| 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) |
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| 2 |  |
Jiseok Lee (Q) |
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| 3 |  |
Nico D. Cognetta (Dave) |
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| 4 | |
Conan Thompson (ソード) |
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| 5 | |
Alessio Y. Boschetto (Emily) |
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| 5 |  |
Christopher Kan (Wasp) |
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| 7 | |
Edoardo Giunipero Ferraris (Inkling) |
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| 7 |  |
Julián E. Martínez (Jayuto) |
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| 9 |  |
Antonio Sánchez (Rahxen) |
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| 9 | |
Ben Madigan (Maddo) |
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| 9 |  |
Caio Romanini (Caio) |
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| 9 | |
Gabriel Agati (Gabriel) |
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| 13 | |
Alister Sandover (ちえみ) |
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| 13 |  |
David Koutesh (Hamstermania) |
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| 13 |  |
Geovanni Polanco (g r e e n) |
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| 13 | |
Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) |
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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.
