Pokémon VGC 2026 Melbourne Regional

The third VGC 2026 Oceania Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Regional and the first played in the Regulation I format was held as 291 players traveled to compete at the 2026 Melbourne, Australia Regional on May 23-24, 2026! 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 3 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 2026 World Championships.

This event was streamed on OceaniaVGC with Henry Rich, Mark Murray, Paul Amedee, and Alister Sandover as casters!

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Teams

#	PLAYER	CP	$	TEAM
1	Nicholas Kan	350	$6000
2	Kiran Singh	325	$4000
3	Ben Madigan	300	$2000
4	Oliver Eskolin	300	$2000
5	Fan Zhang	280	$1000
6	Isaac Haymes-Montoya	280	$1000
7	Caleb Wijesinha	280	$1000
8	Jarrod Cummings	280	$1000
9	Zijian He	200	$750
10	Jack Lloyd	200	$750
11	Joji Kaieda	200	$750
12	Liam Shorter	200	$750
13	Scott Kennedy	200	$750
14	Luke Tatchell	200	$750
15	Zhongming Zhang	200	$750
16	Zain Binns	200	$750
17	Jack Roth	160	$0
18	Jakob Margetts	160	$0
19	Christian Mossati	160	$0
20	Drew Bliss	160	$0
21	Matthew Robinson	160	$0
22	Mitch Kendrick	160	$0
23	Oliver Ramsay	160	$0
24	Scott Sellers	160	$0
25	Ivy French	160	$0
26	Konnar Betts	160	$0
27	Jordan Lamb	160	$0
28	Nakul Umashankar	160	$0
29	Jack Wallis	160	$0
30	Kayla Brennan	160	$0
31	Jordan Challoner	160	$0
32	Lewis Tan	160	$0
33	Ryan Miller	120	$0
34	Kynan Campbell	120	$0
35	Daniel Walker	120	$0
36	Luke Iuele	120	$0
37	Ester Faulkner	120	$0
38	Dylan Bower	120	$0
39	Daniel Baguley	120	$0
40	Alex Negrepontis	120	$0
41	Yoav Reuven	120	$0
42	Reynaldo Boles	120	$0
43	Daniel Quek	120	$0
44	Christopher Gibson	120	$0
45	Aloysius Kenny	120	$0
46	Elio Stone	120	$0
47	Chloe Bourke	120	$0
48	Layla Montgomerie	120	$0
49	Sky Konsti	120	$0
50	Will Tom	120	$0
51	Esteban Ojeda	120	$0
52	Marco Tziavas	120	$0
53	Takaaki Ando	120	$0
54	Nic Crawford	120	$0
55	Pahulpreet Singh	120	$0
56	Kai Macgowan	120	$0
57	David Hodgkins	120	$0
58	Andy Brophy	120	$0
59	William Mcclelland	120	$0
60	Ibtihal Mahmood	120	$0
61	Wil Size	120	$0
62	Jarryd Best	120	$0
63	Yuki Kono	120	$0
64	Liam Clarkson	120	$0
65	Jesse Beard	80	$0
66	Jake Potter	80	$0
67	Finn Van Zuylen	80	$0
68	Angus Wood	80	$0
69	Robert Chen	80	$0
70	Nicholas Bingham	80	$0
71	Diego Machillanda	80	$0
72	James Dawes	80	$0
73	Thomas Chen	80	$0
74	Daanish Syed	80	$0
75	Nathan Farrugia	80	$0
76	Nicholas Franklin	80	$0
77	Bangyu Tao	80	$0
78	Leo Bowe	80	$0
79	David Tom	80	$0
80	Douglas Mathrick	80	$0
81	Christopher Edmonds Brown	80	$0
82	Nathaniel Spann	80	$0
83	Joshua Spriggins	80	$0
84	Beau Mcelroy	80	$0
85	Thomas Dervan	80	$0
86	Sam Pandelis	80	$0
87	Lily Malatt	80	$0
88	Timothy Nurse	80	$0
89	James Buckley	80	$0
90	Zac Sinclair	80	$0
91	Mark Paterson	80	$0
92	Lachlan Foy	80	$0
93	Riley Hackwill	80	$0
94	Dimitri Koziaris	80	$0
95	Cameron Upward	80	$0
96	Paul Del Giudice	80	$0
97	David Shutlar	80	$0
98	Jensen Chen	80	$0
99	Jim Sullivan	80	$0
100	Toby Kongmun	80	$0
101	Christopher Kan	80	$0
102	Callan Porter	80	$0
103	Sam Badenach	80	$0
104	Jackson Bankovic	80	$0
105	Harrison Mccowage	80	$0
106	Diego Ferreira	80	$0
107	Tristan Singh	80	$0
108	Matt Slocum	80	$0
109	Lorelei Hillard	80	$0
110	Matthew Mitchell	80	$0
111	Julian Zappone	80	$0
112	Kirby Lin	80	$0
113	Luke Brightwell	80	$0
114	Louis Daniel	80	$0
115	Orion Gunnell	80	$0
116	Shunta Yamamoto	80	$0
117	Jack Sturmer	80	$0
118	Natasha Pearson	80	$0
119	Harry Payne	80	$0
120	Andrew Fry	80	$0
121	Zac Pekin	80	$0
122	Gabriel Novakov	80	$0
123	Jesse Virieux	80	$0
124	Peter Boylan	80	$0
125	Jack Mackinnon	80	$0
126	Adam Mccarron	80	$0
127	Thomas O'Connor	80	$0
128	Jessica Bradley	80	$0

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Usage Stats

Restricted Pairings

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
22	17.19%	+
15	11.72%	+
12	9.38%	+ / +
10	7.81%	+
9	7.03%	+
8	6.25%	+
7	5.47%	+ / +
5	3.91%	+
4	3.12%	+ / +
2	1.56%	+ / +
1	0.78%	+ / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
8	19.05%	+
6	14.29%	+
4	9.52%	+ / +
3	7.14%	+ / +
2	4.76%	+ / + / + / + / +
1	2.38%	+ / + / + / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
3	33.33%	+
2	22.22%	+ / +
1	11.11%	+ / +

Restricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
59	46.09%
39	30.47%
35	27.34%
25	19.53%
22	17.19%
16	12.50%
10	7.81%
4	3.12%
3	2.34%
1	0.78%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
21	50.00%
15	35.71%
13	30.95%
8	19.05%
7	16.67%
2	4.76%
1	2.38%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
5	55.56%
4	44.44%
3	33.33%
2	22.22%
1	11.11%

Unrestricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
55	42.97%
44	34.38%
31	24.22%
26	20.31%
25	19.53%
20	15.62%
19	14.84%
18	14.06%
16	12.50%
15	11.72%
14	10.94%
13	10.16%
12	9.38%
10	7.81%
8	6.25%
7	5.47%
6	4.69%
4	3.12%
3	2.34%
2	1.56%
1	0.78%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
19	45.24%
14	33.33%
13	30.95%
10	23.81%
8	19.05%
7	16.67%
6	14.29%
5	11.90%
4	9.52%
3	7.14%
2	4.76%
1	2.38%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
5	55.56%
4	44.44%
3	33.33%
2	22.22%
1	11.11%