| Event | 2025 Vancouver Regional Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Date | 8–9 March 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 | Gaming Generations |
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 $70 USD for Masters players and $40 USD for Senior and Junior players, and they open on 8 January at 7 pm PST (9 January at 03:00 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 8 March at 7:30 am PST (15:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are $15 and can be purchased here.
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the following location:
Vancouver Convention Centre
1055 Canada Pl
Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada
Check-in can be done in advance from Friday 7 March.
Players must be in the venue by 8 March at 8:30 am PST (16:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds. Seniors and Juniors start 30 minutes later.
Remember that Vancouver observes daylight saving time and changes time zones from Day 1 to Day 2!
Players qualified to Day 2 must be in the venue by 9 March at 8:30 am PDT (15:30 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, prize money and Pokémon TCG booster packs 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 |
| Placement | Masters | Junior & Senior |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | $6,000 USD | $1,000 USD |
| Finalist | $4,000 USD | $750 USD |
| Semifinalists | $2,000 USD | $500 USD |
| 5th to 8th | $1,000 USD | – |
| 9th to 16th | $750 USD | – |
| Players per age division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement | <33 | 33-64 | 65-128 | 129-256 | 257-512 | 513-1024 | 1025-2048 | 2049+ |
| Champion | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Finalist | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Semifinalists | 36 | 72 | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| 5th to 8th | 18 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| 9th to 16th | 9 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 108 |
| 17th to 32nd | 18 | 18 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | ||
| 33rd to 64th | 9 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||
| 65th to 128th | 18 | 18 | 36 | 36 | ||||
| 129th to 256th | 9 | 18 | 18 | |||||
| 257th to 512th | 9 | |||||||
If prize money is $5000 or more, it will be given as a choice of scholarship (in all cases) or cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card). For lower prizes, it will be given as cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card).
Overview
The Vancouver Regional Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the sixth Regional and seventh Regional-level event of the 2025 season in the North American circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set G, and it is played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Canada has been part of the North America region of the official TPCi circuit since the introduction of continental regions. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, one old-era National Championships and the 2013 World Championships. Canada’s greatest VGC successes are the National Championship title won in 2012 by Tony Cheung, the first and only Nationals held locally; and the Worlds Top 8 results by Abdullah Mohayyuddin in 2023 and Navjit Joshi in 2024. Since the second place by Team Canada in the 2022 World Cup, Canadian players have been particularly strong!
The most recent tournament held in Canada was the 2025 Toronto Regional, played with the VGC Regulation Set H in December 2024. The finals saw 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick defeat 3-time International Champion Marco Silva to win his record-breaking 10th Regional Championship title!
The last time there was an event in British Columbia was the 2024 Vancouver Regional, played with the VGC Regulation Set F in March 2024. The finals saw 2022 NAIC Champion James Evans defeat 2-time Regional Champion Brady Smith to win his first Regional Championship title!
