| Event | 2025 Grand Challenge I |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 20ā22 September 2024 |
| Attendance | Pending confirmation in PokƩmon HOME (5,627 players eligible for CP) |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet |
| Season | 2025 SeasonĀ āĀ VGC Regulation Set H |
| Format | In-game ladder competition |
| Organizer | The PokƩmon Company International (TPCi) |
Table of Contents
Results
Championship Point payouts were confirmed on 1 October 2024, then modified on 12 and 18 November 2024.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1869.2 |  |
Nick Navarre | 170 CP |  |
| 2 | 1850.8 |  |
Gabriel Agati (Ash) |
160 CP | |
| 3 | 1846.6 |  |
Abdullah Mohayyuddin (sempra) |
150 CP | |
| 4 | 1835.9 |  |
Ćlex GĆ³mez (~SKALARI~) |
150 CP | |
| 5 | ? |  |
Fevzi Ćzkan | 140 CP | |
| 6 | ? |  |
Simone Sanvito | 140 CP | |
| 7 | ? | |
Thiago Lattanzi | 140 CP | |
| 8 | 1810.5 | |
Brady Smith (B) |
140 CP | |
| 9 | ? | |
Darius Thomas | 130 CP | |
| 10 | 1805.0 |  |
Juan Salerno (Juanfi) |
130 CP | |
| 11 | 1805.0 | |
Adrien Hurley (ColdingLight) |
130 CP | |
| 12 | 1804.5 | |
Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC) |
130 CP | |
| 13 | 1803.1 | |
Kylan Van Severen (Kylan) |
130 CP | |
| 14 | 1802.1 | |
Ethan Mattos (SplattyDaddy) |
130 CP | |
| 15 | ? |  |
Masayoshi Kuroo | 130 CP | |
| 16 | ? | ? | ? | * (No CP) |
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1801.3 | | Joan Garcia (JG) | 130Ā CP | |
| 18 | 1801.1 |  | Patrick Dawson (Phatrick) | 120Ā CP | |
| 19 | ? | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | 120Ā CP | |
| 20 | 1798.8 | | Toler Webb (Toler) | 120Ā CP | |
| 21 | 1798.8 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | 120Ā CP | |
| 22 | 1798.6 | | Caelan Brown (Cabro) | 120Ā CP | |
| 23 | 1798.1 | | Michael Klymchuk (SeaWolfMikes) | 120Ā CP | |
| 24 | 1797.6 | | Mattia Cognetta (magic_rana) | 120Ā CP | |
| 25 | ? | | Lewis Tan | 120Ā CP | Ā |
| 26 | 1795.7 | | Ryan Haig (botchkiss) | 120Ā CP | |
| 27 | 1795.4 | | Andrea Piasso | 120Ā CP | |
| 28 | 1795.1 | | Juan Manuel Odriozola (Juanma) | 120Ā CP | |
| 29 | ? | | Austin Bastida-Ramos | 120Ā CP | Ā |
| 30 | 1793.8 |  | Joji Kaieda | 120Ā CP | Ā |
| 31 | ? | | Preston Gadling | 120Ā CP | Ā |
| 32 | 1792.8 |  | Frederik HĆøj Nielsen | 120Ā CP | Ā |
Usage stats
Usage stats pending confirmation when the results are uploaded to PokƩmon HOME.
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online, in your PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the PokĆ© Portal’s Battle Stadium.
The tournament starts on 20 September 2024 at 00:00 UTC. You will be able to play up to 15 battles on 20 September, up to 30 battles by 21 September and up to 45 battles by 22 September. You will be able to enter any battle until 22 September 2024 at 23:59 UTC.
Prizes
This event is an official Online Competition, and is part of theĀ 2025 official circuitĀ in all regions governed by TPCi, that is: North America, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, and Middle East & Africa.
As a participation prize, any player that finishes at least three battles will receive 100,000 League Points, a Gold Bottle Cap and an Ability Patch.
Players are warned that only one user can participate per Nintendo account, even if they are playing both PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet in the same account. Playing with both versions of the game may result in penalties.
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 170 CP | 0 |
| 2nd | 160 CP | 4 |
| 3rd and 4th | 150 CP | 8 |
| 5th to 8th | 140 CP | 17 |
| 9th to 16th | 130 CP | 33 |
| 17th to 32nd | 120 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 80 CP | 129 |
| 65th to 128th | 65 CP | 257 |
| 129th to 256th | 50 CP | 513 |
| 257th to 512th | 35 CP | 1025 |
| 513th to 1024th | 20 CP | 2049 |
Overview
The 2025 Grand Challenge IĀ is an official Online Competition featuring double battles, and is region-locked. It is the seventh VGC-relevant Online Competition in PokĆ©mon Scarlet and PokĆ©mon Violet games for players in the TPCi regions, and the first in the 2025 season. It is the first-ever Grand Challenge, the region-locked version of the Global Challenges.
It is played withĀ VGC Regulation Set H.
The original announcement had aĀ typoĀ that indicated it would be played with VGC Regulation Set F. It wasĀ correctedĀ later that day.
A little bit of history
Online Competitions are usually a part of the casual gameplay, but they have been featured in the official circuit for some years now. They are one of the few tournaments in which all world regions play together, and it generally grants National invites in TPC regions and Championship Points in TPCi regions.
The most recent Online Competition for players in the TPCi regions was theĀ 2024 Global Challenge III, played in March 2024 with the VGC Regulation Set F. This Online Competition also awarded CP for players in TPCi regions, and invites to the National Championships in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to the respective players of those regions. First place was earned by 2022 World ChampionĀ Eduardo Cunha, who earned a rating of 1818 and obtained 160 CP. Eduardo beat 2-time International finalistĀ Davide Cognetta, who earned a rating of 1817 and obtained 130 CP.
AmericanĀ James Evans, theĀ 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated BrazilianĀ Gabriel AgatiĀ in the NAIC finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through your own PokƩmon Scarlet or PokƩmon Violet game, only available if the Online Competition settings are configured to any TPCi region (that is, any region excluding Asia-Pacific).
To register, enter the PokĆ© Portal ā Battle Stadium ā Online competitions ā Search for a competition (in the Official Competitions column).
You will need to register and lock a team at the time of registration.
Sign-ups are open from 12 September at 00:00 UTCĀ until 19 September at 23:59 UTC, when the tournament starts.
