🎟️ HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN VGC TOURNAMENTS

Want to start competing? Here’s how! 🏆

1. Create your Pokémon Trainer Club account
   You’ll need an official Pokémon account to participate in Play! Pokémon events.

2. Get your Player ID
   Your Player ID is your unique ID for official Pokémon events.

3. Create an RK9 account
   https://rk9.gg/events/pokemon
   RK9 is used to register for many major Pokémon events.

4. Find a tournament
   Check the official Pokémon event page or RK9 to find upcoming tournaments.

5. Register for the tournament
   Choose your event, complete the registration, and make sure you meet all the requirements before the deadline!

📍 LOCAL TOURNAMENTS
https://play.pokemon.com/en-us/local-tournaments/
Use the official Pokémon website to find local Play! Pokémon events near you.

🏆 FIND A TOURNAMENT → REGISTER → BUILD YOUR TEAM → COMPETE!

THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE STARTS WITH YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT. 🇸🇬🏆

Local Pokémon Tournaments

Learn about the different types of Pokémon TCG, Pokémon VGC, and Pokémon GO events, and how you can compete in them.

@Tournament Notifications @Server Announcements

With the end of the 2026 season and the HUGE World Championship, a new season begins!!!

Get ready, Trainers from all over the world, to compete in the official Pokémon VGC circuit! 🌎🏆

https://championships.pokemon.com/en-us/events

🏆 Types of Tournaments

⭐ Special Events: Earn CP with free entry, but no prize money.

🏟️ Regional Events: Earn CP and compete for prize money. Entry fees apply.

🌎 International Events: The biggest events of the season before Worlds, offering massive amounts of CP and prize money.

📍 Local Tournaments: Smaller events where you can earn a little CP.

💻 Grand Challenges: Online BO1 tournaments where you can earn CP.

🔥 UPCOMING VGC REGIONALS

🇺🇸 Baltimore — September 19
🇦🇺 Brisbane — September 26
🇩🇪 Frankfurt — September 26
🇧🇷 Recife — October 3
🇺🇸 Louisville — October 10
🇫🇷 Nice — October 17
🇲🇽 Puebla — October 24

THE NEW SEASON IS HERE.
THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE STARTS NOW. 🇸🇬🏆

Pokémon Championship Series Events

Find information about official Pokémon Championship Series events scheduled around the world.

With the conclusion of worlds, the United States Pokemon Association has done something extraordinary for Locals across the entirety of North America.

This link provides access to all the compiled Local Discords to connect to your local community throughout Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico. This will be actively updated and maintained by the USPA.

Check out the docs if you are interested in joining your local pokemon tournaments to start earning championship points.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KqcdXJRcyn1Zp2ReLWw_945AYazjOg9gWNbOkx90r8s/edit?usp=drivesdk

@Server Announcements

REGIONAL VGC/POKEMON DISCORDS

REGIONAL VGC/POKEMON DISCORDS We do not own these servers - please follow any rules set by the owners/mods in each respective discord The goal of this document is to help connect those from online to in-person events and to help grow each community If there are any regions missing, feel fre...