| Event | 2026 Querétaro Regional Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico |
| 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 | Karma Beam |
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 $1,300 MXN for Masters players and $800 MXN for Senior and Junior players, and they open on 4 February at 7 pm CST (5 February at 01:00 UTC). Refunds are partially available up until one week before the event.
- A new wave of sign-ups was later announced to open on 19 February at 7 pm CST (20 February at 01:00 UTC).
- A new wave of sign-ups was later announced to open on 19 March at 7 pm CST (20 March at 01:00 UTC).
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 CST (11:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are $350 MXN and can be purchased here.
Streaming
The event is broadcast live in Karma Beam’s YouTube channel, in Spanish, with César Reyes, Eduardo Abrego and Héctor Leal as casters.
- Day 1 (Swiss rounds): stream starts on 4 April at a time TBC
- Day 2 (Swiss rounds + Top Cut): stream starts on 5 April at a time TBC
Check out this info soon!
Check out this info soon!
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the Gran Salón Querétaro in the following location:
Querétaro Centro de Congresos
Paseo de las Artes 1531-B
Delegación Josefa Vergara y Hernández
76090 Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Details about badge pick-up will be known soon.
Players must be in the venue by 4 April at 8:30 am CST (14:30 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 CST (14:30 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 Querétaro Regional Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the seventh Regional-level event and sixth Regional Championships proper of the 2026 season in the Latin American circuit.
It is played with VGC Regulation Set I, using open team lists. This returning ruleset was last used in the 2025 World Championships in August 2025, and in a Latin American event in May 2025!
A little bit of history
Mexico has been part of the Latin America region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Special Events, Regional Championships and old-era National Championships. Mexico’s greatest VGC successes are the ninth place reached by Genaro Vallejo at the 2015 World Championships and the third place reached by César Reyes in the 2017 North America International Championships.
The most recent tournament held in Mexico was the 2026 Mérida Regional, played in the VGC Regulation Set F in January 2026. The finals saw 2025 Santiago Regional Champion Max Morales defeat Mexican player Víctor Manoath to win his second Regional Championships and fourth major title!
It is the first major VGC event ever held in the state of Querétaro!
