The dates for the Pokemon Championships 2023-24 for Malaysia have been revealed, alongside details for the competition.

According to the official website, the competition will start with an online qualifying phase, after which all qualified winners will face each other in the offline Main Competition to be crowned Champion.

Below are the details for the Pokemon Championships 2023-24 for Malaysia:

Competition Dates

Qualifiers

• Online Competition: March 29th, 2024 8 am MST to April 1st,2024, 7.59 am MST
• Main Competition: June 23, 2024

The venue for the Main Competition will be The Starling Mall in Petaling Jaya.

Competition Name

2024 Global Challenge III

The official online competition “2024 Global Challenge III” will serve as the qualifiers for the “Pokémon Championships 2023-24 Malaysia” competition.

Registration Period

• March 21st, 2024 8:00 am MST to March 29, 2024, 7:59am MST

Players will no longer be able to register once the registration period is over and the tournament has started, they will also need to register their Battle Team when entering the competition.

To enter the competition, the player needs to do the following steps:

［Poké Portal］→［Battle Stadium］→［Online Competition］→［Official Competition］→［Search for a competition］

The ‘Location and Age Division’ of a player will be determined by their Battle Stadium settings, and only players who have set their Battle Stadium location as ‘Malaysia’ will be eligible to qualify for the Main Competition.

Competition Period

• March 29th, 2024 8:00 am MST to April 1st 7:59am MST

A minimum of 3 full matches must be completed for a player’s results to be registered.

Competition Structure and Rules

Eligible Games

• Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet
• Pokemon Scarlet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero
• Pokemon Violet+ The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero

Eligible Region

• Malaysia

Age Divisions

•  Junior Division: born in 2011 or later
• Senior Division: born after 2006 and before 2011
• Masters Division: born in 2006 or before

Invites for the Main Competition will be given out by order of ranking after combining rankings from all three age divisions.

The ‘Location and Age Division’ settings must match the information on their personal identification documents, and anyone who does not comply with this rule will be disqualified.

Battle Rules

Rules for the competition will be Double Battles under Regulation Set F.

A Pokemon must either have been obtained in Pokemon Scarlet or Pokemon Violet(and/or The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero), hatched from an egg in those games, have been obtained from an official gift distribution for those games, or have been transferred from Pokémon HOME to be eligible for the competition.

For a complete list of eligible Pokemon, players can find it on the official page.

Main Competition Invites

The invites for the Main Competition will be given based on the combined rankings from Junior, Senior, and Masters age divisions, and will be given to the Top 64 ranked players.

If a player is qualified for the Main Competition, they will be notified via an email sent by The Pokemon Company to the email address recorded in that player’s Nintendo Account.

Qualified players will need to reply to that email to confirm their intent to attend the event.

Before participating in this competition, please check the following details and correct them if necessary.

• The email address registered in your Nintendo Account
• Your “Location and Age Division” settings in Battle Stadium

Individual requests regarding misregistered e-mail addresses or Location and Age Division settings will not be accepted after registering.

Live Main Competition Prizes

And finally, we have the prizes of the Main Competition, which are:

• Champion: 2024 Pokémon World Championships Invite & Round 1 bye, Travel Award, Trophy, Champion Shirt
• Finalist: 2024 Pokémon World Championships Invite & Round 1 bye, Travel Award, Trophy
• Top 4: 2024 Pokémon World Championships Invite, Trophy
• Top 8: 2024 Pokémon World Championships Invite

Compared to 2024, there will be a total of 8 spots at Worlds 2024 for players from Malaysia.

The 2024 Pokemon World Championships Invites can only be obtained by placing among the top players at the Pokemon Championships 2023-24 Malaysia Main Competition.

And that’s the details that you need to know for this year’s Pokemon Championships. For the complete Terms and Service, you can find it on their official announcement, now get in there and take your shot at being the very best!