2023 Global Challenge I

Event2023 Global Challenge I
(2023 Japan National Championships Qualifier #1)
LocationOnline
Date7–9 April 2023
CapacityUnlimited
VideogamePokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet
Season2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set C
FormatIn-game ladder competition
OrganizerThe PokƩmon Company (TPC)
The PokƩmon Company International (TPCI)
PokƩmon Korea

Table of Contents

Results

Championship Point payouts were confirmed on 21 April 2023.

#RatingFlagPlayerPrizeTeam
11853.2HKGPan SiĀ Ming
(č“å®ēŸ³)
160 CPĀ 
21847.2USAJelani Simmons
(Nasri)
130 CP
31833.6JPNMumemo
(M)
Japan NationalsĀ 
41831.5ESPJoan Perelló
(Dr. Necro)
100 CPĀ 
51828.8ITARoberto Parente
(Roberto)
100 CP
61824.3JPNJoji Kaieda
(ćƒć‚¤ć‚Ŗćƒ¬ćƒƒćƒˆ)
Japan NationalsĀ 
71818.6JPNTakumi Sakurai
(ć‚Øćƒ«ćƒćƒ¬)
Japan Nationals
81818.2ESPƁlex Soto
(LenVGC)
80 CP
91818.1JPNSafaia
(ć‚µćƒ•ć‚”ć‚¤ć‚¢)
Japan NationalsĀ 
101816.2ITAMarco Silva
(Andrew Tate)
80 CPĀ 
111815.4JPNKengo Hirata
(みなとともか)
Japan NationalsĀ 
121815.0FRAAdam Cherfaoui
(Shao)
*Ā 
131812.4USALuka Trejgut
(Aster)
80 CP
141811.2JPNShian
(ć‚¹ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ¬ćƒƒćƒˆ)
Japan NationalsĀ 
151805.1JPNKomorin
(Sara)
Japan NationalsĀ 
161805.0JPNKengo Hirata
(ćƒć‚¤ć‚Ŗćƒ¬ćƒƒćƒˆ)
2nd acc.Ā 

#RatingFlagPlayerPrizeTeam
171804.2JPNTansoman
(2)
Japan NationalsĀ 
181804.1JPNYosuke Takayanagi
(Kudryavka)
Japan NationalsĀ 
191803.4DEUFaaiz Ashfaq
(F/\$|$)
80 CPĀ 
201803.3JPNRaru
(惩惫)
Japan NationalsĀ 
211800.8JPNRinya Kobayashi
(ćƒć‚¤ć‚Ŗćƒ¬ćƒƒćƒˆ)
Japan NationalsĀ 
221800.5JPNCastƩlla
(恍悊悄恂恊恄)
Japan Nationals
231800.1JPNYui
(はるか)
Japan Nationals
241799.1JPNTaiyo
(恟恄悈恆)
Japan NationalsĀ 
251798.8JPNWasurena
(ćƒÆć‚¹ćƒ¬ćƒŠ)
Japan NationalsĀ 
261798.6JPNResu
(Leon Hart)
Japan NationalsĀ 
271798.5JPNUmaryu
(悊悅恆)
Japan Nationals
281798.2JPNUyumi
(ć‚Øć‚¹ćƒ†ćƒ«)
Japan NationalsĀ 
291798.0JPNKoyadofu
(恓恆悄恩恆恵)
Japan NationalsĀ 
301797.8JPNKota Higashino
(ćƒć‚¤ć‚Ŗćƒ¬ćƒƒćƒˆ)
Japan NationalsĀ 
311797.5JPNMr. Homon
(ć‚¹ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ¬ćƒƒćƒˆ)
Japan NationalsĀ 
321797.3JPNKiyoshiro Arai
(BBTU)
Japan NationalsĀ 

* Not present in the official CP standings

A more complete list of the standings can be found here, thanks to our colleagues from Liberty Note!

Platform and schedule

The tournament is held online, in your PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the PokĆ© Portal’s Battle Stadium.

The tournament starts on 7 April 2023 at 00:00 UTC. You will be able to play up to 15 battles on 7 April, up to 30 battles by 8 April and up to 45 battles by 9 April. You will be able to enter any battle until 9 April 2023 at 23:59 UTC.

Prizes

This event is an official Online Competition, and is part of theĀ 2023 official circuitĀ in TPCI regions, in Japan and in South Korea.

As a participation prize, any player that finishes at least three battles will receive 10,000 League Points. Additionally, if a player’s PokĆ©mon HOME account is connected to their Nintendo account, they will receive a Mystery Gift code in the mobile app of PokĆ©mon HOME to redeem a PokĆ© Ball Canvas Backpack in PokĆ©mon Scarlet & PokĆ©mon Violet.

TPCI regions

In North America, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Middle East & South Africa, and Russia, this online competitionĀ rewards Championship Points (CPs) as per the following table. Only players that have configured their Online Competition settings to any of the TPCI regions are counted towards this purpose:

Placement
(only counting players in TPCI regions)
Championship Points
Winner160 CP
Runner-up130 CP
Semifinalists100 CP
5th to 8th80 CP
9th to 16th60 CP
17th to 32nd50 CP
33rd to 64th40 CP
65th to 128th30 CP
129th to 256th20 CP
257th to 512th10 CP
513th to 1024th5 CP

Japan

In Japan, this tournament is known as the 2023 Japan National Championships Qualifier #1, and the top 150 players qualify to the online stage of the 2023 Japan National Championships, both to theĀ 14 May eventĀ and theĀ 28 May eventĀ that was later announced. Only players that have configured their Online Competition settings to Japan are counted towards this purpose.

Korea

In South Korea, the top 50 players qualify to the online stage of the 2023 Pokémon Trainers Cup, both to the 14 May event and the 28 May event that was later announced. Only players that have configured their Online Competition settings to Korea are counted towards this purpose.

CP standings: North America

Season standings

The following are the North 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 results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1USAĀ Ā Alberto Lara900
2USAĀ Ā Paul Chua830
3USAĀ Ā Gavin Michaels780
4USAĀ  Chuppa Cross IV750
5USAĀ Ā Joseph Ugarte730
6USAĀ Ā James Evans720
7USAĀ Ā Nick Navarre690
8USAĀ Ā Luca Paz680
9USAĀ Ā Collin Heier630
10USAĀ Ā Wolfe Glick620
11INDĀ Ā Raghav Malaviya590
12USAĀ Ā Zackary Thornberg550

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1USAĀ Ā Alberto Lara900
2USAĀ Ā Paul Chua880
3USAĀ Ā Gavin Michaels785
4USAĀ  Chuppa Cross IV770
5USAĀ Ā James Evans760
6USAĀ Ā Joseph Ugarte750
7USAĀ Ā Nick Navarre720
8USAĀ Ā Luca Paz690
9USAĀ Ā Collin Heier680
10USAĀ Ā Wolfe Glick650
11INDĀ Ā Raghav Malaviya630
12USAĀ Ā Zackary Thornberg610

NAIC Travel Award standings

This event counts towards the North America International Championships (NAIC) Travel AwardĀ standings. It is the last event in the world to count, so the standings after EUIC should be final!

Top 4 players at the end ofĀ this periodĀ (20 February to 16 April 2023) will receive a $2000 Travel Award ($2500 for minors), while players ranked 5th to 8th will receive a $1000 Travel Stipend.

Before the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1USAĀ Ā Paul Chua770
2USAĀ Ā Justin Tang480
3USAĀ Ā Justin Carris460
4USAĀ Ā Nick Navarre430
5USAĀ Ā Alberto Lara420
6USAĀ Ā Joseph Ugarte400
7USAĀ Ā James Evans360
8USAĀ Ā Carson Confer350
9USAĀ Ā Luka Trejgut320
10USAĀ Ā Luca Paz320
11USAĀ Ā Alexander D’Andrea320
12USAĀ Ā Zee Costagliola310

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1 (TA)USAĀ Ā Paul Chua820
2 (TA)USAĀ Ā Justin Tang500
3 (TA)USAĀ Ā Justin Carris465
4 (TA)USAĀ Ā Nick Navarre460
5 (S)USAĀ Ā Joseph Ugarte420
6 (S)USAĀ Ā Alberto Lara420
7 (S)USAĀ Ā Luka Trejgut400
8 (S)USAĀ Ā James Evans400
9USAĀ Ā Carson Confer370
10USAĀ Ā Zackary Thornberg360
11USAĀ Ā Alexander D’Andrea350
12USAĀ Ā Zee Costagliola350

CP standings: Europe

Season standings

The following are the EuropeĀ Championship Point standings before and after the event.

Top 16 players at the end of theĀ 2023 seasonĀ get Day 2 invites to the 2023 World Championships.

Before the event results confirmation

# Player CP
1 FRA  AurĆ©lien Soula 670
2 ESP  Eric Rios 640
3 ITA  Giulio Tarlao 550
4 ITA  Marco Silva 530
5 ESP  Alex Gómez 470
6 GBR  Taran Birdee 460
7 FRA  Thomas Gravouille 440
8 ESP  VĆ­ctor Medina 430
9 ESP  Ćlex Soto 370
10 ESP  Joan Perelló 370
11 ITA  Davide Carrer 370
12 ITA  Flavio Del Pidio 360
13 ITA  Giovanni Piscitelli  350
14 CUB  Kevin Salvetto 350
15 ESP  Rafa Busutil 340
16 FRA  Adam Cherfaoui 330
17 FIN  Oliver Eskolin 320
18 ITA  Leonardo Bonanomi 320
19 IRL  Mattie Morgan 310
20 NDL  Sebastian Li  290
21 ESP  Guillermo Castilla 290
22 NDL  Abtin Ghaad Amini 290
23 ITA  Alessio Y. Boschetto 290
24 ESP  Antonio SĆ”nchez 280

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1FRA  Aurélien Soula700
2ESPĀ Ā Eric Rios660
3ITAĀ Ā Marco Silva610
4ITAĀ Ā Giulio Tarlao555
5GBRĀ Ā Taran Birdee500
6ESP  Alex Gómez475
7ESP  Joan Perelló470
8ESPĀ Ā VĆ­ctor Medina460
9ESP  Álex Soto450
10FRAĀ Ā Thomas Gravouille440
11ITAĀ Ā Davide Carrer410
12CUBĀ Ā Kevin Salvetto380
13ESPĀ Ā Rafa Busutil360
14ITAĀ Ā Flavio Del Pidio360
15ITAĀ Ā Giovanni PiscitelliĀ 355
16ITAĀ Ā Leonardo Bonanomi350
17FINĀ Ā Oliver Eskolin340
18IRLĀ Ā Mattie Morgan340
19HKGĀ Ā Pan Si Ming330
20FRAĀ Ā Adam Cherfaoui330
21DEUĀ Ā Faaiz Ashfaq310
22ESP  Antonio SÔnchez310
23ITAĀ Ā Luca Ceribelli300
24NDLĀ Ā Sebastian LiĀ 300

NAIC Travel Award standings

This event counts towards the North America International Championships (NAIC) Travel AwardĀ standings. It is the last event in the world to count, so the standings after EUIC should be final!

Top 4 players at the end ofĀ this periodĀ (20 February to 16 April 2023) will receive a $3500 Travel Award ($5000 for minors), while players ranked 5th to 8th will receive a $1000 Travel Stipend.

Before the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1FRA  Aurélien Soula420
2ESP  Alex Gómez410
3ESPĀ Ā Eric Rios380
4ESP  Joan Perelló370
5ITAĀ Ā Giulio Tarlao350
6ITAĀ Ā Marco Silva330
7ESPĀ Ā VĆ­ctor Medina320
8ITAĀ Ā Davide Carrer310
9ITAĀ Ā Flavio Del Pidio310
10ITAĀ Ā Leonardo Bonanomi280
11ESPĀ Ā Juan M. Odriozola260
12FINĀ Ā Oliver EskolinĀ 260

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1 (TA)ESP  Joan Perelló470
2 (TA)FRA  Aurélien Soula450
3 (TA)ESP  Alex Gómez415
4 (TA)ITAĀ Ā Marco Silva410
5 (S)ESPĀ Ā Eric Rios400
6 (S)ITAĀ Ā Giulio Tarlao355
7 (S)ITAĀ Ā Davide Carrer350
8 (S)ESPĀ Ā VĆ­ctor Medina350
9ITAĀ Ā Flavio Del Pidio310
10ITAĀ Ā Leonardo Bonanomi310
11GBRĀ Ā Taran Birdee290
12ESP  Álex Soto290

CP standings: Latin America

Season standings

The following are the Latin AmericaĀ Championship Point standings before and after the event.

Top 8 players at the end of theĀ 2023 seasonĀ get Day 2 invites to the 2023 World Championships.

Before the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1BRAĀ Ā Gabriel Agati860
2ARGĀ Ā Juan Salerno350
3ECUĀ Ā Paul Ruiz290
4ECUĀ Ā Galo Orbea240
5GTMĀ Ā Juan M. Santizo160
6BRA  João H. Gonçalves130
7BRAĀ Ā Jefferson Camelo130
8BRAĀ Ā Hugo Nascimento130
9MEXĀ Ā Abraham Orta110
10BOLĀ Ā Giovanni AranĆ­bar110
11BRA  André Fumis100
12BRAĀ Ā Luciano Begot100

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1BRAĀ Ā Gabriel Agati865
2ARGĀ Ā Juan Salerno360
3ECUĀ Ā Paul Ruiz290
4ECUĀ Ā Galo Orbea240
5GTMĀ Ā Juan M. Santizo165
6BRA  João H. Gonçalves150
7BRAĀ Ā Hugo Nascimento150
8BRAĀ Ā Jefferson Camelo135
9MEXĀ Ā Abraham Orta130
10CHLĀ Ā MatĆ­as DĆ­az110
11BRAĀ Ā Thiago Lattanzi110
12BOLĀ Ā Giovanni AranĆ­bar110

NAIC Travel Award standings

This event counts towards the North America International Championships (NAIC) Travel AwardĀ standings. It is the last event in the world to count, so the standings after EUIC should be final!

Top 4 players at the end ofĀ this periodĀ (20 February to 16 April 2023) will receive a $3500 Travel Award ($5000 for minors), while players ranked 5th to 8th will receive a $1000 Travel Stipend.

Before the event results confirmation

# Player CP
1 BRAĀ Ā Gabriel Agati 600
2 ARGĀ Ā Juan Salerno 290
3 ECUĀ Ā Paul Ruiz 250
4 ECUĀ Ā Galo Orbea 200
5 GTMĀ Ā Juan M. Santizo 160
6 BRA  João H. Gonçalves 130
7 BRAĀ Ā Jefferson Camelo 130
8 BRA  André Fumis 100
9 BRAĀ Ā Luciano Begot 100
10 CHLĀ Ā MatĆ­as DĆ­az 100
11 BRAĀ Ā Tiago Correia 100
12 BRAĀ Ā Thiago Lattanzi 80

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1 (TA)BRAĀ Ā Gabriel Agati605
2 (TA)ARGĀ Ā Juan Salerno300
3 (TA)ECUĀ Ā Paul Ruiz250
4 (TA)ECUĀ Ā Galo Orbea200
5 (S)GTMĀ Ā Juan M. Santizo165
6 (S)BRA  João H. Gonçalves150
7 (S)BRAĀ Ā Jefferson Camelo135
8 (S)*CHLĀ Ā MatĆ­as DĆ­az110
9 (S)*BRAĀ Ā Thiago Lattanzi110
10BRA  André Fumis105
11BRAĀ Ā Luciano Begot100
12BRAĀ Ā Tiago Correia100

CP standings: Oceania

Season standings

The following are the OceaniaĀ Championship Point standings before and after the event.

Top 4 players at the end of theĀ 2023 seasonĀ get Day 2 invites to the 2023 World Championships.

Before the event results confirmation

# Player CP
1 AUSĀ Ā Alister Sandover 580
2 AUSĀ Ā Sam Pandelis 490
3 AUSĀ Ā Meaghan Rattle 470
4 AUSĀ Ā Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez 470
5 AUSĀ Ā Liam Gilbert 330
6 AUSĀ  James Katsaros 290
7 CHLĀ Ā Michael Navas 270
8 AUSĀ Ā Galvin Hui 260
9 AUSĀ Ā Fred Zhou 220
10 AUSĀ Ā Lochiel Cameron 210
11 AUSĀ Ā Thomas Chen 210
12 VNM  ĐẔt LưƔng 210

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1AUSĀ Ā Alister Sandover590
2AUSĀ Ā Sam Pandelis500
3AUSĀ Ā Meaghan Rattle490
4AUSĀ Ā Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez490
5AUSĀ Ā Liam Gilbert335
6AUSĀ  James Katsaros310
7CHLĀ Ā Michael Navas270
8AUSĀ Ā Galvin Hui260
9AUSĀ Ā Thomas Chen240
10AUSĀ Ā Fred Zhou220
11AUSĀ Ā Mitch Kendrick210
12CHLĀ Ā Diego Ferreira210

NAIC Travel Award standings

This event counts towards the North America International Championships (NAIC) Travel AwardĀ standings. It is the last event in the world to count, so the standings after EUIC should be final!

Top 4 players at the end ofĀ this periodĀ (20 February to 16 April 2023) will receive a $3500 Travel Award ($5000 for minors), while players ranked 5th to 8th will receive a $1000 Travel Stipend.

Before the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1AUSĀ Ā Alister Sandover420
2AUSĀ Ā Meaghan Rattle310
3AUSĀ Ā Sam Pandelis290
4AUSĀ Ā Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez220
5AUSĀ Ā Liam Gilbert200
6AUSĀ Ā Mitch Kendrick190
7AUSĀ Ā Ryan Hercus160
8CHLĀ Ā Diego Ferreira160
9AUSĀ  James Katsaros160
10AUSĀ Ā Curtis Ridings160
11CHLĀ Ā Michael Navas140
12AUSĀ Ā Galvin Hui130

Note: Official standings as of afterĀ EUIC.

After the event results confirmation

#PlayerCP
1 (TA)AUSĀ Ā Alister Sandover430
2 (TA)AUSĀ Ā Meaghan Rattle330
3 (TA)AUSĀ Ā Sam Pandelis300
4 (TA)AUSĀ Ā Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez240
5 (S)AUSĀ Ā Mitch Kendrick210
6 (S)CHLĀ Ā Diego Ferreira210
7 (S)AUSĀ Ā Liam Gilbert205
8 (S)AUSĀ  James Katsaros180
9AUSĀ Ā Ryan Hercus160
10AUSĀ Ā Curtis Ridings160
11CHLĀ Ā Michael Navas140
12AUSĀ Ā Luke Iuele140

Overview

The 2023 Global Challenge I is an official Online Competition featuring double battles. It is the second Online Competition in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, and the first one relevant in the VGC circuit for players in several regions.

A little bit of history

Online Competitions are usually a part of the casual gameplay, but they have been featured in the official circuit for some years now. They are one of the few tournaments in which all world regions play together, and it generally grants National invites in TPC regions and Championship Points in TPCI regions.

The most recent Online Competition was the Paldea Prologue, played in March 2023 and featuring double battles. The custom ruleset allowed for any Pokémon in the Paldea regional Pokédex, with only one Restricted Pokémon (Koraidon or Miraidon). Both first and second places were earned by Japanese Kino, who used a Miraidon team in both cartridges.

The last Online Competition relevant for VGC was the Global Challenge 2022 Spring, played in May 2022 in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield with the VGC Series 12 ruleset. This Online Competition awarded CP for players in TPCI regions and Japan Nationals invites for the top 60 players in Japan. First place was earned by Japanese Shuji Endo, who used a Zacian + Kyogre team.

AmericanĀ James Evans, theĀ 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated BrazilianĀ Gabriel AgatiĀ in the NAIC finals.

Sign-up instructions

Sign-ups for the event are done through your own PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game. To register, enter the PokĆ© Portal → Battle Stadium → Online competitions → Search for a competition (in the Official Competitions column).

You will need to register and lock a team at the time of registration.

Sign-ups closeĀ on 6 April 2023 at 23:59 UTC.

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