Pokémon VGC 2025 Melbourne Regional

The third VGC 2025 Oceania Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Regional and the first played in the Regulation I format was held as 258 players traveled to compete at the 2025 Melbourne, Australia on May 17-18, 2025! Players battled through 8 Swiss Rounds on Day 1 where those who finished with two or fewer losses advanced to Day Two. Players on Day Two played through 2 additional Swiss Rounds where those with the same record as the 8th seed advanced to a single-elimination bracket to determine the winner! In addition, Regional Champions earn an invite to the 2025 World Championships.

A grassroots stream was done on Pokémon GO caster Josh Starrett's Twitch channel with Henry Rich, Scott Sellers, Harrison McCowage, and Paul Amedee as casters.

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Teams

#	PLAYER	CP	$	TEAM
1	Masayoshi Kuroo	350	$6000
2	Jude Lee	325	$4000
3	Lewis Tan	300	$2000
4	Scott Kennedy	300	$2000
5	Bingjie Wang	280	$1000
6	Alister Sandover	280	$1000
7	Oliver Ramsay	280	$1000
8	Riley Hackwill	280	$1000
9	Shohei Kimura	160	$750
10	Guntur Prabowo	160	$750
11	Joji Kaieda	160	$750
12	Timothy Nurse	160	$750
13	Longyu Lin	160	$750
14	Drew Bliss	160	$750
15	Nicholas Kan	160	$750
16	James Katsaros	160	$750
17	Damian Cullen	125	$0
18	Dimitri Koziaris	125	$0
19	Zachary Chia	125	$0
20	Xiangyu Xi	125	$0
21	Thomas Dervan	125	$0
22	Thomas Chen	125	$0
23	Daniel Walker	125	$0
24	Jessica Bradley	125	$0
25	Bryce Facey	125	$0
26	Dicky Nicholas	125	$0
27	Christopher Kan	125	$0
28	Peter Vowles	125	$0
29	Genting Liu	125	$0
30	Andy Brophy	125	$0
31	Sam Pandelis	125	$0
32	Matt Slocum	125	$0
33	Zhiyuan Wang	100	$0
34	Lewis Gall	100	$0
35	Ben Madigan	100	$0
36	Joshua Sutherland-Smith	100	$0
37	Zhicheng Cui	100	$0
38	Julian Zappone	100	$0
39	Sicong Li	100	$0
40	Alastair Hastings	100	$0
41	Kiran Singh	100	$0
42	Daniel Baguley	100	$0
43	Isaac Haymes-Montoya	100	$0
44	Xicheng Pan	100	$0
45	Henry Rich	100	$0
46	Elio Stone	100	$0
47	Toby Kongmun	100	$0
48	Konnar Betts	100	$0
49	Jarrod Cristaldi	100	$0
50	George Lu	100	$0
51	Matthew Robinson	100	$0
52	Aaron Penny	100	$0
53	Harry Payne	100	$0
54	Alix Catagas	100	$0
55	Kayla Brennan	100	$0
56	Jordan Challoner	100	$0
57	Jason Slifka	100	$0
58	Luke Blundell	100	$0
59	Yoav Reuven	100	$0
60	Caleb Wijesinha	100	$0
61	Matthew Hick	100	$0
62	Md Raad Chowdhury	100	$0
63	Robert Chen	100	$0
64	Liam Shorter	100	$0
65	Harrison Mccowage	80	$0
66	Mark Murray	80	$0
67	Luke Tatchell	80	$0
68	Jim Sullivan	80	$0
69	Jarrod Cummings	80	$0
70	Jack Woodsford	80	$0
71	Daniel Quek	80	$0
72	Jack Roth	80	$0
73	Mitch Kendrick	80	$0
74	Douglas Mathrick	80	$0
75	Will Tom	80	$0
76	Luke Iuele	80	$0
77	Jared Clapin	80	$0
78	Oliver Adams	80	$0
79	Oliver Eskolin	80	$0
80	Tai Hei Yu	80	$0
81	Ashlee Coe	80	$0
82	David Hodgkins	80	$0
83	Martin Perez	80	$0
84	Ibtihal Mahmood	80	$0
85	Sye Evans-Ocharern	80	$0
86	Guilherme Schilling	80	$0
87	William Pye	80	$0
88	Matthew Mitchell	80	$0
89	Lachlan Foy	80	$0
90	Kyle Di Pastena	80	$0
91	Jackson Spinks	80	$0
92	Nathan Farrugia	80	$0
93	Matt Civelle	80	$0
94	Angus Wood	80	$0
95	Ben Kennedy	80	$0
96	Liam Clarkson	80	$0
97	Patrick Dawson	80	$0
98	Chloe Bourke	80	$0
99	Matt Ireland	80	$0
100	Nakul Umashankar	80	$0
101	Zhaochen Liang	80	$0
102	Stephanie Tremigliozzi	80	$0
103	Dominic Pacaba	80	$0
104	Paul Amedee	80	$0
105	Chas Costello	80	$0
106	Peter Brann	80	$0
107	Jordan Goggin	80	$0
108	Noah Luvaul	80	$0
109	Gabriel Novakov	80	$0
110	Adam Mccarron	80	$0
111	Michael Hagan	80	$0
112	Aaron Reston	80	$0
113	Kevin Isaac	80	$0
114	Harris Gall	80	$0
115	Christian Mossati	80	$0
116	Joshua Dodds	80	$0
117	Jake Zaffira	80	$0
118	Dylan Bower	80	$0
119	Alfie Worgan	80	$0
120	Matthew Lawson	80	$0
121	Layla Montgomerie	80	$0
122	Max Woodsford	80	$0
123	Nash Hawnt	80	$0
124	Antony Sullivan	80	$0
125	Emma White	80	$0
126	Nic Crawford	80	$0
127	Patrick Daglas	80	$0
128	Shaun Chesterman	80	$0

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Usage Stats

Restricted Pairings

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
24	18.75%	+
19	14.84%	+
14	10.94%	+
9	7.03%	+ / +
7	5.47%	+
5	3.91%	+
4	3.12%	+ / +
3	2.34%	+ / + / +
2	1.56%	+ / + / + / + / + / +
1	0.78%	+ / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
5	13.16%	+ / +
4	10.53%	+ / + / +
2	5.26%	+ / + / + / +
1	2.63%	+ / + / + / + / + / + / + / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
3	21.43%	+
2	14.29%	+ / + / +
1	7.14%	+ / + / + / + / +

Restricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
59	46.09%
45	35.16%
36	28.12%
28	21.88%
27	21.09%
17	13.28%
12	9.38%
9	7.03%
5	3.91%
4	3.12%
2	1.56%
1	0.78%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
18	47.37%
14	36.84%
9	23.68%
8	21.05%
7	18.42%
6	15.79%
4	10.53%
3	7.89%
1	2.63%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
6	42.86%
5	35.71%
4	28.57%
3	21.43%
2	14.29%
1	7.14%

Unrestricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
68	53.12%
38	29.69%
36	28.12%
35	27.34%
33	25.78%
31	24.22%
22	17.19%
21	16.41%
20	15.62%
19	14.84%
15	11.72%
14	10.94%
12	9.38%
11	8.59%
10	7.81%
9	7.03%
8	6.25%
6	4.69%
5	3.91%
4	3.12%
3	2.34%
2	1.56%
1	0.78%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
21	55.26%
16	42.11%
11	28.95%
10	26.32%
9	23.68%
7	18.42%
6	15.79%
5	13.16%
4	10.53%
3	7.89%
2	5.26%
1	2.63%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
11	78.57%
8	57.14%
6	42.86%
4	28.57%
3	21.43%
2	14.29%
1	7.14%