2025 Latin America International Championships

Event2025 Latin America International Championships
LocationBRA São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Date15–17 November 2024
CapacityTBD
VideogamePokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Season2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set H
FormatSwiss rounds + top cut single elimination, as per attendance
Open team lists
OrganizersThe Pokémon Company International (TPCi)
Copag Pokémon

Check TPCi’s website and the organizer’s website for further info!

Table of Contents

LAIC Travel Award recipients

The players with most Championship Points (CP) in the Travel Award standings from each TPCi region at the end of the LAIC Travel Award period (8 April to 9 June 2024) earned Travel Award prizes for this tournament:

  • Top 4 players in North America, Europe and Oceania receive a $3,500 Travel Award ($5,000 for minors)
  • Top 4 players in Latin America receive a $2,000 Travel Award ($2,500 for minors)
  • Players ranked 5th to 8th in each region receive a $1,000 Travel Stipend
  • Top 16 players in North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania receive priority registration.

The following are the final LAIC Travel Award standings for each region:

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 R$210 for Masters players and R$150 for Senior and Junior players, and they open in two waves:

  1. Wave 1 on 17 September at 10:00 BRT (13:00 UTC)
    • Wave 2 was originally announced to open on 17 September at 18:00 BRT (21:00 UTC), but it was postponed to a later date due to technical issues on the payment platform.
    • After the technical issues that happened during Wave 1, the players affected are reached by the organizer by email and can sign up during “Wave 1.5” on 27 September at 12:00 BRT (15:00 UTC).
  2. Wave 2 on 1 October at 18:00 BRT (21:00 UTC)

If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close two days before the event, on 13 November at 23:59 BRT (14 November at 03:00 UTC).

For registered players, team lists must be submitted 1 hour before the event starts, by 15 November at 08:00 BRT (11:00 UTC).

Spectator passes are R$25 and can be purchased here. They open on 24 September at 18:00 BRT (21:00 UTC).

Streaming

The event is expected to be broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube. Check out soon for further updates.

Venue and schedule

The tournament will be held in the Pavilhão Azul of the following location:

Expo Center Norte
Rua José Bernardo Pinto, 333
Vila Guilherme, São Paulo – SP, 02055-000 Brazil

Check-in can be done on Thursday 14 November from 17:00 to 20:00 BRT, and early on Friday from 07:15 BRT.

Players must be in the venue by 15 November at 09:00 BRT (12:00 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 by 16 November at 09:00 BRT (12:00 UTC) for the team checks. The Day 2 Swiss rounds and the top cut will be played thereafter.

Finals are held on Championship Sunday, 17 November at around 14:30 BRT (17:30 UTC) (TBC) for Juniors, then Seniors, then Masters. These matches are played after Pokémon GO and TCG finals.

Prizes

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

Participation goodies will be announced soon.

Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs, prize money and Pokémon TCG booster packs depending on final attendance:

Overview

The Latin America International Championships, or LAIC, is one of the three official TPCi International events for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO, alongside the Europe and North America Internationals. For VGC, it is the first Internationals of the 2025 season.

It is the sixth edition of LAIC. It has been celebrated yearly since the 2017 season, except in 2021, 2022 (both years due to the COVID-19 pandemics) and 2023 (held only for TCG and Pokémon GO). See the results of the previous editions:

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

A little bit of history

Brazil has been part of the Latin America region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regionals, Special Events and all editions of the Latin America International Championships. Brazil’s greatest VGC successes are the top 16 finish at the 2019 World Championships and the 2 International Championship second places achieved by Gabriel Agati, as well as another International Championship second place achieved by Thiago Lattanzi.

The most recent tournament held in Brazil was the 2025 Joinville Regional, played in the VGC Regulation Set H in September 2024.

The last time there was an event in the State of São Paulo was the 2024 São Paulo Regional, played in the VGC Regulation Set F in April 2024. The finals saw Brazilian Cristhian Andrade defeat 5-time Regional Champion Riley Factura to win his first Regional Championship title!

The last time the Latin America International Championships were held was the 2024 edition, also hosted in São Paulo, Brazil, and played in the VGC Regulation Set E in November 2023. The finals saw 2020 OCIC Champion Marco Silva defeat Brazilian Thiago Lattanzi to win his record-tying second International Championship title!

American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.

Victory Road