| Event | PokƩmon Championships 2023-24 Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Location |  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |
| Date | 30 June 2024 |
| Attendance | 64 qualified players (41 in attendance) |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet |
| Season | 2024 SeasonĀ āĀ VGC Regulation Set G |
| Format | Best-of-3 single-elimination bracket Open team lists (including Nature) |
| Organizer | The PokƩmon Company (Malaysia) |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Gary Ng Yeong Jiang (Gary) | 2024Ā Worlds WorldsĀ R1Ā bye TravelĀ Award |       |  |
| 2 | | Ng Chee Woon (Woon) | 2024Ā Worlds WorldsĀ R1Ā bye TravelĀ Award |     | |
| 3 | | Abied Ariffin (Abied) | 2024Ā Worlds |      | |
| 3 | | Brandon Chia (NoProblem) | 2024Ā Worlds |  | |
| 5 | | Choo Kok Wui (Kok Wui) | 2024Ā Worlds |     | |
| 5 | | Jamie Tan (Jam) | 2024Ā Worlds |    | |
| 5 |  | Jasdil Deo (void) | 2024Ā Worlds |     | |
| 5 | | Kevin Ngim (Kepp) | 2024Ā Worlds |   | |
| 9 | | Azri Firman (Azri) | ā | | Ā |
| 9 | | Chin Jing Ru (Jing Ru) | ā |  | Ā |
| 9 | | Gordon Goh (Gordon) | ā |  | Ā |
| 9 | | Ismat Myron (Ismat) | ā |  | Ā |
| 9 | | Lee Jin Yang (Nightwind) | ā | | Ā |
| 9 | | Nasseruddean Fadhil (Nasseruddean) | ā | | Ā |
| 9 | | Wan Aqil (Wan) | ā |    | Ā |
| 9 | | Wong Chi Khei (Chi Khei) | ā |  | Ā |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live onĀ YouTubeĀ by TPC Asia, withĀ Leong Yew SunĀ andĀ Aqlif PutraĀ as casters. The stream starts on 30 June at 03:00 UTC.
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 64 | Naim Danial Johar     |
vs | Kevin Ngim |
| Top 32 | Gary Ng Yeong Jiang |
vs | Muazzam Rosjaisam   |
| Top 16 (G2) |
Abied Ariffin |
vs | Gordon Goh |
| Top 8 | Jasdil Deo |
vs | Brandon Chia |
| Top 4 | Brandon Chia |
vs | Ng Chee Woon |
| Finals | Gary Ng Yeong Jiang |
vs | Ng Chee Woon |
Participating players
The 2024 Malaysia National Championships is open only to the players that qualified through the following criteria:
- Top 64 among players in MalaysiaĀ in theĀ Global Challenge III
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
The Starling Mall
6, Jalan SS 21/37, Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Check-in can be done early on the day of the event from 10 am MST.
Players must be in the venue byĀ 30 June at 11 am MSTĀ (03:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter, at 11:30 am MST.
Prizes
This event is an official tournamentĀ and is part of theĀ 2024 official circuitĀ in Malaysia.
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
TheĀ Malaysia National ChampionshipsĀ is the most important VGC competition for players in Malaysia, where TPC is responsible for the circuit since 2020.
The tournament wasĀ originally announcedĀ to take place on 23 June 2024, but was laterĀ moved backĀ a week to its final date.
It is the thirdĀ edition of the Malaysia National Championships, always under TPC. See the previous editions:
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 most matches played as best-of-1 and only the top cut (2022) or the finals (2023) as best-of-3. After being held fully online in 2023, the tournament is again played as a live eventĀ this year.
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
MalaysiaĀ 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 TPCi-era Regional Championships and Special Events, and TPC-era National Championships. Malaysia’s greatest VGC success were the National Championships won byĀ Zarif AymanĀ in Singapore in 2015 and by Kevin NgimĀ andĀ Wan AqilĀ in Malaysia in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
The most recent tournament held in Malaysia was theĀ 2022Ā Malaysia National Championships, where its top cut was played in Kuala Lumpur with the PokĆ©mon Sword & PokĆ©mon Shield VGC Series 12 ruleset in June 2022. The finals saw 3-time Special Event finalistĀ Kevin NgimĀ defeat 2018 Kuala Lumpur Special Event Champion Gary Ng Yeong JiangĀ to be crowned as first-ever Malaysia National Champion!
The last time the Malaysia National Championships were held was theĀ 2023 edition, played fully online with the VGC Regulation Set CĀ in June 2023. The finals saw 2-time Regional & Special Event finalistĀ Wan AqilĀ defeat 2022 Malaysia National semifinalistĀ Yong Wai HouĀ to win his first major title!
