| Event | 2024-25 Singapore Master Ball League VG Division |
|---|---|
| Location |  Downtown Core, Singapore |
| Date | 28–29 June 2025 |
| Attendance | 59 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set I |
| Format | 5 Swiss rounds + single-elimination Top 16 with a T16 losers round Bo3, Open team lists |
| Organizer | TPC (Singapore) |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4-1 | | Daanvir Singh Narula (Daanvir) | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |       |  | |
| 2 | 5-0 | | Tan Ying Kiat (YK) | 2025 Worlds Travel Award |     | | |
| 3 | 3-2 | | Jayden Gan (gan) | 2025 Worlds |    | | Report |
| 4 | 3-2 | | Zachary Kelly (Zach) | 2025 Worlds |    | | |
| 5 | 4-1 | | Marcus Koh (Calculus) | 2025 Worlds |       | | |
| 6 | 4-1 | | Zachary Chia (SoulKnight) | 2025 Worlds |   | | |
| 7 | 4-1 | | Shawn Tang (AquaDragon) | 2025 Worlds |  | | |
| 8 | 4-1 | | Ervin Tan (Kotori) | 2025 Worlds |    | | |
| 9 | 5-0 W* | | Jude Lee (Winter) | 2025 Worlds |   | | |
| 10 | 5-0 W* | | Tanaka Tomoyuki (Michael) | 2025 Worlds |   | | |
| 11 | 4-1 W* | | Rayne Tay (Myosotis) | 2025 Worlds |  | | |
| 12 | 4-1 W* | | Harrold Khoo (SkyFlyHigh) | 2025 Worlds |  | | |
| 13 | 4-1 L* | | Darren Tan (Sabre) | – |     | | |
| 14 | 4-1 L* | | Kester Teh (Kester) | – | | | |
| 15 | 3-2 L* | | Fong Kai Wei (yuumi main) | – | | | |
| 16 | 3-2 L* | | Melvin Keh (Shaman) | – | | |
* Tiebreaker Top 16 Losers round: Jude defeated Melvin, Tanaka defeated Kai Wei, Rayne defeated Kester, Harrold defeated Darren.
The top 16 players at the end of the Swiss rounds advanced to Top Cut!
Streaming
This event is unfortunately not streamed.
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the Level 4 of the following location:
Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre
1 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 039593
Check-in can be done early on Saturday 28 June from 10 am SGT.
Players must be in the venue by 28 June at 11 am SGT (03:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter, at 11:45 am SGT.
Players qualified to Top 16 must be in the venue by 29 June at 10:45 am SGT (02:45 UTC). The top cut rounds start at 11:30 am SGT. An additional round pairs the losers of the Top 16 round in order to determine the Top 12 players who get a Worlds invite.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2025 official TPC circuit in Singapore.
Participating players will 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 Champion Trophy |
| Finalist | Invite to the 2025 World Championships + Travel Award Finalist Trophy |
| Semifinalists | Invite to the 2025 World Championships Top 4 Trophy |
| 5th to 12th | Invite to the 2025 World Championships |
Overview
The Singapore Master Ball League is the most important VGC competition for players in Singapore, where TPC is responsible for the circuit since 2020.
It is the newly introduced National-like successor to the Singapore National Championships (under TPCi), held in 2015 and 2016, and the Singapore Championships (under TPC), held from 2022 to 2024:
- 2015, won by
Zarif Ayman - 2016, won by Guan Yang Ze
- 2022, won by Melvin Keh
- 2023, won by Melvin Keh, for the 2nd time
- 2024, won by Ervin Tan
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set I, and it is played using open team lists. Contrary to previous tournaments in Singapore, this time the open team lists do not include the Natures.
A little bit of history
Singapore has been one of the regions hosting an the official TPC circuit since June 2020, and it was part of the Oceania region of the official TPCI circuit before that. It has hosted multiple major events, including TPCI-era Regional Championships, Special Events, and both TPCI- and TPC-era National Championships. Singapore’s greatest VGC success has been the accomplishments of Melvin Keh, which include Top 16 finishes at two World Championships (2018 and 2019), and two National Championships victories (2022 and 2023).
The most recent tournament held in Singapore was the 2025 Singapore Premier Ball League, played in Downtown Core with the VGC Regulation Set H in November 2024. The finals saw Singaporean Jude Lee defeat 2-time Singapore National quarterfinalist Low Wai Yin to win his first major title!
The last time a National-like tournament was held in Singapore was the 2024 Singapore Championships, hosted in Queenstown and played with the VGC Regulation Set F in May 2024. The finals saw Singaporean Ervin Tan defeat 2-time Singapore Champion Melvin Keh to win his first National title!
Sign-up instructions
This tournament is open only to residents of Singapore. There are no age divisions for this tournament.
Pre-registration is open from 24 April at 10 am SGT (02:00 UTC) until 22 June at 11:59 pm SGT (15:59 UTC). There are 64 spots; if the number of pre-registrations exceed capacity, a lottery determines who can attend.
Guaranteed registration and round byes
The Top 4 players at the Singapore Premier Ball League earned a guaranteed registration slot and round byes for this event:
- Jude Lee, Singapore PBL Champion: byes for rounds 1 to 3
- Low Wai Yin, Singapore PBL Finalist: byes for rounds 1 and 2
- Li Botao, Singapore PBL Top 4: bye for round 1
- Zachary Chia, Singapore PBL Top 4: bye for round 1
