| Event | 2026 Turin Special Championships |
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| Location |  Turin, Italy |
| Date | 6ā7 June 2026 |
| Attendance | 941 MA + 40 SR + 18 JR |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Champions |
| Season | 2026 Season ā Regulation Set M-A |
| Format | 8+4 Swiss rounds + Top 16 Open team lists |
| Organizer | Fanfinity |
Check the organizer’s websiteĀ hereĀ for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10-2 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | 2026Ā Worlds 350 CP |       |  | Ā |
| 2 | 10-2 |  | Louis Fontvieille (Louis) | 325 CP |    | | Ā |
| 3 | 10-2 | | Arash Ommati (Alstroemeria) | 300 CP |   | | Ā |
| 4 | 10-2 | | Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | 300 CP |    | | Ā |
| 5 | 11-1 | | Lorenzo Profeta (Lorenzaooooo) | 280 CP |    | | Ā |
| 6 | 11-1 | | Matteo Ghisini (Frostā) | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 7 | 11-1 | | Giuseppe Musicco (Peppe) | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 8 | 10-2 |  | Louis Markl (Louis) | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 9 | 10-2 | | Nico Davide Cognetta (Dave) | 200 CP |   | | Ā |
| 10 | 10-2 | | Matteo Ballini (MavaĀæ?) | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 11 | 10-2 | | Francesco Pio Pero (CICCIOTT) | 200 CP |   | | Ā |
| 12 | 10-2 |  | Joey Davey (Joey) | 200 CP |  | | Ā |
| 13 | 10-2 | | Nelson Fonkoua (Noslen) | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 14 | 10-2 |  | VĆctor Medina (Torviv) | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 15 | 10-2 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 16 | 10-2 | | Nicholas Belometti (Joy Boy) | 200 CP | | | Ā |
Phase 2 Swiss rounds
CheckĀ hereĀ to see the seeds for top cut from the Phase 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 10-2 | | Markus Hamann (Yoshi) | 160Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 18 | 10-2 | | Davide Piroddu (Artcar) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 19 | 10-2 | | Lorenzo Allemagna (Lem) | 160Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 20 | 9-3 | | Paolo Superbo (SawaVGC) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 21 | 9-3 | | Samuel Pereira (CSK) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 22 | 9-3 | | Federico Camporesi (Campo) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 23 | 9-3 | | Dario Cozzo (JDart) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 24 | 9-3 | | Juan Pescador (Kera) | 160Ā CP |     | | Ā |
| 25 | 9-3 | | Antonio SĆ”nchez (Antonio) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 26 | 9-3 | | Roberto Parente (Bobby) | 160Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 27 | 9-3 | | Jamie Boyt (Boyt) | 160Ā CP |     | | Ā |
| 28 | 9-3 | | Santiago Molina (Santi) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 29 | 9-3 | | Mattia Cognetta (magic_rana) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 30 | 9-3 |  | Justin Cerioni (Sompres) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 31 | 9-3 | | Davide Aondio (Cage) | 160Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 32 | 9-3 | | Alberto Noguerol (Noguerol) | 160Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 33 | 9-3 | | Alex Soto (Len) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 34 | 9-3 | | Fabio Palmieri (PALMI) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 35 | 9-3 | | Luca Bertani (B3rtani) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 36 | 9-3 | | Freddie Meah (fred) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 37 | 9-3 | | Luca Schianchi (dialghite) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 38 | 9-3 | | Francesco Giani (Francy) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 39 | 9-3 | | Daniele Kaygorodova (Kaiser) | 120Ā CP |    | | Ā |
| 40 | 9-3 | | Andrea Pagano (Paghy) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 41 | 9-3 |  | Sali Resuli (Ale) | 120Ā CP |     | | Ā |
| 42 | 9-3 | | Davide Redaelli (Davide) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 43 | 9-3 | | NiccolĆ² Longo (NiC) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 44 | 9-3 | | Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 45 | 9-3 |  | Oliver Achermann (Jamie) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 46 | 9-3 | | Edoardo Cocco (Anguillone) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 47 | 9-3 | | NicolĆ² Berardo (Beru) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 48 | 9-3 | | NicolĆ² Pollato (Nik) | 120Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 49 | 9-3 | | Vincenzo Zugaro (Vinz) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 50 | 9-3 | | Thomas Gravouille (Hari) | 120Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 51 | 9-3 | | Giovanni Favara (Dzhupito) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 52 | 9-3 | | ThĆ©otime Massaut (Didi) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 53 | 9-3 | | Lorenzo Sollini (Woid) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 54 | 9-3 | | Ivan De Falco (Ivan) | 120Ā CP |    | | Ā |
| 55 | 9-3 | | Pablo Lafuente (Grimsley) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 56 | 9-3 | | Sidy Badiane (Dysi) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 57 | 8-4 | | Edoardo Grasso (ArrowVGC) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 58 | 8-4 | | Francesco Iozzia (Young Nova) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 59 | 8-4 |  | Charalampos Frimas (Babouras) | 120Ā CP |    | | Ā |
| 60 | 8-4 | | Umberto Lo Giudice (Misso) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 61 | 8-4 | | Mattia Vinti (Ryukei) | 120Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 62 | 8-4 | | Ignacio GonzĆ”lez (JarQ’Off) | 120Ā CP |   | | Ā |
| 63 | 8-4 |  | Jude Lee (ćć®ć«ć¦ć©) | 120Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 64 | 8-4 | | Karl Akpovi (Karl) | 120Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 65 | 8-4 | | Antonio Raimondo (Rey) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 66 | 8-4 | | Chirag Wadhwa (Chirag) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 67 | 8-4 | | Loris Di Mella (Dime) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 68 | 8-4 | | Daniele Spuntarelli (Zenzero) | 80Ā CP |    | | Ā |
| 69 | 8-4 | | Jannik Koch (Jannik) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 70 | 8-4 |  | Amin Lehna (Aminko) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 71 | 8-4 | | Riccardo Stellini (Triir) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 72 | 8-4 | | Nathan Boutevillain (Tam) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 73 | 8-4 | | Sam Bentham (Sam) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 74 | 8-4 | | Ćngel Otero (Fey) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 75 | 8-4 | | Asterios Xougkas (Asteris Guy) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 76 | 8-4 | | Alessandro Settimi (Ale) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 77 | 8-4 | | Driss Habi (Habiss) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 78 | 8-4 | | Davide Lascialfari (JohnnyHax) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 79 | 8-4 | | Mattia Angelini (Matty) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 80 | 8-4 | | Riccardo Minardi (RIC) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 81 | 8-4 | | Alessandro Amati (Alessandro) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 82 | 8-4 | | Giacomo Bovolenta (Moise Kean) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 83 | 8-4 | | Rahim Farzan (Pres) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 84 | 8-4 | | Manuel Zecchinelli (Manuel) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 85 | 8-4 | | Selahattin Sturm (Sela) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 86 | 8-4 | | Rayan Guezi (Rayan) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 87 | 8-4 | | Davide Fazio (  CM Deiv) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 88 | 8-4 | | Casimiro Ivan Premutati (Miroceronte) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 89 | 8-4 | | Michele Perlini (Bamkel) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 90 | 8-4 | | Lapo Nicchi (LePo) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 91 | 8-4 |  | Nikola Zirdum (Nix) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 92 | 8-4 | | Francesco Ferraiuolo (Frank) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 93 | 8-4 | | Javier Moreno (Trezko) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 94 | 8-4 | | Alessandro De Angelis (Alessandro) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 95 | 8-4 |  | Peng Chongjun (ä¼č¤å³»å³») | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 96 | 8-4 | | Lu Hao (ŠŃŠ²Š°) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 97 | 8-4 | | Matthias Loong (GangnamStyle) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 98 | 8-4 | | Matteo Ferrari (Ferro01VGC) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 99 | 8-4 | | Fabio Cimadom (Fabio) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 100 | 8-4 | | Guido Secondulfo (Triad) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 101 | 7-5 |  | Noah van der Voort (Noah) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 102 | 7-5 | | Claudio Lombardo (Claudio) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 103 | 7-5 | | Giovanni Panarello (BĆØf) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 104 | 7-5 | | Anthony Liuzzo (Glum) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 105 | 7-5 | | Luca Soldati (ORLANDO) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 106 | 7-5 | | Marc Torralba (Markusme) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 107 | 7-5 | | Alberto Spada (albo) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 108 | 7-5 | | Enrico Geraci (Gerry) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 109 | 7-5 | | Luca Magarotto (LucaMaga) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 110 | 7-5 | | Xiang Yu (大ę©ē«) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 111 | 7-5 | | Hermann Krumrey (Hermann) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 112 | 7-5 | | Valentijn Visser (valentijn) | 80Ā CP |   | | Ā |
| 113 | 7-5 | | Ugo Fanin (odegnin) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 114 | 7-5 | | Filippo Badioli (Ryugami) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 115 | 7-5 | | Ibrahim Maarouf (Hummus&Zimt) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 116 | 7-5 | | Giacomo Tenti (Mino) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 117 | 7-5 | | Nicola Martin (Tatsu) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 118 | 7-5 | | Andrea Carissimi (DivanoSauro) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 119 | 7-5 | | Roi GĆ³mez (RoiRehh) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 120 | 7-5 | | Giulio Bassetti (BassotaraVGC) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 121 | 7-5 | | Lorenzo Catallozzi (LORENZO) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 122 | 7-5 | | Davide Diprossimo (David) | 80Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 123 | 7-5 | | Francesco Di Biase (Fradibis) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 124 | 7-5 | | Shai RabĆ (Shabarai) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 125 | 7-5 | | Manuel Dellabona (Manu) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 126 | 7-5 | | Sebastiano Trinchitelli (trinki) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 127 | 7-5 | | Adrian Krajinovic (AdiDerBoss01) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 128 | 7-5 | | Rossmarc Bulatao (Rossmarc) | 80Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 129 | 6-4 | | Lorenzo Antognoni (Dubious) | 60Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 130 | 6-6 | | Sergio PĆ©rez (Sergio) | 60Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 131 | 6-6 | | Joseph Russell (Joe) | 60Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 132 | 6-6 | | Stefano De Maria (Demo) | 60Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 133 | 6-3 | | Diego Barbieri (DiegokaVGC) | 60Ā CP |  | | Ā |
| 134 | 6-6 | | Ihsan Said Ankilani (Hidan) | 60Ā CP | | | Ā |
| 135 | 6-6 |  | Joa Lamminluoto (John  ) | 60Ā CP |  | | Ā |
All players withĀ 2 or fewer lossesĀ at the end of Phase 1 (i.e. 6-2 or better) advanced to Phase 2!
All Top 256 players got 60 Championship Points!
Teams and results - Seniors & Juniors
Senior Top 16
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6-1 | | Alberto F. | 2026Ā Worlds 350 CP | | | Ā |
| 2 | 5-2 | | Jeremi A. | 325 CP | | | Ā |
| 3 | 5-2 | | Vikram T. | 300 CP | | | Ā |
| 4 | 5-2 | | Lorenzo B. | 300 CP |  | | Ā |
| 5 | 6-1 | | Carlo M. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 6 | 6-1 | | Lorenzo D. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 7 | 5-2 | | Matteo R. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 8 | 5-2 | | Leo F. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 9 | 5-2 | | Diego R. | 200 CP |  | | Ā |
| 10 | 4-3 | | Gael S. | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 11 | 4-3 | | Francesca Z. | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 12 | 4-3 | | Duc I. | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 13 | 4-3 | | Valerio S. | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 14 | 4-3 | | Leon M. | 200 CP | | | Ā |
| 15 | 4-3 | | Liam C. | 200 CP |  | | Ā |
| 16 | 4-3 | | Aayansh S. | 200 CP | | | Ā |
Junior Top 8
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4-1 |  | Magnus K. | 2026Ā Worlds 350 CP | | | Ā |
| 2 | 3-2 | | Mateo F. | 325 CP | | | Ā |
| 3 | 5-0 | | Ćric A. | 300 CP | | | Ā |
| 4 | 4-1 | | Alessandro C. | 300 CP | | | Ā |
| 5 | 3-2 | | Lorenzo P. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 6 | 3-2 | | Caterina S. B. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 7 | 3-2 | | Loris A. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
| 8 | 3-2 | | Zachary B. | 280 CP | | | Ā |
Streaming
The event will broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Ben Kyriakou, Charlie Merriman, Kosta Daidimos and Lee ProvostĀ as casters, and Victory Road behind the scenes.
- Day 1Ā (Swiss rounds): stream starts onĀ 5 June at 07:20 UTC
- Day 2Ā (Swiss rounds + Top Cut): stream starts on 6 JuneĀ at 07:05 UTC
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Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the following location:
OVAL Lingotto Fiere
Via Nizza, 294,
10126 Torino TO, Italy
Badges can be picked up in advance on Friday 5 June from 16:00 to 19:00 CEST, or early on Saturday from 07:30 CEST.
Players must be in the venue by 6 June at 08:30 CESTĀ (06:30 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 byĀ 7 June 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 theĀ 2026 official TPCi circuitĀ 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 CPsĀ and PokĆ©mon TCG booster packs depending on final attendance:
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker |
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| Champion | Invite to the 2026 World Championships 350 CP |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Turin Special Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for PokƩmon VGC, TCG and PokƩmon GO. It is the ninth Regional-level event and the second Special Championships of the 2026 season in the European circuit.
It is the first event in Europe to be played in the new platform PokƩmon Champions!
The ruleset is Regulation Set M-A.
A little bit of history
Italy has been part of the Europe region of the official TPCi circuit for many years. It has hosted a few major events, including Regionals, Special Events and old-era National Championships. Italy’s greatest VGC successes are the World Championship wins byĀ Arash OmmatiĀ (2013) and Luca Ceribelli (2024), as well as the unmatched 3 International titles won by Marco Silva.
The most recent tournament held in ItalyĀ was theĀ 2025 Bologna SC, played in PokĆ©mon Scarlet & PokĆ©mon Violet with the Regulation Set I in MayāJune 2025. The finals saw Italian player Matteo Velata defeat 2024 Bologna SC Champion Ruben Gianzini to win his first major title!
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through RK9 Labs platform, and you will first need to set up your RK9 profileĀ and have aĀ Play! PokĆ©mon Player ID.
Sign-ups are free, and they open on 8 April at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC). Unregistering from this tournament is possible in order to free up new spots until one week before the event.
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 3 days before the event starts, on 3 June.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 3 hours before the event starts, by 6 June at 05:30 CEST (03:30 UTC).
Spectator passes areĀ free and can be acquired here.
