| Event | 2026 Orlando Regional Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Orlando, FL, United States |
| Date | 4–5 April 2026 |
| Capacity | Undisclosed |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2026 Season – VGC Regulation Set I |
| Format | 2-phase Swiss rounds + asymmetrical top cut Open team lists |
| Organizer | Gaming Gen |
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 $80 for Masters players and $40 for Senior and Junior players, and they open on 4 February at 7 pm EST (5 February at 00:00 UTC). Refunds are partially available up until one week before the event.
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 3 days before the event starts, on 1 April.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 3 hours before the event starts, by 4 April at 5:30 am EDT (09:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are $20 and can be purchased here.
Streaming
The event will be broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Gabby Snyder, Jake Muller, Evan Latt, Yuki Zaninovich, Rosemary Kelley and Len Deuel as casters.
- Day 1 (Swiss rounds): stream starts on 4 April at 13:15 UTC
- Day 2 (Swiss rounds + Top Cut): stream starts on 5 April at 13:15 UTC
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Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the Halls WD & WE1 of the following location:
Orange County Convention Center
Universal Blvd
Orlando, FL 32819, USA
Badges can be picked up in advance on Friday 3 April from 11 am to 7 pm EDT, or early on Saturday from 6:30 am EDT.
Players must be in the venue by 4 April at 8:30 am EDT (12:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Swiss rounds. Seniors and Juniors start 30 minutes later.
Players still on the run in Day 2 must be in the venue by 5 April at 8:30 am EDT (12:30 UTC) for the team checks. The next Swiss rounds and the Top Cut will be played thereafter.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2026 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 2026 World Championships 350 CP | 0 |
| Finalist | 325 CP | 4 |
| Semifinalists | 300 CP | 8 |
| 5th to 8th | 280 CP | 17 |
| 9th to 16th | 200 CP | 33 |
| 17th to 32nd | 160 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 120 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 | Junior & Senior | Masters |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | $1,000 USD | $6,000 USD |
| Finalist | $750 USD | $4,000 USD |
| Semifinalists | $500 USD | $2,000 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 | 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 Orlando Regional Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the eighth Regional-level event and seventh Regional Championships proper of the 2026 season in the North American circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set I, and it is played using open team lists. This returning ruleset was last used in the 2025 World Championships in August 2025!
A little bit of history
The United States has been part of the North America region of the official TPCi circuit since the very beginning, also being home to the TPCi headquarters. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships, all editions of the North America International Championships and most World Championships (only excluding 2013, 2022 and 2023). The United States’ greatest VGC success are the five World Championship wins achieved by Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011 and 2012), Wolfe Glick (2016) and Giovanni Cischke (2025), not even counting being the home country of 7 Senior Division and 7 Junior Division World Champions too.
The most recent tournament held in the United States (not counting Puerto Rico) was the 2026 Houston Regional, played in the VGC Regulation Set F the previous month. The finals saw American player Dylan Matthews defeat 2016 World Champion in the Senior Division Carson Confer to win his first Regional Championship title!
It is a returning ruleset! The last Regulation Set I tournament held in the United States was the 2025 World Championships, hosted in Anaheim, CA and played in August 2025. The finals saw American player Giovanni Cischke defeat 2018 World Champion in the Senior Division James Evans to be crowned as the new World Champion!
As for Regional-level events, the last Regulation Set I tournament held in the United States was the 2025 Portland Regional, played in May 2025. The finals saw 2023 OCIC Champion Gavin Michaels defeat 2022 Milwaukee Regional Champion Zhang Zhe to win his fourth Regional Championship title!
The last time there was an event in the state of Florida was the 2024 Orlando Regional, played in the VGC Regulation Set F in April 2024. The finals saw 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick defeat 2023 Worlds top cutter Neil Patel to win his record-breaking ninth Regional Championship title! Wolfe went on to win a tenth Regional title in the following season.
