| Event | Pokémon Championships 2023-24 Philippines |
|---|---|
| Location |  Taguig, Philippines |
| Date | 26 May 2024 |
| Attendance | 64 qualified players (44 in attendance) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2024 Season – VGC Regulation Set F |
| Format | Best-of-3 single-elimination bracket Open team lists (including Nature) |
| Organizer | The Pokémon Company (Philippines) |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Paul Bautista (Pong) | 2024 Worlds Worlds R1 bye Travel Award |       |  |
| 2 | | Vincent Ignacio (pishent) | 2024 Worlds Worlds R1 bye Travel Award |       | |
| Top 4 | | Irwin Soriano (Kendi) | 2024 Worlds |   | |
| Top 4 | | Rap Perez (rap) | 2024 Worlds |    | |
| Top 8 | | Billy Austria (Asterisc) | 2024 Worlds |   | |
| Top 8 | | Jasper Dee (Jasper) | 2024 Worlds |      | |
| Top 8 | | Patrick Cabangin (Paaattt) | 2024 Worlds |   | |
| Top 8 | | Vince Pacleb (Vince) | 2024 Worlds | | |
| Top 16 | | Edmari Callangan (Zack-B) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Enrico Comentan (Alphie) | – |  | |
| Top 16 | | Fonzell Mendoza (Penglin) | – |  | |
| Top 16 | | Jeremy Delos Santos (Firaja) | – |     | |
| Top 16 | | Joshua Fernandez (gouda) | – |   | |
| Top 16 | | Justine Canales (Justin) | – | | |
| Top 16 | | Roid Blancaflor (Trick) | – | | |
| Top 16 | | Ryan Chua (RyChu) | – |  |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on YouTube by TPC Asia, with Francis Tai and Juancho Saldana as casters. The stream starts on 26 May at 03:00 UTC.
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 64 | Giancarlo Abiera   | vs | Czarina Sy   |
| Top 32 | Billy Austria | vs | Brent Santiago    |
| Top 16 | Jasper Dee | vs | Jeremy Delos Santos |
| Top 8 | Vincent Ignacio | vs | Patrick Cabangin |
| Top 4 | Rap Perez | vs | Paul Bautista |
| Finals | Vincent Ignacio | vs | Paul Bautista |
Participating players
The 2024 Philippines National Championships is open only to the players that qualified through the following criteria:
- Top 64 among players in Philippines in the Global Challenge III
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Market! Market! Activity Center
McKinley Pkwy, Bonifacio Global City
Taguig 1634, Metro Manila, Philippines
Check-in can be done early on the day of the event from 10 am PST.
Players must be in the venue by 26 May at 11 am PST (03:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter, at 11:30 am PST.
Prizes
This event is an official tournament and is part of the 2024 official circuit in the Philippines.
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 Philippines National Championships is the most important VGC competition for players in the Philippines, where TPC is responsible for the circuit since 2020.
It is the third edition of the Philippines National Championships, always under TPC. See the previous editions:
- 2022, won by Patrick Elegado
- 2023, won by Francis Tai
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 event this year.
Even though the tournament is held in May, the ruleset is still VGC Regulation Set F (the official ruleset from January to April 2024), and it is played using open team lists including Natures.
A little bit of history
The Philippines 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. Since the TPC takeover, it has taken part in Asia online tournaments, such as the Asia Players Cup, and has hosted the first-ever live event in 2022, the National Championship. The Philippines’ greatest VGC successes were Patrick Elegado‘s and Francis Tai‘s National Championships wins.
The most recent tournament held in the Philippines was the 2022 Philippines National Championships, where its top cut was played in Quezon City with the Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield VGC Series 12 ruleset in June 2022. The finals saw Filipino Patrick Elegado defeat fellow countryman James Credo to be crowned as first-ever Philippines National Champion.
The last time the Philippines National Championships were held was the 2023 edition, played fully online with the VGC Regulation Set C in June 2023. The finals saw Filipino Francis Tai defeat Asia Players Cup semifinalist Jeremy Delos Santos to win his first major title!
