| Event | 2026 Grand Challenge III |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 7–9 November 2025 |
| Attendance | 2791 MA + 92 SR + 44 JR (Players eligible for Championship Points) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2026 Season – VGC Regulation Set H |
| Format | In-game ladder competition |
| Organizer | The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) |
Table of Contents
Results
Championship Point payouts were confirmed on 11 November 2025.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1810.3 |  | Wolfe Glick (Wolfey) | 75 CP (NA) |  |
| 2 | 1798.4 |  | Eric Rios (AEsir) | 75 CP (EU) | |
| 3 | 1789.0 |  | Emanuele Briganti (Lele) | 65 CP (EU) | |
| 4 | 1788.4 | | Víctor Jiménez (VictorJColl) | 54 CP (EU) | |
| 5 | 1788.3 |  | Juan Salerno (Juanfi) | 75 CP (LatAm) | |
| 6 | 1785.6 |  | Marcus Koh (Calculus) | 54 CP (EU) | |
| 7 | 1785.1 | | Luca Ceribelli | 52 CP (EU) | |
| 8 | 1783.6 |  | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen (Nikolaj_H) | 52 CP (EU) | |
| 9 | 1782.6 | | Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) | 52 CP (EU) | |
| 10 | 1779.6 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | 65 CP (NA) | |
| 11 | 1779.3 |  | Michał Kwiatkowski (Narret) | 52 CP (EU) | |
| 12 | 1778.6 |  | Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | 54 CP (NA) | |
| 13 | ? | | Frederik Høj Nielsen | 25 CP (EU) | |
| 14 | 1772.6 |  | Michael Klymchuk (SeaWolfMikes) | 54 CP (NA) | |
| 15 | ? |  | Louis Fontvieille | 25 CP (EU) | |
| 16 | ? |  | Adrian Krajinovic | 25 CP (EU) |
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1764.5 | | Zachary Weed | 52 CP (NA) | |
| 18 | 1764.-2 |  | Yuki Zaninovich (バイオレット) | 52 CP (NA) | |
| 19 | 1763.8 | | Olivia Moledzki (timbit) | 52 CP (NA) | |
| 20 | ? | | Christopher Han | 52 CP (NA) | |
| 21 | ? | | René Oertel | 25 CP (EU) | |
| 22 | 1759.2 | | Nemanja Sandic | 25 CP (EU) | |
| 23 | 1759.2 |  | Pedro Feitosa | 65 CP (LatAm) | |
| 24 | 1757.8 | | João Felipe Leite | 54 CP (LatAm) | |
| 25 | 1757.5 | | Justin Tang (panda) | 25 CP (NA) | |
| 26 | 1755.6 | | Jonas Nienhüser | 25 CP (EU) | |
| 27 | ? | | Patrick Dillon | 25 CP (NA) | |
| 28 | 1753.4 | | Aaron Jaffe | 25 CP (NA) | |
| 29 | ? | | Sam Danneker | 25 CP (NA) | |
| 30 | ? |  | Eduardo Cunha | 25 CP (EU) | |
| 31 | ? | | Zhang Ruizhe | 25 CP (NA) | |
| 32 | 1744.1 | | Akuriru (あくりる) | * | |
* This player was not eligible for Championship Points
Top 16 standings per rating zone
Check here the separate Championship Point standings 
There were 1066 MA + 34 SR + 14 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 | 1810.3 | | Wolfe Glick (Wolfey) | 75 CP | | 9 | 1757.5 | | Justin Tang (panda) | 25 CP | | |
| 2 | 1779.6 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | 65 CP | | 10 | ? | | Patrick Dillon | 25 CP | ||
| 3 | 1778.6 | | Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | 54 CP | | 11 | 1753.4 | | Aaron Jaffe | 25 CP | ||
| 4 | 1772.6 | | Michael Klymchuk (SeaWolfMikes) | 54 CP | | 12 | ? | | Sam Danneker | 25 CP | ||
| 5 | 1764.5 | | Zachary Weed | 52 CP | 13 | ? | | Zhang Ruizhe | 25 CP | |||
| 6 | 1764.2 | | Yuki Zaninovich (バイオレット) | 52 CP | | 14 | 1739.5 | | Leonard Craft III | 25 CP | ||
| 7 | 1763.8 | | Olivia Moledzki (timbit) | 52 CP | | 15 | ? |  | Raghav Malaviya | 25 CP | ||
| 8 | ? | | Christopher Han | 52 CP | 16 | ? | | Jared Angster | 25 CP |
There were 1118 MA + 34 SR + 13 JR players in Europe: the Top 512 Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1798.4 | | Eric Rios (AEsir) | 75 CP | | 9 | ? | | Frederik Høj Nielsen | 25 CP | | |
| 2 | 1789.0 | | Emanuele Briganti (Lele) | 65 CP | | 10 | ? | | Louis Fontvieille | 25 CP | ||
| 3 | 1788.4 | | Víctor Jiménez (VictorJColl) | 54 CP | | 11 | ? | | Adrian Krajinovic | 25 CP | ||
| 4 | 1785.6 | | Marcus Koh (Calculus) | 54 CP | | 12 | ? | | René Oertel | 25 CP | ||
| 5 | 1785.1 | | Luca Ceribelli | 52 CP | 13 | 1759.2 | | Nemanja Sandic | 25 CP | | ||
| 6 | 1783.6 | | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen (Nikolaj_H) | 52 CP | | 14 | 1755.6 | | Jonas Nienhüser | 25 CP | | |
| 7 | 1782.6 | | Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) | 52 CP | | 15 | ? | | Eduardo Cunha | 25 CP | ||
| 8 | 1779.3 | | Michał Kwiatkowski (Narret) | 52 CP | | 16 | 1742.1 | | Stefano Greppi | 25 CP |
There were 432 MA + 12 SR + 13 JR players in Latin America: the Top 128 Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1788.3 | | Juan Salerno (Juanfi) | 75 CP | | 9 | 1696.7 |  | Mario García | 25 CP | ||
| 2 | 1759.2 | | Pedro Feitosa | 65 CP | 10 | ? | | Yan Sym | 25 CP | |||
| 3 | 1757.8 | | João Felipe Leite | 54 CP | 11 | 1687.0 |  | Enrique Escobedo (Scarlet) | 25 CP | | ||
| 4 | 1710.1 | | Fran Gribaudo (OverkillFTF) | 54 CP | 12 | ? |  | Carlos Oryan | 25 CP | |||
| 5 | 1702.5 |  | Max Morales (Paradox Mou) | 52 CP | | 13 | 1682.0 | | Antonio Marco Rodrigo (EXHOUL) | 25 CP | | |
| 6 | ? | | Fábio Lima | 52 CP | 14 | ? |  | Leandro Pezán | 25 CP | | ||
| 7 | 1700.9 | | Felipe Casas (GRAN CASAS) | 52 CP | | 15 | ? | | Sebastián Escalante | 25 CP | | |
| 8 | 1699.6 | | Juan Mejía | 52 CP | | 16 | 1659.2 | | Valentino Parra | 25 CP |
There were 153 MA + 9 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 | 1728.4 |  | Nicholas Kan | 75 CP | 9 | ? |  | Lorenz Ravalo | 25 CP | |||
| 2 | 1728.0 | | Joji Kaieda | 65 CP | 10 | ? | | Dimitri Koziaris | 25 CP | |||
| 3 | ? | | Henry Rich | 54 CP | 11 | ? | | Jack Roth | 25 CP | |||
| 4 | ? | | Lewis Tan | 54 CP | 12 | ? | | Mitch Kendrick | 25 CP | |||
| 5 | ? | | Liam Shorter | 52 CP | 13 | ? | | Daniel Quek | 25 CP | |||
| 6 | ? | | Yoav Reuven | 52 CP | 14 | ? | | James Katsaros | 25 CP | |||
| 7 | ? | | Patrick Dawson | 52 CP | 15 | ? | | Jarrod Cristaldi | 25 CP | |||
| 8 | ? | | Ben Madigan | 52 CP | 16 | ? | | Dylan Mak | 25 CP |
There were 22 MA + 3 SR + 0 JR players in Middle East & South Africa: the Top 4 Masters players received Championship Points.
| # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Team | # | Rating | Flag | Player | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ? |  | Walid Souak | 75 CP | 3 | ? |  | Shikara Balkishun | 54 CP | |||
| 2 | ? |  | Tal Kashri | 65 CP | 4 | ? | | Mihir Ramsunder | 54 CP |
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online, in your Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet game, at the Online competitions section of the Poké Portal’s Battle Stadium.
The tournament starts on 7 November 2025 at 00:00 UTC. You will be able to play up to 15 battles on 7 November, up to 30 battles by 8 November and up to 45 battles by 9 November. You will be able to enter any battle until 9 November 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
Prizes
This event is an official Online Competition, and is part of the 2026 official circuit 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 Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon 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 III is an official Online Competition featuring double battles, and is region-locked. It is the 17th VGC-relevant Online Competition in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games for players in the TPCi regions, the 7th Grand Challenge in these games, and the 3rd in the 2026 season.
It is played with 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 the 2026 Grand Challenge II, also played with VGC Regulation Set H the previous month. First place was achieved by out-of-circuit Chilean player Ustm Ns, who earned a rating of 1825 to win his first major title. Ustm Ns beat 2026 Frankfurt Regional Champion Emanuele Briganti, who earned a rating of 1820 and 75 CP.
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through your own Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon 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 Poké Portal → Battle Stadium → Online competitions → 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 30 October at 00:00 UTC until 6 November at 23:59 UTC, when the tournament starts.
