| Event | Pokémon Championships 2022-23 Singapore |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 3 June 2023 |
| Capacity | 64 qualified players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set C (before HOME 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 Pokémon Company (TPC) in Singapore |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | 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 |  |  | |
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Melvin Keh (Sophia) | Worlds Day 2 + TA |    |  | |
| 2 | | Daanvir Singh Narula (Daanvir) | Worlds Day 1 | |  | |
| T4 | | Carilynne Ng (grassyotter) | Worlds Day 1 |    |  | |
| T4 | | Martin Teo (Natsume) | Worlds Day 1 |  |  | |
| T8 | | Ervin Tan (Kotori) | – | |  | |
| T8 |  | Xi Xiangyu (lily) | – |      |  | |
| T8 | | Low Wai Yin (Yin) | – | |  | |
| T8 | | Fong Kai Wei (yuumi main) | – |  |  |
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 |   | |
Participating players
The 2023 Singapore National Championships is open only to the players that qualified through the following criteria:
- Top 64 players in the Singapore Nationals Qualifier
Qualified players need to sign up to an invite-only Online Competition (Poké Portal → Battle Stadium → Online competitions → 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 the newly available items and Egg Moves, creating further uncertainty to players who locked their team between the Pokémon HOME update and the ban notification.
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online, in your Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon 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 with Malaysia and Philippines National players.
Players must be ready on 3 June 2023 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 the Qualifier 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 tournament and is part of the 2023 official circuit 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
The Singapore National Championships is the most important VGC competition for players in Singapore, where TPC is responsible for the circuit since 2020.
It is the fourth edition of the Singapore National Championships and the second in the TPC era. See the previous editions:
- Under TPCI
- 2015, won by
Zarif Ayman - 2016, won by Guan Yang Ze
- 2015, won by
- Under TPC
- 2022, won by Melvin Keh
- 2022, won by
Previous editions of the Singapore National Championships were 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 the Malaysia and Philippines Nationals, the first time any National-level event in VGC history is played completely online.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set C and is played with open team lists. Since players could lock their teams before the update of Pokémon HOME to version 3.0.0, it was announced on 31 May that the newly available items and moves are not allowed for this tournament.
A little bit of history
Singapore 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 of 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 the 2022 Singapore National Championships, played online (Swiss rounds) and in Geylang (top cut) with the Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield VGC Series 12 ruleset in May and June 2022. The finals saw Singaporean Melvin Keh defeat fellow countryman Daanvir Singh Narula to win his first-ever National title.
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
