| Event | 2024 Bogotá Special Event |
|---|---|
| Location |  Bogotá, Colombia |
| Date | 11 May 2024 |
| Attendance | 55 players (MA) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2024 Season – VGC Regulation Set G |
| Format | 6 Swiss rounds + top 8 single elimination Open team lists |
| Organizer | Draco Hobby Center |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-1 |  | Max Morales (MaxLJCR) | 200 CP |       | ||
| 2 | 6-0 | | Jean López (JEAN) | 160 CP |     | ||
| 3 | 5-1 |  | Galo Orbea (EcuaDude) | 130 CP |  | ||
| 4 | 4-2 | | Jimmy Suárez (Sley) | 130 CP |   | ||
| 5 | 5-1 | | Juan C. Ortiz (MrPenguin93) | 100 CP | | ||
| 6 | 5-1 |  | Joseph Kwan (kwantum) | 100 CP |      | ||
| 7 | 5-1 |  | Alejandro Terrazas (Alec) | 100 CP |     | ||
| 8 | 4-2 | | Germán Ortiz (Xplainalot) | 100 CP |  |
Swiss rounds
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Swiss standings!
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Draco Hobby Center’s YouTube channel, in Spanish.
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 | Paul Ruiz   | vs | Joseph Kwan |
| R3 | Nicolás Chávez   | vs | David Rodríguez |
| R4 | Jean López | vs | Juan C. Ortiz |
| R5 | Fausto Gómez  | vs | Jean López |
| R6 | Leonardo Chinchilla  | vs | Alejandro Terrazas |
| Top 8 | Joseph Kwan | vs | Galo Orbea |
| Top 4 | Jimmy Suárez | vs | Max Morales |
| Finals | Jean López | vs | Max Morales |
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Draco Hobby Center
Cra. 16 #76-27
Bogotá, Colombia
Players must be in the venue by 11 May at 09:00 local time (14:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds, with the top cut played right after them.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2024 official TPCi circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
There are no participation goodies announced for this event. Further announcements may be made by the organizer.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs depending on final attendance:
Take a look at the following prizepool, depending on the final attendance.
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| 129th to 256th | 30 CP |
| Placement | CP |
|---|---|
| Champion | 200 CP |
| Finalist | 160 CP |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP |
| 129th to 256th | 30 CP |
| 257th to 512th | 20 CP |
CP standings
Season standings
The following are the Latin America Championship Point standings before and after the event.
Players ranked 1st to 8th at the end of the 2024 season get Tier 1 invites to the 2024 World Championships. Players ranked 9th to 12nd get Tier 2 invites.
Before the event
| # | Player | CP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Juan Salerno | 1135 |
| 2 |  Gabriel Agati | 1068 |
| 3 | Paul Ruiz | 1065 |
| 4 | Sebastián Escalante | 985 |
| 5 | Guilherme Queiroz | 982 |
| 6 | Thiago Lattanzi | 975 |
| 7 |  Renzo Navarro | 946 |
| 8 |  Javier Nain | 865 |
| 9 | David Rodríguez | 842 |
| 10 | Dorian Quiñonez | 835 |
| 11 | Esteban Molina | 781 |
| 12 | Nicolás del Campo | 780 |
| 13 | Diego Gutiérrez | 762 |
| 14 | Alexander Canseco | 760 |
| 15 | Leonardo Chinchilla | 759 |
| 16 | Galo Orbea | 715 |
NOTE: CPs from Premier Challenges and Midseason Showdowns may not be up to date.
After the event
Check this info after the event!
NOTE: CPs from Premier Challenges and Midseason Showdowns may not be up to date.
| # | 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 |
Overview
The Bogotá Special Event is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the second Special Event and the fifth Regional-level event of the 2024 season in the Latin American circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set G, and it is played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Colombia has been part of the Latin America region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Special Events and old-era National Championships. Colombia’s greatest VGC success is the fourth place achieved by Juan Naar in the online-era Players Cup II in 2020.
The most recent tournament held in Colombia was the 2023 Bogotá Special Event, played with the VGC Regulation Set C in May 2023. The finals saw Colombian Juan Camilo Restrepo defeat Mexican Aldo Loyola to win his first major title!
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through the Play LATAM platform, and you will first need to set up your Play LATAM profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID. All players must comply with the Play! Pokémon COVID-19 Protocols.
Sign-ups are $80,000 COP and they open on 1 April 2024 at 09:00 local time (14:00 UTC)
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 2 hours before the event starts.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 1 hour before the event starts, by 11 March 2023 at 9:00 local time (12:00 UTC). Paper team lists can also be found here.
Spectator passes are free and can be purchased through RK9 Labs.
