| Event | 2023 Taiwan Regional League: Tainan |
|---|---|
| Location |  Tainan, Taiwan |
| Date | 10 December 2022 |
| Attendance | 109 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Series 1 |
| Format | 6 Swiss rounds + top 16 single elimination Closed team lists |
| Organizer | The Pokémon Company (Taiwan) |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-1 | | Tseng Yan-rong (Tony) | Nationals Day 2 |       |  Report |
| 2 | 5-1 | | Ku Chao-chen (FM寶可夢子) | Nationals Day 2 |    |  Report |
| 3 | 6-0 | | Tseng Yi-kai (赫蘿) | – |    | |
| 4 | 5-1 | | Chen Chih-chun (ToooTz) | – | |  |
| 5 | 6-0 | | Liu Jian-ting (Sayha) | – |    |  |
| 6 | 5-1 | | Yeh Kuan-cheng (全婆俠) | – |    | |
| 7 | 5-1 | | Fang Yu-yang (Wow_ヤン) | – | |  |
| 8 | 4-2 | | Lin Kun-wu (假面・德・C) | – |     | |
| 9 | 5-1 | | Chyr Wei (Megumi~) | – |    | |
| 10 | 5-1 |  | Mak Kwan Ho (KanadeVgc) | – |  | |
| 11 | 5-1 | | Li Yi-ju (帕帕拉) | – |  |  |
| 12 | 5-1 | | Li Chia-ching (蕾蒂) | – |  |  |
| 13 | 5-1 | | Wan Ting-te (萬萬) | – | |  |
| 14 | 4-2 | | Hsieh Yi-lin (國士無雙) | – | | |
| 15 | 4-2 | | Jian Shao-yang (邊緣滑行者) | – | | |
| 16 | 4-2 | | Li Yu-chi (東雲青空) | – | |  |
Further standings
If applicable, insert here the table from TopCut_Automatizado with the rest of standings (limited to 32 in the sheet).
Streaming
Some of the matches of the tournament were streamed live in the official Pokémon YouTube channel in Chinese, featuring Eason and Wu Chen as casters and Shinn as interviewer.
Take a look at the following matches!
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Sun Hao-hsuan   | vs | Hsiao Chia-wei    |
| R2 | Huang Liang-wei   | vs | Chyr Wei |
| R3 | Jian Shao-yang | vs | Liu Cheng-hao |
| R4 | Chen Pai-yi   | vs | Li Yi-ju |
| R5 | Sie Meng-ru    | vs | Lin Kun-wu |
| R6 | Chen Chih-chun | vs | Chang Yi-chung  |
| Top 16 | Hsieh Yi-lin | vs | Yeh Kuan-cheng |
| Top 8 | Fang Yu-yang | vs | Tseng Yi-kai |
| Top 4 | Chen Chih-chun | vs | Ku Chao-chen |
| Finals | Ku Chao-chen | vs | Tseng Yan-rong |
Venue and schedule
The tournament was held in the following location:
Greater Tainan Convention and Exhibition Center
大臺南會展中心 展覽棟
Exhibition Building, 1st Floor, No. 3, Gueiren 12th Road
臺南市歸仁區歸仁十二路 3 號 1 樓展覽棟
711 Gueiren District, Tainan City
The on-site registration started on 10 December 2022 at 08:00 local time (00:00 UTC), and the tournament itself started at 09:00 local time (01:00 UTC) with the Swiss rounds. The top cut was played consecutively on the same day, estimated at around 16:30 local time (08:30 UTC).
Prizes
This event is part of the 2023 official TPC circuit in Taiwan, which does not use Championship Points (CPs) as a qualification system, instead rewarding the best players with some advantage in the National Championships to be held at the end of the season.
As a participation goodie, all players were provided a special commemorative card.
Additionally, the best-placed players received the following prizes (although the tournament is open to anyone, only players with a Taiwanese passport can earn Taiwan Nationals invites):
| Placement | Taiwan Nationals | Other prizes |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Nationals Day 2 invite | 1 Nintendo Switch OLED Pokémon Scarlet & Violet edition 1 Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet Double Pack 1 Pokémon TCG booster box |
| Runner-up | Nationals Day 2 invite | 1 set of Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers 1 Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet videogame 1 Pokémon TCG booster box |
| Semifinalists | – | 1 Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet videogame 1 Pokémon TCG booster box |
Overview
The Tainan Regionals is an official TPC Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC and TCG. Since the TPCI regions would not hold official tournaments until 2023, this was be the first Regional in the world to host an official VGC event in the Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet games. It’s the second Regionals of the 2023 season in the Taiwanese circuit, after the Taipei Regionals.
The ruleset was VGC Series 1. This event was not played with open team lists.
A little bit of history
Taiwan 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 Regional Championships, Special Events, and both TPCI-era and current TPC-era National Championships. It was the only region in the world to consistently host major live events during the 2020–2022 seasons. Taiwan’s greatest VGC success was Wu Pi‘s 2019 Junior Division World Championship win.
The most recent tournament held in Taiwan was the 2023 Taipei Regionals, played in the VGC Sword & Shield Series 13 ruleset in October 2022. The finals saw Taiwanese Chuang Yu-peng defeat fellow compatriot Yang Da-wei in the finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event were done through a registration form. In order to be allowed entry, all players must have been in Taiwan at least 7 days before the event, must not be under COVID-19-related health restrictions, and must have a body temperature lower than 37.5 °C at the venue entrance. Minors needed to bring this parental consent form.
Sign-ups were free, and open since the announcement of the tournament. There was a capacity of 256 players.
Sign-ups closed three days before the event, on 7 December 2022 at 23:59 local time (15:59 UTC). The registrations were confirmed on 8 December 2022.
For registered players, team list submission was performed on-site. Teamlists could be filled out in advance using this template.
