Circuito Galar — Victory Road

What Circuito Galar was

Circuito Galar was a Spanish Pokémon Video Game Championships competition organised by Victory Road around Pokémon Sword and Shield. It ran from July to November 2020 through online qualifying events and a Madrid final. This is a historical tournament profile, not a current registration page.

Competition format

Ten online qualifiers awarded Galar Points according to finishing position. Players could enter any number of events, but only their three best results counted. The top 40 in the table qualified for the final, while the leading ten were offered travel support of up to €200 for Madrid.

Qualifier calendar

• 11–12 July 2020
• 25–26 July 2020
• 8–9 August 2020
• 22–23 August 2020
• 5–6 September 2020
• 19–20 September 2020
• 3–4 October 2020
• 17–18 October 2020
• 31 October–1 November 2020
• 14–15 November 2020, with the recorded entry deadline on 13 November at 2:59 p.m. CET

Gym Leaders

Each qualifier featured a Pokémon-content creator as “Gym Leader”. The top 16 then played the named leader on stream for additional points and rewards. The listed creators were Karimero, Elesky, Folagor, Blessur, FrigoAdri, Daz, OscarBrock, Srta. HootHoot, Rumiin and Xamork, with Sekiam presented as Galar Champion and adviser.

Points and prizes

Recorded points were 400 for first, 300 for second, 200 for third or fourth, 150 for fifth to eighth with at least 64 players, 80 for ninth to 16th with 128, 40 for 17th to 32nd with 256, 20 for 33rd to 64th with 512 and 10 for 65th to 128th with 1,024.

The advertised final prize pool exceeded €6,000: €1,500 for the champion, €1,000 for the runner-up, €500 for third, €250 for fourth and €100 for each player finishing fifth to eighth.

Eligibility

Participation was free and open to Spanish residents. Qualifiers were played online from home, with the final described as an in-person Madrid event in autumn 2020.

Organiser

Victory Road was the organiser, technical sponsor and stated rights holder for the website, which linked to rules and legal information.

Do not use these dates, rules or prizes for a current event. Consult Victory Road’s present official channels for active circuits and current eligibility.