| Event | The Champions Arena II |
|---|---|
| Location | Online |
| Date | 4ā5 July 2026 |
| Attendance | 706 players |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Champions |
| Season | 2026 SeasonĀ āĀ VGC Regulation Set M-B |
| Format | 8+4 Swiss rounds + X-2 top cut Open team lists |
| Organizer | Victory Road ft. Sekiam, Folagor, PokeAlex |
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
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| 1 | 11-1 |  |
Marco Silva (marcofiero) |
VRtSF Ph2 $2,120 |
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| 2 | 10-2 |  |
Toler Webb (Toler) |
VRtSF Ph2 $1,270 |
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| 3 | 10-2 |  |
Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) |
VRtSF Ph2 $710 |
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| 4 | 10-2 |  |
Nikolaj HĆøj Nielsen (NikolajHoej) |
VRtSF Ph2 $710 |
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| 5 | 11-1 |  |
Mattie Morgan (Mattie) |
$355 |
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| 6 | 10-2 | |
Francesco Pio Pero (FrancescoPio) |
$355 |
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| 7 | 10-2 |  |
Juan Lucin (Samuel) |
$355 |
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| 8 | 10-2 | |
Davide Cognetta (Davide) |
$355 |
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| 9 | 10-2 |  |
Shohei Kimura (ćć³ć¹) |
$105 |
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| 10 | 10-2 | |
Akira Kimura (ćć³) |
$105 |
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| 11 | 10-2 |  |
Guilherme Queiroz (Queiroz) |
$105 |
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| 12 | 10-2 | |
Ren Kawakubo (ćć) |
$105 |
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| 13 | 10-2 | |
Lorenzo Antognoni (Dubious) |
$105 |
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| 14 | 10-2 | |
JosƩ Francisco GƔlvez (Cereales) |
$105 |
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Phase 2 Swiss rounds
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 9-3 |  | Masayoshi Kuroo (ććØć¼ć«) | $105 | | | Ā |
| 16 | 9-3 |  | ThĆ©otime Massaut (Didi) | $105 | | | Ā |
| 17 | 9-3 | | Miguel CarriĆ³n (Miguel) | ā | | | Ā |
| 18 | 9-3 | | Kandai Nagatome (Candy) | ā | | | Ā |
| 19 | 9-3 | | Ruben Gianzini (RubenVGC) | ā | | | Ā |
| 20 | 9-3 | | Alex Soto (Len) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 21 | 9-3 | | Samuel Pereira (CSK) | ā | | | Ā |
| 22 | 9-3 |  | Leon MĆ¼ller (Scarlet) | ā | | | Ā |
| 23 | 9-3 |  | Matthew Holt (sergioaguero) | ā |    | | Ā |
| 24 | 9-3 | | Gabriel Hartman (Gabe) | ā |   | | Ā |
| 25 | 9-3 | | Nicholas Hegel (Fester) | ā |     | | Ā |
| 26 | 9-3 | | Nick Navarre (Nails) | ā | | | Ā |
| 27 | 9-3 | | Alberto Cano (Canovax) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 28 | 9-3 | | Shunsuke Minami (RAKUDA VGC) | ā |    | | Ā |
| 29 | 9-3 | | Sergio CorbalĆ”n (Corba9) | ā | | | Ā |
| 30 | 9-3 |  | Sian Lee (ģģ) | ā | | | Ā |
| 31 | 9-3 | | Tanner Mask (Tanner) | ā | | | Ā |
| 32 | 9-3 | | Flavio Del Pidio (PADĆ) | ā | | | Ā |
| 33 | 9-3 | | Joaquin Roquett (JoRovgc) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 34 | 9-3 |  | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | ā | | | Ā |
| 35 | 9-3 |  | Mark Mullender (qstnmark) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 36 | 8-4 | | Daniel MartĆn (Ballester) | ā |   | | Ā |
| 37 | 8-4 |  | Alexavier Alvarez (Areku) | ā | | | Ā |
| 38 | 8-4 | | Jong One Moon (ģøė¦¬ģ©) | ā | | | Ā |
| 39 | 8-4 | | Alessandro Fantinato (AleK) | ā | | | Ā |
| 40 | 8-4 |  | Riley Stewart-Tonkin (Rylekt) | ā | | | Ā |
| 41 | 8-4 | | Mateo Rodriguez (MatRod) | ā |    | | Ā |
| 42 | 8-4 | | Carlos Navarro (57nefer) | ā | | | Ā |
| 43 | 8-4 | | Alex Jahnke (Alex) | ā | | | Ā |
| 44 | 8-4 | | Kira Fitzgerald (Ursaqueen) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 45 | 8-4 | | Liam Chatterjee (Liam) | ā | | | Ā |
| 46 | 8-4 | | Matteo Notarangelo (matt!) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 47 | 8-4 | | Jan Meyer (Rin) | ā | | | Ā |
| 48 | 8-4 | | Campbell Hodgins (Draxolotl) | ā | | | Ā |
| 49 | 8-4 | | Juan Pescador (Kera) | ā | | | Ā |
| 50 | 8-4 | | Roi GĆ³mez (G.G) | ā | | | Ā |
| 51 | 8-4 | | Ander BolaƱos (Fragox) | ā | | | Ā |
| 52 | 8-4 | | Kota Nakahama (ćÆć¾ćć) | ā | | | Ā |
| 53 | 8-4 |  | Gabriel Amaya (Gex) | ā | | | Ā |
| 54 | 8-3 |  | Rajan Bal (Rajan) | ā | | | Ā |
| 55 | 8-4 |  | SimĆ³n Ramos (AugustRM) | ā | | | Ā |
| 56 | 8-3 | | Joan Garcia (JoanGarcia12) | ā |   | | Ā |
| 57 | 8-3 | | Junha Park (ģ¤ė² ģ“) | ā | | | Ā |
| 58 | 8-3 | | Jacob Mortenson (Skraw!) | ā | | | Ā |
| 59 | 8-3 | | Kento Sato (ććć”ćć) | ā | | | Ā |
| 60 | 7-5 | | Santiago Molina (Santi) | ā | | | Ā |
| 61 | 7-4 | | Aldair Alba (Aldwir) | ā | | | Ā |
| 62 | 7-5 | | SebastiĆ”n Reyes (Sero) | ā |    | | Ā |
| 63 | 7-5 | | Isaac Rosales (Willy) | ā | | | Ā |
| 64 | 7-5 | | Sudoz Zen (N) | ā | | | Ā |
| 65 | 7-5 | | David BrandĆ³n (Pyrus_M4) | ā | | | Ā |
| 66 | 7-4 | | Abelardo Vico (Abe) | ā | | | Ā |
| 67 | 7-3 | | Oliver Achermann (Jamie) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 68 | 7-3 | | Jeff Lehmann (JEFF) | ā | | | Ā |
| 69 | 7-3 | | Rishi Gupta (MrRishi) | ā |   | | Ā |
| 70 | 7-3 | | Luca Gesualdo (Luca) | ā | | | Ā |
| 71 | 7-4 | | Lorenzo Silvestrini (Lore) | ā | | | Ā |
| 72 | 7-3 | | JĆ©rĆ©my CĆ“tĆ© (Kangourou) | ā | | | Ā |
| 73 | 7-3 | | Kanade Mizuguchi (ććļ¼) | ā | | | Ā |
| 74 | 7-3 | | Jinho Park (ķė”ģ ¤) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 75 | 7-4 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 76 | 7-3 | | Min Son (ACAć) | ā | | | Ā |
| 77 | 7-3 |  | Sie Meng-Ru (čę©) | ā | | | Ā |
| 78 | 7-4 | | Ignacio Ares (Ignacio) | ā | | | Ā |
| 79 | 6-6 | | SaĆŗl Salas (Saulas) | ā | | | Ā |
| 80 | 6-6 | | JosĆ© Manuel MegĆas (Jose Manuel) | ā | | | Ā |
| 81 | 6-3 | | Joan Torres (jouantm) | ā |  | | Ā |
| 82 | 6-3 | | Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | ā | | | Ā |
| 83 | 6-3 |  | Juan Naar (DonVGC) | ā | | | Ā |
| 84 | 6-4 |  | Hiram Espinosa (Hiramidas) | ā | | | Ā |
| 85 | 6-5 | | JoaquĆn del Pozo (Jokano) | ā | | | Ā |
| 86 | 6-4 | | Ramon Diaz (Ramon) | ā | | | Ā |
| 87 | 6-3 |  | Joshua Lorcy (Lorcy) | ā | | | Ā |
| 88 | 6-3 | | Shane Gaffney (DDyarados) | ā | | | Ā |
| 89 | 6-4 | | JosĆ© Manuel Ortiz (Renox) | ā | | | Ā |
| 90 | 6-3 | | Seongjae Jeong (A) | ā | | | Ā |
| 91 | 6-3 | | Connor Sparks (Konnichi) | ā | | | Ā |
| 92 | 6-5 | | JosĆ© FernĆ”ndez (AchoJose) | ā | | | Ā |
| 93 | 6-3 | | JesĆŗs Lara (X1SUS) | ā | | | Ā |
| 94 | 6-3 | | MĆ”ximo FernĆ”ndez (Maaxidiazz) | ā | | | Ā |
| 95 | 6-3 | | David Gidov (A RegularGuy) | ā | | | Ā |
| 96 | 6-3 | | Mario Vincitorio (Duxlemon) | ā | | | Ā |
| 97 | 6-3 | | Lucas Mester-Christensen (Lucas) | ā |   | | Ā |
| 98 | 6-5 | | David Santos (Drakengor) | ā | | | Ā |
| 99 | 6-3 | | Mao Harada (mao) | ā | | | Ā |
Usage stats
General usage
| # | PokƩmon | Ph1 | Ph2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 47.2% (333) | 48% (48) |
| 2 | | 44.8% (316) | 62% (61) |
| 3 |  | 41.1% (290) | 48% (48) |
| 4 | | 35.6% (251) | 46% (46) |
| 5 | | 32.8% (231) | 29% (29) |
| 6 | | 30.2% (213) | 29% (29) |
| 7 | | 27.2% (192) | 31% (31) |
| 8 | | 27.2% (192) | 28% (28) |
| 9 | | 25.2% (178) | 25% (25) |
| 10 | | 23.0% (162) | 32% (32) |
| # | PokƩmon | Ph1 | Ph2 |
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| 11 | | 19.7% (139) | 18% (18) |
| 12 |  | 18.3% (129) | 29% (29) |
| 13 | | 17.7% (125) | 12% (12) |
| 14 | | 17.6% (124) | 14% (14) |
| 15 |  | 15.9% (112) | 11% (11) |
| 16 | | 13.0% (92) | 9% (9) |
| 17 |  | 12.8% (90) | 8% (8) |
| 18 | | 10.9% (77) | 12% (12) |
| 19 |  | 8.8% (62) | 19% (19) |
| 20 |  | 7.7% (54) | 2% (2) |
| # | PokƩmon | Ph1 | Ph2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | | 6.1% (43) | 2% (2) |
| 22 | | 5.8% (41) | 2% (2) |
| 23 |  | 5.8% (41) | 2% (2) |
| 24 |  | 5.5% (39) | 16% (16) |
| 25 | | 5.1% (36) | 3% (3) |
| 26 | | 4.8% (34) | 1% (1) |
| 27 | | 4.7% (33) | 1% (1) |
| 28 |  | 4.4% (31) | 2% (2) |
| 29 | | 3.7% (26) | 5% (5) |
| 30 |  | 3.4% (24) | 5% (5) |
Mega Evolution usage
| # | PokƩmon | Ph1 Usage | Ph2 Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 40.0% (282) | 48% (48) |
| 2 | | 20.3% (143) | 23% (23) |
| 3 | | 18.0% (127) | 29% (29) |
| 4 | | 15.5% (109) | 11% (11) |
| 5 | | 12.6% (89) | 8% (8) |
| # | PokƩmon | Ph1 Usage | Ph2 Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | | 8.8% (62) | 19% (19) |
| 7 | | 7.5% (53) | 2% (2) |
| 8 | | 6.5% (46) | 7% (7) |
| 9 | | 5.5% (39) | 16% (16) |
| 10 | | 4.8% (34) | 2% (2) |
Platform and schedule
The tournament is held online through Battlefy. All communication between the players must be done through the Battlefy chat enabled in each round.
Official communication from the organizer staff is performed through Discord, in theĀ Victory Road Discord server.
The tournament will use the structure of 2-phase Swiss rounds + asymmetrical top cut that is in place for all major events in the 2026 season.
- In the rare instances where the end of Phase 2 results in fewer than 8 players or more than 16 players with 2 or fewer losses (X-2), the asymmetrical top cut will only feature those players at X-2 or better.
The schedule of the tournament is as follows:
- 4 July at 14:00 UTC:
- Phase 1 Swiss rounds. All signed up players can play all these rounds. Those with 2 or fewer losses (X-2) at the end of this stage advance to Phase 2, and all others are dropped from the tournament.
- 5 July at 14:00 UTC:
- Phase 2 Swiss rounds: The qualified players continue playing Swiss rounds.Ā At the end of this stage, those players with 2 or fewer losses (X-2) at the end of Phase 2Ā will advance to the next stage.
- The limit of 16 players in top cut present in the official tournaments will not be enforced here. Likewise, if there are fewer than 8 players with X-2 records, players at X-3 will not be part of the top cut.
- Top Cut: the players in top cut will continue playing right after the end of the Phase 2 Swiss rounds, with a bye to the highest-ranked players if the number results in an asymmetrical top cut.
- Phase 2 Swiss rounds: The qualified players continue playing Swiss rounds.Ā At the end of this stage, those players with 2 or fewer losses (X-2) at the end of Phase 2Ā will advance to the next stage.
Prizes
This event is a grassroots tournament and isĀ not a part of anyĀ official circuit. This means thatĀ it does not reward any Championship Points (CPs).
The best-placed players get an invite to Phase 2 of the Victory Road to San Francisco, and additionally receive the following prizes:
| Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | Invite to Phase 2 of the Victory Road to San Francisco ~30% of the prizepool |
| Runner-up | Invite to Phase 2 of the Victory Road to San Francisco ~18% of the prizepool |
| Semifinalists | Invite to Phase 2 of the Victory Road to San Francisco ~10% of the prizepool |
| 5th to 8th | ~5% of the prizepool If attendance exceeds 1,024 players: Invite to Phase 2 of the Victory Road to San Francisco |
| 9th to 16th | ~1.5% of the prizepool |
Overview
The Champions Arena IIĀ is an online event hosted by Victory Road, with the purpose of serving as practice for the upcoming live tournaments, with a special focus on the recent mobile launch of PokĆ©mon Champions and the current ruleset. The tournament is done in collaboration with Spanish content creators Sekiam, Folagor and PokeAlex.
It is played withĀ VGC Regulation Set M-B, using open team lists.
All detailed tournament procedures, including rules and penalties, can be foundĀ here.
A little bit of history
Victory RoadĀ has been consistently holding online grassroots tournaments for years, including standalone events, online invitationals featuring qualifier events, and the yearly biggest online team competition in theĀ World Cup of PokĆ©mon VGC. Victory Road has also provided streams to several official Regional Championships in Europe since 2019.
Our most recent tournament was theĀ VR June Challenge #2, also played with the VGC Regulation Set M-B the previous month. The finals saw 2026 Utrecht Regional finalist Louis Markl defeat 2022 Bremen Regional finalist Giovanni Piscitelli to win $590 and his first VR tournament!
The first edition of The Champions ArenaĀ was played with the VGC Regulation Set M-A in April 2026. The finals saw 2019 Korea National Champion Hyungwoo Shin defeat 2025 World Cup Champions Team Spain’s Jorge Tabuyo to win $3,120 and his second VR tournament, after the one in 2024!
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done throughĀ BattlefyĀ platform. Sign-ups are $12Ā (+ $1.20 Battlefy tax) and open upon announcement of the event. $10 of the total entry fee money per player is directed towards the prizes, and $2 is used to compensate the staff members, tournament organizers, judges and stream production.
All players need to provide a team list in text export format, shared in a link such asĀ VRPastesĀ Open Team List,Ā with all open team list data about the team’s PokĆ©mon (including form, ability, held item and moves). In the case of Mega Evolutions, it is important to use the base form of the PokĆ©mon with its ability; the held item will already tell you if it is a Mega Evolution, and VRPastes can show the newly acquired ability upon Mega Evolution.
Additionally, all players need to provide another closed team listĀ (only for TOs) with all previous information and either stat values or Nature + Stat Points. This list can also be provided with aĀ VRPastesĀ Closed Team List, with password protection allowed.
Please ask any staff member if you need help registering the team lists!
Sign-ups close right before the event starts. Players that do not show up and get their third loss areĀ dropped from the tournament.
