Pokémon VGC 2026 Utrecht Regional

The seventh VGC 2026 European Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Regional and the second played in the Regulation I format was held as 415 players traveled to compete at the 2026 Utrecht, Netherlands Regional on May 16-17, 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.

The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) was in Utrecht to broadcast this event with Lou Akcoş-Cromie, Barış Akcoş, David Partington, and Jamie Boyt in casters.

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Teams

#	PLAYER	CP	$	TEAM
1	Aurélien Soula	350	$6000
2	Louis Markl	325	$4000
3	Matt Maynard	300	$2000
4	Marco Silva	300	$2000
5	Michael Kelsch	280	$1000
6	Giovanni Piscitelli	280	$1000
7	Violane Geraghty	280	$1000
8	Dyl Yeomans	280	$1000
9	Joseph Martin	200	$750
10	Faaiz Ashfaq	200	$750
11	Selahattin Sturm	200	$750
12	Louis Fontvieille	200	$750
13	Nick Holmer	200	$750
14	Joan Perelló	200	$750
15	Hengyue Zhang	200	$750
16	Valentijn Visser	200	$750
17	Théotime Massaut	160	$0
18	Lennart Christe	160	$0
19	Simon Bernard	160	$0
20	Mark Mullender	160	$0
21	Víctor Medina	160	$0
22	Lorenzo Silvestrini	160	$0
23	Adam Cherfaoui	160	$0
24	Ruben Gianzini	160	$0
25	Lennart Jung	160	$0
26	Samuel Pereira	160	$0
27	Livio Sandberg	160	$0
28	Patrick Bakker	160	$0
29	Cameron Wingrave	160	$0
30	Ferdinando Vincenti	160	$0
31	Leon Salomon	160	$0
32	Federico Isola	160	$0
33	Luca Lussignoli	120	$0
34	Tom Winter	120	$0
35	Corentin Rivière	120	$0
36	Adrian Lange	120	$0
37	Davide Carrer	120	$0
38	Gustav Hedegaard Lund	120	$0
39	Tommaso Benedetti	120	$0
40	Raydevy Mpena Mengo	120	$0
41	Matteo Velata	120	$0
42	Alexis Morton	120	$0
43	Yvar Vlieger	120	$0
44	Rahim Farzan	120	$0
45	Filip Woźniak	120	$0
46	Daniel Anselm	120	$0
47	Gabriele Manunta	120	$0
48	Niklas Schurse	120	$0
49	Jonas Nienhüser	120	$0
50	Sander Tiggelman	120	$0
51	Jorijn Raijmakers	120	$0
52	Arian Herter	120	$0
53	Tom Ratsma	120	$0
54	Benjamin van Hoeckel	120	$0
55	Forhad Chodhoury	120	$0
56	Nic Crawford	120	$0
57	George Foley	120	$0
58	Lionel Monfort	120	$0
59	Ashe Wilmer	120	$0
60	Daniel Kap	120	$0
61	Joery van den Bogaard	120	$0
62	Patrick Kwant	120	$0
63	David Ridorsa	120	$0
64	Daniel Mateo Lindenberg	120	$0
65	Audric David	80	$0
66	Kevin Salvetto	80	$0
67	Graham Oxley	80	$0
68	Anton Meßner	80	$0
69	Kian Sayan	80	$0
70	Niels de Jong	80	$0
71	Sebastian Vögele	80	$0
72	Andrea D'Angelantonio	80	$0
73	Bas Mulder	80	$0
74	Kevin Hagen	80	$0
75	Miguel Paquete	80	$0
76	Luca Breitling-Pause	80	$0
77	Maurice Uteg	80	$0
78	Francesco Pio Pero	80	$0
79	Wei Deng	80	$0
80	Dominik Mellentin	80	$0
81	Francesco Magurno	80	$0
82	Matteo Sodero	80	$0
83	Paul Koll	80	$0
84	Matthias Meier	80	$0
85	Anton Glagow	80	$0
86	Florian Temme	80	$0
87	Steven Van	80	$0
88	Niels Hofman	80	$0
89	Jonne Veenstra	80	$0
90	Ryan Macphee	80	$0
91	Elias Hein	80	$0
92	Amelius van Etten	80	$0
93	Tom te Boekhorst	80	$0
94	Vivienne Gafner	80	$0
95	Casper Verschuuren	80	$0
96	April Conway	80	$0
97	Apollo Hageman	80	$0
98	Andres Escobosa	80	$0
99	Jordan Guy	80	$0
100	Justin Cerioni	80	$0
101	Thomas Dowling	80	$0
102	Femi Jordanovic	80	$0
103	Antonio Galotta	80	$0
104	Adrian Krajinovic	80	$0
105	Davide Cauteruccio	80	$0
106	Roel Egberts	80	$0
107	Samuel Botly	80	$0
108	Ethan Kelley	80	$0
109	Fabian Schneekloth	80	$0
110	Joshua van Sandijk	80	$0
111	Alberto Cano	80	$0
112	Calum Ross	80	$0
113	Max van Westrop	80	$0
114	Jack Clarke	80	$0
115	Hugo Sieders	80	$0
116	Salvatore Rega	80	$0
117	Kylian Duquesne	80	$0
118	Federico Masu	80	$0
119	Nick Toscano	80	$0
120	Fabian Kuhl	80	$0
121	Kay Elst	80	$0
122	Charl-Pierre Marais	80	$0
123	Alessio Ferrara	80	$0
124	Joel Edmans	80	$0
125	Gideon van Steenbergen	80	$0
126	Luca Fenini	80	$0
127	Marco Meiswinkel	80	$0
128	Ben White	80	$0

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Usage Stats

Restricted Pairings

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
36	28.12%	+
17	13.28%	+
13	10.16%	+
12	9.38%	+
6	4.69%	+ / + / +
5	3.91%	+ / +
4	3.12%	+ / +
3	2.34%	+ / +
2	1.56%	+
1	0.78%	+ / + / + / + / + / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
20	33.33%	+
8	13.33%	+
7	11.67%	+
5	8.33%	+
3	5.00%	+ / + / + / +
2	3.33%	+ / + / +
1	1.67%	+ / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
4	28.57%	+
3	21.43%	+
2	14.29%	+
1	7.14%	+ / + / + / + / +

Restricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
56	43.75%
49	38.28%
46	35.94%
33	25.78%
19	14.84%
18	14.06%
11	8.59%
7	5.47%
6	4.69%
3	2.34%
1	0.78%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
27	45.00%
25	41.67%
22	36.67%
14	23.33%
8	13.33%
7	11.67%
5	8.33%
4	6.67%
3	5.00%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
6	42.86%
5	35.71%
2	14.29%
1	7.14%

Unrestricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
56	43.75%
33	25.78%
32	25.00%
30	23.44%
26	20.31%
25	19.53%
24	18.75%
22	17.19%
19	14.84%
17	13.28%
16	12.50%
15	11.72%
12	9.38%
11	8.59%
10	7.81%
9	7.03%
7	5.47%
5	3.91%
3	2.34%
2	1.56%
1	0.78%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
28	46.67%
17	28.33%
16	26.67%
15	25.00%
14	23.33%
11	18.33%
9	15.00%
8	13.33%
7	11.67%
6	10.00%
5	8.33%
4	6.67%
3	5.00%
2	3.33%
1	1.67%

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