| Event | 2026 Grand Challenge II |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 3ā5 October 2025 |
| Attendance | 4400 MA + 115 SR + 59 JR (Players eligible for Championship Points) |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet |
| Season | 2026 SeasonĀ āĀ VGC Regulation Set H |
| Format | In-game ladder competition |
| Organizer | The PokƩmon Company International (TPCi) |
Table of Contents
Results
Championship Point payouts were confirmed on 7 October 2025.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1825.7 |  |
Ustm Ns (Ariel) |
* |  |
| 2 | 1820.2 |  |
Emanuele Briganti (Lele) |
75 CP (EU) |
|
| 3 | 1794.7 |  |
Joji Kaieda (S) |
75 CP (OC) |
|
| 4 | 1785.5 |  |
Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) |
65 CP (EU) |
|
| 5 | 1784.5 |  |
R Klem (Ryan) |
* | |
| 6 | 1784.4 | |
Ryan Haig (botchkiss) |
75 CP (NA) |
 |
| 7 | 1783.1 | |
Juan NĆŗƱez (Pipa) |
54 CP (EU) |
|
| 8 | 1782.2 | |
Zachary Mnich (XZacLee) |
65 CP (NA) |
|
| 9 | 1781.6 |  |
Kylan Van Severen (Kylan) |
54 CP (NA) |
|
| 10 | ? |  |
Louis Fontvieille | 54 CP (EU) |
|
| 11 | 1779.8 | |
Alex Arand | 54 CP (NA) |
|
| 12 | 1778.7 |  |
Hsuan-Chih Kuo (Suggy) |
52 CP (EU) |
|
| 13 | ? |  |
Raghav Malaviya | 52 CP (NA) |
|
| 14 | 1776.7 |  |
Bartosz Kuskowski (Bartek) |
52 CP (EU) |
|
| 15 | ? |  |
RenƩ Oertel | 52 CP (EU) |
|
| 16 | 1776.0 |  |
Dyl Yeomans | 52 CP (EU) |
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | ? | | Thomas Irwin | 52Ā CP (NA) | Ā |
| 18 | ? |  | Wu Yichun | 52Ā CP (NA) | Ā |
| 19 | 1771.1 | | Julian Ganser (Yinzo) | 25Ā CP (EU) | |
| 20 | 1770.5 | | Sebastian BlĆ¼mmers (Sebas) | 25Ā CP (EU) | |
| 21 | 1769.3 | | Tang Shiliang (20äŗ®äŗ®) | 52Ā CP (NA) | |
| 22 | 1768.9 |  | Brandon Chia (NoProblem) | * |  |
| 23 | ? | | Joan PerellĆ³ | 25Ā CP (EU) | Ā |
| 24 | 1766.5 | | Alejandro Ramos ($AlexGaMeS$) | 25Ā CP (EU) | |
| 25 | 1765.2 | | Takuya Hiraiwa (Dumbo) | 25Ā CP (NA) | |
| 26 | 1765.2 | | Santino Tarquinio (Santino) | 25Ā CP (NA) | |
| 27 | 1763.8 | | Luca Ceribelli (Yume) | 25Ā CP (EU) | |
| 28 | 1762.7 | | Joan Garcia | 25Ā CP (EU) | |
| 29 | ? | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | 25Ā CP (NA) | |
| 30 | 1762.2 | | Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | 25Ā CP (NA) | Ā |
| 31 | ? | | Francesco Pio Pero | 25Ā CP (EU) | Ā |
| 32 | ? | | Christopher Han | 25Ā CP (NA) | Ā |
* These players were not eligible for Championship Points
Top 16 standings per rating zone
Check here the separate Championship Point standings 
There were 1948 MA + 53 SR + 24 JR players in North America: the Top 512 Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1784.4 | | Ryan Haig (botchkiss) | 75Ā CP | | Ā | 9 | 1765.2 | | Takuya Hiraiwa (Dumbo) | 25Ā CP | |
| 2 | 1782.2 | | Zachary Mnich (XZacLee) | 65Ā CP | | Ā | 10 | 1765.2 | | Santino Tarquinio (Santino) | 25Ā CP | |
| 3 | 1781.6 | | Kylan Van Severen (Kylan) | 54Ā CP | | Ā | 29 | ? | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | 25Ā CP | |
| 4 | 1779.8 | | Alex Arand | 54Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 12 | 1762.2 | | Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 5 | ? | | Raghav Malaviya | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 13 | ? | | Christopher Han | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 6 | ? | | Thomas Irwin | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 14 | 1760.4 | | Olivia Moledzki (timbit) | 25Ā CP | |
| 7 | ? | | Wu Yichun | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 15 | ? | | Carson Confer | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 8 | 1769.3 | | Tang Shiliang (20äŗ®äŗ®) | 52Ā CP | | Ā | 16 | ? | | Giovanni Costa | 25Ā CP | Ā |
There were 1585 MA + 35 SR + 15 JR players in Europe: the Top 512 Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1820.2 | | Emanuele Briganti (Lele) | 75Ā CP | | Ā | 9 | 1771.1 | | Julian Ganser (Yinzo) | 25Ā CP | |
| 2 | 1785.5 | | Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) | 65Ā CP | | Ā | 10 | 1770.5 | | Sebastian BlĆ¼mmers (Sebas) | 25Ā CP | |
| 3 | 1783.1 | | Juan NĆŗƱez (Pipa) | 54Ā CP | | Ā | 11 | ? | | Joan PerellĆ³ | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 4 | ? | | Louis Fontvieille | 54Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 12 | 1766.5 | | Alejandro Ramos ($AlexGaMeS$) | 25Ā CP | |
| 5 | 1778.7 | | Hsuan-Chih Kuo (Suggy) | 52Ā CP | | Ā | 13 | 1763.8 | | Luca Ceribelli (Yume) | 25Ā CP | |
| 6 | 1776.7 | | Bartosz Kuskowski (Bartek) | 52Ā CP | | Ā | 14 | 1762.7 | | Joan Garcia | 25Ā CP | |
| 7 | ? | | RenĆ© Oertel | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 15 | ? | | Francesco Pio Pero | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 8 | 1776.0 | | Dyl Yeomans | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 16 | 1756.1 |  | Frederik HĆøj Nielsen (Hoej) | 25Ā CP | |
There were 651 MA + 14 SR + 16 JR players in Latin America: the Top 256 Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ? |  |
Stephanie Katayose | 75 CP | 9 | 1719.8 | |
SebastiƔn Lobos (Seba) |
25 CP | |
||
| 2 | ? |  |
Alexander Canseco | 65 CP | 10 | 1716.0 |  |
Mario GarcĆa | 25 CP | |||
| 3 | 1742.2 | |
Antonio Marco Rodrigo (EXHOUL) |
54 CP | |
11 | ? |  |
Diego Llanes | 25 CP | ||
| 4 | 1737.9 |  |
SebastiƔn Escalante | 54 CP | 12 | ? | |
JoĆ£o Henrique GonƧalves | 25 CP | |||
| 5 | ? | |
Yan Sym | 52 CP | 13 | ? | |
FƔbio Lima | 25 CP | |||
| 6 | ? | |
Thiago Lattanzi | 52 CP | 14 | ? | |
Bruno Pionte | 25 CP | |||
| 7 | ? | |
Hugo Santos | 52 CP | 15 | ? | |
Pedro Eriz | 25 CP | |||
| 8 | 1729.0 | |
Christian Rangel (nar9le) |
52 CP | |
16 | ? |  |
Dorian QuiƱonez | 25 CP |
There were 194 MA + 10 SR + 4 JR players in Oceania: the Top 64 Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1794.7 | | Joji Kaieda (S) | 75Ā CP | | Ā | 9 | ? |  | Drew Bliss | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 2 | 1739.6 | | Dimitri Koziaris (DimtheSim) | 65Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 10 | ? | | James Katsaros | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 3 | ? | | Matthew Robinson | 54Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 11 | ? | | Christian Mossati | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 4 | ? | | Kiran Singh | 54Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 12 | 1704.0 | | Toby Kongmun (tob) | 25Ā CP | |
| 5 | ? | | Lewis Tan | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 13 | ? | | Jakob Margetts | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 6 | ? | | Yoav Reuven | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 14 | ? | | Jack Roth | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 7 | ? | | Jordan Goggin | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 15 | ? | | Simon Chan | 25Ā CP | Ā |
| 8 | ? | | Caleb Wijesinha | 52Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 16 | ? | | Diego Ferreira | 25Ā CP | Ā |
There were 22 MA + 3Ā SR + 0Ā JR players in Middle East & South Africa: the Top 4Ā Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ? |  | Nir Elgad | 75Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 3 | ? | | Ariel Bashari | 54Ā CP | Ā |
| 2 | ? | | Tal Kashri | 65Ā CP | Ā | Ā | 4 | ? |  | Nicholas Kuhn | 54Ā CP | Ā |
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online, in your PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the PokĆ© Portal’s Battle Stadium.
The tournament starts on 3 October 2025 at 00:00 UTC. You will be able to play up to 15 battles on 3 October, up to 30 battles by 4 October and up to 45 battles by 5 October. You will be able to enter any battle until 5 October 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
Prizes
This event is an official Online Competition, and is part of theĀ 2026 official circuitĀ in all regions governed by TPCi, that is: North America, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, and Middle East & Africa.
As a participation prize, any player that finishes at least three battles will receive 100,000 League Points, a Gold Bottle Cap and an Ability Patch.
Players are warned that only one user can participate per Nintendo account, even if they are playing both PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet in the same account. Playing with both versions of the game may result in penalties.
Championship Points are awarded separately for each region, so there are different standings for North America, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, and Middle East & South Africa.
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker (for each rating zone) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 75 CP | 0 |
| 2nd | 65 CP | 8 |
| 3rd and 4th | 54 CP | 17 |
| 5th to 8th | 52 CP | 33 |
| 9th to 16th | 25 CP | 48 |
| 17th to 32nd | 13 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 11 CP | 128 |
| 65th to 128th | 7 CP | 257 |
| 129th to 256th | 5 CP | 513 |
| 257th to 512th | 4 CP | 1025 |
| 513th to 1024th | 3 CP | 2049 |
Overview
The 2026 Grand Challenge IIĀ is an official Online Competition featuring double battles, and is region-locked. It is the 16th VGC-relevant Online Competition in PokĆ©mon Scarlet and PokĆ©mon Violet games for players in the TPCi regions, the 6th Grand Challenge in these games, and the 2nd in the 2026 season.
It is played withĀ VGC Regulation Set H.
A little bit of history
Online Competitions are usually a part of the casual gameplay, but they have been featured in the official circuit for some years now. They are one of the few tournaments in which all world regions play together, and it generally grants National invites in TPC regions and Championship Points in TPCi regions.
The most recent Online Competition for players in the TPCi regions was theĀ 2026 Grand Challenge I, also played with VGC Regulation Set H the previous month. First place was achieved by Italian player Davide Fazio, who earned a rating of 1847 and 75 CP to win his first major title. Davide beat Spanish playerĀ HĆ©ctor SĆ”nchez, who earned a rating of 1837 and 65 CP.
AmericanĀ James Evans, theĀ 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated BrazilianĀ Gabriel AgatiĀ in the NAIC finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through your own PokƩmon Scarlet or PokƩmon Violet game, only available if the Online Competition settings are configured to any TPCi region (that is, any region excluding Asia-Pacific).
To register, enter the PokĆ© Portal ā Battle Stadium ā Online competitions ā Search for a competition (in the Official Competitions column).
You will need to register and lock a team at the time of registration.
Sign-ups are open* from 25 September at 00:00 UTC until 2 October at 23:59 UTC, when the tournament starts.
* NOTE: The announcement ofĀ Terastal CrescendoĀ made the sign-ups unavailable from 26 September at 00:00 UTC until 29 September, when TPC announced the postponement of the sign-up period of Terastal Crescendo. The sign-up period for the Grand Challenge II continued without issue afterwards.
