2023 San Diego Regionals

Event	2023 San Diego Regional Championships
Location	San Diego, CA, United States
Date	7–8 January 2023
Attendance	531 MA players
Videogame	Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Season	2023 Season – VGC Series 1
Format	10 Swiss rounds + top 32 single elimination Open team lists
Organizer	Team Northwest

Check the organizer’s website here for further info!

Teams and results

Top cut

#	Swiss	Player	Prize	Exp.
1	8-2	Jiseok Lee (282)	200 CP $3000
2	8-2	Chuppa Cross (Chuppa*Cross)	160 CP $2000
3	9-1	Jeudy Azzarelli (Jeudy)	130 CP $1000
4	8-2	Aaron Brok (Aaron)	130 CP $1000	Report
5	10-0	Emilio Forbes (Emily)	100 CP $500
6	8-2	Giovanni Costa (Gio™)	100 CP $500
7	8-2	James Evans (James)	100 CP $500
8	8-2	Giovanni Cischke (PqlarBear)	100 CP $500
9	9-1	Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!)	80 CP $250
10	9-1	Alberto Lara (Alberto)	80 CP $250
11	9-1	Wolfe Glick (Wolfey)	80 CP $250
12	8-2	Angel Miranda (Misaka)	80 CP $250
13	8-2	Marco Martinez (Mars)	80 CP $250
14	8-2	Ezequiel Cordero (ZekromZeke)	80 CP $250
15	8-2	Zach Carlson (Zachary)	80 CP $250
16	7-3	Brady Smith (B)	80 CP $250
17	9-1	Ryan Haig (botchkiss)	60 CP
18	8-2	Chase Tiedtke (Chase)	60 CP
19	8-2	Stefan Mott (Pengy)	60 CP
20	8-2	Alberto Renero (GoldenEmp)	60 CP
21	8-2	Norah Bowman (Bubs!)	60 CP
22	8-2	Cedric Bernier (Cedric)	60 CP
23	8-2	Collin Heier (Crown)	60 CP
24	8-2	Si Dawei (露露♪)	60 CP
25	8-2	Nathan Ortiz (Kortex)	60 CP
26	8-2	Joshua Lorcy (Lorcy)	60 CP
27	8-2	Jonathan Zuniga (Jawnzu)	60 CP
28	8-2	James Baek (SoulUnison)	60 CP
29	8-2	Kyle Ayala (KairoshiiiTV)	60 CP
30	8-2	Grant Laird (Verona)	60 CP
31	7-3	Scott Iwafuchi (Hawk 7)	60 CP
32	7-3	Aditya Subramanian (ck49)	60 CP

Check here the final Swiss standings and seeds!

Check here the top 32 open team lists!

Further standings

#	Swiss	Player	Prize
33	7-3	Sohaib Mufti (soh)	50 CP
34	7-3	Juan Sandoval (Biscuit)	50 CP
35	7-3	Jourdan Bul-lalayao (Ragna)	50 CP
36	7-3	Shray Chakraborty (shiloh)	50 CP
37	7-3	Zac Emerzian (Zac)	50 CP
38	7-3	Ethan Simpson (Generic name)	50 CP
39	7-3	Raghav Malaviya (ragi)	50 CP
40	7-3	Brandon Wright (Bright Size)	50 CP
41	7-3	Brian Youm (Clover)	50 CP
42	7-3	Noah Bales (Vance)	50 CP
43	7-3	Anthony Plasencia (Xerodyme)	50 CP
44	7-3	Steven Stewart (Steven)	50 CP
45	7-3	Justin Burns (Justin)	50 CP
46	7-3	Dong Bo (db)	50 CP
47	7-3	Andrew Ding (Valentine★)	50 CP
48	7-3	Donald Smith (donaldwsjr)	50 CP
49	7-3	Lou Akcos-Cromie (Kiara)	50 CP
50	7-3	Luke Bowar (Jin Furai)	50 CP
51	7-3	Logan Castro (Yellowbox)	50 CP
52	7-3	Neil Patel (Neil)	50 CP
53	7-3	Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9)	50 CP
54	7-3	Brian Collins (Angeló)	50 CP
55	7-3	Jake Magier (Jake★Spade)	50 CP
56	7-3	Enosh Shachar (Enosh)	50 CP
57	7-3	Abraham Orta (Abbysaurus)	50 CP
58	7-3	Alex Underhill (Lexicon)	50 CP
59	7-3	Steven Stark (Stark)	50 CP
60	7-3	River Davis (Hope)	50 CP
61	7-3	Brandon Davis (Brandon)	50 CP
62	7-3	Rob McNeilly (Rob)	50 CP
63	7-3	Thomas Cooleen (☆Tman☆)	50 CP
64	7-3	Ding Zishuo (江泽香菜)	50 CP
65	7-3	Benjamin Berlin (Mage26)	40 CP
66	7-3	Jon Hu (ヨナさん)	40 CP
67	7-3	Song Yiwen (FAT)	40 CP
68	7-3	Dylan Salvanera (Dylan)	40 CP
69	7-3	Luca Paz (0-x in swiss)	40 CP
70	7-3	Cade Bowles (Difu)	40 CP
71	7-3	Jeremy Gross (Jeremy)	40 CP
72	7-3	Jeremy Odena (Ray Riz)	40 CP
73	7-3	César Reyes (STATS☆Césars)	40 CP
74	7-3	Tang Shiliang (20亮亮)	40 CP
75	7-3	Chalkey Horenstein (Chalkey)	40 CP
76	7-3	Jairo Contreras (Alchem1st)	40 CP
77	7-3	Owen Wright (Owen)	40 CP
78	7-3	Nate Wright (SaugaGod)	40 CP
79	7-3	Emmanuel Boctor (Mano)	40 CP
80	7-3	Aaron Wegter (Ares)	40 CP
81	7-3	Hayden McTavish (Azalea)	40 CP
82	7-3	Mahmoud Tantawi (Macs)	40 CP
83	7-3	Alex Qian (Ichigo Qian)	40 CP
84	7-3	William Scully (Will)	40 CP
85	7-3	Dai Hao (CinF)	40 CP
86	7-3	Benji Carney (Chisato)	40 CP
87	7-3	Austin Ramos (Austin)	40 CP
88	6-4	Luhou Shen (Luhou)	40 CP
89	6-4	John Mills (Mr. Brig)	40 CP
90	6-4	Eric Bartlett (Aric)	40 CP
91	6-4	Andrew Nowak (Novechkin)	40 CP
92	6-4	Chase Lybbert (Chase)	40 CP
93	6-4	Baris Akcos (>BillaVGC<)	40 CP
94	6-4	Aaron Traylor (Traylor Moon)	40 CP
95	6-4	Caleb Ryor (Cable)	40 CP
96	6-4	Rajan Bal (Rajan)	40 CP
97	6-4	Jonas Kra-Caskey (zephyr)	40 CP
98	6-4	Nick Navarre (Nails)	40 CP
99	6-4	Peng Chongjun (Nocturne)	40 CP
100	6-4	Jonathan Duran (DuranzTV)	40 CP
101	6-4	Kareem Muakkit (Kareem)	40 CP
102	6-4	Calvin Nisson (Gazoney)	40 CP
103	6-4	Nicholas Solis (Troop)	40 CP
104	6-4	Max Gelman (Max)	40 CP
105	6-4	Benji Irons (Benji)	40 CP
106	6-4	Joshua Mecham (JDM)	40 CP
107	6-4	Austin Acosta (RollAcosta)	40 CP
108	6-4	Juan Guzman (Juan)	40 CP
109	6-4	Brendan Zheng (Doug)	40 CP
110	6-4	Allan Martinez (Mando)	40 CP
111	6-4	Jacob Mortenson (Jacob)	40 CP
112	6-4	Timothy Hardin (Legna_K.ttv)	40 CP
113	6-4	Austin Forcinito (.)	40 CP
114	6-4	Montana Mott (Montana)	40 CP
115	6-4	Alicia Martinez (Alicia)	40 CP
116	6-4	Noah Pielow (Noah)	40 CP
117	6-4	Gary Qian (Takami$Chika)	40 CP
118	6-4	Anton Galkin (cocona)	40 CP
119	6-4	Kevin Miller (Kevin)	40 CP
120	6-4	Richard Ashby (Ashby)	40 CP
121	6-4	Benny Rogers (Marigold)	40 CP
122	6-4	Matthew Greaves (Matthew)	40 CP
123	6-4	Aaron Clemons (AaronC)	40 CP
124	6-4	Xavier Méndez (Xavi)	40 CP
125	6-4	Alex Rubinoff (Inky)	40 CP
126	6-4	Shawn Tang (AquaDragon)	40 CP
127	6-4	Michael D’Angelo (Mike)	40 CP
128	6-4	Connor Kleman (Connor)	40 CP

Streaming

The event was broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube, featuring Aaron Zheng, Adam Dorricott, Rosemary Kelley and Scott Glaza as casters, with Joe Brown managing interviews to round winners and special guests Ashton Cox, Hugo Gonzalez (HugS) and Pokémon GO caster Gabby Snyder.

Take a look at the following matches!

List of streamed matches (Day 1)

Round	Player 1	vs	Player 2
R3	Brendan Zheng	vs	Hayden McTavish
R4a	Peng Chongjun	vs	Sohaib Mufti
R4b	Baris Akcos	vs	Alberto Lara
R5	Emilio Forbes	vs	Collin Heier
R6	Ryan Haig	vs	Ethan Simpson
R7	Justin Burns	vs	Giovanni Costa
R8	Gavin Michaels	vs	Joseph Ugarte
R9	James Evans	vs	Jeudy Azzarelli
R10	Brady Smith	vs	Marco Martinez

List of streamed matches (Day 2)

Round	Player 1	vs	Player 2
Top 32	Wolfe Glick	vs	James Baek
Top 16	Angel Miranda	vs	Chuppa Cross
Top 8a	James Evans	vs	Jiseok Lee
Top 8b	Giovanni Costa	vs	Aaron Brok
Top 4a	Chuppa Cross	vs	Jeudy Azzarelli
Top 4b	Jiseok Lee	vs	Aaron Brok
Finals	Chuppa Cross	vs	Jiseok Lee

CP standings

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

#	Player	CP
1	Visishtah Vasudevan	100
2	Peng Chongjun	100
3	Luca Paz	100
4	Wolfe Glick	80
5	Wang Bingjie	80
6	Collin Heier	60
7	Stefan Mott	60
8	Justin Burns	60
9	Abe Brath	60
10	Kevin Swastek	60
11	Devon Singh	50
12	Jeremy Gross	50

After the event

#	Player	CP
1	Jiseok Lee	200
2	Chuppa Cross	160
3	Wolfe Glick	160
4	Peng Chongjun	140
5	Luca Paz	140
6	Jeudy Azzarelli	130
7	Aaron Brok	130
8	Collin Heier	120
9	Stefan Mott	120
10	Justin Burns	110
11	Aditya Subramanian	110
12	Visishtah Vasudevan	100

EUIC Travel Award standings

This event counts towards the Europe International Championships (EUIC) Travel Award standings. It is the first of 2 Regional-level events in North America to count.

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

This is the first event to count towards the EUIC TA standings.

After the event

#	Player	CP
1	Jiseok Lee	200
2	Chuppa Cross	160
3	Jeudy Azzarelli	130
4	Aaron Brok	130
5	Emilio Forbes	100
6	Giovanni Costa	100
7	James Evans	100
8	Giovanni Cischke	100
9	Gavin Michaels	80
10	Alberto Lara	80
11	Wolfe Glick	80
12	Angel Miranda	80

Venue and schedule

The tournament will be held in the following location:

San Diego Convention Center
Exhibit Hall F, 111 W Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101

Players must be in the venue on 7 January 2023 at 8:00 am local time (16:00 UTC) for check-in. This can also be done on the day before on 6 January 2023 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm local time (20:00 to 23:59 UTC).

The tournament starts at 9:00 am local time (17:00 UTC) with the Swiss rounds, with a lunch break after Round 4. The top cut will be played on the following day at 8:30 am local time (16:30 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 hat. Players could also purchase a “San Diego Experience” registration, which added an event shirt and two side-event vouchers to the goodies; or a “San Diego Experience Plus” registration, which further added a mat and two prize wall dice. Players could also enjoy a discount in the Hilton Gaslamp hotel rooms.

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 to 799 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	–	–

800 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	–	–
129th to 256th	30 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).

Overview

The San Diego 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 North America to host an official VGC event in the Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet games. It is also the first Regionals of the 2023 season in the North American circuit.

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

Given that this will be the first live event for many people and the first in these games for everyone, the organiser released a detailed explanation of the procedures and frequently asked questions on 25 December.

A little bit of history

The United States has been part of the North America region of the official TPCI circuit since the very beginning, also being home to the TPCI headquarters. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships, all editions of the North America International Championships and almost all World Championships (only excluding 2013, 2022 and the upcoming 2023). The United States’ greatest VGC success are the four World Championship wins achieved by Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011 and 2012) and Wolfe Glick (2016), not even counting being the home country of 6 Senior Division and 5 Junior Division World Champions too.The most recent tournament held in the United States was the 2022 North America International Championships, played in the VGC Sword & Shield Series 12 ruleset in June 2022. American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.The last time there was an event in San Diego was the 2020 San Diego Regionals, played in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon with the VGC19 Ultra Series ruleset in December 2019. The finals saw American Emilio Forbes defeat fellow countryman Ashton Cox.

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.Sign-ups are $70 for all age divisions and open on 10 November 2022 at 5:00 pm local time (11 November at 01:00 UTC).After signups for Masters players sold out, some cancelled spots were reopened at later times:

2 spots on 18 November 2022 at 6:00 pm local time (19 November at 02:00 UTC).
1 spot on 9 December 2022 at 6:00 pm local time (10 December at 02:00 UTC).
5 spots on 15 December 2022 at 6:00 pm local time (16 December at 02:00 UTC).
7 spots on 22 December 2022 at 6:00 pm local time (23 December at 02:00 UTC).
24 spots on 3 January 2023 at 6:00 pm local time (4 January at 02:00 UTC). This is the last reopening.

If player cap is not reached, sign-ups close the day before the event starts, on 6 January 2023 at 7:30 pm local time (7 January at 03:30 UTC).

For registered players, team list submission opens in Rk9 Labs a few days ahead of the event. Team lists must be submitted the day before the event starts, by 6 January 2023 at 8:00 pm local time (7 January at 04:00 UTC). Paper team lists can also be found here.

Spectator passes are $5 and can be purchased through RK9 Labs.