Do you want to be the best, the very best Pokémon trainer, that no one ever was?
For folks in Asia: good news, The Pokémon Company are working together with ESL to host the Pokémon Asia Players Cup 2021, the “first multi-region online tournament for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield in Asia.”
Players from Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand can participate in the qualifiers. The qualifiers will be held on August 28-29 and September 4-5.
The top 8 players will be competing in the Grand Finale on September 11 to fight for the glory of being the best Pokémon trainer in Asia.
These top 8 players will also be invited to join Day 1 of the 2022 Pokémon
World Championships, as well as win a physical copy of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl (the Double Pack version) and a physical copy of Pokémon Legends: Arceus. The games will be delivered when they are launched on November 19 and January 22, 2022 respectively.
The winner will get these, as well as an invitation to join Day 2 of the 2022 Pokémon World Championships, and an invitation to join the Pokémon Global Exhibition. Plus, only the winner gets flights and accommodation to the event free.
Here are the rules for the Pokémon Asia Players Cup 2021:
- The game format will be a Double Battle format.
- Players must have between four and six Pokémon.
- Pokémon above and below Lv. 50 are permitted but will be auto-leveled to Lv. 50 during battle.
- Players are not allowed to use duplicate Pokémon.
- Players are not allowed to have duplicate held items.
- The game time limit: 20 minutes
- Team Preview: 90 seconds
- Move time limit: 45 seconds
- Player time (Your Time) limit: 7 minutes
- Players may use Pokémon with the following Pokédex numbers, provided that the Pokémon obtained in Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield were received at an official event or distribution.
- Galar Pokédex numbers: #001–397
- Isle of Armor Pokédex numbers: #001–210
- Crown Tundra Pokédex numbers: #001–209
- National Pokédex numbers : #243–245, #252–260, #380–381, #480–482, #485, #488, #638–642, #645, #722–730, #785–788, #793–799, #803–806
Registration is now open on the ESL site here.