| Event | Pokémon Championships 2023-24 Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Location |  Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Date | 9 June 2024 |
| Attendance | 64 qualified players (46 in attendance) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2024 Season – VGC Regulation Set G |
| Format | Best-of-3 single-elimination bracket Open team lists (including Nature) |
| Organizer | The Pokémon Company (Hong Kong) |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Ma Chun Yeung (Haymi) | 2024 Worlds Worlds R1 bye Travel Award |       |  |
| 2 | | Choi Yin Fung (☆小楓) | 2024 Worlds Worlds R1 bye Travel Award |       | |
| Top 4 | | Lai Chi Ho (SAKANA) | 2024 Worlds |   | |
| Top 4 | | Sam Ng Tsz Sum (deceive) | 2024 Worlds |       | |
| Top 8 | | Adrian Tang (Adrian) | 2024 Worlds |  | |
| Top 8 | | Or Kei Yin (Cyrus) | 2024 Worlds |     | |
| Top 8 | | Kisch Cheng (Kassiddy) | 2024 Worlds |  | |
| Top 8 | | Chan Tsz Hung (Avoidless) | 2024 Worlds |    | |
| Top 16 | | King Him Chong (Kings) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Ka Ho Shum (八神疾風) | – |     | |
| Top 16 | | Tam Ngai (月光仙子) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Leung Pak Hei (Draco) | – |    | |
| Top 16 | | Chan Pui Ching (CHlNG) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Ng Shiu Chung (Percy) | – |  | |
| Top 16 | | Kwok Siu Wai (小破) | – |  | |
| Top 16 | | TL Tsang (かりん～★) | – | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on YouTube by TPC’s Taiwan & Hong Kong branch, in Chinese, with Hugo Wu, FF, Sitau Po, and Edward Cheung Ka Hin as casters. The stream starts on 9 June at 03:05 UTC.
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 64 | Wayne Yu | vs | King Him Chong |
| Top 32 | Ma Chun Yeung | vs | Yuen Nga Hin  |
| Top 16 | Sam Ng Tsz Sum | vs | Chan Pui Ching |
| Top 8 | Choi Yin Fung | vs | Kisch Cheng |
| Top 4 | Lai Chi Ho | vs | Choi Yin Fung |
| Finals | Ma Chun Yeung | vs | Choi Yin Fung |
Participating players
The 2024 Hong Kong National Championships is open only to the players that qualified through the following criteria:
- Top 64 among players in Hong Kong in the Global Challenge III
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
香港會議展覽中心
1 Expo Dr
香港灣仔博覽道1號
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Check-in can be done early on the day of the event from 10 am HKT.
Players must be in the venue by 9 June at 11 am HKT (03:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter, at 11:30 am HKT.
Prizes
This event is an official tournament and is part of the 2024 official circuit in Hong Kong.
The highest-placed players earn invites to the 2024 World Championships.
| Placement | Prize |
|---|---|
| Champion | Worlds invite + Round 1 bye + Travel Award Trophy + champion shirt |
| Finalist | Worlds invite + Round 1 bye + Travel Award Trophy |
| Semifinalists | Worlds invite Trophy |
| 5th to 8th | Worlds invite |
Overview
The Hong Kong National Championships is the most important VGC competition for players in Hong Kong, where TPC is responsible for the circuit since 2020.
It is the fourth edition of the Hong Kong National Championships and the third in the TPC era. See the previous editions:
- Under TPCi
- 2016, won by Or Kei Yin
- 2016, won by
- Under TPC
- 2022, won by Pan Si Ming
- 2023, won by Wayne Yu
- 2022, won by
Pending confirmation of the format, previous editions of the tournament have been played as Swiss + single-elimination top 8 bracket (2022) and as a pure single-elimination bracket (2023), with all matches played as best-of-3 (2022) or as best-of-1 with best-of-3 finals (2023).
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set G, and it is played using open team lists including Natures. It was initially announced to be using VGC Regulation Set F (the official ruleset from January to April 2024), but the decision was later reverted.
A little bit of history
Hong Kong has been one of the regions on 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. Hong Kong’s greatest VGC success was the top 16 achieved by Edward Cheung Ka Hin at the 2016 World Championships.
The most recent tournament held in Hong Kong was the 2023 Hong Kong National Championships, played in Kowloon with the VGC Regulation Set C in June 2023. The finals saw Hongkonger Wayne Yu defeat 2-time Regional & Special Event Champion Yuen Nga Hin to win his first major title!
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
