| Event | Pokémon Players Cup |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | Regional Online Qualifiers: 11–25 July 2020 Final stage: 22–23 August 2020 |
| Attendance | 896 qualified players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield |
| Season | 2020 Season – VGC 2020 Series 5 |
Teams and Results
| # | Country | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Santino Tarquinio (Santino) |       |
| 2 |  | Jiseok Lee (Q) |    |
| 3 |  | Nico D. Cognetta (Dave) |   |
| 4 | | Conan Thompson (ソード) |    |
| 5 | | Alessio Y. Boschetto (Emily) |  |
| 5 |  | Christopher Kan (Wasp) |   |
| 7 | | Edoardo Giunipero Ferraris (Inkling) | |
| 7 |  | Julián E. Martínez (Jayuto) |   |
| 9 |  | Antonio Sánchez (Rahxen) |      |
| 9 | | Ben Madigan (Maddo) |   |
| 9 |  | Caio Romanini (Caio) | |
| 9 | | Gabriel Agati (Gabriel) | |
| 13 | | Alister Sandover (ちえみ) | |
| 13 |  | David Koutesh (Hamstermania) |   |
| 13 |  | Geovanni Polanco (g r e e n) |     |
| 13 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | |
Structure
The players that achieved the following results in the May International Challenge qualified for the Pokémon Players Cup:
- Top 256 European players
- Top 256 North American players
- Top 256 Latin American players
- Top 128 Oceanian players
Those players then competed in the Pokémon Players Cup Regional Online Qualifiers, a double-elimination best-of-three tournament for each region (Europe, North America, Latin America and Oceania). The following players then qualified for the final stage:
- Top 4 players from the Europe Online Qualifier
- Top 4 players from the North America Online Qualifier
- Top 4 players from the Latin America Online Qualifier
- Top 3 players from the Oceania Online Qualifier
- The winner of the Pokémon Players Cup Kickoff Invitational
These sixteen qualified players competed in the final stage, another double-elimination best-of-three tournament to crown the Pokémon Players Cup champion. Additionally, the Top 4 players of the Pokémon Players Cup will receive a Travel Award for a future International Championship of their choosing.
