2023 Liverpool Regionals

Event	2023 Liverpool Regional Championships
Location	Liverpool, United Kingdom
Date	21–22 January 2023
Attendance	487 MA players
Videogame	Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Season	2023 Season – VGC Series 1
Format	9 Swiss rounds + top 32 single elimination Open team lists
Organizer	TournamentCenter

Check the organizer’s website here for further info!

Teams and results

Top cut

#	Swiss	Player	Prize	Exp.
1	7-2	Luca Paz (0-x in swiss)	200 CP $3000
2	8-1	Alex Soto (LenVGC)	160 CP $2000	Report
3	8-1	Francesco Pardini (AlexisVGC)	130 CP $1000
4	7-2	Faaiz Ashfaq (F/\$\|$)	130 CP $1000
5	8-1	Kurt Wonka (Lyon)	100 CP $500
6	7-2	Francesco P. Pero (CICCIOTT)	100 CP $500
7	7-2	Giovanni Piscitelli (Genius)	100 CP $500
8	7-2	Claudio Giandomenico (Claudio)	100 CP $500
9	8-1	Rayan Guezi (Rayan)	80 CP $250
10	7-2	Francesco Iozzia (Young Nova)	80 CP $250
11	7-2	Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC)	80 CP $250
12	7-2	Sam Bentham (Sam)	80 CP $250
13	7-2	Luca Ceribelli (Yume)	80 CP $250
14	7-2	Christian Schulz (Christian)	80 CP $250
15	7-2	Tyler Furnell (Dogmia)	80 CP $250
16	7-2	Salvatore Rega (Atlas)	80 CP $250
17	9-0	Víctor Medina (Torviv)	60 CP
18	8-1	Adam Cherfaoui (Shao)	60 CP
19	8-1	Eric Ríos (Riopaser)	60 CP
20	8-1	Davide Carrer (Nirinbo)	60 CP
21	8-1	Oliver Eskolin (Owe)	60 CP
22	7-2	Lauri Halonen (Latsu7)	60 CP
23	7-2	Julián Piñeiro (NKG2D)	60 CP
24	7-2	Bas van der Heijden (Layla)	60 CP
25	7-2	Alex Gómez (PokeAlex)	60 CP
26	7-2	Miguel Martí (Sekiam)	60 CP
27	7-2	Charlie Donnelly (Char)	60 CP
28	7-2	Timo van der Vliet (Essentia)	60 CP
29	7-2	Bartosz Ekiert (Miku)	60 CP
30	7-2	David Conesa (Vegetal)	60 CP
31	7-2	David Koutesh (Hamstermania)	60 CP
32	7-2	Jack Chapman (Jack)	60 CP

Further standings

#	Swiss	Player	Prize
33	7-2	Taran Birdee (Taran)	50 CP
34	7-2	Nico D. Cognetta (Dave)	50 CP
35	7-2	Alessio Y. Boschetto (Arks Fury)	50 CP
36	7-2	Rebecca Dixon (Steak Bake)	50 CP
37	7-2	Jack Clarke (Jack)	50 CP
38	7-2	Yale K. A. Gasaan (gasaan)	50 CP
39	7-2	Aurélien Soula (Sakura)	50 CP
40	7-2	Leung Pak Hei (Draco)	50 CP
41	7-2	Alfonso González (Massa)	50 CP
42	7-2	Flavio Del Pidio (Pado)	50 CP
43	7-2	Luca Marcato (Polpolpo)	50 CP
44	7-2	João Veloso (Velozozz)	50 CP
45	6-3	Pablo Gallardo (Dios)	50 CP
46	6-3	David Ridorsa (Trace)	50 CP
47	6-3	Hippolyte Bernard (Redsilver)	50 CP
48	6-3	Christoph Bley (Chris)	50 CP
49	6-3	Zhang Hengyue (圆滚滚电刺猬)	50 CP
50	6-3	Alejandro Ramos (AlexGaMeS)	50 CP
51	6-3	Miguel Latorre (Latorre)	50 CP
52	6-3	Alessandro Marchionne (60)	50 CP
53	6-3	Marc Román (Elsa)	50 CP
54	6-3	Anthony Liuzzo (Glum)	50 CP
55	6-3	Álvaro Moras (Eclipse)	50 CP
56	6-3	Paul Spearritt (PaulJSpear)	50 CP
57	6-3	Jonas Nienhüser (Vio Phoenix)	50 CP
58	6-3	Jonathan Marston (Chip)	50 CP
59	6-3	Eric E. Legroux (Ethox)	50 CP
60	6-3	Maurice Uteg (Camikasa)	50 CP
61	6-3	Mattie Morgan (Mattie)	50 CP
62	6-3	Menelik Collymore (Cherry)	50 CP
63	6-3	Juan A. Carrasco (Blessur)	50 CP
64	6-3	Daniel Janah (Loozariyus)	50 CP
65	6-3	Sidy Badiane (Dysi)	40 CP
66	6-3	Francisco Esteves (FEsteves)	40 CP
67	6-3	Dennis Komen (D)	40 CP
68	6-3	Christian Smiljanić (KC)	40 CP
69	6-3	Delong Hou (哇哦大帅笔)	40 CP
70	6-3	Scott Westwood (Scottyw01)	40 CP
71	6-3	Rachel Annand (Kiyoshi)	40 CP
72	6-3	Rafa Busutil (PokeRaf)	40 CP
73	6-3	Lukas Auer (Salty)	40 CP
74	6-3	Markus Stadter (Yoshi)	40 CP
75	6-3	Darren C. H. Tang (Doamakiroll)	40 CP
76	6-3	Sam Pickering (Sam)	40 CP
77	6-3	Benjamin Thanner (Krad)	40 CP
78	6-3	Kevin Salvetto (Lil Bo Peep)	40 CP
79	6-3	Javier Señorena (Javi)	40 CP
80	6-3	Edoardo Manca (Edoardo)	40 CP
81	6-3	Milko Mattavelli (Milko)	40 CP
82	6-3	Thomas Dowling (Tom)	40 CP
83	6-3	Eden Batchelor (#1RalseiFan)	40 CP
84	6-3	Nikola Zirdum (Nix)	40 CP
85	6-3	Amaury Français (Maumo)	40 CP
86	6-3	Jamie Kean (Jamie)	40 CP
87	6-3	Nathan Rouby (Eltrys)	40 CP
88	6-3	Marc Seguí (Metarizard)	40 CP
89	6-3	Matt Maynard (bwenty)	40 CP
90	6-3	Enosh Shachar (Enosh)	40 CP
91	6-3	Daniele Bianchi (Daorys)	40 CP
92	6-3	Antonio Sánchez (Antonio)	40 CP
93	6-3	Abtin Ghaad Amini (Abtin)	40 CP
94	6-3	Matthew Wong (Matthew)	40 CP
95	6-3	Tom Winter (TZ111)	40 CP
96	6-3	Marco Silva (marcofiero)	40 CP
97	6-3	Lee Provost (Osirus)	40 CP
98	6-3	Wang Shengyu (莉莉艾)	40 CP
99	6-3	Marco Marras (Noxill)	40 CP
100	6-3	Guillermo Sanavia (wimi)	40 CP
101	6-3	Jonas Wiegel (wiegelinho)	40 CP
102	6-3	Solomon Richard-Croffie (SolCalibre)	40 CP
103	6-3	Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9)	40 CP
104	6-3	Patrick Dawson (Phatrick)	40 CP
105	6-3	Richard Hodge (Richie)	40 CP
106	6-3	Stefan Mott (Pengy)	40 CP
107	6-3	Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo)	40 CP
108	6-3	Gilberto Goracci (Gilberto)	40 CP
109	6-3	Nigel Baker (OlafVGC)	40 CP
110	6-3	Nemanja Sandic (Porengan)	40 CP
111	6-3	Alejandro Delgado (Roar)	40 CP
112	6-3	Noah van der Voort (Noah)	40 CP
113	6-3	Thomas Bacu (TomBac)	40 CP
114	6-3	Saffron McIver (GenericName)	40 CP
115	6-3	Niryan Brach (NJB)	40 CP
116	6-3	Samir Bachar (Samir)	40 CP
117	6-3	Sidi I. Haidala (MrSidi)	40 CP
118	6-3	Iker Rodrigo (Reki)	40 CP
119	6-3	Jack Marshall (Jack)	40 CP
120	6-3	Timothy Tsang (Tim)	40 CP
121	5-4	Giuseppe Musicco (Peppe)	40 CP
122	5-4	Sean Parsons (Eon)	40 CP
123	5-4	Filip Idczak (Idczaq)	40 CP
124	5-4	Unai Tejero (Tasty Turtle)	40 CP
125	5-4	Robert Wein (Schroombert)	40 CP
126	5-4	Calvin Foster (calvonix)	40 CP
127	5-4	François-X. de Lageneste (FX)	40 CP
128	5-4	Pan Si Ming (蓝宝石)	40 CP

Usage stats

#	Pokémon	Usage	Top Cut
1		48.87% (238)	9% (21)
2		47.84% (233)	6% (14)
3		36.76% (179)	8% (14)
4		25.05% (122)	10% (12)
5		21.77% (106)	1% (1)
6		20.33% (99)	1% (1)
7		19.92% (97)	10% (10)
8		17.25% (84)	12% (10)
9	(all)	17.04% (83)	12% (10)
10		16.43% (80)	3% (2)
11		16.22% (79)	10% (8)
12		15.81% (77)	6% (5)
13		15.81% (77)	1% (1)
14		14.78% (72)	4% (3)
15		14.37% (70)	4% (3)

#	Usage	Top Cut
16	12.94% (63)	11% (7)
17	12.94% (63)	5% (3)
18	12.73% (62)	11% (7)
19	12.73% (62)	5% (3)
20	12.53% (61)	2% (1)
21	11.91% (58)	12% (7)
22	11.91% (58)	9% (5)
23	11.70% (57)	2% (1)
24	10.27% (50)	18% (9)
25	9.86% (48)	8% (4)
26	9.24% (45)	0% (0)
27	7.39% (36)	14% (5)
28	7.19% (35)	11% (4)
29	7.19% (35)	0% (0)
30	6.98% (34)	3% (1)

Streaming

The event was broadcast live on Twitch by Victory Road, featuring Kosta Daidimos, Lou Akcos-Cromie, Jamie Boyt and Ben Kyriakou as casters.

Take a look at the following matches, which you can find in this YouTube playlist!

List of streamed matches (Day 1)

Round	Player 1	vs	Player 2
R1	Eric Rios	vs	Gilberto Goracci
R2	Lee Provost	vs	David Koutesh
R3a	Will Tansley	vs	Yoel Ramírez
R3b	Marco Silva	vs	Miguel Martí
R4	Miguel Latorre	vs	Fahad Quraishi
R5	Markus Stadter	vs	Bas van der Heijden
R6	Luca Paz	vs	François-X. de Lageneste
R7	Giovanni Piscitelli	vs	Faaiz Ashfaq
R8	Álex Soto	vs	Francesco P. Pero
R9	Jack Clarke	vs	Francisco Esteves

List of streamed matches (Day 2)

Round	Player 1	vs	Player 2
Top 32	Bartosz Ekiert	vs	Francesco Pardini
Top 16	Francesco Iozzia	vs	Claudio Giandomenico
Top 8a	Kurt Wonka	vs	Faaiz Ashfaq
Top 8b	Luca Paz	vs	Giovanni Piscitelli
Top 4a	Álex Soto	vs	Francesco Pardini
Top 4b	Luca Paz	vs	Faaiz Ashfaq
Finals	Luca Paz	vs	Álex Soto

Venue and schedule

The tournament will be held in the following location:

ACC Liverpool
King’s Dock, Port of Liverpool, Kings Dock St,
Liverpool L3 4FP

The tournament starts on 21 January 2023 at 10:00 local time (10:00 UTC) with the Swiss rounds. The top cut will be played on the following day at 09:00 local time (09:00 UTC).

Prizes

This event is part of the 2023 official TPCI circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).

As a participation goodie, all players will be provided a Pokémon Regional Championships promo card, as well as a string bag, a TournamentCenter goodie, a Pokémon cap and a side-event voucher.

Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following prizes depending on final attendance:

1 to 24 players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$500	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$250	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	–	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	–	18 packs
9th to 16th	–	–	9 packs

25 to 47 players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$1000	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$500	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	$250	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	–	18 packs
9th to 16th	–	–	9 packs

48 to 99 players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$1000	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$500	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	$250	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	–	18 packs
9th to 16th	80 CP	–	9 packs

Exactly 100 players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$1000	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$500	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	$250	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	$250	18 packs
9th to 16th	80 CP	–	9 packs
17th to 32nd	60 CP	–	–

101 to 199 players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$2000	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$1000	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	$500	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	$250	18 packs
9th to 16th	80 CP	–	9 packs
17th to 32nd	60 CP	–	–

Exactly 200 players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$2000	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$1000	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	$500	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	$250	18 packs
9th to 16th	80 CP	$250	9 packs
17th to 32nd	60 CP	–	–
33rd to 64th	50 CP	–	–

201 to 399 players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$3000	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$2000	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	$1000	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	$500	18 packs
9th to 16th	80 CP	$250	9 packs
17th to 32nd	60 CP	–	–
33rd to 64th	50 CP	–	–

400 or more players

Placement	CP	Prize money	Pokémon TCG booster packs
Winner	200 CP	$3000	72 packs
Runner-up	160 CP	$2000	72 packs
Semifinalists	130 CP	$1000	36 packs
5th to 8th	100 CP	$500	18 packs
9th to 16th	80 CP	$250	9 packs
17th to 32nd	60 CP	–	–
33rd to 64th	50 CP	–	–
65th to 128th	40 CP	–	–

If prize money is $5000 or more, it will be given as a choice of scholarship (in all cases) or cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa^® Prepaid Card). For lower prizes, it will be given as cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa^® Prepaid Card).

CP standings

Season standings

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

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

Before the event

#	Player	CP
1	Andrea Olea	200
2	Rafael Busutil	160
3	Thomas Gravouille	130
4	Florian Henry	100
5	Baris Akcos	100
6	Andrea Cassinese	80
7	Bas van der Heijden	80
8	Giuseppe Cangemi	80
9	Fabian Braun	80
10	Eric E. Legroux	60
11	Alessio Y. Boschetto	60
12	Benjamin Soh	60
13	Giovanni Piscitelli	60
14	Francesco P. Pero	60
15	Alexander Mengarelli	60
16	Ben Markham	60
17	Adam Cherfaoui	50
18	Sebastian Li	50
19	Rebecca Dixon	50
20	Jesús Jiménez	50
21	Mateus de Moura P.	50
22	Mattia Cipro	50
23	Alejandro Ramos	50
24	Antonio M. Rodrigo	50

After the event

#	Player	CP
1	Andrea Olea	200
2	Rafael Busutil	200
3	Álex Soto	160
4	Francesco P. Pero	160
5	Giovanni Piscitelli	160
6	Bas van der Heijden	140
7	Thomas Gravouille	130
8	Francesco Pardini	130
9	Faaiz Ashfaq	130
10	Eric E. Legroux	110
11	Alessio Y. Boschetto	110
12	Víctor Medina	110
13	Adam Cherfaoui	110
14	Florian Henry	100
15	Kurt Wonka	100
16	Claudio Giandomenico	100
17	Baris Akcos	100
18	Rebecca Dixon	100
19	Alejandro Ramos	100
20	Anthony Liuzzo	100
21	Christian Smiljanić	90
22	Andrea Cassinese	80
23	Giuseppe Cangemi	80
24	Fabian Braun	80

EUIC Travel Award standings

This event counts towards the Europe International Championships (EUIC) Travel Award standings. It is the only Regional-level event held in Europe to count!

Top 4 players at the end of this period (28 November 2022 to 19 February 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

#	Player	CP
1	Lou Akcos-Cromie	50
2	Baris Akcos	40

This is the first event in Europe to count towards the EUIC TA standings!

After the event

#	Player	CP
1	Álex Soto	160
2	Francesco Pardini	130
3	Faaiz Ashfaq	130
4	Kurt Wonka	100
5	Francesco P. Pero	100
6	Giovanni Piscitelli	100
7	Claudio Giandomenico	100
8	Rayan Guezi	80
9	Francesco Iozzia	80
10	Federico Camporesi	80
11	Sam Bentham	80
12	Luca Ceribelli	80

Overview

The Liverpool Regionals is an official TPCI Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. As the first major event of 2023, this is the first Regional in Europe to host an official VGC event in the Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet games.

The ruleset is VGC Series 1 and, for the first time in Regional-level events in Europe, it will be played using open team lists.

A little bit of history

The United Kingdom has been part of the Europe region of the official TPCI circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships, the 2017 and 2018 Europe Internationals and even the 2022 World Championships, the first one to be held in Europe. The United Kingdom’s greatest VGC success was Mark McQuillan‘s 2015 Senior Division World Championship win.

The last time there was an event in Liverpool was the 2022 Liverpool Regionals, played in Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield with the VGC Series 12 ruleset in March 2022. The finals saw Spaniard Eric Rios defeat Frenchman Thomas Gravouille.

The most recent tournaments held in the United Kingdom were the 2022 World Championships and its side event, the 2023 London Open, both played in the VGC Sword & Shield Series 12 ruleset in August 2022. Portuguese Eduardo Cunha defeated Spaniard Guillermo Castilla in the Worlds finals, while Swiss Andrea Olea defeated Spaniard Rafael Busutil in the side event.

Sign-up instructions

Sign-ups for the event are done through RK9 Labs platform, and you will first need to set up your RK9 profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID. All players must comply with the Play! Pokémon COVID-19 Protocols.

For Masters players: sign-ups are €60 and open on 1 December at 19:00 local time (19:00 UTC). There are 536 spots available for Masters players.
For Seniors and Juniors players: sign-ups are €40 and open on 30 November at 19:00 local time (19:00 UTC) on an early-ticket launch. There are 64 spots available for Seniors and Juniors players.

Sign-ups close 2 hours before the event starts.

For registered players, team list submission opens in Rk9 Labs on 16 January 2023 at 14:00 local time (14:00 UTC). Teamlists must be submitted 45 minutes before the event starts. Paper team lists can also be found here.

Spectator passes go up on 5 December at 19:00 local time (19:00 UTC) through RK9 Labs.