| Event | 2024 Lima Special Event |
|---|---|
| Location |  Lima, Peru |
| Date | 25–26 May 2024 |
| Attendance | 63 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 | Play LATAM |
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 | | Dorian Quiñonez (GarnetSP) | 200 CP |       |  | |
| 2 | 5-1 | | Sebastián Rodríguez (Kommander) | 160 CP |  | | Report |
| 3 | 6-0 |  | Sebastián Escalante (Sebastian) | 130 CP |     | | |
| 4 | 5-1 | | Gonzalo Barrera (GonzAL-TH) | 130 CP |     | | |
| 5 | 5-1 | | Renzo Navarro (NotRenzo) | 100 CP |    | | |
| 6 | 5-1 | | William Chochoca (HeiseM) | 100 CP |  | | |
| 7 | 5-1 |  | Walter Ezequiel Pandiani (Linoyasu) | 100 CP |     | | |
| 8 | 4-2 |  | Javier Nain (jvvieree) | 100 CP |  | |
Swiss rounds
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Swiss standings!
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Twitch by Play LATAM, in Spanish, with André Durán and Glenn Lozano as casters.
- Day 1: stream starts on 25 May at around 17:30 UTC, for Round 3. Unfortunately, the video was not saved.
- Day 2 (Top Cut): stream starts on 26 May at 15:30 UTC. You can find the video here!
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R3 | André Távara    | vs | Sebastián Escalante |
| R4 | Javier Nain | vs | Renzo Navarro |
| R5 |  Galo Orbea   | vs | Juan Salerno  |
| Junior Finals (G3) | Hassel S.  | vs | Martín Q.  |
| R6 (G3) | Diego Ortiz | vs | Walter Ezequiel Pandiani |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 8 | Dorian Quiñonez | vs | William Chochoca |
| Top 4a | Sebastián Rodríguez | vs | Gonzalo Barrera |
| Top 4b | Dorian Quiñonez | vs | Sebastián Escalante |
| Finals | Dorian Quiñonez | vs | Sebastián Rodríguez |
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Centro de Convenciones de la Cámara de Comercio de Lima
Av. Giuseppe Garibaldi 396
Jesús María 15072, Lima, Perú
Players must be in the venue by 25 May at 09:00 local time (14:00 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 26 May at 10:30 local time (15:30 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. When registering, players can opt to purchase the “Lima SPE Pack”, which includes an exclusive playmat and two event promo items.
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 | 1255 |
| 2 | Paul Ruiz | 1165 |
| 3 |  Thiago Lattanzi | 1157 |
| 4 | Renzo Navarro | 1126 |
| 5 | Gabriel Agati | 1110 |
| 6 | Guilherme Queiroz | 1082 |
| 7 | Sebastián Escalante | 1065 |
| 8 | Dorian Quiñonez | 965 |
| 9 | Javier Nain | 915 |
| 10 |  Leonardo Chinchilla | 913 |
| 11 |  Alexander Canseco | 890 |
| 12 | David Rodríguez | 860 |
| 13 | Galo Orbea | 845 |
| 14 | Jean López | 844 |
| 15 | Nicolás del Campo | 840 |
| 16 | Esteban Molina | 831 |
NOTE: CPs from Premier Challenges and Midseason Showdowns may not be up to date.
After the event
Check this info after this event and the Mexico City Special Event, played concurrently!
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 Lima Special Event is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the third Special Event and the seventh Regional-level event of the 2024 season in the Latin American circuit, being played concurrently with the last event of the season in Mexico City.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set G, and it is played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Peru 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, Regional Championships and old-era National Championships. Peru’s greatest VGC successes are the top 8 finish achieved by Dorian Quiñonez at the 2017 World Championships and the champion title achieved by Renzo Navarro in the online-era Players Cup IV in 2021.
The most recent tournament held in Peru was the 2023 Lima Special Event, played with the VGC Regulation Set C in May 2023. The finals saw Chilean Matías Díaz defeat 2020 LAIC finalist Javier Valdés 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 cost are S/100 or $28 USD and they open on 1 April 2024 at 20:00 local time (2 April at 01:00 UTC). There are 128 spots for all age divisions.
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.
