| Event | 2026 Latin America International Championships (LAIC) |
|---|---|
| Location |  São Paulo, Brazil |
| Date | 21–23 November 2025 |
| Capacity | 1024 MA + 64 SR + 64 JR |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2026 Season – Regulation Set H |
| Format | 2-day Swiss rounds + asymmetrical Top Cut Open Team Lists |
| Organizers | The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) Crane |
Check TPCi’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 R$300 for Masters players and R$190 for Senior and Junior players, and they open in two waves:
- Wave 1 on 23 September at 19:00 BRT (22:00 UTC)
- Wave 2 on 24 September at 9:00 BRT (12:00 UTC)
There are 1024 spots for Masters players, 64 for Senior players and 64 for Junior players.
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close one week before the event, on 16 November at 23:59 BRT (17 November at 02:59 UTC).
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 3 hour before the event starts, by 21 November at 06:00 BRT (09:00 UTC).
Multi-day spectator passes are R$60 and can be purchased from 23 September at 20:00 BRT (23:00 UTC) here.
LAIC Travel Award recipients
The players with most Championship Points (CP) in the Travel Award standings from each TPCi region at the end of the LAIC Travel Award period (24 February to 15 June 2025) earned Travel Award prizes for this tournament:
- Top 4 players in North America, Europe and Oceania receive a $3,500 Travel Award ($5,000 for minors)
- Top 4 players in Latin America receive a $2,000 Travel Award ($2,500 for minors)
- Players ranked 5th to 8th in each region receive a $1,000 Travel Stipend
- Top 16 players in North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania receive priority registration.
The following are the final LAIC Travel Award standings for each region:
Click on the tabs to check out the NAIC Travel Award standings for each region! 
| # | Player | CP | TA | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Giovanni Cischke | 1485 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 2 | Carson Confer | 1175 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 3 | Riley Factura | 1090 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 4 | Behzad Muntazir | 1027 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 5 | Thomas Irwin | 905 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 6 | Joseph Ugarte | 885 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 7 | Louis Milich | 850 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 8 | Darsh Patel | 850 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 9 |  Raghav Malaviya | 825 | – | Yes |
| 10 | Connor Swikart | 822 | – | Yes |
| 11 | Zachary Mnich | 815 | – | Yes |
| 12 | Montana Mott | 800 | – | Yes |
| 13 | Chase Rumpca | 789 | – | Yes |
| 14 |  Patrick Cheng | 771 | – | Yes |
| 15 |  Zhang Zhe | 765 | – | Yes |
| 16 |  Jonathan Quiñones | 755 | – | Yes |
| 17 |  Ryan Loseto | 747 | – | – |
| 18 | Kylan Van Severen | 735 | – | – |
| 19 | Dylan Salvanera | 735 | – | – |
| 20 |  Ezequiel Cordero | 735 | – | – |
| # | Player | CP | TA | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eric Rios | 1385 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 2 |  Federico Camporesi | 1372 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 3 |  Michael Kelsch | 1232 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 4 | Marco Silva | 1210 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 5 | Ruben Gianzini | 1115 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 6 | Louis Markl | 1090 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 7 | Luca Ceribelli | 1042 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 8 | Francesco Pio Pero | 1030 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 9 | Víctor Medina | 1010 | – | Yes |
| 10 | Samuel Pereira | 940 | – | Yes |
| 11 |  Théotime Massaut | 897 | – | Yes |
| 12 | Matteo Velata | 892 | – | Yes |
| 13 | Alessio Ferrara | 885 | – | Yes |
| 14 | Stefano Greppi | 858 | – | Yes |
| 15 |  Mattie Morgan | 837 | – | Yes |
| 16 | Max Musumeci | 800 | – | Yes |
| 17 | Lorenzo Silvestrini | 787 | – | – |
| 18 | Alberto Cañuelo | 780 | – | – |
| 19 | Santiago Molina | 772 | – | – |
| 20 | Simone Sanvito | 738 | – | – |
| # | Player | CP | TA | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Juan Salerno | 1165 | $2,000 | Yes |
| 2 | Gabriel Agati | 996 | $2,000 | Yes |
| 3 | Yan Sym | 962 | $2,000 | Yes |
| 4 |  Kenneth Gamboa | 940 | $2,000 | Yes |
| 5 | Arath Vera | 850 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 6 |  Javier Nain | 752 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 7 | Sebastián Escalante | 692 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 8 | Rin Leiba | 690 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 9 | Hugo Nascimento | 687 | – | Yes |
| 10 | Cristhian Andrade | 654 | – | Yes |
| 11 | Arthur Mosca | 645 | – | Yes |
| 12 |  Max Morales | 640 | – | Yes |
| 13 | Estephan Valdebenito | 622 | – | Yes |
| 14 | Luciano Laroze | 602 | – | Yes |
| 15 | Aldo Loyola | 597 | – | Yes |
| 16 | Nicolás del Campo | 594 | – | Yes |
| 17 | Ernesto Verdugo | 582 | – | – |
| 18 |  Sebastián Rodríguez | 579 | – | – |
| 19 | Pavel Valencia-Acuna | 566 | – | – |
| 20 | Nader El Bacha | 564 | – | – |
| # | Player | CP | TA | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Joji Kaieda | 992 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 2 |  Nicholas Kan | 887 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 3 | Masayoshi Kuroo | 875 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 4 | Diego Ferreira | 779 | $3,500 | Yes |
| 5 | Kiran Singh | 735 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 6 | Scott Kennedy | 712 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 7 | Yoav Reuven | 676 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 8 | Alister Sandover | 635 | $1,000 | Yes |
| 9 | Lewis Tan | 610 | – | Yes |
| 10 | Dimitri Koziaris | 581 | – | Yes |
| 11 | Pan Xicheng | 535 | – | Yes |
| 12 | Wang Zhiyuan | 530 | – | Yes |
| 13 |  Dicky Nicholas | 529 | – | Yes |
| 14 | Ben Madigan | 524 | – | Yes |
| 15 | Joshua Sutherland-Smith | 519 | – | Yes |
| 16 | Sam Pandelis | 515 | – | Yes |
| 17 |  Guilherme Schilling | 495 | – | – |
| 18 | Jack Roth | 485 | – | – |
| 19 | Christian Mossati | 474 | – | – |
| 20 | Peter Vowles | 465 | – | – |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Gabby Snyder, Evan Latt, David Partington and Jamie Boyt as casters.
- Day 1: stream starts on 21 November at 12:00 UTC
- Day 2 + Top Cut, except finals: stream starts on 22 November at 12:00 UTC
- Finals: stream starts on 23 November at around 18:30 UTC (after Pokémon UNITE, Pokémon GO and Pokémon TCG)
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Venue and schedule
The tournament will be held in the Pavilhão Branco of the following location:
Expo Center Norte
Rua José Bernardo Pinto, 333
Vila Guilherme, São Paulo – SP, 02055-000 Brazil
Badges can be picked up on Thursday 20 November from 14:00 to 20:00 BRT, and early on Friday from 07:15 BRT.
Masters players must be in the venue by 21 November at 09:00 BRT (12:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds.
Masters players qualified to Day 2, as well as all Senior and Junior players, must be in the venue by 22 November at 09:00 BRT (12:00 UTC) for the team checks. The Day 2 Swiss rounds and the top cut will be played thereafter.
Finals are held on Championship Sunday, 23 November at around 15:30 BRT (18:30 UTC) for Juniors, then Seniors, then Masters. These matches are played after Pokémon UNITE, Pokémon GO and Pokémon TCG finals.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2026 official TPCi circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
Check TPCi’s website for the participants’ welcome kit.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs, prize money and Pokémon TCG booster packs depending on final attendance:
The greatest events on a season are International Championships (IC), which happen only a handful of times a year, and award the greatest amounts of CP and prizes.
For the 2026 season, there’s one for Europe, North America and Latin America, while players from the other regions of the TPCi program (Oceania, Middle East & South Africa) may also attend freely and also earn Championship Points and Prize Money. Players from other programs (TPC or Pokémon Korea) may attend and earn rewards, but not Championship Points.
Players must have a Pokémon Trainer Club account with a Player ID attached, and must have opted in to the Play! Pokémon program in order to earn points and awards.
- BFL: 5 (shared with Regionals and Specials)
- Max CP obtainable (2026 Worlds Invite): 1500 CP
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | Invite to the 2026 World Championships 500 CP | 0 |
| Finalist | Invite to the 2026 World Championships 480 CP | 4 |
| Semifinalists | Invite to the 2026 World Championships 420 CP | 8 |
| 5th to 8th | 380 CP | 17 |
| 9th to 16th | 300 CP | 33 |
| 17th to 32nd | 240 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 180 CP | 129 |
| 65th to 128th | 140 CP | 257 |
| 129th to 256th | 100 CP | 513 |
| 257th to 512th | 80 CP | 1025 |
| 513th to 1024th | 40 CP | 2049 |
International Championships award prize money as cash, scholarship or a Visa Prepaid Card depending on the amount and age of the receiver. The prizes are in US dollars (USD) and subject to applicable tax withholding.
Players must have a Pokémon Trainer Club account with a Player ID attached, and must have opted in to the Play! Pokémon program in order to earn points and awards.
| Placement | Juniors & Seniors | Masters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 USD | $15,000 USD |
| 2 | $3,000 USD | $10,000 USD |
| 3-4 | $2,000 USD | $7,000 USD |
| 5-8 | $1,000 USD | $5,000 USD |
| 9-16 | – | $3,000 USD |
| 17-32 | – | $2,000 USD |
International Championships also award Pokémon TCG booster packs as additional prizing for top players. The amount of booster packs given to a player depends on their placement and on the amount of players in their age division.
| 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 | |||||||
Overview
The Latin America International Championships, or LAIC, is one of the three official TPCi International events for Pokémon VGC, Pokémon TCG, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE, alongside the Europe and North America Internationals. For VGC, it is the first Internationals of the 2026 season.
It is the seventh edition of LAIC. It has been celebrated yearly since the 2017 season, except in 2021, 2022 (both years due to the COVID-19 pandemics) and 2023 (held only for Pokémon TCG and Pokémon GO). See the results of the previous editions:
- 2017, won by Ashton Cox
- 2018, won by Carson Confer, 2016 Senior Division World Champion
- 2019, won by Ashton Cox, for a record 2nd time
- 2020, won by James Baek
- 2024, won by Marco Silva, 2020 OCIC Champion
- 2025, won by Marco Silva for a record 2nd time
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set H, and it is played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Brazil has been part of the Latin America region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regionals, Special Events and all editions of the Latin America International Championships. Brazil’s greatest VGC successes are the top 16 finish at the 2019 World Championships and the 2 International Championship second places achieved by Gabriel Agati, as well as another International Championship second place achieved by Thiago Lattanzi.
The most recent tournament held in Brazil was the 2026 Belo Horizonte Regional, also played in the VGC Regulation Set H in October 2025.
The last time the Latin America International Championships were held was the 2025 edition, also hosted in São Paulo, Brazil, and played in the VGC Regulation Set H in November 2024. The finals saw then-2-time International & defending LAIC Champion Marco Silva defeat 2023 Worlds quarterfinalist Víctor Medina to win his record-breaking third International Championship title!
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
