Online Competitions in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
This is a chronological list of all Official Online Competitions in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Players must participate in at least 3 battles during the competition to receive its rewards.
Competition list
| # | Name | Event banner | Regulation banner | Battle rules | Signup period | Event period | Participants | Participation reward |
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| 1 | Paldea Prologue (Full Competition rules) |
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Double Battles All 400 Pokémon in Paldea Pokédex usable 1 Special Pokémon (Koraidon or Miraidon) permitted |
From: February 27, 2023 14:00 UTC To: |
From: March 10, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
62,157 |  10,000 League Points
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| 2 | Global Challenge 2023 I (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set C Double Battles |
From: March 30, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
From: April 7, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
19,452 (Junior/Senior Division) 59,886 (Master Division) |
 Poké Ball Canvas Backpack [a] 10,000 League Points
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| 3 | Global Challenge 2023 II (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set C Double Battles |
From: April 13, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
From: April 21, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
15,327 (Junior/Senior Division) 56,333 (Master Division) |
 Great Ball Canvas Backpack [b] 10,000 League Points
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| 4 | Global Challenge 2023 III (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set C Double Battles |
From: April 27, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
From: May 5, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
12,994 (Junior/Senior Division) 49,000 (Master Division) |
 Ultra Ball Canvas Backpack [c] 10,000 League Points
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| 5 | Kitakami Prologue (Full Competition rules) |
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Double Battles All 200 Pokémon in Kitakami Pokédex usable |
From: October 2, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
From: October 6, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
27,835 | 10,000 League Points
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| 6 | Trick Magic (Full Competition rules) |
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Single Battles Only Ghost-type Pokémon allowed |
From: October 23, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
From: November 3, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
26,262 | 10,000 League Points
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| 7 | Blueberry Prologue (Full Competition rules) |
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Double Battles All 242 Pokémon in Blueberry Pokédex usable |
From: January 4, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: January 12, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
20,272 | 10,000 League Points
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| 8 | ポケモン竜王戦2024 挑戦者決定戦 Pokémon Dragon King Battle 2024 Challenger Decider Battle (Full Competition rules (Japanese only)) (Play-off rules (Japanese only)) (First Competition rules (Cancelled, Japanese only)) |
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Regulation Set E Single Battles Either Koraidon or Miraidon must be on the team Nintendo account must be set to Japan Top 16 advance to playoffs (held Jan 24-25, 2024) |
From: January 15, 2024 04:00 UTC To: |
From: January 19, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
6,342 | 10,000 League Points (competition) 100,000 League Points (playoffs) |
| 9 | Global Challenge 2024 I (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set F Double Battles |
From: January 25, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: February 2, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
8,857 (Junior/Senior Division) 24,272 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 10 | Global Challenge 2024 II (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set F Double Battles |
From: February 22, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: March 1, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
5,839 (Junior/Senior Division) 19,198 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 11 | Global Challenge 2024 III (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set F Double Battles |
From: March 21, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: March 29, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
7,438 (Junior/Senior Division) 19,205 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 12 | Grand Challenge 2025 I | 
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Regulation Set H Double Battles |
From: September 12, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: September 20, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 13 | Grand Challenge 2025 II | 
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Regulation Set H Double Battles |
From: October 17, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: October 25, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 14 | Team Star Challenge (Full Competition rules) |
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Single Battles Only Pokémon on the teams of Team Star Bosses may be used |
From: October 28, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: November 8, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
14,805 |  Starf Berry ×1
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| 15 | Grand Challenge 2025 III | 
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Regulation Set H Double Battles |
From: November 28, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: December 6, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 16 | Global Challenge 2025 I (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set G Double Battles |
From: January 23, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: January 31, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
4,150 (Junior/Senior Division) 14,957 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 17 | Global Challenge 2025 II (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set G Double Battles |
From: February 20, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: February 28, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
3,428 (Junior/Senior Division) 13,035 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 18 | Global Challenge 2025 III (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set G Double Battles |
From: March 13, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: March 21, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
3,257 (Junior/Senior Division) 12,350 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 19 | Global Challenge 2025 IV (Junior/Senior Division rules) (Master Division rules) |
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Regulation Set G Double Battles |
From: April 3, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: April 11, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
3,257 (Junior/Senior Division) 10,780 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 20 | Grand Challenge 2025 IV | 
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Regulation Set I Double Battles |
From: May 1, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: May 9, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 21 | Grand Challenge 2026 I | 
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Regulation Set H Double Battles |
From: August 28, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: September 5, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 22 | Grand Challenge 2026 II | 
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Regulation Set H Double Battles |
From: September 25, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: October 3, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 23 | Terastal Crescendo (Full Competition rules) (First Competition rules (cancelled)) |
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Double Battles Two Pokémon per team Either Koraidon or Miraidon must be on the team |
From: October 6, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: October 10, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
27,763 |  Dragon Tera Shard ×300 Fighting Tera Shard ×300 Electric Tera Shard ×300 Master Ball ×1
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| 24 | Grand Challenge 2026 III | 
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Regulation Set H Double Battles |
From: October 30, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: November 7, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 25 | Grand Challenge 2026 IV | 
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Regulation Set F Double Battles |
From: January 1, 2026 00:00 UTC To: |
From: January 9, 2026 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 26 | Grand Challenge 2026 V | 
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Regulation Set F Double Battles |
From: February 12, 2026 00:00 UTC To: |
From: February 20, 2026 00:00 UTC To: |
— | 100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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Pokémon Japan Championships (PJCS)
The Pokémon Japan Championships runs additional online competitions in the preliminiary rounds, with a closed sign up system. Players from Japan who are within the top cut within their division from Japan in any individual Global challenge of the year are generally invented to the tournament, with a certain amount of participants in each division progressing to the finals. These competitions are generally run for a period of 6 hours, and in order to qualify onwards players also have to participate in a minimum of 10 matches and are prevented from participating in more than 20. Players who do not meet this limit are disqualified.
A second qualifier was held in the 2023 season following a decision to increase the number of participants in the PJCS tournament form 64 to 128. Players who didn't qualify from the first qualifier competition were invited to participate in this event.
Placing in the following, generated an invite to the tournaments:
- 2023 and 2024: Top 150 in the division in any of the 3 global challenges of the year (theoretical maximum of 450 players per division).
- 2025: Top 120 in the division in any of the 4 global challenges in 2025 (theoretical maximum of 480 players per division).
| Year | Name | Regulation banner | Battle rules | Signup period | Event period | Participants | Participation reward |
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| 2023 | PJCS 2023 Main (Junior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Senior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Master Division rules (Japanese only)) |
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Regulation Set C Double Battles Invitation only Players limited to participating in 20 matches. Top 64 in each division qualify to PJCS 2023 |
From: May 11, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
From: May 14, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
236 (Junior Division) 325 (Senior Division) 445 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points
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| 2023 | PJCS 2023 Main extra matches (Junior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Senior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Master Division rules (Japanese only)) |
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Regulation Set C Double Battles Invitation only Players limited to participating in 20 matches. Top 64 in each division qualify to PJCS 2023 |
From: May 26, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
From: May 28, 2023 00:00 UTC To: |
154 (Junior Division) 248 (Senior Division) 363 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points
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| 2024 | PJCS 2024 Main (Junior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Senior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Master Division rules (Japanese only)) |
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Regulation Set F Double Battles Invitation only Players limited to participating in 20 matches. Top 64 in each division qualify to PJCS 2024 |
From: April 15, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
From: April 21, 2024 00:00 UTC To: |
264 (Junior Division) 328 (Senior Division) 438 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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| 2025 | PJCS 2025 Main (Junior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Senior Division rules (Japanese only)) (Master Division rules (Japanese only)) |
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Regulation Set I Double Battles Invitation only Players limited to participating in 20 matches. Top 64 in each division qualify to PJCS 2025 |
From: May 5, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
From: May 11, 2025 00:00 UTC To: |
259 (Junior Division) 327 (Senior Division) 467 (Master Division) |
100,000 League Points Gold Bottle Cap ×1 Ability Patch ×1
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Notes
- ↑ Additional reward if Nintendo account linked to Pokémon HOME
- ↑ Additional reward if Nintendo account linked to Pokémon HOME
- ↑ Additional reward if Nintendo account linked to Pokémon HOME
See also
- Competition results (Pokémon HOME)
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