| Event | 2025 Buenos Aires Special Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Date | 10 November 2024 |
| Capacity | 60 players (MA) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set H |
| Format | 7 Swiss rounds + asymmetrical top cut Open team lists |
| Organizer | Dima Game |
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 | 5-2 |  | Javier Nain (jvvieree) | 2025 Worlds 350 CP |       |  | |
| 2 | 7-0 | | Juan Salerno (Juanfi) | 325 CP |      | | |
| 3 | 5-2 | | Diego Ferreira (Diego) | 300 CP |      | | |
| 4 | 5-2 |  | Kyle Livinghouse (Animus) | 300 CP |     | | |
| 5 | 6-1 |  | Cláudio Kamoda (Klaw) | 280 CP |    | | |
| 6 | 6-1 | | Ezequiel Bustamante (Eze) | 280 CP |    | | |
| 7 | 5-2 | | Nicolás del Campo (teclamonoTV) | 280 CP | | | |
| 8 | 5-2 |  | Sebastián Rodríguez (Kommander) | 280 CP |  | | |
| 9 | 5-2 | | Omar Acuña (TG Homero) | 160 CP |   | | |
| 10 | 5-2 | | Matthew So (Galahad) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 11 | 5-2 | | Miguel Esh Barbosa (Miguel) | 160 CP |    | | |
| 12 | 5-2 | | Tobías Stegelmann (Tobi) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 13 | 5-2 | | Renzo Navarro (NotRenzo) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 14 | 5-2 | | Sebastián Escalante (Sebastian) | 160 CP |   | |
Swiss rounds
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Swiss standings!
Streaming
The event was not officially streamed. A grassroots stream in CapsuleKarp’s Twitch channel featured some top cut matches. You can find the video here!
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 16 | Kyle Livinghouse | vs | Miguel Esh Barbosa |
| Top 8 | Sebastián Rodríguez | vs | Juan Salerno |
| Top 4 | Kyle Livinghouse | vs | Javier Nain |
| Finals | Javier Nain | vs | Juan Salerno |
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the following location:
Palais Rouge (Grand Dorée)
Jerónimo Salguero 1441
C1177AFA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
It was originally planned to take place in Centro Vasco – Salón Basaldua, but it was changed on 10 October 2024 due to maintenance works in the previous venue.
Check-in can be done in advance on Saturday 9 November from 16:00 to 18:00 local time, or early on Sunday from 8:30.
Players must be in the venue by 10 November at 9:00 local time (12:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Swiss rounds, and the top cut will be played thereafter on the same day. Seniors and Juniors start three hours later, at 12:00 local time (15:00 UTC).
Prizes
This event is part of the 2025 official TPCi circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
Participation goodies will be announced soon.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs depending on final attendance:
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | Invite to the 2025 World Championships 350 CP | 0 |
| Finalist | 325 CP | 4 |
| Semifinalists | 300 CP | 8 |
| 5th to 8th | 280 CP | 17 |
| 9th to 16th | 160 CP | 33 |
| 17th to 32nd | 125 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 100 CP | 129 |
| 65th to 128th | 80 CP | 257 |
| 129th to 256th | 60 CP | 513 |
| 257th to 512th | 40 CP | 1025 |
| 513th to 1024th | 20 CP | 2049 |
Overview
The Buenos Aires Special Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the second Special Championship and third Regional-level event of the 2025 season in the Latin American circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set H, and it is played using open team lists.
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 2024 Buenos Aires Special Event, played with the VGC Regulation Set G in May 2024. The finals saw 2020 LAIC semifinalist Juan Salerno defeat Uruguayan Agustín Marinucci to win his first major event in the Masters division!
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.
Sign-ups are $45,000 ARS or $35 USD, and they open on 18 September at 19:00 local time (22:00 UTC). There are 64 spots for Masters players, 32 for Senior players and 32 for Junior players. Payment can be made through PayPal or MercadoPago (only for Argentina), and you have 48 hours after signing up to complete it; otherwise, the spots will be freed and deemed unclaimed.
- The unclaimed spots will be released in a second wave on 23 September at 19:00 local time (22:00 UTC).
