| Event | 2026 Seville Special Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Seville, Spain |
| Date | 28–29 March 2026 |
| Capacity | 760 MA + 36 SR + 36 JR |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2026 Season – VGC Regulation Set F |
| Format | 2-phase Swiss rounds + asymmetrical top cut Open team lists |
| Organizer | 2022 Tournaments |
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 free, and they open on 28 January at 19:00 CET (18:00 UTC). Unregistering from this tournament is possible in order to free up new spots until one week before the event. There are 760 spots for Masters players, 36 for Senior players and 36 for Junior players.
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 3 days before the event starts, on 25 March.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 3 hours before the event starts, by 28 March at 05:30 CET (04:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are free and can be acquired here.
Streaming
The event will broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Victory Road is behind the scenes. Check further info soon!
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the Pavillion 2 of the following location:
Sevilla Fibes Congress Center
Av. Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, 1
41020 Sevilla, Spain
Badges can be picked up in advance on Friday 27 March from 16:00 to 19:00 CET, or early on Saturday from 07:30 CET.
Players must be in the venue by 28 March at 08:30 CET (07:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with all the Phase 1 Swiss rounds + the first Phase 2 Swiss round. Seniors and Juniors start 30 minutes later.
Players still on the run in Day 2 must be in the venue by 29 March at 08:30 CEST (06:30 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 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 |
| 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 | |||||||
Overview
The Seville Special Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the sixth Regional-level event and the first Special Championships of the 2026 season in the European circuit.
It is played with VGC Regulation Set F, using open team lists.
A little bit of history
Spain has been part of the Europe region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted multiple major events, including Special & Regional Championships and old-era National Championships. Spain’s greatest VGC success are Guillermo Castilla‘s second place at the 2022 World Championships, as well as the International Championship titles won by Miguel Martí, Eric Rios and Àlex Gómez. Additionally, Team Spain has won the World Cup a record two times (2021 and 2025)!
The most recent tournament held in Spain is the 2025 Seville SC, played with the VGC Regulation Set G in April 2025. The finals saw Spanish player Iker Rodrigo defeat fellow Spaniard Alberto Cañuelo to win his first major title!
