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2025 Grand Challenge IV

Event2025 Grand Challenge IV
LocationOnline
Date9–11 May 2025
AttendanceUnknown
(2,781 players eligible for CP)
VideogamePokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Season2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set I
FormatIn-game ladder competition
OrganizerThe Pokémon Company International (TPCi)

Table of Contents

Results

Championship Point payouts were confirmed on 13 May 2025.

#RatingFlagPlayerPrizeTeam
11798.9ITAFederico Camporesi
(FedeCampoVGC)		170 CP
2?ITAGiulio Tarlao160 CP 
31787.8DNKFrederik Høj Nielsen150 CP 
4?IDNDicky Nicholas150 CP 
51782.2ESPCarlos Cabal
(miraii)		140 CP 
61774.3ESPEric Rios
(AEsir)		140 CP
71769.9SGPMarcus Koh
(Calculus)		140 CP 
81767.4CHEOliver Achermann
(Giottas)		140 CP 
91762.4ESPDaniel Pallarés
(PikachuP)		*
10?USAKent Wong130 CP 
111761.8USAJunxi Zhu130 CP 
12?ITAAngelo Piscitelli130 CP 
131759.6AUSDimitri Koziaris
(DimtheSim)		130 CP 
141759.6USASudoz Zen
(z e n)		130 CP
151759.3USAMontana Mott130 CP 
161759.2DEUIbrahim Maarouf130 CP

#RatingFlagPlayerPrizeTeam
17?ITAGiuseppe Musicco130 CP 
181757.9PHLPaul Chua
(Paul)		120 CP
19?JPNJoji Kaieda120 CP 
20?USAGiovanni Cischke120 CP 
211757.0ITAShai Rabà
(Shabarai)		120 CP
221755.6USAAlex Underhill
(Lexicon)		120 CP
23?ITAEmanuele Briganti120 CP 
24?USABrian Hough120 CP 
251754.9USACarson Confer
(Carson)		120 CP
261754.7ARGJuan Salerno
(Juanfi)		120 CP
271754.6ITAMarco Silva
(marcofiero)		120 CP
281753.2ITAGianmaria Sorbino
(Gian)		120 CP
29?ITALuca Ceribelli120 CP 
301750.9NLDKoen van Cann
(KoonKy)		120 CP
31?USAJustin Burns120 CP 
321750.4INDRaghav Malaviya120 CP

* NOTE: The player in 9th place was not eligible for Championship Points. In their stead:

  • PRT Matt Bruno (Bruneaux), 33rd at a rating of 1750.2, earned 120 CP.

Streaming

For the first time ever, a showcase of a Grand Challenge is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, featuring Wolfe Glick and Aaron Zheng.

  • Showcase: stream starts on 9 May at 16:45 UTC.

Platform and schedule

The tournament is held online, in your Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the Poké Portal’s Battle Stadium.

The tournament starts on 9 May 2025 at 00:00 UTC. You will be able to play up to 15 battles on 9 May, up to 30 battles by 10 May and up to 45 battles by 11 May. You will be able to enter any battle until 11 May 2025 at 23:59 UTC.

Prizes

This event is an official Online Competition, and is part of the 2025 official circuit 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 Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet in the same account. Playing with both versions of the game may result in penalties.

PlacementChampionship PointsKicker
1st170 CP0
2nd160 CP4
3rd and 4th150 CP8
5th to 8th140 CP17
9th to 16th130 CP33
17th to 32nd120 CP65
33rd to 64th80 CP129
65th to 128th65 CP257
129th to 256th50 CP513
257th to 512th35 CP1025
513th to 1024th20 CP2049

Overview

The 2025 Grand Challenge IV is an official Online Competition featuring double battles, and is region-locked. It is the 14th VGC-relevant Online Competition in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games for players in the TPCi regions, and the fourth Grand Challenge in these games and in the 2025 season.

It is played with VGC Regulation Set I.

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 the 2025 Global Challenge IV, played in April 2025 with the VGC Regulation Set G. This Online Competition also awarded CP for players in TPCi regions, and invites to the National Championships in Japan and Korea to the respective players of those regions. First place was earned by 3-time Global & Grand Challenge Champion Joji Kaieda, who earned a rating of 1840 and 170 CP. Joji beat Japanese player Ne, who earned a rating of 1829 and an invite to the Japan National Main Tournament.

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 your own Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon 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 Poké Portal → Battle Stadium → Online competitions → 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 closed!

Sign-ups are open from 1 May at 00:00 UTC until 8 May at 23:59 UTC, when the tournament starts.

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