) | 125 CP | | | |
| 25 | 8-3 |  | Lin Longyu (救我) | 125 CP | | | |
| 26 | 8-3 | | Mark Mullender (Mark) | 125 CP | | | |
| 27 | 8-3 | | Francesco Rasini (Olymak) | 125 CP | | | |
| 28 | 8-3 | | Mattia Angelini (Matty) | 125 CP |  | | |
| 29 | 8-3 | | Marius Twardowski (Mareen) | 125 CP | | | |
| 30 | 8-3 | | Julián Piñeiro (NKG2D) | 125 CP | | | |
| 31 | 8-3 | | Markus Sponholz (ChuVGC) | 125 CP |   | | |
| 32 | 8-3 |  | Lucas Mester-Christensen (Lucas) | 125 CP |    | | |
| 33 | 8-3 | | Ferdinand Krammer (Ferdi) | 100 CP |   | | |
| 34 | 8-3 | | Juan Borreguero (Mithos) | 100 CP |     | | |
| 35 | 8-3 | | Yvar Vlieger (Yvar) | 100 CP |   | | |
| 36 | 8-3 | | Nicolò Pollato (Nik) | 100 CP | | | |
| 37 | 8-3 | | Jost Malczewski (Jost) | 100 CP |  | | |
| 38 | 8-3 |  | Paschalis Dermentzis (PasDer) | 100 CP | | | |
| 39 | 8-3 | | Akram Hamdi (Ak) | 100 CP | | | |
| 40 | 8-3 | | Marcel Kapelle (Massi) | 100 CP | | | |
| 41 | 8-3 | | Fabian Kuhl (Fabi) | 100 CP | | | |
| 42 | 8-3 | | Giuseppe Musicco (Peppe) | 100 CP | | | |
| 43 | 8-3 | | Carlos Caño (Murphy) | 100 CP | | | |
| 44 | 8-3 | | Max Waterman (Simipour) | 100 CP | | | |
| 45 | 8-3 | | Nick Mandoeng (Vohmu) | 100 CP | | | |
| 46 | 8-3 | | Joseph Russell (Joe) | 100 CP |  | | |
| 47 | 8-3 | | Daniel Bisley (Daniel) | 100 CP |  | | |
| 48 | 8-3 | | Francesco Pardini (AlexisVGC) | 100 CP | | | |
| 49 | 8-3 | | Forhad Chodhoury (Forcho) | 100 CP | | | |
| 50 | 8-3 | | Alessio Fuscà (NikyuAlex) | 100 CP | | | |
| 51 | 8-3 | | Thomas Schultz (Tos) | 100 CP |  | | |
| 52 | 8-3 | | Matteo Velata (Thunderman) | 100 CP | | | |
| 53 | 8-3 | | Mike Reiziger (Mike) | 100 CP | | | |
| 54 | 8-3 | | Riccardo Appamea (Ricky) | 100 CP | | | |
| 55 | 8-3 | | Taran Birdee (Taran) | 100 CP | | | |
| 56 | 8-3 | | Dennis Komen (D) | 100 CP | | | |
| 57 | 8-3 | | Iván Amate (Arknor) | 100 CP |   | | |
| 58 | 8-3 | | Valentijn Visser (valentijn) | 100 CP | | | |
| 59 | 8-3 | | Audric David (DricsVG) | 100 CP | | | |
| 60 | 7-2 | | Ross Stewart (Mawi) | 100 CP |  | | |
| 61 | 7-4 | | Fabian Braun (Baked) | 100 CP | | | |
| 62 | 7-4 | | Alexander Nasin (Alexander) | 100 CP | | | |
| 63 | 7-4 |  | Pierre Tarnaucianu (pierre) | 100 CP |  | | |
| 64 | 7-4 | | Antonio Sánchez (Antonio) | 100 CP | | | |
| 65 | 7-4 | | Marco Girardi (SC_presc) | 80 CP | | | |
| 66 | 7-4 | | Jorge Martí (Jennie) | 80 CP | | | |
| 67 | 7-4 | | Florian Temme (trobuz) | 80 CP | | | |
| 68 | 7-4 | | Javier Conesa (Aurora) | 80 CP | | | |
| 69 | 7-4 | | Anthony-Christopher Manolache (Astora) | 80 CP | | | |
| 70 | 7-4 | | Rubén Gómez (NyaZan) | 80 CP | | | |
| 71 | 7-4 |  | Héctor Acuña (Hector) | 80 CP |   | | |
| 72 | 7-4 | | Eloy Hahn (ElogVGC) | 80 CP |   | | |
| 73 | 7-4 | | Xiang Yu (大橘猫) | 80 CP | | | |
| 74 | 7-4 | | Samuel Adzhib (Samuel) | 80 CP | | | |
| 75 | 7-4 | | Finn Seipold (FwieFisch) | 80 CP | | | |
| 76 | 7-4 | | Nick Holmer (Nick) | 80 CP |   | | |
| 77 | 7-4 | | Flavio Del Pidio (PADØ) | 80 CP | | | |
| 78 | 7-4 | | Conor McCormack (Bomber) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 79 | 7-4 | | Liam Westland (Liam) | 80 CP | | | |
| 80 | 7-4 | | Shanks Kaiser (Shanks) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 81 | 7-4 | | Sean Sumner (Sean) | 80 CP | | | |
| 82 | 7-4 |  | Camilo Liberona (Linko) | 80 CP | | | |
| 83 | 7-4 | | Abtin Ghaad Amini (Abtin) | 80 CP | | | |
| 84 | 7-4 | | Benjamin van Hoeckel (Benji) | 80 CP | | | |
| 85 | 7-4 | | Andres Escobosa (000αj) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 86 | 7-4 |  | Nikola Zirdum (Nix) | 80 CP | | | |
| 87 | 7-4 | | Quilliano van Hal (Qing) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 88 | 7-4 |  | Bartosz Kuskowski (Bartek) | 80 CP | | | |
| 89 | 7-4 | | Alberto Cano (Canovax) | 80 CP | | | |
| 90 | 7-4 | | Femi Jordanovic (BlueBreath) | 80 CP | | | |
| 91 | 7-4 | | Jordi Casado (Jordi) | 80 CP | | | |
| 92 | 7-4 |  | Omar Ziyani (Omar) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 93 | 6-5 | | Kai Schulz (colspan) | 80 CP | | | |
| 94 | 6-5 |  | Mikael Viljanen (maikkeli) | 80 CP | | | |
| 95 | 6-5 | | Sven Stoldt (Sven) | 80 CP | | | |
| 96 | 6-5 | | Giacomo Bovolenta (Moise Kean) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 97 | 6-4 | | Gregory Mohr (Gregory) | 80 CP | | | |
| 98 | 6-5 | | Emre Sahan (Emre) | 80 CP | | | |
| 99 | 6-5 | | Anthony Liuzzo (Glum) | 80 CP |   | | |
| 100 | 6-5 | | Max van Westrop (Giel) | 80 CP | | | |
| 101 | 6-5 | | Philip Rösen (Aylona) | 80 CP |  | |
Day 1 Swiss rounds
All players with 2 or fewer losses advance to Day 2!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | 5-3 | | Andrea Stefanczyk (Aladygma) | 80 CP | | | |
| 103 | 5-3 | | Juan Manuel Marín (Sito) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 104 | 5-3 |  | Paul Hinta (Kurczak) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 105 | 5-3 | | Maurice Uteg (Miku) | 80 CP | | | |
| 106 | 5-3 | | Matteo Spadaro (Spaddy) | 80 CP | | | |
| 107 | 5-3 | | Maurizio D’Andrea (Animod) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 108 | 5-3 | | Kosta Daidimos (Koala-T Kost) | 80 CP | | | |
| 109 | 5-3 |  | Geonwoo Myung (수호자) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 110 | 5-3 | | Marius Franke (Jinnius) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 111 | 5-3 | | Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC) | 80 CP | | | |
| 112 | 5-3 | | Danilo Fischer (NiloVGC) | 80 CP | | | |
| 113 | 5-3 | | Alex Soto (LenVGC) | 80 CP | | | |
| 114 | 5-3 | | Markus Stadter (Yoshi) | 80 CP | | | |
| 115 | 5-3 | | Corey Martin (Pudding) | 80 CP | | | |
| 116 | 5-3 | | Luca Lussignoli (MOODY GIRL) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 117 | 5-3 | | Antoine Guyader (DarkGold) | 80 CP | | | |
| 118 | 5-3 | | Oliver Eskolin (Owe) | 80 CP | | | |
| 119 | 5-3 | | Ranieri Calderari (Ψυχικ Ποισον) | 80 CP | | | |
| 120 | 5-3 | | Robbie Schaaij (Robbie) | 80 CP | | | |
| 121 | 5-3 | | Simon Iredale (CptAuro) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 122 | 5-3 | | Salvatore Rega (Atlas) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 123 | 5-3 | | Fynn Denecke (dene) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 124 | 5-3 | | Jordan Milton (Jordan) | 80 CP | | | |
| 125 | 5-3 | | Roberto Parente (Roberto) | 80 CP | | | |
| 126 | 5-3 | | David Fernández (Xpartaz) | 80 CP |   | | |
| 127 | 5-3 | | Marco Müller (Marco) | 80 CP | | | |
| 128 | 5-3 | | Simone Sanvito (☆Sanvy) | 80 CP | | |
Top 256 players got 60 Championship Points! You can check a full list, as well as a useful stats tool in Stalruth’s Cut Explorer!
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube, with Charlie Merriman, Jamie Boyt, Lee Provost and Ben Kyriakou as casters. Victory Road is behind the scenes!
- Day 1: stream starts on 28 September at 07:15 UTC
- Day 2 + Top Cut: stream starts on 29 September at 07:00 UTC
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 | Maurice Uteg | vs | Jonathan Marston |
| R3 | Antonio Sánchez | vs | Flavio Del Pidio |
| R4 | Yoel Ramírez  | vs | Alex Soto |
| R5 | Michael Kelsch | vs | Matteo Spadaro |
| R6 | Eloy Hahn | vs | Lin Longyu |
| R7 | Yvar Vlieger | vs | Giulio Tarlao |
| R8 | Federico Camporesi | vs | Anthony-Christopher Manolache |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R10 | Jack Clarke | vs | Fevzi Özkan |
| R11 | Francesco Pardini | vs | Nicolò Berardo |
| Top 32 | Hippolyte Bernard | vs | Sergio Ramírez |
| Top 16 | Ibrahim Maarouf | vs | Joan Garcia |
| Top 8 | Fevzi Özkan | vs | Nicolò Berardo |
| Top 4 | Alessandro Marchionne | vs | Mattie Morgan |
| Top 4 | Nicolò Berardo | vs | Davide Miraglia |
| Finals | Mattie Morgan | vs | Davide Miraglia |
Usage stats
Day 1
Day 2
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the Hall 3 at the following location:
Westfalenhallen
Rheinlanddamm 200
44139 Dortmund, Germany
Check-in can be done early on Saturday 28 September.
Players must be in the venue by 28 September at 8:30 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 29 September at 8:30 CEST (06:30 UTC) 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, prize money and Pokémon TCG booster packs depending on final attendance:
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | Invite to the 2025 World Championships 350 CP | 0 |
| Finalist | 325 CP | 4 |
| Semifinalists | 300 CP | 8 |
| 5th to 8th | 280 CP | 17 |
| 9th to 16th | 160 CP | 33 |
| 17th to 32nd | 125 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 100 CP | 129 |
| 65th to 128th | 80 CP | 257 |
| 129th to 256th | 60 CP | 513 |
| 257th to 512th | 40 CP | 1025 |
| 513th to 1024th | 20 CP | 2049 |
| Placement | Masters | Junior & Senior |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | $6,000 USD | $1,000 USD |
| Finalist | $4,000 USD | $750 USD |
| Semifinalists | $2,000 USD | $500 USD |
| 5th to 8th | $1,000 USD | – |
| 9th to 16th | $750 USD | – |
| Players per age division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement | <33 | 33-64 | 65-128 | 129-256 | 257-512 | 513-1024 | 1025-2048 | 2049+ |
| Champion | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Finalist | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Semifinalists | 36 | 72 | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| 5th to 8th | 18 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| 9th to 16th | 9 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 108 |
| 17th to 32nd | 18 | 18 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | ||
| 33rd to 64th | 9 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||
| 65th to 128th | 18 | 18 | 36 | 36 | ||||
| 129th to 256th | 9 | 18 | 18 | |||||
| 257th to 512th | 9 | |||||||
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).
Overview
The Dortmund Regional Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the first Regional-level event of the 2025 season in the European circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set H, and it is played using open team lists. It is the first major Regulation Set H event in Europe.
A little bit of history
Germany has been part of the Europe region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships and the 2019 and 2022 Europe Internationals. Germany’s greatest VGC success happened when Michael Kelsch reached the finals of the 2023 World Championships.
The most recent tournament held in Germany was the 2024 Dortmund Regional, played with the Regulation Set F in February 2024. The finals saw German Florian Temme defeat fellow compatriot Nick Schrott to win his first Regional title!
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.
Sign-ups are €60 for Masters players and €40 for Senior and Junior players, and they open on 7 August at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC).
- A new wave of sign-ups was later announced to open on 5 September at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC). There are only “a very limited number of spots” available.
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 28 September at 7:30 CEST (05:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are €10 and can be purchased here.
