| Event | PokƩmon Championships 2022-23 Singapore |
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| Location | Online |
| Date | 3 June 2023 |
| Capacity | 64 qualified players |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet |
| Season | 2023 SeasonĀ āĀ VGC Regulation Set CĀ (beforeĀ HOMEĀ ver. 3.0.0) |
| Format | Bo1 single-elimination bracket with Bo3 finals Closed team lists until top 16 + Open team lists from top 8 |
| Organizer | The PokĆ©mon Company (TPC)Ā in Singapore |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
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| 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 |      | | Ā |
| 4 | 11-3 | | Aaron Zheng (CybertronVGC) | 130 CP $1000 |   | | Ā |
| 5 | 12-2 | | Zackary Thornberg (Zack) | 100 CP $500 |      | | Ā |
| 6 | 11-3 | | Neil Patel (Neil) | 100 CP $500 | | | Ā |
| 7 | 11-3 | | Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | 100 CP $500 |      | | Ā |
| 8 | 11-3 | | Demitrios Kaguras (DEMITRI) | 100 CP $500 |  |  | |
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
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Melvin Keh (Sophia) |
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Daanvir Singh Narula (Daanvir) |
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Carilynne Ng (grassyotter) |
Worlds Day 1 |
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Martin Teo (Natsume) |
Worlds Day 1 |
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Ervin Tan (Kotori) |
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Xi Xiangyu (lily) |
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Low Wai Yin (Yin) |
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Fong Kai Wei (yuumi main) |
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CheckĀ hereĀ to see theĀ seeds for top cut from the Day 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | TL | Exp. |
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| 105 | 7-3 |  |
Ian Roberts (76) | 40 CP |
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Participating players
The 2023 Singapore National Championships is open only to the players that qualified through the following criteria:
- Top 64 playersĀ in theĀ Singapore Nationals Qualifier
Qualified players need to sign up to an invite-only Online Competition (PokĆ© Portal ā Battle Stadium ā Online competitions ā Search for a competition) and as a form of team submission as per the indications sent to them by email (even though this event is not played as a ladder competition).
The deadline for this was initially announced as 1 June at 9 am SGT. Players were sent a second email on 30 May late evening stating this was a mistake and the actual deadline was 31 May at 9 am SGT. Due to the short notice, many players missed it, and later that day an extension was given until 1 June at 3 pm SGT. The same email banned theĀ newly available items and Egg Moves, creating further uncertainty to players who locked their team between the PokĆ©mon HOME update and the ban notification.
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online, in your PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game. The single-elimination bracket was coordinated by a previously unknown Online Competition mode that allowed an operator to pair the players. Communication with the organisers happened through a Discord server shared withĀ MalaysiaĀ andĀ PhilippinesĀ National players.
Players must be ready onĀ 3 June 2023Ā for the players meeting, and the single-elimination bracket will start thereafter.
All matches are played as best-of-one, except the finals, which are played as best-of-three. The event was announced to run using open team lists, but this was changed at the start of the tournament to use closed team lists until top 16, and open team lists from top 8 onwards.
NOTE: It was initially announced that the Singapore National Championships would be held as a ladder-based Online Competition on 21 May. However, it was announced on 12 May that the 21 May event would be theĀ QualifierĀ to a new, online best-of-1 single-elimination competition with best-of-3 finals to be held on 3 June.
Prizes
This event is an official tournamentĀ and is part of theĀ 2023 official circuitĀ in Singapore.
The highest-placed players earn invites to the 2023 World Championships.
| Placement | Worlds | Other prizes |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds Day 2 invite + Travel Award | Champion shirt + 1st place trophy |
| Finalist | Worlds Day 1 invite | 2nd place trophy |
| Semifinalists | Worlds Day 1 invite | Top 4 trophy |
Overview
TheĀ Singapore National ChampionshipsĀ is the most important VGC competition for players in Singapore, where TPC is responsible for the circuit since 2020.
It is the fourthĀ edition of the Singapore National Championships and the second in the TPC era. See the previous editions:
- Under TPCI
- 2015, won by
Ā Ā Zarif Ayman - 2016, won by Ā Ā Guan Yang Ze
- 2015, won by
- Under TPC
- 2022, won by Ā Ā Melvin Keh
- 2022, won by
Previous editions of theĀ Singapore National ChampionshipsĀ wereĀ open to everyone, and featured Swiss rounds + a single-elimination top cut. This is the first time that a qualifying method has been implemented, the first time it is played in a pure single-elimination format and, alongside theĀ MalaysiaĀ andĀ PhilippinesĀ Nationals, the first time any National-level event in VGC history is played completely online.
The ruleset isĀ VGC Regulation Set CĀ and is played with open team lists. Since players could lock their teams before the update of PokĆ©mon HOME to version 3.0.0, it was announced on 31 May that theĀ newly available items and movesĀ are not allowed for this tournament.
A little bit of history
SingaporeĀ 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 TPCI-era Regional Championships, Special Events, and both TPCI- and TPC-era National Championships. Singapore’s greatest VGC success has been the accomplishments ofĀ Melvin Keh, which include Top 16 finishes at two World Championships (2018 and 2019), and a National Championships victory (2022).
The most recent tournament held in Singapore was theĀ 2022Ā Singapore National Championships, played online (Swiss rounds) and in Geylang (top cut) with the PokĆ©mon Sword & PokĆ©mon Shield VGC Series 12 ruleset in May and June 2022. The finals saw SingaporeanĀ Melvin KehĀ defeat fellow countrymanĀ Daanvir Singh NarulaĀ to win his first-ever National title.
AmericanĀ James Evans, theĀ 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated BrazilianĀ Gabriel AgatiĀ in the NAIC finals.
