| Event | Pokémon Trainers Cup 2025 (PTC2025) Final (포켓몬 트레이너스 컵 2025 파이널) |
|---|---|
| Location |  Seoul, South Korea |
| Date | 7–8 June 2025 |
| Attendance | 32 qualified players (MA) + 32 SR + 32 JR 30 in attendance (MA) + 23 SR + 20 JR |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set I |
| Format | Double-elimination bracket Open team list |
| Organizer | Pokémon Korea |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Taeseok Roe (산 남자) | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |       |  |
| 2 | | Wonjae Kim (🙁) | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |       | |
| 3 | | Junhyuk Song (디지니) | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |   | |
| 4 | | Donguk Jung (푸름) | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |   | |
| 5 | | Seonghyeon Hong (k고삼) | 2025 Worlds | | |
| 5 | | Jeongbin Cho (파멍) | 2025 Worlds |     | |
| 7 | | Hyuk-in Kwon (소리) | 2025 Worlds | | |
| 7 | | Minki Kim (요테귀엽) | 2025 Worlds |   | |
| 9 | | Minjun Oh (은빛♪) | 2025 Worlds |    | |
| 9 | | Seongjae Jeong (나연♥) | 2025 Worlds |  | |
| 9 | | Suwoong Cheong (Scarlet) | 2025 Worlds | | |
| 9 | | Jeongkyu Choi (SuiCa) | 2025 Worlds | | |
| 13 | | Juyoung Hong (니시키노마키) | 2025 Worlds | | |
| 13 | | Junhyeok Yang (플레어단) | 2025 Worlds | | |
| 13 | | Jaesung Lee (라엔) | 2025 Worlds |  | |
| 13 | | Hanjun Lee (에플) | 2025 Worlds |   | |
| 17 | | Junhwan Kim (WhenDovesCry) | – |  | |
| 17 | | Jeong-eun Lee (리아나) | – | | |
| 17 | | Kangsan Yoo (Rv.Mt) | – | | |
| 17 | | Sejun Park (바이올렛) | – |   | |
| 17 | | Seowon Kim (츠유) | – |  | |
| 17 | | Boseong Kim | – | | |
| 17 | | Minho Kim (미노) | – | | |
| 17 | | Kyungmin Jeon (엔큐) | – | | |
| 25 | | Jeseong Kim (제천조) | – | | |
| 25 | | Jeongso Lee (상자) | – | | |
| 25 | | Junghan Kim (호에엥) | – | | |
| 25 | | Hyojun Jeon (뽀삐) | – | | |
| 25 | | Taehee Gil (주스맛버블) | – | | |
| 25 | | Jaewook Choi | – | |
Teams and results - Seniors and Juniors
Senior Division
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Jongone M. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |    | |
| 2 | | Yoonho P. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |  | |
| 3 | | Hojun Y. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award | | |
| 4 | | Yeonwoo K. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |   |
Junior Division
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Changwoon H. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |   | |
| 2 | | Hyunwoo L. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |  | |
| 3 | | Seojin K. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |  | |
| 4 | | Joowon L. | 2025 Worlds Travel Award | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on YouTube by Pokémon Korea, in Korean, with Yeongil Kim and Yongnyeo Kim as casters for Day 1, and Yeongil Kim and Mori Ahn as casters for Day 2.
- Junior and Senior: stream starts on 7 June at 00:30 UTC
- Masters: stream starts on 8 June at 00:30 UTC
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR WR1 | Jeonghwan J. | vs | Yeonwoo K. |
| JR WR2 | Seowoo L.   | vs | Changwoon H. |
| JR LR2 (Top 24) | Onyu P. | vs | Jiah S.  |
| SR WR3 | Jongone M. | vs | Jooha L. |
| SR LR4 (Top 12) | Minwoo K. | vs | Gureum J. |
| JR WR4 | Hyunwoo L. | vs | Sihyeon K. |
| JR LR6 (Top 6) | Seojin K. | vs | Wooyong J. |
| SR LR7 (Top 4) | Hojun Y. | vs | Yeonwoo K. |
| SR Winners Final | Jongone M. | vs | Yoonho P. |
| JR Losers Final | Seojin K. | vs | Changwoon H. |
| JR Grand Finals | Changwoon H. | vs | Hyunwoo L. |
| JR Grand Finals Reset | Changwoon H. | vs | Hyunwoo L. |
| SR Grand Finals | Jongone M. | vs | Yoonho P. |
| SR Grand Finals Reset | Jongone M. | vs | Yoonho P. |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR1 | Jeseong Kim | vs | Jeongbin Cho |
| WR2 | Junhyeok Yang | vs | Hyuk-in Kwon |
| LR2 (Top 24) | Sejun Park | vs | Seongjae Jeong |
| WR3 | Donguk Jung | vs | Suwoong Cheong |
| LR4 (Top 12) | Jeongkyu Choi | vs | Taeseok Roe |
| WR4 | Seonghyeon Hong | vs | Wonjae Kim |
| LR6 (Top 6) | Jeongbin Cho | vs | Donguk Jung |
| LR7 (Top 4) | Taeseok Roe | vs | Donguk Jung |
| Winners Final | Junhyuk Song | vs | Wonjae Kim |
| Losers Final | Junhyuk Song | vs | Taeseok Roe |
| Grand Finals | Taeseok Roe | vs | Wonjae Kim |
| Grand Finals Reset | Taeseok Roe | vs | Wonjae Kim |
Junior and Senior Divisions
Masters Division
Usage stats
Participating players
The 2025 Pokémon Trainers Cup Finals is open only to the players that qualified through the following criteria:
- Top 32 players in the Pokémon Trainers Cup
This tournament is also invite-only: players needed to qualify to it by placing top 30 amongst the players in Korea in Global Challenges I, II, III or IV.
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held in the Hall B (B홀) of the following location:
COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
코엑스 전시장
513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu
Seoul 06164 Republic of Korea
서울특별시 강남구 영동대로 513
Masters players must be in the venue on Sunday, 8 June, with details regarding the day schedule sent to the qualified players. The double-elimination bracket will start around 09:00 KST (00:00 UTC).
Senior and Junior players play one day earlier and must be in the venue on Saturday, 7 June, again with details regarding the day schedule sent to the qualified players. The double-elimination bracket will start around 09:00 KST (00:00 UTC).
Prizes
This event is an official tournament and is part of the 2025 official circuit in South Korea.
Participating players receive a special PTC backpack, 3 pins (Chesto, Lum and Sitrus Berry), 3 can badges (Koraidon, Miraidon, Pikachu) and a PTC Finals logo keyring. They also play for invites to the 2025 World Championships, with the highest-placed players earning Travel Awards.
| Placement | Prize |
|---|---|
| Champion | Invite to the 2025 World Championships + Travel Award (flight and accommodation) Champion trophy + Pikachu HORI gaming headset |
| Finalist | Invite to the 2025 World Championships + Travel Award (flight) Finalist trophy |
| Semifinalists | Invite to the 2025 World Championships + Travel Award (accommodation) Semifinalist trophy |
| 5th to 16th | Invite to the 2025 World Championships |
Overview
The Pokémon Trainers Cup Finals is the most important VGC competition for players in South Korea, where Pokémon Korea is responsible for the circuit, and is the only tournament through which players in South Korea can earn invites to the World Championships.
It is the sixth edition of the Pokémon Trainers Cup, which has been the major tournament in South Korea since the Korean points system with Leagues and a National was abandoned in the 2020 season. See the previous editions:
- 2020, won by Sangyoon Jeong
- 2021, won by Wonseok Jung
- 2022, won by Wonseok Jung for the 2nd time
- 2023, vacant in the Masters division
- 2024, won by Juyoung Hong, 2017 Senior World Champion
The 2025 edition follows the changes introduced in 2023: the main tournament requires qualifying through a high standing at the Global Challenges and is played as an in-game ladder tournament. The Finals features 32 qualified players in a best-of-3 double-elimination bracket, same as last year’s edition.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set I with open team lists. It is the first time ever that OTS in Korea include the Tera Type!
A little bit of history
South Korea has been a part of the official Pokémon Korea circuit since the first years of VGC, running in parallel to the TPC and TPCi circuits. It has hosted multiple major events, including Korean Leagues, Trainers Cups and old-era National Championships. South Korea’s greatest VGC success was the iconic victory achieved by Sejun Park at the 2014 World Championships. Juyoung Hong also achieved this feat in the Senior Division at the 2017 World Championships.
The last time the Pokémon Trainers Cup was held was the 2024 edition, with the Final Round hosted in Seoul, South Korea, and played with the VGC Regulation Set F in May 2024. The finals saw 2017 Senior World Champion Juyoung Hong defeat 2019 Korean League S3 Champion Seongjae Jeong to win his first National Championship title in the Masters division and fourth overall!
