| Event | 2026 Turin Special Championships |
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| Location |  Turin, Italy |
| Date | 6–7 June 2026 |
| Attendance | 941 MA + 40 SR + 18 JR |
| Videogame | Pokémon Champions |
| Season | 2026 Season – Regulation Set M-A |
| Format | 8+4 Swiss rounds + Top 16 Open team lists |
| Organizer | Fanfinity |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10-2 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | 2026 Worlds 350 CP |       |  | |
| 2 | 10-2 |  | Louis Fontvieille (Louis) | 325 CP |    | | |
| 3 | 10-2 | | Arash Ommati (Alstroemeria) | 300 CP |   | | |
| 4 | 10-2 | | Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | 300 CP |    | | |
| 5 | 11-1 | | Lorenzo Profeta (Lorenzaooooo) | 280 CP |    | | |
| 6 | 11-1 | | Matteo Ghisini (Frost☆) | 280 CP | | | |
| 7 | 11-1 | | Giuseppe Musicco (Peppe) | 280 CP | | | |
| 8 | 10-2 |  | Louis Markl (Louis) | 280 CP | | | |
| 9 | 10-2 | | Nico Davide Cognetta (Dave) | 200 CP |   | | |
| 10 | 10-2 | | Matteo Ballini (Mava¿?) | 200 CP | | | |
| 11 | 10-2 | | Francesco Pio Pero (CICCIOTT) | 200 CP |   | | |
| 12 | 10-2 |  | Joey Davey (Joey) | 200 CP |  | | |
| 13 | 10-2 | | Nelson Fonkoua (Noslen) | 200 CP | | | |
| 14 | 10-2 |  | Víctor Medina (Torviv) | 200 CP | | | |
| 15 | 10-2 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | 200 CP | | | |
| 16 | 10-2 | | Nicholas Belometti (Joy Boy) | 200 CP | | |
Phase 2 Swiss rounds
Check here 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) |
160 CP |
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| 18 | 10-2 | |
Davide Piroddu (Artcar) |
160 CP |
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| 19 | 10-2 | |
Lorenzo Allemagna (Lem) |
160 CP |
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| 20 | 9-3 | |
Paolo Superbo (SawaVGC) |
160 CP |
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| 21 | 9-3 | |
Samuel Pereira (CSK) |
160 CP |
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| 22 | 9-3 | |
Federico Camporesi (Campo) |
160 CP |
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| 23 | 9-3 | |
Dario Cozzo (JDart) |
160 CP |
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| 24 | 9-3 | |
Juan Pescador (Kera) |
160 CP |
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| 25 | 9-3 | |
Antonio Sánchez (Antonio) |
160 CP |
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| 26 | 9-3 | |
Roberto Parente (Bobby) |
160 CP |
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| 27 | 9-3 | |
Jamie Boyt (Boyt) |
160 CP |
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| 28 | 9-3 | |
Santiago Molina (Santi) |
160 CP |
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| 29 | 9-3 | |
Mattia Cognetta (magic_rana) |
160 CP |
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| 30 | 9-3 | |
Justin Cerioni (Sompres) |
160 CP |
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| 31 | 9-3 | |
Davide Aondio (Cage) |
160 CP |
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| 32 | 9-3 | |
Alberto Noguerol (Noguerol) |
160 CP |
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| 33 | 9-3 | |
Alex Soto (Len) |
120 CP |
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| 34 | 9-3 | |
Fabio Palmieri (PALMI) |
120 CP |
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| 35 | 9-3 | |
Luca Bertani (B3rtani) |
120 CP |
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| 36 | 9-3 | |
Freddie Meah (fred) |
120 CP |
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| 37 | 9-3 | |
Luca Schianchi (dialghite) |
120 CP |
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| 38 | 9-3 | |
Francesco Giani (Francy) |
120 CP |
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| 39 | 9-3 | |
Daniele Kaygorodova (Kaiser) |
120 CP |
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| 40 | 9-3 | |
Andrea Pagano (Paghy) |
120 CP |
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| 41 | 9-3 | |
sali resuli (Ale) |
120 CP |
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| 42 | 9-3 | |
Davide Redaelli (Davide) |
120 CP |
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| 43 | 9-3 | |
Niccolò Longo (NiC) |
120 CP |
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| 44 | 9-3 | |
Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) |
120 CP |
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| 45 | 9-3 |  |
Oliver Achermann (Jamie) |
120 CP |
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| 46 | 9-3 | |
Edoardo Cocco (Anguillone) |
120 CP |
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| 47 | 9-3 | |
Nicolò Berardo (Beru) |
120 CP |
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| 48 | 9-3 | |
Nicolò Pollato (Nik) |
120 CP |
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| 49 | 9-3 | |
Vincenzo Zugaro (Vinz) |
120 CP |
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| 50 | 9-3 | |
Thomas Gravouille (Hari) |
120 CP |
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| 51 | 9-3 | |
Giovanni Favara (Dzhupito) |
120 CP |
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| 52 | 9-3 | |
Théotime Massaut (Didi) |
120 CP |
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| 53 | 9-3 | |
Lorenzo Sollini (Woid) |
120 CP |
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| 54 | 9-3 | |
Ivan De falco (Ivan) |
120 CP |
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| 55 | 9-3 | |
Pablo Lafuente Sánchez (Grimsley) |
120 CP |
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| 56 | 9-3 | |
Sidy Badiane (Dysi) |
120 CP |
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| 57 | 8-4 | |
Edoardo Grasso (ArrowVGC) |
120 CP |
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| 58 | 8-4 | |
Francesco Iozzia (Young Nova) |
120 CP |
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| 59 | 8-4 |  |
Charalampos Frimas (Babouras) |
120 CP |
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| 60 | 8-4 | |
Umberto Lo giudice (Misso) |
120 CP |
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| 61 | 8-4 | |
Mattia Vinti (Ryukei) |
120 CP |
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| 62 | 8-4 | |
Ignacio Gonzalez (JarQ’Off) |
120 CP |
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| 63 | 8-4 |  |
Jude Gerard Lee Wei Cong (マギカウラ) |
120 CP |
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| 64 | 8-4 | |
Karl Akpovi (Karl) |
120 CP |
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| 65 | 8-4 | |
Antonio Raimondo (Rey) |
80 CP |
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| 66 | 8-4 | |
Chirag Wadhwa (Chirag) |
80 CP |
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| 67 | 8-4 | |
Loris Di Mella (Dime) |
80 CP |
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| 68 | 8-4 | |
Daniele Spuntarelli (Zenzero) |
80 CP |
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| 69 | 8-4 | |
Jannik Koch (Jannik) |
80 CP |
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| 70 | 8-4 | |
Amin Lehna (Aminko) |
80 CP |
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| 71 | 8-4 | |
Riccardo Stellini (Triir) |
80 CP |
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| 72 | 8-4 | |
Nathan Boutevillain (Tam) |
80 CP |
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| 73 | 8-4 | |
Sam Bentham (Sam) |
80 CP |
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| 74 | 8-4 | |
Ángel Otero (Fey) |
80 CP |
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| 75 | 8-4 | |
Asterios Xougkas (Asteris Guy) |
80 CP |
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| 76 | 8-4 | |
Alessandro Settimi (Ale) |
80 CP |
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| 77 | 8-4 | |
Driss Habi (Habiss) |
80 CP |
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| 78 | 8-4 | |
Davide Lascialfari (JohnnyHax) |
80 CP |
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| 79 | 8-4 | |
Mattia Angelini (Matty) |
80 CP |
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| 80 | 8-4 | |
Riccardo Minardi (RIC) |
80 CP |
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| 81 | 8-4 | |
Alessandro Amati (Alessandro) |
80 CP |
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| 82 | 8-4 | |
Giacomo Bovolenta (Moise Kean) |
80 CP |
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| 83 | 8-4 | |
Rahim Farzan (Pres) |
80 CP |
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| 84 | 8-4 | |
Manuel Zecchinelli (Manuel) |
80 CP |
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| 85 | 8-4 | |
Selahattin Sturm (Sela) |
80 CP |
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| 86 | 8-4 | |
Rayan GUEZI (Rayan) |
80 CP |
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| 87 | 8-4 | |
Davide Fazio (  CM Deiv) |
80 CP |
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| 88 | 8-4 | |
Casimiro Ivan Premutati (Miroceronte) |
80 CP |
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| 89 | 8-4 | |
Michele Perlini (Bamkel) |
80 CP |
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| 90 | 8-4 | |
Lapo Nicchi (LePo) |
80 CP |
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| 91 | 8-4 |  |
Nikola Zirdum (Nix) |
80 CP |
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| 92 | 8-4 | |
Francesco Ferraiuolo (Frank) |
80 CP |
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| 93 | 8-4 | |
Javier Moreno (Trezko) |
80 CP |
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| 94 | 8-4 | |
Alessandro de Angelis (Alessandro) |
80 CP |
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| 95 | 8-4 |  |
Chongjun Peng (伊藤峻峻) |
80 CP |
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| 96 | 8-4 | |
Hao Lu (Итва) |
80 CP |
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| 97 | 8-4 | |
Matthias Loong (GangnamStyle) |
80 CP |
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| 98 | 8-4 | |
Matteo Ferrari (Ferro01VGC) |
80 CP |
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| 99 | 8-4 | |
Fabio Cimadom (Fabio) |
80 CP |
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| 100 | 8-4 | |
Guido Maria Secondulfo (Triad) |
80 CP |
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| 101 | 7-5 |  |
Noah van der Voort (Noah) |
80 CP |
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| 102 | 7-5 | |
Claudio Lombardo (Claudio) |
80 CP |
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| 103 | 7-5 | |
Giovanni Panarello (Bèf) |
80 CP |
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| 104 | 7-5 | |
Anthony Liuzzo (Glum) |
80 CP |
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| 105 | 7-5 | |
Luca Soldati (ORLANDO) |
80 CP |
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| 106 | 7-5 | |
Marc Torralba Brosa (Markusme) |
80 CP |
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| 107 | 7-5 | |
Alberto Spada (albo) |
80 CP |
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| 108 | 7-5 | |
Enrico Geraci (Gerry) |
80 CP |
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| 109 | 7-5 | |
Luca Magarotto (LucaMaga) |
80 CP |
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| 110 | 7-5 | |
Yu Xiang (大橘猫) |
80 CP |
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| 111 | 7-5 | |
Hermann Krumrey (Hermann) |
80 CP |
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| 112 | 7-5 | |
Valentijn Visser (valentijn) |
80 CP |
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| 113 | 7-5 | |
Ugo Fanin (odegnin) |
80 CP |
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| 114 | 7-5 | |
Filippo Badioli (Ryugami) |
80 CP |
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| 115 | 7-5 | |
Ibrahim Maarouf (Hummus&Zimt) |
80 CP |
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| 116 | 7-5 | |
Giacomo Tenti (Mino) |
80 CP |
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| 117 | 7-5 | |
Nicola Martin (Tatsu) |
80 CP |
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| 118 | 7-5 | |
Andrea Carissimi (DivanoSauro) |
80 CP |
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| 119 | 7-5 | |
Roi Gómez García (RoiRehh) |
80 CP |
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| 120 | 7-5 | |
Giulio Bassetti (BassotaraVGC) |
80 CP |
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| 121 | 7-5 | |
Lorenzo Catallozzi (LORENZO) |
80 CP |
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| 122 | 7-5 | |
Davide Diprossimo (David) |
80 CP |
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| 123 | 7-5 | |
Francesco Di Biase (Fradibis) |
80 CP |
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| 124 | 7-5 | |
Shai Giuseppe Rabà (Shabarai) |
80 CP |
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| 125 | 7-5 | |
manuel dellabona (Manu) |
80 CP |
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| 126 | 7-5 | |
Sebastiano Trinchitelli (trinki) |
80 CP |
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| 127 | 7-5 | |
Adrian Krajinovic (AdiDerBoss01) |
80 CP |
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| 128 | 7-5 | |
Rossmarc Cardeno Bulatao (Rossmarc) |
80 CP |
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| 129 | 6-4 | |
Lorenzo Antognoni (Dubious) |
60 CP |
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| 130 | 6-6 | |
Sergio Pérez (Sergio) |
60 CP |
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| 131 | 6-6 | |
Joseph Russell (Joe) |
60 CP |
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| 132 | 6-6 | |
Stefano De Maria (Demo) |
60 CP |
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| 133 | 6-3 | |
Diego Barbieri (DiegokaVGC) |
60 CP |
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| 134 | 6-6 | |
Ihsan Said Ankilani (Hidan) |
60 CP |
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| 135 | 6-6 |  |
Joa Lamminluoto (John  ) |
60 CP |
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All players with 2 or fewer losses 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. | 2026 Worlds 350 CP | | | |
| 2 | 5-2 | | Jeremi A. | 325 CP | | | |
| 3 | 5-2 | | Vikram T. | 300 CP | | | |
| 4 | 5-2 | | Lorenzo B. | 300 CP |  | | |
| 5 | 6-1 | | Carlo M. | 280 CP | | | |
| 6 | 6-1 | | Lorenzo D. | 280 CP | | | |
| 7 | 5-2 | | Matteo R. | 280 CP | | | |
| 8 | 5-2 | | Leo F. | 280 CP | | | |
| 9 | 5-2 | | Diego R. | 200 CP |  | | |
| 10 | 4-3 | | Gael S. | 200 CP | | | |
| 11 | 4-3 | | Francesca Z. | 200 CP | | | |
| 12 | 4-3 | | Duc I. | 200 CP | | | |
| 13 | 4-3 | | Valerio S. | 200 CP | | | |
| 14 | 4-3 | | Leon M. | 200 CP | | | |
| 15 | 4-3 | | Liam C. | 200 CP |  | | |
| 16 | 4-3 | | Aayansh S. | 200 CP | | |
Junior Top 8
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
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| 1 | 4-1 |  | Magnus K. | 2026 Worlds 350 CP | | | |
| 2 | 3-2 | | Mateo F. | 325 CP | | | |
| 3 | 5-0 | | Èric A. | 300 CP | | | |
| 4 | 4-1 | | Alessandro C. | 300 CP | | | |
| 5 | 3-2 | | Lorenzo P. | 280 CP | | | |
| 6 | 3-2 | | Caterina S. B. | 280 CP | | | |
| 7 | 3-2 | | Loris A. | 280 CP | | | |
| 8 | 3-2 | | Zachary B. | 280 CP | | |
Streaming
The event will broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Ben Kyriakou, Charlie Merriman, Kosta Daidimos and Lee Provost as casters, and Victory Road behind the scenes.
- Day 1 (Swiss rounds): stream starts on 5 June at 07:20 UTC
- Day 2 (Swiss rounds + Top Cut): stream starts on 6 June at 07:05 UTC
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Usage stats
Phase 1
Phase 2
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 CEST (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 by 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 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||
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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 Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon 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 Pokémon 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 by Arash Ommati (2013) and Luca Ceribelli (2024), as well as the unmatched 3 International titles won by Marco Silva.
The most recent tournament held in Italy was the 2025 Bologna SC, played in Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet with the Regulation Set I in May–June 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 profile and have a Play! Pokémon 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 are free and can be acquired here.
