| Event | 2025 Seville Special Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Seville, Spain |
| Date | 26–27 April 2025 |
| Capacity | Undisclosed |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set G |
| Format | 2-day Swiss rounds + asymmetrical top cut, as per attendance Open team lists |
| Organizer | 2022 Tournaments |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through RK9 Labs platform, and you will first need to set up your RK9 profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID.
Sign-ups are free, and they open on 26 February at 19:00 CET (18:00 UTC).
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 2 hours before the event starts.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 1 hour before the event starts, by 26 April at 07:30 CEST (05:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are free and can be acquired here.
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the Pavillion 1 of the following location:
Sevilla Fibes Congress Center
Av. Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, 1
41020 Sevilla, Spain
Check-in can be done early on Saturday 26 April.
Players must be in the venue by 26 April at 08:30 CEST (06:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds. Seniors and Juniors start 30 minutes later.
Players qualified to Day 2 must be in the venue by 27 April at 08:30 CEST (06:30 UTC) for the team checks. The Day 2 Swiss rounds and the top cut will be played thereafter.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2025 official TPCi circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
Check out the organizer’s website for information about participation goodies.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs depending on final attendance:
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | Invite to the 2025 World Championships 350 CP | 0 |
| Finalist | 325 CP | 4 |
| Semifinalists | 300 CP | 8 |
| 5th to 8th | 280 CP | 17 |
| 9th to 16th | 160 CP | 33 |
| 17th to 32nd | 125 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 100 CP | 129 |
| 65th to 128th | 80 CP | 257 |
| 129th to 256th | 60 CP | 513 |
| 257th to 512th | 40 CP | 1025 |
| 513th to 1024th | 20 CP | 2049 |
Overview
The Seville Special Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the first Special and seventh Regional-level event of the 2025 season in the European circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set G, and it is played using open team lists. It is the last major event in Europe to feature this ruleset.
A little bit of history
Spain has been part of the Europe region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Special Events, Regional Championships and old-era National Championships. Spain’s greatest VGC success are Guillermo Castilla‘s second place at the 2022 World Championships, as well as the International Championship titles won by Miguel Martí, Eric Rios and Àlex Gómez.
The most recent tournament held in Spain is the 2024 Barcelona Special Event, played with the VGC Regulation Set D in September 2023. The finals saw 2022 World Champion Eduardo Cunha defeat Italian Marco Marras to win his second Special title!
