| Event | 2024-25 Philippines Premier Ball League VG Division |
|---|---|
| Location |  Pasay, Philippines |
| Date | 26–27 October 2024 |
| Capacity | 144 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set H |
| Format | 6 Bo1 Swiss rounds + Bo3 single-elimination Top 16 Open team lists |
| Organizer | Pokémon TPC (Philippines) |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Sign-up instructions
This tournament is open only to residents of the Philippines.
Sign-ups are free and they are open from 26 September at 10 am PST (02:00 UTC) until 11 October at 11:59 pm (15:59 UTC). There are 144 spots for all age divisions.
Streaming
It is unknown whether this event will be streamed.
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the following location:
Philippine International Convention Center
PICC Complex, 1307 Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Players must be in the venue by 26 October at 10 am PST (02:00 UTC) for the check-in and registration. The tournament starts at 11:45 am (03:45 UTC) with the best-of-1 Swiss rounds.
Players qualified to Top 16 must be in the venue by 27 October at 10 am PST (02:00 UTC).
Prizes
This event is part of the 2025 official TPC circuit in the Philippines. The best players earn a guaranteed spot and round byes in the Master Ball League later in the season.
| Placement | Prize |
|---|---|
| Champion | Guaranteed spot at the Master Ball League Rounds 1 to 3 byes at the Master Ball League |
| Finalist | Guaranteed spot at the Master Ball League Rounds 1 & 2 byes at the Master Ball League |
| Semifinalists | Guaranteed spot at the Master Ball League Round 1 bye at the Master Ball League |
Overview
The Philippines Premier Ball League is an official TPC Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC. It is the only Regional-level event of the 2025 season in the Filipino circuit.
It is the first major tournament held in the Philippines not to be the National Championships.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set H, and it is played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
The Philippines 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. The Philippines’ greatest VGC success is in the hands of American-Filipino Paul Chua, who made it to the semifinals of the 2022 World Championships and won the 2023 Europe International Championships.
The most recent tournament held in the Philippines was the 2024 Philippines National Championships, played in Taguig with the VGC Regulation Set F in May 2024. The finals saw Filipino Paul Bautista defeat fellow countryman Vincent Ignacio to win his first National title!
