| Event | Winter Festa Tournament |
|---|---|
| Location |  Seoul, South Korea |
| Date | 30ā31 December 2023 |
| Capacity | 64 players (32 MA, 32 SR/JR) |
| Videogame | PokƩmon Scarlet and PokƩmon Violet |
| Season | 2024 SeasonĀ āĀ VGC Regulation Set E |
| Format | Best-of-1 double-elimination bracket, with best-of-3 grand finals Open team lists (including Nature) |
| Organizer | PokƩmon Korea |
Check PokĆ©mon Korea‘sĀ websiteĀ hereĀ for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Jinho Park (ķė”ģ ¤) | ā |       | Ā |
| 2 | | Seunghyun Lee (Jill) | ā |      | Ā |
| 3 | | Minseok Kim (Spring) | ā |    | Ā |
| 4 | | Kyungmin Jeon (ģķ) | ā |     | Ā |
| T6 | | Taeyoung Kim (ģŗķ°) | ā |     | Ā |
| T6 | | Taeseok Roe (ģ° ėØģ) | ā |    | Ā |
| T8 | | Sanghwa Lee (ė ģ“ķė£Ø) | ā |     | Ā |
| T8 | | Youngguk Gong (ģ) | ā |  | Ā |
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12-2 |  | Abdullah Mohayyuddin (sempra) | 200 CP $3000 |    |  |  |
| 2 | 11-3 | | Ryan Loseto (SableyeVGC) | 160 CP $2000 |    |  | |
| 3 | 11-3 |  | Dylan Salvanera (Dylan) | 130 CP $1000 |     | | Ā |
| 4 | 11-3 | | Aaron Zheng (CybertronVGC) | 130 CP $1000 |   | | Ā |
| 5 | 12-2 | | Zackary Thornberg (Zack) | 100 CP $500 |   | | Ā |
| 6 | 11-3 | | Neil Patel (Neil) | 100 CP $500 | | | Ā |
| 7 | 11-3 | | Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | 100 CP $500 |    | | Ā |
| 8 | 11-3 | | Demitrios Kaguras (DEMITRI) | 100 CP $500 |  |  | |
CheckĀ hereĀ to see theĀ seeds for top cut from the Day 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | TL | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 7-3 |  |
Ian Roberts (76) | 40 CP |
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Streaming
This tournament was not streamed.
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held inĀ the Hall B (Bķ) of the following location:
COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
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513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu
Seoul 06164 Republic of Korea
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Players must be in the venue onĀ 31 December at 09:00 to 09:50 KSTĀ (00:00 to 00:50 UTC) for the players meeting.Ā The tournament starts thereafter, expected to take until 18:00 KST (09:00 UTC).
Senior and Junior players participate the day before, on 30 December at 09:00 KST (00:00 UTC).
Prizes
This event is an official tournament, but isĀ not a part of theĀ 2024 official circuitĀ in South Korea. This means thatĀ it does not reward anything related to earning a Worlds invite.
As a participation goodie, all players will be provided an original key-ring.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following prizes:
| Placement | Prizes |
|---|---|
| Champion | 1 trophy 2 entry tickets to Universal Studios Japan theme park 5 POKĆMON TRAINERS plushies from the PokĆ©mon Center |
| Finalist | 5 POKĆMON TRAINERS plushies from the PokĆ©mon Center |
Overview
The Winter Festa TournamentĀ is a VGC competition for players in South Korea, where PokĆ©mon Korea is responsible for the circuit. It serves as a side event to the TCG-only 2024 Korean League Season 1.
The ruleset isĀ VGC Regulation Set E, and it is played with open team lists where Natures are also revealed to the opponents.
A little bit of history
South Korea has been a part of the official PokĆ©mon Korea circuit since the first years of VGC, running in parallel to the TPC and TPCi circuits. It has hosted multiple major events, including Korean Leagues, Trainers Cups and old-era National Championships. South Koreaās greatest VGC success was the iconic victory achieved byĀ Sejun ParkĀ at the 2014 World Championships. Juyoung Hong also achieved this feat in the Senior Division at the 2017 World Championships.
The most recent tournament held in Korea was theĀ 2023 Trainers Cup Final Round, an invitational tournament hosted in Seoul and played with the Regulation Set C in June 2023. However, due to several disqualifications in the Masters division, it was only played in the Senior and Junior divisions.
The last time there was a live event open to everyone in Korea was theĀ 2020 Korean League Season 1, played in the then recently releasedĀ PokĆ©mon Sword & PokĆ©mon Shield with the Series 1 ruleset in December 2019. The finals saw Taeseok Roe defeatĀ Seongjae JeongĀ to win his first major event!
AmericanĀ James Evans, theĀ 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated BrazilianĀ Gabriel AgatiĀ in the NAIC finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through a form available in the tournament’s website starting on 11 December at 17:00 KST (08:00 UTC), until the spots are capped early or until 17 December at 23:00 KST (14:00 UTC). There are 32 spots for Masters players and 32 spots for Senior and Junior players.
Players that are playing in the TCG Korean League Season 1, for which the Winter Festa Tournament is a side event, cannot participate in the tournament.
Players need to register and lock a team when signing up, by providing personal data, in-game trainer name and Rental Team code.
Participating players must then sign up in their own PokĆ©mon Scarlet or PokĆ©mon Violet game and lock the same team they had registered in the form. To do it, enter the PokĆ© Portal ā Battle Stadium ā Online competitions ā Search for a competition (in the Official Competitions column). This registration takes place fromĀ 21 December at 17:00 KST (08:00 UTC) to 26 December at 23:00 KST (14:00 UTC).
Note that the tournament is exclusive to players residing in Korea, so it is only available if your region is set to Korea. Senior and Junior players play in the same category for this tournament.
