Nintendo UK Presents Pokémon Winter Championships
Nintendo UK is hosting a Pokémon Championships series across the UK, spanning over the rest of November and early December. We can only apologise for any short notice, the information was only recently released. There will be multiple qualifiers held around the UK, which are fan-run events organised by StreetPass Groups that you may have heard of. The finals, which is an official Nintendo UK run event, will be held in London, on an as of yet unknown date and venue.
To qualify for the finals in London, you must reach the top 3 in one of the qualifiers. Unfortunately, the rules do slightly differ from event to event. All will use Double Battle and Flat Battle Rules, however, some will limit you to the Kalos Dex only, while others may allow you to use anything you can catch in X & Y right now. This is noted on the section for each event as either Kalos Only or National Dex. Prizes will also differ for each tournament, though for the most-part, eShop Vouchers, plushies, and other Nintendo merchandise are likely.
As of right now, we are to assume that these invitations to the finals do not include a travel award, so you’ll have to pay your own way there if you qualify. We will also have to note, that these events are not in conjunction with The Pokémon Company International’s Video Game Championship Series, so you do not have to worry about missing out on Championship Points.
This post will be updated we hear about more events. Continue onto the forum thread where we have an updated list of winners and qualified players!
Qualifiers
Manchester
(Hosted by StreetPass Manchester)
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
12pm-6pm
TV21 – 10 Thomas Street, M4 1DH
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Liverpool
(Hosted by StreetPass Liverpool)
Sunday, November 10th, 2013
12pm-5pm
The Scythe and Teacup Gamer Cafe – 61a Kempston Street, L3 8HE
Event Page (Facebook)
National Dex
Nottingham
(Hosted by StreetPass East Midlands)
Sunday, November 10th, 2013
12pm-5pm
Walkabout – 11-15 Friar Lane, NG1 6DA
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Derry
(Hosted by StreetPass Derry)
Saturday, November 16th, 2013
2pm-
Java Coffee Shop –
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Gateshead
(Hosted by StreetPass Newcastle)
Saturday, November 16th, 2013
2pm-
Ambar (Above Odeon) Metrocentre – Gateshead, NE11 9XZ
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Portsmouth
(Hosted by StreetPass Portsmouth)
Saturday, November 16th, 2013
12pm-5pm
Tiger Tiger – Gunwharf Quays, PO1 3TP
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Taunton
(Hosted by StreetPass Somerset)
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
6pm-9pm
Cosy Club Taunton – Hunts Court, Corporation Street, TA1 4AJ
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Brighton
(Hosted by StreetPass Brighton)
Saturday, 23rd November, 2013
12pm-2:30pm
Ohso Social – 250A Kings Road Arches, BN1 1NB
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Swansea
(Hosted by StreetPass South Wales)
Saturday, November 23rd, 2013
1pm-
Swansea YMCA – 1 The Kingsway, SA1 5JQ
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Bangor
(Hosted by StreetPass North Wales)
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
2pm-4pm
Academi – Deiniol Road, LL57 2UW
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Leeds
(Hosted by StreetPass Leeds)
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
11am-4pm
Tiger Tiger – The Light, 117 Albion Street, LS2 8DY
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
London
(Hosted by DS London)
Sunday, November 24th, 2013 (To be Confirmed)
2pm- (To be Confirmed)
Venue TBA
Event Page (Facebook)
Kalos Only
Northampton
(Hosted by StreetPass Northamptonshire)
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
1:30pm-4pm
Costa Express, Grosvenor Centre
Event Page (Facebook)
Rules TBA
National Final
London
(Hosted by Nintendo UK)
TBA
About the Author
Havak has competed in the VGC series since 2009 when it was first introduced to Europe, qualifying for the World Championships in 2011. Since 2009, he has also been a big influence in the United Kingdom's competitive scene by helping run local tournaments.
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Portsmouth event is happening right now. 24 players entered and they’re down to the last six now. Foodking is in that last six.
hey guys update from portsmouth didnt make the top 3 how i did make it shocks me i should of used surf one more time was 4-2 up and yere basicley that 1 turn screwed me right up anyway off to brighton and london next weekend hoping to quallify in the brighton one cause i basicley take the game lightly was in control and blew it
Had a great time in Gateshead. My dad got top8 before losing to the eventual 3rd place because of some Hax. Unfortunately had to come up against fellow scot SPEevee in top 8. See you in london
Should now hopefully be going to the Banbury event, workload permitting. And if I can get my team ready in time…
I heard that the London finals are single elimination, is this true??
We can’t be sure yet, but it is most likely, yes.
I made it
by the way i’m Sam Gilbert if you were wondering. Can i have my name “Gilbert” in brackets that would be neat thx
Going to attend the Northampton meet, any of you guys going?
Also to clarify no friend safari pokemon will be usable right?
You can use Pokémon from the Friend Safari as long as they have a Kalos Pokédex Number
Just look on your game through your Central, Coastal, and Mountain sections. If a Pokémon doesn’t appear in any of those three, you can’t use it. Nor can you use Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, or Mewtwo.
I qualified in Derry
Just to confirm, my name is Anthony Lavery lol 
Hopefully, I’ll be going to London if I can round up the moneys to travel there lol
I should be at Brighton this saturday
Thanks that’s great, I need to finalise my team!
Taunton event tonight
should hopefully be able to provide instant updates for that.
Final events are expected to be added soon taking place in Basildon (Essex), Southampton, and Elgin (North Scotland). Also, for anyone who didn’t notice, Cambridge was recently added too!
This should give us our overall set of invitations, which is 63. Expecting a 64-player Single Elimination bracket in London.
First round bye for me please :3
See you in London mate!
Finally got a team together. Accursed lack of transfer system, but I’m quite pleased given I’ve only spent 5 days making it.
Hoping to try my luck up north, perfect excuse to go home for the weekend too~
Would it be bad etiquette to try my luck at other tournaments around the UK if I’ve already got my invite from Liverpool? I’ll be going to some others that are close to me anyway to take some friends that want to try and qualify and I want to try some other team ideas I’ve had but it could be harsh to potentially take away some invite places if I do well. New to the Vgc this year so don’t know if it’s much different to the tcg.
It’s well within the rules. Some people may not like it, but you’re perfectly entitled to do so if you want to try out new ideas / find new ideas. If you did manage to get as far as another last eight, you could intentionally let the other player through if you beat them in order to give them a shot at an invite. Sure, you’ll have crushed some other players’ dreams on the way, but oh well
Glad this topic has come up! Because I’m already qualified and I’m still going to Northampton and Derby just for the fun of it. I guess if by some miracle I happen to make top 8 with a joke team I’ll just forfeit at that stage, and it’ll be ok.
Perhaps you should bring a serious team and eliminate the competition for your buddys ;D
I’ll be revolutionising the metagame with the mighty Exploud, my opponents will be quaking fear up until top 8 anyway
http://nuggetbridge.com/news/pokemon-announces-standard-format-vgc-14-season/
Official Rules for the London Finals (as well as the VGC ’14 season).
Guess it’s up to me to make sure we have a new winner for the Derby event
But anything can happen
Myself, Ninjames and Koryo won the tickets at the Bangor event
Qualifiers at Leeds are Andy Waddell (me) Tyler Bakhtiari (Pokeguru01) and somebody else.
R2: 3XHG-WWWW-WWW3-8GGM
Semi-Finals / Finals vs Tyler: HZPW-WWWW-WWW3-8GKB
Semi-Finals / Finals because the latter stages of this tournament were so poorly run that I have no idea what this match actually was.
Just missed out on qualifying by one spot, bidoof :L
Today was a pretty hefty drive for a very poorly run tournament if I’m brutally honest. Quite concerning that Nintendo are pumping a huge prize fund into a tournament where qualification chances are decided purely by who’s stood around in the right place at the right time considering a loser was let back into the pairings just to make numbers up. Add that to some pretty blatent friend rule, no real tournament software (Just a scrap of paper and some notes) and people playing all sorts of numbers of games to qualify, it didn’t sing any praises for the grassroots scene.
I mean, is it too much to ask to have a row of tables for matches, organised pairings for each round, and a clear path to proceed? I know tournament running isn’t everyones forte, and the chap in charge was well meaning enough but still… I also respect that Nintendo UK have pumped a lot of money into this for the finals though, and it seems like a pretty awful way to decide who gets a shot at it in the end.
At least I got a gnarly bratwurst to eat afterwards.
Yeah, there’s probably been some really variable quality in these. At Bangor everything went smoothly, and I think could’ve only reasonably been improved if somebody had a capture card. But with so much left to the grassroots groups there’s gonna be some dodgy ones.
Looking forward to London!
And smashing Koryo now I’ve re-EVed my rotom. its a hard life when you specifically EV to outspeed something but can’t count, lose the speedtie and die to it
List of events is now final.
P.S. Zog is a n00b.
Hi, I’ve noticed you’ve misspelled Eileen’s name for the Brighton winners.