Calendar of Pokémon VGC events for the 2025 Season

In this page you will find all major events (Regional-level or above) of the official Play! Pokémon program, as well as all events hosted by Victory Road, for the 2025 season, which begins with local events in July 2024 and major events with the Baltimore Regional Championships in September 2024.

All tournaments are expected to be played using Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet, with different regulations depending on their event dates. You will also find whether events will be played with open team sheets (OTS) or closed team sheets (CTS). You can read all rules & regulations that apply to official VGC events on this page.

Sign-ups for all official events are handled online, and mostly require to pay the entry fee online at the moment of sign-up. They may sell out quickly, especially when they’re free! To stay tuned and receive alerts for your favourite events, follow Victory Road on Twitter.

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Latest news!

Latest update: 9 Dec 2024. The results of the Grand Challenge III are up!

Registrations are open for some events!

Registrations are open for some events!

2025 World Championships

DateEventWinnerFormat
15–17 Aug 2025World Championships
(qualified players)
USA Anaheim, CA
TBDTBD

International Championships

International Championships are select events hosted once on each of the main TPCi rating zones since 2017.

DateEventWinnerFormat
15–17 Nov 2024Latin America International (LAIC)
BRA São Paulo
ITA
Marco Silva
Reg. Set H
OTS
21–23 Feb 2025Europe International (EUIC)
GBR London
Sign-ups open 10 Dec!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS
13–15 Jun 2025North America International (NAIC)
USA New Orleans, LA
TBDTBD

National Championships

National Championships are the way players in TPC and Pokémon Korea regions qualify to the World Championships, since there is no Championship Point structure here.

Please await for the announcements of the Japan National Championships and the Korea Trainers Cup.

DateEventWinnerFormat
Apr 2025 (TBC)Malaysia Master Ball League
MYS TBD
All info here!TBD
Apr 2025 (TBC)Philippines Master Ball League
PHL TBD
All info here!TBD
May 2025 (TBC)Thailand Master Ball League
THA TBD
All info here!TBD
May/Jun 2025 (TBC)Hong Kong Master Ball League
HKG TBD
All info here!TBD
Jun 2025 (TBC)Singapore Master Ball League
SGP TBD
All info here!TBD
Jun 2025 (TBC)Taiwan Master Ball League
TWN TBD
All info here!TBD

Regional & Special Championships and Premier Ball Leagues

Regional & Special Championships are the main events through which players can earn the coveted Championship Points (CP) in their way to the World Championships in TPCi regions, while Premier Ball Leagues are their equivalent in TPC regions in Asia! These lists may be updated with new announcements.

North America

DateEventWinnerFormat
14–15 Sep 2024USA
Baltimore Regional
USA
Nicholas Morales
Reg. Set H
OTS
12–13 Oct 2024USA
Louisville Regional
USA
Andrew Zheng
Reg. Set H
OTS
23–24 Nov 2024USA
Sacramento Regional
USA
Carson Confer
Reg. Set H
OTS
14–15 Dec 2024CAN
Toronto Regional
Sign-ups sold out!
All info here!
Reg. Set H
OTS
25–26 Jan 2025USA
San Antonio Regional
Sign-ups open 4 Dec!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS
15–16 Feb 2025PRI
San Juan Special
Sign-ups are open!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS
8–9 Mar 2025CAN
Vancouver Regional
Sign-ups open 8 Jan!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS
12–13 Apr 2025USA
Atlanta Regional
TBDReg. Set G
OTS
3–4 May 2025USA
Milwaukee Regional
Sign-ups open 5 Mar!
All info here!
TBD
TBD*
Between Milwaukee and NAIC
TBDTBDTBD

Europe

DateEventWinnerFormat
28–29 Sep 2024DEU
Dortmund Regional
ITA
Davide Miraglia
Reg. Set H
OTS
19–20 Oct 2024FRA
Lille Regional
USA
Nils Dunlop
Reg. Set H
OTS
2–3 Nov 2024POL
Gdańsk Regional
ITA
Federico Camporesi
Reg. Set H
OTS
30 Nov–1 Dec 2024DEU
Stuttgart Regional
GBR
Eden Batchelor
Reg. Set H
OTS
18–19 Jan 2025GBR
Birmingham Regional
Sign-ups are open!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS
22–23 Mar 2025SWE
Stockholm Regional
Sign-ups open 22 Jan!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS
26–27 Apr 2025ESP
Seville Special
TBDReg. Set G
OTS
17–18 May 2025NLD
Utrecht Special
Sign-ups open 19 Mar!
All info here!
TBD
31 May–1 Jun 2025ITA
Bologna Special
TBDTBD

Latin America

DateEventWinnerFormat
28–29 Sep 2024BRA
Joinville Regional
BRA
Gabriel Agati
Reg. Set H
OTS
5–6 Oct 2024PER
Lima Special
PER
Sebastián Rodríguez
Reg. Set H
OTS
10 Nov 2024ARG
Buenos Aires Special
CHL
Javier Nain
Reg. Set H
OTS
7–8 Dec 2024COL
Bogotá Special
CRI
Max Morales
Reg. Set H
OTS
18–19 Jan 2025BRA
Rio de Janeiro Regional
Sign-ups sold out!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS
8–9 Feb 2025MEX
Mérida Regional
Sign-ups open 11 Dec!Reg. Set G
OTS
8–9 Mar 2025BRA
Fortaleza Regional
TBDReg. Set G
OTS
19–20 Apr 2025MEX
Monterrey Regional
TBDReg. Set G
OTS
17–18 May 2025CHL
Santiago Regional
TBDTBD

Oceania

DateEventWinnerFormat
7–8 Dec 2024AUS
Perth Regional
AUS
Oliver Ramsay
Reg. Set H
OTS
29–30 Mar 2025AUS
Brisbane Regional
Sign-ups open 29 Jan!
All info here!
Reg. Set G
OTS

Asia-Pacific

DateEventWinnerFormat
19–20 Oct 2024Thailand Premier Ball League
THA Nonthaburi
THA
Jong Dae-Jung
Reg. Set H
OTS
26–27 Oct 2024Philippines Premier Ball League
PHL Pasay
PHL
Rick Singzon
Reg. Set H
OTS + Nature
2–3 Nov 2024Singapore Premier Ball League
SGP Downtown Core
SGP
Jude Lee
Reg. Set H
OTS + Nature
30 Nov–1 Dec 2024Taiwan Premier Ball League
TWN Taipei
TWN
Chiu Chih-Hung
Reg. Set H
OTS + Nature
8 Dec 2024Malaysia Premier Ball League
MYS Petaling Jaya
MYS
Kevin Ngim
Reg. Set H
OTS + Nature
28–29 Dec 2024Hong Kong Premier Ball League
HKG Wan Chai
Sign-ups are open!
All info here!
Reg. Set H
OTS

Official online events

Official events held online and ladder competitions, such as the Global & Grand Challenges, are listed here!

Official ladder competitions

DateEventWinnerFormat
20–22 Sep 2024Grand Challenge IUSA
Nick Navarre
Reg. Set H
25–27 Oct 2024Grand Challenge IIJPN
Joji Kaieda
Reg. Set H
6–8 Dec 2024Grand Challenge IIIITA
Federico Camporesi
Reg. Set H
Jan 2025 (TBC)Global Challenge – JanuaryTBDTBD
Feb 2025 (TBC)Global Challenge – FebruaryTBDTBD
Mar 2025 (TBC)Global Challenge – MarchTBDTBD
Apr 2025 (TBC)Global Challenge – AprilTBDTBD
May 2025 (TBC)Grand Challenge IVTBDTBD

Official events

Please await for the announcement of events such as the online qualifiers to Asian Nationals or some TPCi invitationals!

Victory Road online events

These online grassroots tournaments were organised by Victory Road and other collaborating organisations.

2024 World Cup of Pokémon VGC

DateEventWinnerFormat
1 Oct–15 Dec 2024World Cup of Pokémon VGCTournament ongoing!
All info 
here!
Reg. Set H
OTS

Victory Road events

World Cup of Pokémon VGC

DateEventWinnerFormat
4 Jul-25 Sep 2022World Cup of Pokémon VGCOngoingSeries 12

Other non-circuit events

These tournaments are organised by TPCi, TPC or Pokémon Korea, but their purpose is not aimed at the World Championships qualification, but rather other kinds of prizes.

Ranked Battles in-game ladder (doubles)

These results are brought to you by our friends from Liberty Note! For earlier Ranked Battle Seasons, please check them out here.

DateEventWinnerFormat
1–31 Aug 2024Season 21
(rewards)
JPN
Kirameki Neon
Reg. Set G
1–30 Sep 2024Season 22
(rewards)
JPN
Teyon
Reg. Set H
1–31 Oct 2024Season 23
(rewards)
JPN
Érizabeth
Reg. Set H
1–30 Nov 2024Season 24
(rewards)
JPN
Kaito Arii
Reg. Set H
1 Dec 2024–5 Jan 2025Season 25
(rewards)
Ladder season ongoing!Reg. Set H

Global ladder competitions

These are online events that are organized by TPC for fun, generally in custom formats, using the in-game Battle Stadium.

DateEventWinnerFormat
8–10 Nov 2024Team Star ChallengeJPN
Okiina
Team Star Challenge (singles)

Live special events

These are live events that are organized by TPCi, TPC or Pokémon Korea.

Online special events

These are online events that are organized by TPCi, TPC or Pokémon Korea.

World Cup of Pokémon VGC

DateEventWinnerFormat
4 Jul-25 Sep 2022World Cup of Pokémon VGCOngoingSeries 12
Victory Road