For the first time ever, the 2014 Pokémon US Video Game National Championships will be a three day event. The structure of the competition was revealed today and it’s quite a change from what players may be used to before. We’ll walk through the schedule below. Keep in mind that this is only for the North American competition in Indianapolis, IN, USA. We will have more information on the three National Championships in Europe as well as the newly confirmed National Championships in Australia (run by Nintendo Australia) soon.
Age Divisions are as follows:
- Junior Division: Born in 2003 or later
- Senior Division: Born in 1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002
- Masters Division: Born in 1998 or earlier
Any player regardless of residency is allowed to play at the VGC ’14 US National Championships as long as they are not on the Play! Pokémon banned player list. This is an open tournament with no other qualifying requirement.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
Masters Division
- Check-in for VG Masters Division players will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Battle Boxes will be locked when players check in.
Friday, July 4th, 2014
Side events will occur throughout the day. The full schedule will be released at a later date.
Masters Division
- Last-minute check-in for VG Masters Division players will be from 7 to 7:30 a.m.
- Masters Division players will compete in Swiss rounds in two flights beginning at 8 a.m.
- Swiss rounds on Friday will be single game matches.
- Attendance permitting, the top 16 or top 32 players from each flight will advance to play on Saturday.
- Top 32 (16×2) is planned for attendance up to 820 players.
- Top 64 (32×2) is planned for attendance above 820 total players
Junior & Senior Divisions
- Registration for Junior and Senior Division VG players will take place Friday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. Battle Boxes will be locked when players register.
Saturday, July 5th, 2014
Side events will occur throughout the day. The full schedule will be released at a later date.
Masters Division
- Day 2 of Masters Division Swiss rounds will begin at 8 a.m. The top 32 or 64 players (based on the previous day’s results and attendance) will compete in five or six rounds of best-of-three matches.
- A Top 8 cut will be taken at the end of Swiss rounds. The single-elimination Top 8 will be played late Saturday afternoon.
Junior and Senior Division
- Last-minute registration will take place from 8 to 8:30 a.m.
- Player meeting will commence at 9:30 a.m.
- Swiss rounds will begin at 10 a.m.
- Swiss rounds will be single game matches.
- A Top 16 cut will be taken at the end of Swiss rounds, attendance permitting. The single-elimination Top 16 will be played on Sunday.
Sunday, July 6th, 2014
- Side events will occur throughout the day. The full schedule will be released at a later date.
- Single-elimination rounds (Top 16, Junior and Senior Divisions) will be played.
- ALL players must be checked in and ready to play by 10 a.m., or they will forfeit their first game. Players not in their seats by 10:10 a.m. will forfeit their second game, and thereby, the match.
- Junior, Senior, and Masters Division finals (top 2) will occur sequentially beginning at 2 p.m.
Prizes
Prizing is done separately for each age division.
1st Place
- A Pokémon VG National Championships First-Place Trophy
- 480 Championship Points
- A Nintendo Wii U 32GB Deluxe Set
- A combination of 72 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- Other great Pokémon-themed merchandise!
2nd Place
- A Pokémon VG National Championships Second-Place Trophy
- 440 Championship Points
- A Nintendo 3DS XL system
- A combination of 72 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- Other great Pokémon-themed merchandise!
3rd & 4th Place
- A Pokémon VG National Championships Semi-Finalist Trophy
- 360 Championship Points
- A Nintendo 3DS XL system
- A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- Other great Pokémon-themed merchandise!
5th through 8th Place
- 210 Championship Points
- A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
9th through 16th Place
- 150 Championship Points
- A combination of 18 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
17th through 32nd Place
- 90 Championship Points
- A combination of 8 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
33rd through 64th Place
- 30 Championship Points (if division attendance is 128 or greater)
- A combination of 4 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
65th through 128th Place
- 15 Championship Points (if division attendance is 256 or greater)
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