Pokémon GO League Challenge - July 2025

League Challenge tournaments are designed to provide players with small, entry-level events on a local scale. These events are a great way to get your feet wet in the world of Premier Events. In the Pokémon Trading Card Game League Challenge tournaments, players in each of the three recognized age divisions can work toward earning Championship Points, potentially earning an invitation to the World Championships!

Registration is from 5:30 to 6:00 PM EDT (UTC -4).

The league challenge begins promptly at 6:05 PM.

Team Format: Great League battle format, with enforced Championship Series Banned Pokémon List.

Pokémon GO Championship Series Banned Pokémon List: https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/about/play-pokemon-pokemon-go-championship-series-banned-pokemon-list

To expedite the registration process, have your team list ready when registering:
- Filled in by hand (PDF format): https://www.pokemon.com/static-assets/content-assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/pokemon-go-team-list-2024-en.pdf
- Printed out from rk9.gg, or another Pokémon GO team building utility.

Tournament Format: A single all-ages division Swiss + Single Elimination rounds; the number of rounds will be determined by number of entrants.

Tournament rounds will be best of 3 game matches.

Entry fee: $10 CDN (taxes included)

Prizes to be determined by player rankings at the end of the tournament.

Please be familiar with all of the GO League Challenge tournament rules and resources before the start of this league challenge.

GO League Challenge tournament rules (PDF format): https://www.pokemon.com/static-assets/content-assets/cms2/pdf/play-pokemon/rules/play-pokemon-pokemon-go-tournament-handbook-en.pdf