| Event | 2024 Buenos Aires Special Event |
|---|---|
| Location |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Date | 4–5 May 2024 |
| Capacity | 59 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 | Dima Game |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
Swiss rounds
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Swiss standings!
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Centro Vasco – Salón Basaldua
Av. Belgrano 1144
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Check-in can be done early on Saturday from 10:30 am.
Players must be in the venue by 4 May at 11:30 local time (14:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds.
Players qualified to Day 2 must be in the venue by 5 May at 11:30 local time (14:30 UTC) for the team checks. The Day 2 Swiss rounds (if any) and the top cut will be played thereafter.
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 |  Gabriel Agati | 1068 |
| 2 |  Paul Ruiz | 1065 |
| 3 | Thiago Lattanzi | 975 |
| 4 | Guilherme Queiroz | 968 |
| 5 | Juan Salerno | 935 |
| 6 |  Renzo Navarro | 928 |
| 7 |  Javier Nain | 865 |
| 8 | Sebastián Escalante | 855 |
| 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 Buenos Aires Special Event is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the first Special Event and the fourth 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. Being held concurrently with the Indianapolis Regional, they are the first major events in the world to use this ruleset!
A little bit of history
Argentina 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, Regionals and old-era National Championships. Argentina’s greatest VGC successes are the Worlds top 8 finishes achieved by Sebastián Escalante in 2017 and Federico Turano in 2018. Additionally, Argentine players have proven themselves as a major team force and they reached the finals of the 2023 World Cup of Pokémon VGC.
The most recent tournament held in Argentina was the 2023 Buenos Aires Special Event, played with the VGC Regulation Set C in May 2023. The finals saw Argentinian Joaquín Salerno defeat Venezuelan Luis Roquet to win his second major event in one month, after his victory in São Paulo just two weeks before!
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 $25,000 ARS and they open on 27 March 2024 at 20:00 local time (23:00 UTC). There are 80 spots for all age divisions.
After signing up, registered players have 48 hours to complete the payment; if this is not done, their spot will be freed.
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.
