2014 VGC Championship Points, Invite Structure, and Regional Prizes Revealed
The official Pokémon website just updated and just about everything we’d been waiting for in regards to this year’s tournament structure has been revealed. Information revealed in the last update hasn’t changed, but we do have some new information and clarifications.
2013 Pokémon World Championships
Let’s start with the carry-over from last season. The top 2 players from last year’s World Championships will be receiving a fully paid trip with invite to the 2014 Pokémon World Championships in Washington, DC just as they have for the last several years. However, this year, the rest of the Top 8 will be receiving prizes for this season as well:
- 1st – 2nd: Travel Award and Invite to Worlds 2014
- 3rd – 4th: Invite to Worlds 2014
- 5th – 8th: 120 Championship Points
Earning an Invitation to Worlds 2014
Like last season, players in North America and Europe will once again need to be among the top players with Championship Points in their region and age division to receive an invitation to the World Championships. This number will be Top 32 in Europe and has been increased to Top 16 in North America.
Championship Points will be calculated for this on July 10th, 2014 — after all National Championships in Europe and North America have been completed. This is the time at which Championship Points from Worlds 2013 will be added. If a player who already has an invitation from placing in the Top 4 at the 2013 Pokémon World Championships is in the Top 16 or 32, their invite will be passed down to the next eligible player.
Players who do not have an invite via the normal qualifying methods can play in the Last Chance Qualifier that will be held in Washington, DC the day before the 2014 World Championships officially start. Four Players in each age division will qualify through this tournament.
Travel Awards, Stipends, and Byes
Unlike previous years, this year’s travel awards to the World Championships and US National Championships will also rely on Championship Points. The players with the most Championship Points at the end of the 2014 Spring Regional Championships will receive one of the following awards to the 2014 US National Championships in Indianapolis, IN:
- 1st – 16th: Travel Award, $300 Travel Stipend, 1 Round Bye
- 17th – 32nd: $700 Travel Stipend
- 33rd – 64th: $350 Travel Stipend
On July 10th, 2014 after all National Championship Points have been added along with Championship Points added from the 2013 World Championships, players will receive the following awards to the 2014 World Championships in Washington, DC:
- 1st – 4th in North America: Travel Award
- 1st – 16th in Europe: Travel Award
A Travel Award consists of a paid flight and accommodations to the event.
Championship Points
The amount of Championship Points you earn at this year’s season’s events will differ from last season. Please pay close attention as many criticisms from last season’s system have been addressed!
Select Online Competitions
| Placement | Points |
| 1 | 10 |
| 2–8 | 8 |
| 9–16 | 4 |
| 17–64 | 2 |
| 65–128 | 1 |
Regional Championships
Best Finish Limit: 3
| Placement | Points | Kicker |
| 1 | 120 | 0 |
| 2 | 110 | 0 |
| 3–4 | 90 | 0 |
| 5–8 | 70 | 0 |
| 9–16 | 50 | 0 |
| 17–32 | 30 | 64 |
| 33–64 | 10 | 128 |
| 65–128 | 5 | 256 |
National Championships
| Placement | Points | Kicker |
| 1 | 480 | 0 |
| 2 | 440 | 0 |
| 3–4 | 360 | 0 |
| 5–8 | 210 | 0 |
| 9–16 | 150 | 0 |
| 17–32 | 90 | 0 |
| 33–64 | 30 | 128 |
| 65–128 | 15 | 256 |
2013 World Championships
| Placement | Points |
| 1 | 600 |
| 2 | 550 |
| 3–4 | 150 |
| 5–8 | 120 |
A best finish limit of 3 means only your top 3 placings at Regional Championships will count.
Regional Prizes
With travel awards depending on cumulative Championship Point counts, Regional prizing has shifted:
1st Place
- A Pokémon VG Regional Championships 1st Place award
- A Nintendo 3DS system
- A copy of Pokémon X or Pokémon Y
- A combination of 72 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- 120 Championship Points
2nd Place
- A Pokémon VG Regional Championships 2nd Place award
- A copy of Pokémon X or Pokémon Y
- A combination of 72 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- 110 Championship Points
3rd & 4th Place
- A Pokémon VG Regional Championships 3rd or 4th Place award
- A copy of Pokémon X or Pokémon Y
- A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- 90 Championship Points
5th Place through 8th Place
- A combination of 18 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- 70 Championship Points
9th Place through 16th Place
- A combination of 9 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
- 50 Championship Points
17th Place through 32nd Place
- 30 Championship Points (if division attendance is 64 or greater)
33rd Place through 64th Place
- 10 Championship Points (if division attendance is 128 or greater)
65th Place through 128th Place
- 5 Championship Points (if division attendance is 256 or greater)
The Fall Regional Championships will use Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2. Regional Championships in Winter and Spring will use Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Please check this thread for the ruleset. Regional Championships are open to all.
About the Author
Firestorm is one of the co-founders of Nugget Bridge and the Community Manager for eSports Tournament Platform Battlefy. He has been playing Pokémon since 1999, competitively since 2007, and attending tournaments since 2010. He lives in Vancouver, Canada with a degree in Interactive Art & Technology + Communications. You can follow him on Twitter at @rushanshekar.
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Two updates:
The CP awarded for 3/4 at Worlds has been adjusted from 450 to 150 – with the new system the goal was to give these players who performed well at Worlds a head-start into the 2014 season as a prize for 2013 Worlds. It was not, however, a goal to give an overwhelming advantage to these players. The adjustment to 150 Championship Points for 3rd/4th at 2013 Worlds brings the points more in line with the goal.
Europe is still in the planning phase and I do not expect an update for some time.
Thank you all of the feedback. The update is live External.
Really pleased with how quickly these updates are coming out, thanks Chris.
(to everyone else, I’ll try my best not to take a trip away lol)
You should bubble Matt on purpose for whining your sick CPs away instead, IMO
(Updated the news post to reflect the change)
Something worth adding — I think really the only complaint left for NA was that our invite system is “top x players get an invite” rather than “everyone over x cp gets an invite”. I think it is telling that the TCG just had to raise their bar by a pretty massive amount to get fewer player reaching that bar to control the amount of players reaching Worlds, which predictably isn’t being received very well. Point is, a good chunk of the players who actually seem to be willing to understand TPCIs goals seem to be wishing they had just moved back to a system like what we’re using now instead.
Sort of a funny be-careful-what-you-wish-for situation, I guess. Might not be so bad that things are how they are…
From External:
Let’s hope that this doesn’t point toward the future rule set for X & Y starting this January.
Given that it is single battles I’m pretty confident that won’t be happening…
Having a rotating ruleset available online will probably be fun if some of the rulesets are actually appealing — combining GBU Singles and VGC 11’s least appealing aspects is certainly not screaming “this is something that would be fun to play” to me — but no reason to expect it to be an official format at this point.