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2025 Grand Challenge IV

Event2025 Grand Challenge IV
LocationOnline
Date9ā€“11 May 2025
AttendanceUnknown
(2,781 players eligible for CP)
VideogamePokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet
Season2025 SeasonĀ ā€“Ā VGC Regulation Set I
FormatIn-game ladder competition
OrganizerThe PokƩmon Company International (TPCi)

Table of Contents

Results

Championship Point payouts were confirmed on 13 May 2025.

#RatingFlagPlayerPrizeTeam
11798.9ITAFederico Camporesi
(FedeCampoVGC)		170Ā CP
2?ITAGiulio Tarlao160Ā CPĀ 
31787.8DNKFrederik HĆøj Nielsen150Ā CPĀ 
4?IDNDicky Nicholas150Ā CPĀ 
51782.2ESPCarlos Cabal
(miraii)		140Ā CP
61774.3ESPEric Rios
(AEsir)		140Ā CP
71769.9SGPMarcus Koh
(Calculus)		140Ā CPĀ 
81767.4CHEOliver Achermann
(Giottas)		140Ā CPĀ 
91762.4ESPDaniel PallarƩs
(PikachuP)		*
10?USAKent Wong130Ā CPĀ 
111761.8USAJunxi Zhu130Ā CPĀ 
12?ITAAngelo Piscitelli130Ā CPĀ 
131759.6AUSDimitri Koziaris
(DimtheSim)		130Ā CPĀ 
141759.6USASudoz Zen
(z e n)		130Ā CP
151759.3USAMontana Mott130Ā CPĀ 
161759.2DEUIbrahim Maarouf130Ā CP

#RatingFlagPlayerPrizeTeam
17?ITAGiuseppe Musicco130Ā CPĀ 
181757.9PHLPaul Chua
(Paul)		120Ā CP
19?JPNJoji Kaieda120Ā CPĀ 
20?USAGiovanni Cischke120Ā CPĀ 
211757.0ITAShai RabĆ 
(Shabarai)		120Ā CP
221755.6USAAlex Underhill
(Lexicon)		120Ā CP
23?ITAEmanuele Briganti120Ā CPĀ 
241755.1USABrian Hough120Ā CPĀ 
251754.9USACarson Confer
(Carson)		120Ā CP
261754.7ARGJuan Salerno
(Juanfi)		120Ā CP
271754.6ITAMarco Silva
(marcofiero)		120Ā CP
281753.2ITAGianmaria Sorbino
(Gian)		120Ā CP
29?ITALuca Ceribelli120Ā CPĀ 
301750.9NLDKoen van Cann
(KoonKy)		120Ā CP
31?USAJustin Burns120Ā CPĀ 
321750.4INDRaghav Malaviya120Ā 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 PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the PokĆ© 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 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 IVĀ is an official Online Competition featuring double battles, and is region-locked. It is the 14th VGC-relevant Online Competition in PokĆ©mon Scarlet and PokĆ©mon Violet games for players in the TPCi regions, and the fourth Grand Challenge in these games and in the 2025 season.

It is played withĀ 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 theĀ 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.

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 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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