| Event | 2023 Lima Special Event |
|---|---|
| Location |  Lima, Peru |
| Date | 27–28 May 2023 |
| Attendance | 84 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 | Funcenter |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6-1 |  | Matías Díaz (TG 21) | 200 CP |       | ||
| 2 | 6-1 | | Javier Valdés (IRNemesis) | 160 CP |      | ||
| 3 | 6-1 | | Dorian Quiñonez (GarnetSP) | 130 CP |    | ||
| 4 | 5-2 | | Sebastián Bisbal (Brutus) | 130 CP |     | ||
| 5 | 6-1 | | Gonzalo Barrera (GonzAL-TH) | 100 CP | | ||
| 6 | 6-1 | | Renzo Navarro (Prro-T) | 100 CP | | ||
| 7 | 6-1 | | Juan J. Mejía (Yuanyo) | 100 CP |  | ||
| 8 | 5-2 | | Giorgio Falconi (SaberGio) | 100 CP |   |
Swiss standings
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5-2 |  | Juan Salerno (Juanfi) | 80 CP |  | ||
| 10 | 5-2 | | Camilo Liberona (Linko) | 80 CP | | ||
| 11 | 5-2 | | Enzo Rojas (Rodrigo) | 80 CP |  | ||
| 12 | 5-2 | | Jesús A. Utrilla (E-LEVEN) | 80 CP |   | ||
| 13 | 5-2 | | Gonzalo Padilla (Shirona) | 80 CP | | ||
| 14 | 5-2 | | Javier Parada (TG Bahamut) | 80 CP |   | ||
| 15 | 5-2 | | Felipe de las Casas (Calapai) | 80 CP |  | ||
| 16 | 5-2 | | Nicolás Paredes (Vicefix) | 80 CP |  |
| # | 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 |
 |
|
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 at the Festival Poké World on the following location:
ISET Juan XXIII
Jirón Alfredo Cadenas 290
Lima 15084
Players must be in the venue by 27 May 2023 at 10:00 local time (15:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts right thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds.
The Day 2 Swiss rounds, if any, and the top cut will be played on the following day, 28 May 2023.
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 Lima Special Event is an official TPCI Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC and TCG. It is the fourth Regional-level event of the 2023 season in the Latin American circuit, and, pending an announcement, very likely the third 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.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set C and it will be played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Peru 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. Peru’s greatest VGC successes are the top 8 finish achieved by Dorian Quiñonez at the 2017 World Championships and the champion title achieved by Renzo Navarro in the online-era Players Cup IV in 2021.
The most recent tournament held in Peru was the 2020 Lima Special Event, played in Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield with the VGC Series 2 ruleset in February 2020. The finals saw Peruvian Gianfranco de Vettori defeat fellow countryman Rennatto Carcheri.
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 S/45 or $12 USD, and they open on 30 April 2023 at 20:00 local time (1 May at 01:00 UTC). Please notice that the tournament is played inside the Festival Poké World venue, and a separate ticket must be acquired for this event.
Information about team list submission is communicated by email to those who sign up.
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.
