| Event | 2023 Bogotá Special Event |
|---|---|
| Location |  Bogotá, Colombia |
| Date | 28 May 2023 |
| Attendance | 81 players (MA) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set C |
| Format | Swiss rounds + top cut single elimination, as per attendance Open team lists |
| Organizer | Draco Hobby Center |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
Swiss standings
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12-2 |  | Abdullah Mohayyuddin (sempra) | 200 CP $3000 |       |  |  |
| 2 | 11-3 | | Ryan Loseto (SableyeVGC) | 160 CP $2000 |    |  | |
| 3 | 11-3 |  | Dylan Salvanera (Dylan) | 130 CP $1000 |      | | |
| 4 | 11-3 | | Aaron Zheng (CybertronVGC) | 130 CP $1000 |   | | |
| 5 | 12-2 | | Zackary Thornberg (Zack) | 100 CP $500 |      | | |
| 6 | 11-3 | | Neil Patel (Neil) | 100 CP $500 | | | |
| 7 | 11-3 | | Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | 100 CP $500 |      | | |
| 8 | 11-3 | | Demitrios Kaguras (DEMITRI) | 100 CP $500 |  |  | |
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Day 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | TL | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 7-3 |  | Ian Roberts (76) | 40 CP |   | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Draco Hobby Center’s YouTube channel.
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |  Daniel Núñez    | vs | Abraham Orta   |
| R2 |  Patrick Cheng   | vs | Valentina Torres  |
| R3 | Carlos W. Mora   | vs |  Raúl Ramírez |
| R4 | Kyle Ayala   | vs | Fausto Gómez   |
| R5 |  Iván Vargas | vs | Aldo Loyola    |
| R6 | Leonardo Chinchilla | vs | Arath Vera  |
| R7 | Daniel Núñez | vs | Yulean Ríos  |
| Top 8 | Juan Camilo Restrepo | vs | Mateo Arias |
| Top 4 | Aldo Loyola | vs | Max Morales |
| Finals | Aldo Loyola | vs | Juan Camilo Restrepo |
CP standings
Season standings
The following are the Latin America Championship Point standings before and after the event.
Top 8 players at the end of the 2023 season get Day 2 invites to the 2023 World Championships.
Before the event
| # | Player | CP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gabriel Agati | 1050 |
| 2 |  Juan Salerno | 604 |
| 3 | Joaquín Salerno | 490 |
| 4 | Paul Ruiz | 450 |
| 5 | Thiago Lattanzi | 300 |
| 6 | Galo Orbea | 290 |
| 7 | João H. Gonçalves | 280 |
| 8 |  Renzo Navarro | 232 |
| 9 | Hugo Nascimento | 220 |
| 10 | Daniel Núñez | 210 |
| 11 |  Juan M. Santizo | 210 |
| 12 | Mariano Hernández | 208 |
Note: Some Premier Challenges may be missing.
After the event
| # | Player | CP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Agati | 1050 |
| 2 | Juan Salerno | 684 |
| 3 | Joaquín Salerno | 490 |
| 4 | Paul Ruiz | 450 |
| 5 | Renzo Navarro | 332 |
| 6 |  Matías Díaz | 310 |
| 7 | Daniel Núñez | 310 |
| 8 | Thiago Lattanzi | 300 |
| 9 | Javier Valdés | 296 |
| 10 | Juan M. Santizo | 290 |
| 11 | Galo Orbea | 290 |
| 12 | João H. Gonçalves | 280 |
Note: Some Premier Challenges may be missing.
Venue and schedule
The tournament will be held on the following location:
Draco Hobby Center
Avenida Carrera 15, #75-53
Bogotá
Check-in can be done on Sunday morning from 9 am local time. Players must be in the venue by 28 May 2023 at 10 am local time (15:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts right thereafter with the Swiss rounds.
The top cut will be played on the same day, after the Swiss rounds.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2023 official TPCI circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
The best-placed players will receive the following prizes depending on final attendance:
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP |
| Runner-up | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP |
| Runner-up | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP |
| Runner-up | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP |
| Runner-up | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP |
| Runner-up | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP |
| Runner-up | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| 129th to 256th | 30 CP |
Overview
The Bogotá Special Event is an official TPCI Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC. It is the fifth Regional-level event of the 2023 season in the Latin American circuit, and, pending an announcement, very likely the fourth in the travel award race for the 2024 season’s first IC. It was announced on 26 April 2023 along the other Latin American Special Events.
It is the second of four TPCI Regional-level events of the 2023 season to be played in a single day.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set C and it will be played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Colombia has been part of the Latin America region of the official TPCI circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Special Events and old-era National Championships. Colombia’s greatest VGC success is the fourth place achieved by Juan Naar in the online-era Players Cup II in 2020.
The most recent tournament held in Colombia was the 2019 Bogotá May Special Event, played in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon with the VGC19 Ultra Series ruleset in May 2019. The finals saw Colombian Cristian André Rodríguez defeat Chinese Xu Yihui.
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through the Play LATAM platform, and you will first need to set up your Play LATAM profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID. All players must comply with the Play! Pokémon COVID-19 Protocols.
Sign-ups are $60,000 COP and they open on 27 April 2023 at 9:00 local time (14:00 UTC).
Information about team list submission and spectator passes will be released at a later date.
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 2 hours before the event starts.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 1 hour before the event starts, by 11 March 2023 at 9:00 local time (12:00 UTC). Paper team lists can also be found here.
Spectator passes are free and can be purchased through RK9 Labs.
