| Event | Pokémon Players Cup III Europe Region Qualifier |
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| Location | Online |
| Date | 20–27 March 2021 |
| Attendance | 256 qualified players (224 in attendance) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield |
| Season | 2021 Season – VGC21 Series 8 |
| Format | Double elimination with open teamsheets |
Teams and Results
| # | Flag | Player | Team | Exp. |
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| Qualified |  | Francesco P. Pero (CICCIOTT) |       |  |
| Qualified | | Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) | | Team report here! |
| Qualified | | Roberto Porretti (Raider) |       | |
| Qualified |  | Rafael Busutil (PokeRaf) |  |  |
| 5 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) |    | |
| 5 | | Antonio Sánchez (Rahxen) | | |
| 7 |  | Hippolyte Bernard (Redsilver) |     |  |
| 7 | | Guillermo Castilla (KastyTP) |  | |
| 9 |  | Taran Birdee (Taran) |    | |
| 9 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | | |
| 9 | | Jesús Jiménez (SusejVGC) |    | |
| 9 | | Alex DellaPasqua (Gilgamesh) |     | |
| 13 |  | David Koutesh (Hamstermania) | | |
| 13 | | Matt Maynard (bwenty) | |  |
| 13 | | Simone Sanvito (☆Sanvy) | | |
| 13 | | Daniel Oztekin (Oz) |    | |
Structure
The best 256 European players at the Pokémon Players Cup III Qualifier (a best-of-1 challenge-format tournament held on 15–17 January under Series 7 rules) qualified for this event.
This was a double-elimination best-of-three tournament with open teamsheets, divided in two days of competition. On day 1 (20 March), the 256 qualified players would clash until only 16 players remained, which would then on day 2 (27 March) try to earn the 4 top spots which qualified them for the Pokémon Players Cup III Global Finals.
Region Finals streaming
Some of the top 16 matches, labeled as the Region Finals, were broadcast on 10–11 April.
Take a look below at the following matches!
List of streamed matches (Day 1)
| Time | Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
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| 36:16 | WR6 | Guillermo Castilla |
vs | Francesco P. Pero |
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| 1:24:31 | WR6 | Rafael Busutil |
vs | Taran Birdee |
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| 2:04:19 | LR9 (T16) |
Matt Maynard |
vs | Giulio Tarlao |
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List of streamed matches (Day 2)
| Time | Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
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| 34:18 | WR7 (win&in) | Rafael Busutil | vs | Leonardo Bonanomi |
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| 1:02:18 | LR11 (T8) | Guillermo Castilla | vs | Antonio Sánchez |
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| 1:35:26 | LR12 (win&in) | Antonio Sánchez | vs | Rafael Busutil |
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