| Event | VR Circuit: Winter Series – Grand Finale |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 3-4 April 2021 |
| Attendance | 16 qualified players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield |
| Season | 2021 Season – VGC21 Series 8 |
| Format | Single elimination |
Teams and Results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kevin Salvetto (Lil Bo Peep) | $1228.50 |       |  Team report here! |
| 2 |  | Eric Rios (riopaser) | $682.50 | |  |
| 3 |  | Kyle Geffner (North) | $341.25 |    |  |
| 4 | | Guillermo Castilla (KastyTP) | $341.25 |     |  |
| 5 |  | Flavio Del Pidio (Pado) | $136.50 |    |  |
| 6 | | Matteo Agostini (Cam) | $136.50 |      |  |
| 7 |  | Taran Birdee (Taran) | $136.50 |  |  |
| 8 | | Ramsés Quintana (Pablo) | $136.50 |  |  |
| 9 |  | Yosuke Takayanagi (やなぎ) | $34.13 |    |  |
| 10 | | Michael D’Angelo (Mike) | $34.13 |   | |
| 11 | | Víctor Medina (Torviv) | $34.13 | |  |
| 12 | | Manuel Barea (LeunamTG) | $34.13 |  |  |
| 13 | | Giuseppe Alario (Il Mule) | $34.13 |     |  |
| 14 | | Daniele Spuntarelli (Zenzero) | $34.13 | |  |
| 15 | | Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | $34.13 |   |  |
| 16 | | Damiano La Barbera (Naji) | $34.13 |  |  |
Structure
Five Qualifiers were held during February and March 2021 to earn VR Points and an invite to the Grand Finale. With a BFL (best-finish limit) of 2, the Qualifiers were held at different times so that everybody around the globe could adapt and play the ones that better suited their timezone.
All the events had an open-teamsheet format! Further information about the circuit can be found in its official website!
You can find the results from the Qualifiers here:
- Qualifier #1, held on 13-14 February
- Qualifier #2, held on 20-21 February
- Qualifier #3, held on 27-28 February
- Qualifier #4, held on 6-7 March
- Qualifier #5, held on 13-14 March
The Top 16 players after the end of the Qualifiers were the following, ordered by seed:
- Flavio Del Pidio, 550 VR Points
- Yosuke Takayanagi, 480 VR Points
- Michael D’Angelo, 450 VR Points
- Matteo Agostini, 400 VR Points
- Víctor Medina, 400 VR Points
- Manuel Barea, 400 VR Points
- Giuseppe Alario, 380 VR Points
- Daniele Spuntarelli, 350 VR Points
- Kyle Geffner, 350 VR Points
- Eric Rios, 350 VR Points
- Taran Birdee, 350 VR Points
- Kevin Salvetto, 300 VR Points
- Alex Underhill, 300 VR Points
- Guillermo Castilla, 300 VR Points
- Ramsés N. Quintana, 300 VR Points
- Damiano La Barbera, 280 VR Points
Italian Damiano La Barbera earned the last spot after resolving the tie at 280 VR Points by defeating American Jon Hu in a best-of-five set. You can see the full ranking here!
All sets in the Winter Series Grand Finale were played as best-of-three matches, while the Grand Finals were played as best-of-five.
Streaming
All matches were streamed at Victory Road’s Twitch channel and featured our team of English-speaking casters including the experienced Kosta Daidimos, Jamie Boyt and Ben Kyriakou, as well as the debutant David Partington.
All the matches are uploaded to Victory Road’s YouTube channel! You can watch the full reproduction list here!
We’ll leave you with the best-of-five Grand Finals between Eric Rios and Kevin Salvetto below, cast by our very own Kosta Daidimos and Jamie Boyt!:
