| Event | 2023 Taiwan Regional League: Kaohsiung |
|---|---|
| Location |  Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Date | 18 March 2023 |
| Attendance | 206 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set B |
| Format | 7 Swiss rounds + top 16 single elimination Open team lists |
| Organizer | The Pokémon Company (Taiwan) |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7-0 | | Yang Da-wei (Wavvvy) | Worlds D1 + Nationals D2 |       | ||
| 2 | 7-0 |  | Ma Chun Yeung (Haymi) | Nationals D2 |     | ||
| 3 | 6-1 | | Sie Meng-ru (萊恩) | – |       | ||
| 4 | 6-1 | | Lin Chin-hsuan (知墨) | – |   | ||
| 5 | 6-1 | | Li Nien-wei (Venice) | – |   | ||
| 6 | 6-1 | | Ting Yu-liang (風真隊士) | – |  | ||
| 7 | 6-1 | | Lin Yu-jen (五火VGC) | – |     | ||
| 8 | 6-1 | | Duh Jenn-chau (一拳咚咚鼠) | – |    | ||
| 9 | 6-1 | | Yang Chieh-lun (血汗淚♪) | – |   | ||
| 10 | 6-1 | | Yang Hao-hsiang (Ayabe) | – |  | ||
| 11 | 6-1 | | Sun Hao-hsuan (浩軒) | – |   | ||
| 12 | 6-1 | | Ku Chao-chen (FM寶可夢子) | – |   | ||
| 13 | 6-1 | | Hung Kai-lun (凱倫) | – |  | ||
| 14 | 5-2 | | Liu Jian-ting (Sayha) | – |    | ||
| 15 | 5-2 | | Tseng Yan-rong (彥融) | – | | ||
| 16 | 5-2 | | Yu Chun-chieh (俊杰) | – |   |
Take a look at the following matches:
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R3 |  Shreyas Radhakrishna  | vs | Gavin Michaels  |
| R4a | Grayson DeWolfe | vs | Aaron Zheng |
| R4b |  Marcus Dion   | vs | Luca Paz |
| R5 | Donald Smith | vs | Len Deuel    |
| R6 | Collin Heier | vs | Abdullah Mohayyuddin |
| R7 | Alberto Lara | vs |  Nishant Joshi |
| R8 | Emmanuel Boctor | vs | Zackary Thornberg |
| R9 | Matt Tidd  | vs | Ian Holdeman |
Streaming
Some of the matches of the tournament will be streamed live in the official Pokémon YouTube channel in Chinese, featuring Wu Chen and Shinn as casters.
Take a look at the following matches:
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Lin Pai-hsu  | vs | Hsu Chun-yu |
| R2 | Liang Chun-yi | vs | Lin Chia-yi |
| R3 | Yang Chieh-lun | vs | Yuan Hung-li |
| R4 | Lin Chuang-hsuan   | vs | Liu Jian-ting |
| R5 | Yang Hao-hsiang | vs | Ting Yu-liang |
| R6 | Kuo Hsing-hung | vs | Cai Xian Feng  |
| R7 | Huang Yang-jie | vs | Duh Jenn-chau |
| Top 16 | Lin Yu-jen | vs | Ku Chao-chen |
| Top 8 | Li Nien-wei | vs | Sie Meng-ru |
| Top 4 | Yang Da-wei | vs | Lin Chun-hsuan |
| Finals | Yang Da-wei | vs | Ma Chun Yeung |
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Kaohsiung Exhibition Center
高雄市 高雄展覽館北館
North Hall, No. 39, Chenggong 2nd Road
高雄市前鎮區成功二路39號
806 Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung City
The on-site registration starts on 18 March 2023 at 08:00 local time (00:00 UTC), and the tournament itself starts at 09:00 local time (01:00 UTC) with the Swiss rounds. The top cut is played consecutively on the same day, estimated at around 16:30 local time (08:30 UTC).
Prizes
This event is part of the 2023 official TPC circuit in Taiwan, which does not use Championship Points (CPs) as a qualification system, instead rewarding the best players with some advantage in the National Championships to be held at the end of the season. For the first time ever, the Regional champion will receive a Day 1 invite to the 2023 World Championships.
As a participation goodie, all players were provided a special commemorative card.
Additionally, the best-placed players received the following prizes (although the tournament is open to anyone, only players with Taiwanese passport or residency in Taiwan can earn Worlds-related prizes):
| Placement | Qualifications | Other prizes |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Worlds Day 1 invite + Nationals Day 2 invite | 1 Nintendo Switch OLED Pokémon Scarlet & Violet edition 1 Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet Double Pack 1 Pokémon TCG booster box |
| Runner-up | Nationals Day 2 invite | 1 set of Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers 1 Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet videogame 1 Pokémon TCG booster box |
| Semifinalists | – | 1 Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet videogame 1 Pokémon TCG booster box |
Overview
The Kaohsiung Regionals is an official TPC Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC and TCG. It is the third Regionals of the 2023 season in the Taiwanese circuit, and the second played in Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set B. For the first time in Taiwan, it will be played with open team lists. It is the first tournament in Taiwan since the formats were renamed from Series to Regulation Sets.
A little bit of history
Taiwan has been one of the regions hosting an the official TPC circuit since June 2020, and it was part of the Oceania region of the official TPCI circuit before that. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, Special Events, and both TPCI-era and current TPC-era National Championships. It was the only region in the world to consistently host major live events during the 2020–2022 seasons. Taiwan’s greatest VGC success was Wu Pi‘s 2019 Junior Division World Championship win.
The most recent tournament held in Taiwan was the 2023 Tainan Regionals, played in the VGC Regulation Set A (then called Series 1) in December 2022. The finals saw Taiwanese Tseng Yan-rong defeat fellow compatriot Ku Chao-chen.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through a registration form. In order to be allowed entry, all players must have been in Taiwan at least 7 days before the event, must not be under COVID-19-related health restrictions, and must have a body temperature lower than 37.5 °C at the venue entrance. Minors need to bring this parental consent form.
Sign-ups are free, and open since the announcement of the tournament. There is a capacity of 256 players.
Sign-ups close five days before the event, on 13 March 2023 at 23:59 local time (15:59 UTC). The registrations are confirmed on 14 March 2023.
For registered players, team list submission is performed on-site. Teamlists can be filled out in advance using this template.
