Pokémon VGC 2019 Season Information

These are the event results from the Pokémon VGC 2019 Season! This page will include tournament information and results from Regionals, Special Events, Internationals, and the World Championships during the 2019 season and any important information about the season!

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VGC 2019 Ruleset

Announced at the 2018 World Championships, players were introduced to the ruleset for the 2019 season, eventually culminating with the World Championships. For the first time, the format for the 2019 season will be divided into 3 different formats that change throughout the season, with the Sun, Moon, and Ultra Series.

• Sun Series – Active September 4th, 2018 to January 7th, 2019. Z-Crystals, Mega Stones, Red Orb, and the Blue Orb are banned. Rayquaza is unable to use the move Dragon Ascent.
• Moon Series – Active January 8th, 2019 to April 1st, 2019. All Z-Crystals except Ultranecrozium Z are allowed. Mega Stones, Red Orb, and the Blue Orb are banned. Rayquaza is unable to use the move Dragon Ascent.
• Ultra Series – Active April 2nd, 2019 until the 2019 World Championships. All Z-Crystals, Mega Stones, Red Orb, and the Blue Orb are allowed. Rayquaza is allowed to use the move Dragon Ascent.

In addition, this is the general ruleset overview for the entire 2019 season.

• All matches will be played as Double Battles on Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• All Pokémon must have the black clover icon, indicating they were either caught or obtained in Pokémon Sun, Pokémon Moon, Pokémon Ultra Sun, and Pokémon Moon.
• For Sun, Moon, and Ultra Series, players will be allowed to use up to 2 of the following restricted Pokémon per team: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, and Necrozma.
• The following Pokémon are banned: Mew, Celebi, Deoxys, Jirachi, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Diancie, Hoopa, Volcanion, Magearna, Marshadow, and Zeraora.
• The "your time" system has been increased from 5 minutes to 7 minutes.

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US & Canada Events

FORMAT	DATE	EVENT	WINNER
VGC18	Aug. 25-26	Nashville Open	Gilberto Gorracci
Sun	Sept. 15-16	Philadelphia Regionals	Justin Burns
Sun	Oct. 5-6	Memphis Regionals	Ashton Cox
Sun	Oct. 26-27	Portland Regionals	Riley Factura
Sun	Nov. 24-25	Roanoke Regionals	James Baek
Sun	Dec. 15-16	Anaheim Regionals	Raghav Malaviya
Moon	Jan. 19-20	Dallas Regionals	Nick Navarre
Moon	Feb. 22-23	Collinsville Regionals	Jake Magier
Moon	March 9-10	Toronto Regionals	Stephen Mea
Moon	March 15-16	Greensboro Regionals	Alex Williams
Ultra	April 19-20	Daytona Beach Regionals	James Baek
Ultra	May 3-4	Hartford Regionals	Tommy Cooleen
Ultra	May 18-19	Santa Clara Regionals	Ashton Cox
Ultra	June 1-2	Madison Regionals	Paul Chua

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European Events

FORMAT	DATE	EVENT	WINNER
VGC18	July 13-14	Valencia Special Event	Eric Rios
Sun	Sept. 29-30	Frankfurt Regionals	Matteo Agostini
Sun	Nov. 3-4	Lille Special Event	Ismael Aarab Umpierrez
Sun	Dec. 15-16	Harrogate Regionals	Jonathan Marston
Moon	Feb. 23-24	Cannes Special Event	Aurélien Forest
Moon	March 23-24	Bolzano Special Event	Alessio Yuri Boschetto
Ultra	May 11-12	Bristol Regionals	David Partington
Ultra	June 15-16	Jönköping Regionals	Marco Silva

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Oceania Events

FORMAT	DATE	EVENT	WINNER
VGC18	Sept. 1-2	Melbourne Special Event	Mitch Kendrick
Sun	Dec. 1-2	Brisbane Regionals	James Katsaros
Sun	Dec. 15-16	Katong Special Event	Melvin Keh
Sun	Dec. 22-23	Malaysia Open	Sam Pandelis
Sun	Jan. 5-6	Tampines Special Event	Harrold Khoo
Moon	Jan. 27	Malaysia Special Event	Ismat Myron Beg
Moon	March 16-17	Perth Regionals	Meaghan Rattle
Ultra	May 4-5	Taiwan Special Event	Chen Wu
Ultra	May 11-12	Hong Kong Regionals	Kei Yin Or
Ultra	May 11-12	Malaysia Regionals	Yoko Taguma
Ultra	May 18-19	Sydney Regionals	Christopher Kan
Ultra	May 25	Singapore Open	Hao-Hsuan Sun
Ultra	June 16	Auckland Special Event	Meaghan Rattle

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Latin America Events

FORMAT	DATE	EVENT	WINNER
Sun	Oct. 20-21	Santiago Special Event	Juan Naar
Sun	Dec. 8-9	Antofagasta Special Event	Francisco Alca
Moon	Jan. 13	Panamá Special Event	Alberto Ríos
Moon	Jan. 19	Bueno Aires Special Event	Guido Micheli
Moon	Jan. 26	Guayaquil Special Event	Juan C. Ortiz
Moon	Jan. 27	La Libertad Special Event	Pablo Godoy
Moon	Feb. 2	Campinas Special Event	Gabriel Agati
Moon	Feb. 3	CDMX Special Event	Moisés Briones
Moon	Feb. 9	Lima Special Event	Jean Paul Lopez Buiza
Moon	March 9	San José Special Event	Victor González
Moon	March 9	Bueno Aires Special Event	Yan Sym
Moon	March 24	Bogotá Special Event	Andrés Quintero
Moon	March 24	Antiguo Cuscatlán Special Event	Rudy Chin
Ultra	April 7	Asunción Special Event	Dorian Quiñones
Ultra	April 13	Santiago Special Event	Emiliano Reyes
Ultra	April 20	Cochabamba Special Event	Dorian Quiñones
Ultra	April 27-28	Monterrey Special Event	Cesar Reyes
Ultra	May 12	Cancún Special Event	Hiram Espinosa
Ultra	May 12	Panamá Special Event	Jonathan Singh
Ultra	May 18	Lima Special Event	Ernesto Serpa
Ultra	May 25	Ecuador Special Event	Paul Ruiz
Ultra	May 26	Bogotá Special Event	Christian Rodriguez
Ultra	May 26	Guatemala Special Event	René Alvarenga
Ultra	June 9	Santiago Regionals	Renzo Navarro
Ultra	June 15	Curitiba Special Event	Hugo Nascimento

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National and Internationals

FORMAT	DATE	EVENT	WINNER
Sun	Nov. 16-18	LATAM Internationals	Ashton Cox
Moon	Feb. 15-17	Oceania Internationals	Eduardo Cunha
Ultra	April 26-28	Europe Internationals	Flavio Del Pidio
Ultra	June 8-9	Japan Nationals	Hirofumi Kimura
Ultra	June 9	Korean League Finals	Hyungwoo Shin
Ultra	June 21-23	NA Internationals	Wolfe Glick

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World Championships

Check out our extensive list of players who managed to qualify for the World Championships!

FORMAT	DATE	EVENT	WINNER
Ultra	Aug. 16-18	World Championships	Naoto Mizobuchi