Get ready for the Pokémon Regional League 2023-24 Malaysia Vol.3!
⚠ Make sure to check the important information below before attending the event
Event Details
Dates | March 30-31 2024 |
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Venue | Pavilion Bukit Jalil Exhibition Centre |
Participation fee | Free |
Age divisions | Junior Division(Born on or after September 1st 2012)
Senior Division(Born between September 1st 2006 and August 31 2012) Masters Division(Born on or before August 31 2006) |
Format | Standard Format
60 card decks 6 prizes ※ Check here for more details on formats and card legality |
Organizer | The Pokémon Company |
How to participate
Capacity | Junior: 24 players
Senior: 24 players Masters: 420 players |
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How to participate |
There are 2 ways to qualify for the Pokémon Regional League 2023-24 Malaysia Vol.3 1. Pre-registration Entry form:
Registration closes: March 17, 2024 23:59 * If the number of applications exceeds capacity, participants will be chosen through a lottery. * On the day of the event, if spots are still available after pre-registered players have been checked-in, we will accept walk-in participation on a first-come-first-served basis. Pre-registered players will always take priority. Schedule for Walk-in Registration
Junior and Senior League on March 31
2. Top placing players in Pokémon Town League 2023 – 24 events Players who placed first place in a Town League between December 16, 2023 and March 2024 automatically qualify for this event. |
Conditions for participation |
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Registration period | March 17, 2024 23:59 |
Card legality |
・Banned Cards 【Important: Cards from ‘Scarlet & Violet – Temporal Forces’ releasing on March 22 won’t be legal for play in the Pokémon Regional League 2023-24 Malaysia Vol.3】 For major official events such as the Pokémon Regional League 2023-24 Malaysia Vol.3 competition, cards only become legal for play two weeks after their official release date. Since that two-weeks period will not have passed between the release of the ‘Scarlet & Violet – Temporal Forces’ expansion on March 22 and the Pokémon Regional League 2023-24 Malaysia Vol.3 competition being held on March 30-31, decks registered for that event cannot include cards from ‘Temporal Forces’. Make sure you don’t include any of those cards when submitting your deck, otherwise you will get a penalty. |
Deck List submission |
Until March 28, 2024 23:59
【Important】
Round 1 Loss
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What to bring |
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Important information |
Minors should get their guardian’s permission to register a Trainers Website account and to apply for this tournament. |
Rules |
Participants must make sure to have checked all of the following rules documents: |
Tournament Schedule
* After the Qualifier Start time, the rest of the schedule might change depending on the tournament progress.
Junior |
■Qualifier:March 31, 2024
【Check-in】10:00-10:30 【Player Meeting】10:45-11:00 【Qualifier Start】11:00 ■Top Cut:March 31, 2024 【Player Meeting】14:35-14:55 【Top Cut Start】14:55 |
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Senior |
■Qualifier:March 31, 2024
【Check-in】10:00-10:30 【Player Meeting】10:45-11:00 【Qualifier Start】11:00 ■Top Cut:March 31, 2024 【Player Meeting】14:35-14:55 【Top Cut Start】14:55 |
Masters |
■Qualifier:March 30, 2024
【Check-in】10:00-11:00 【Player Meeting】11:45-12:00 【Qualifier Start】12:00 * On Qualifier days, there will be no lunch break after the start of Round 1. ■Top Cut:March 31, 2024 【Check-in】10:30-11:30 【Player Meeting】11:30-12:00 【Top Cut Start】12:00 |
Check-in |
You will need to scan the QR code displayed at the Check-in counter inside the venue to complete your check-in. Any player using a picture of the QR code to check-in remotely risks a penalty from a Game Loss up to a disqualification. In preparation for check-in on the day of the event, please make sure that:
For Players who got a Regional League invite + Bye(s) from a Town League competition: Players with one or more Byes must still check-in by the end of the check-in time and be present for the Player Meeting, same as all other players. Any such player who is not checked in by the end of the dedicated time will be considered as being late, and they will get a Match Loss for the first round they were supposed to start playing from. In that case, if that player wishes to keep playing in the tournament, they have until the end of Round 1 to go to the Check-in counter and fill a re-entry request. Note that if you are late and don’t submit a re-entry request, you will be disqualified from the tournament. ※ Concrete examples of which rounds Losses for tardiness get applied to: For a player with 1 Bye: Round 1 gets counted as a Win, Round 2 as a Loss, then they start playing from Round 3. For a player with 2 Byes: Rounds 1 and 2 get counted as Wins, Round 3 as a Loss, then they start playing from Round 4. (Assuming they were late for check-in but submitted a re-entry request before the end of Round 1) Before the event, please make sure you know your Trainers Website password and ensure that it is working correctly. When you check-in on the day of the event, after scanning the QR code, you will need to log into your account. If while trying to log in you input the wrong password 3 times, your account will get locked for 15 minutes for security reasons and you won’t be able to try logging in again for that duration. If you don’t complete your check-in by the end of the dedicated check-in time because you weren’t able to log into your account, it will still be considered as tardiness and you will get a Round 1 Game Loss. Please take the time, before the day of the event, to make sure you have no issues logging into your account. On the day of the event, you will not need to log into your account before reading the check-in QR code. |
Tardiness |
Players who have not completed check-in by the end of the dedicated check-in time will get a Loss for that round. Players who were late but still wish to participate in the competition must fill the re-entry form available at the event organiser desk, before the end of Round 1. From Round 2 onwards, players who are not seated at their designated table and ready to start playing when the round starts will be considered as having lost the match and will not be able to play in the rest of the tournament. Players who miss a match without having formally dropped out of the event by completing the necessary form will be disqualified. |
No-shows | Players who didn’t show up at the event and had not properly canceled their participation through their Trainers Website account may lose their right to attend future events (unless they can provide a legitimate reason for their absence). |
Tournament Structure
* Details such as the number of rounds are subject to change depending on attendance.
Junior
【Qualifier】
Structure | Swiss Rounds Best-Of-One |
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Number of rounds | 4 Rounds
* Subject to change depending on attendance. * The actual number of rounds will be announced on the day during the Player Meeting. *Top 8 players can advance to the Top Cut. |
Match duration | 25 minutes |
Deck modification | Players cannot change their deck during the tournament |
Match resolution |
・If the game is still ongoing, and time is called during the turn of the player who went
first, the player who went second gets one extra turn.
* There is no Pokémon Checkup after the final turn of the game. ・If there is no winner by the end of the allocated time (including the final turn of the player who went second), the match is recorded as a loss for both players. |
Rankings | A win is worth 3 match points, and a loss is 0 points. Players with identical match point totals will have their rankings decided with an additional calculation method. |
Dropping from the tournament |
Players who wish to drop from the tournament must submit a Drop Request at the Judge Station. Players who leave the event without submitting a Drop Request will be disqualified, and their results and rights to any prizes or benefits from that event will become void. |
【Top Cut】
Structure | Single Elimination Best of One |
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Match duration | 25 minutes |
Deck modification | Players cannot change their deck during the tournament |
Match resolution |
If the match is still ongoing, and time is called during the turn of the player who went first,
the player who went second gets one extra turn.
* There is no Pokémon Checkup after the final turn of the game. If there is no declared winner by the end of the allocated time (including the final turn of the player who went second), the match is resolved as follows: 【Case ①: When both players have 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take to win the game, and one player has fewer than the other】 The player with the fewest Prize cards remaining to take wins the match. 【Case ②: When both players have 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take to win the game, that number being the same for both players】 The game goes into Extra Time, and whichever player first satisfies a win condition or ends up
with fewer Prize cards remaining to take wins the match.
【Case ③: When both players have 3 or more Prize cards remaining to take】 The game goes into Extra Time, and whichever player first satisfies a win condition or ends up
with 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take wins the match.
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Senior
【Qualifier】
Structure | Swiss Rounds Best-Of-One |
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Number of rounds | 4 Rounds
* Subject to change depending on attendance. * The actual number of rounds will be announced on the day during the Player Meeting. *Top 8 players can advance to the Top Cut. |
Match duration | 25 minutes |
Deck modification | Players cannot change their deck during the tournament |
Match resolution |
・If the game is still ongoing, and time is called during the turn of the player who went
first, the player who went second gets one extra turn.
* There is no Pokémon Checkup after the final turn of the game. ・If there is no winner by the end of the allocated time (including the final turn of the player who went second), the match is recorded as a loss for both players. |
Rankings | A win is worth 3 match points, and a loss is 0 points. Players with identical match point totals will have their rankings decided with an additional calculation method. |
Dropping from the tournament |
Players who wish to drop from the tournament must submit a Drop Request at the Judge Station. Players who leave the event without submitting a Drop Request will be disqualified, and their results and rights to any prizes or benefits from that event will become void. |
【Top Cut】
Structure | Single Elimination Best of One |
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Match duration | 25 minutes |
Deck modification | Players cannot change their deck during the tournament |
Match resolution |
If the match is still ongoing, and time is called during the turn of the player who went first,
the player who went second gets one extra turn.
* There is no Pokémon Checkup after the final turn of the game. If there is no declared winner by the end of the allocated time (including the final turn of the player who went second), the match is resolved as follows: 【Case ①: When both players have 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take to win the game, and one player has fewer than the other】 The player with the fewest Prize cards remaining to take wins the match. 【Case ②: When both players have 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take to win the game, that number being the same for both players】 The game goes into Extra Time, and whichever player first satisfies a win condition or ends up
with fewer Prize cards remaining to take wins the match.
【Case ③: When both players have 3 or more Prize cards remaining to take】 The game goes into Extra Time, and whichever player first satisfies a win condition or ends up
with 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take wins the match.
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Masters
【Qualifier】
Structure | Swiss Rounds Best-Of-One |
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Number of rounds | 8 Rounds
* Subject to change depending on attendance. * The actual number of rounds will be announced on the day during the Player Meeting. *Top 16 players can advance to the Top Cut. |
Match duration | 25 minutes |
Deck modification | Players cannot change their deck during the tournament |
Match resolution |
・If the game is still ongoing, and time is called during the turn of the player who went
first, the player who went second gets one extra turn.
* There is no Pokémon Checkup after the final turn of the game. ・If there is no winner by the end of the allocated time (including the final turn of the player who went second), the match is recorded as a loss for both players. |
Rankings | A win is worth 3 match points, and a loss is 0 points. Players with identical match point totals will have their rankings decided with an additional calculation method. |
Dropping from the tournament |
Players who wish to drop from the tournament must submit a Drop Request at the Judge Station. Players who leave the event without submitting a Drop Request will be disqualified, and their results and rights to any prizes or benefits from that event will become void. |
【Top Cut】
Structure | Single Elimination Best of Three |
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Match duration | 55 minutes |
Deck modification | Players cannot change their deck during the tournament |
Match resolution |
If the match is still ongoing, and time is called during the turn of the player who went first,
the player who went second gets one extra turn.
* There is no Pokémon Checkup after the final turn of the game. If there is no declared winner by the end of the allocated time (including the final turn of the player who went second), the match is resolved as follows: 【Case ①: When both players have 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take to win the game, and one player has fewer than the other】 The player with the fewest Prize cards remaining to take wins the match. 【Case ②: When both players have 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take to win the game, that number being the same for both players】 The game goes into Extra Time, and whichever player first satisfies a win condition or ends up
with fewer Prize cards remaining to take wins the match.
【Case ③: When both players have 3 or more Prize cards remaining to take】 The game goes into Extra Time, and whichever player first satisfies a win condition or ends up
with 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining to take wins the match.
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【Prohibited Match Behavior】
- Players cannot use any mobile devices during matches (including smart watches or any other wearable devices).
- Players cannot take notes during matches.
【Submitting Match Records】
- For the 2023-24 Championship Series and onwards, Masters division players need to submit their match results online with their smartphone after each round, in addition to the usual paper match slips.
- As soon as your match is over, please call a Judge or staff member, then use your smartphone to submit your match result.
- After that, please fill the paper match slip as usual with all the necessary information, and hand it to a staff member.
- If players leave their table without submitting their match result, or if results aren’t submitted within 5 minutes after time for the round has been called, the match will be counted as a Loss for both players.
- Please make sure you’ve checked in advance how to submit match results online.
Prizes and conditions
Promo Cards
* Requirements to receive prizes are subject to change.
Promo Card Category | Card Name | Given to: |
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Participation prize | Iono | All participants
For players who have played at least 3 rounds |
Victory prize | Boss’s Orders | Players with at least;
3 wins for Junior and Senior League 5 wins for Master League |
Top placement prize | Chien-Pao ex | TOP 4 players |
For top placing players
Junior League
Trophy | Playmat | Sleeves | Booster Packs | |
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Champion | ○ | ○ | ○ | 54 packs |
2nd place | ○ | ○ | ○ | 54 packs |
TOP 4 | ○ | ○ | ○ | 36 packs |
TOP 8 | – | – | ○ | – |
Senior League
Trophy | Playmat | Sleeves | Booster Packs | |
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Champion | ○ | ○ | ○ | 54 packs |
2nd place | ○ | ○ | ○ | 54 packs |
TOP 4 | ○ | ○ | ○ | 36 packs |
TOP 8 | – | – | ○ | – |
Master League
Trophy | Playmat | Sleeves | Booster Packs | |
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Champion | ○ | ○ | ○ | 54 packs |
2nd place | ○ | ○ | ○ | 54 packs |
TOP 4 | ○ | ○ | ○ | 36 packs |
TOP 8 | – | ○ | ○ | 18 packs |
TOP 16 | – | ○ | ○ | 9 packs |
The trophy, playmat and sleeves are all Pokémon Regional League exclusive designs.
Requests to all attendees
【To Players】
- Let us all keep the rules to heart and make an enjoyable event that is not just about the outcome of the matches, but also, and most importantly, about sharing our love of the Pokémon Trading Card Game!
- Participants are expected to know and comply with the Match Etiquette described in section 2-2 of the Floor Rules.
- Players should always follow Judges’ and staff member’s instructions.
【To accompanying guardians】
- Spectators should stay within the designated watching areas and observe proper etiquette when watching a game, so as not to interfere with the tournament and matches.
- Spectators who fail to observe these rules may be asked by a Judge (or staff member) to refrain from spectating.
- Do not interfere with a match or players in any way.
- Please maintain a reasonable distance from matches in progress, to avoid distracting the players.
- Please refrain from discussing matches in progress within earshot of the table.
- Should a disruptive spectator be responsible for a player currently engaged in tournament play, that player may receive penalties as though they had engaged in disruptive behavior themselves.
- This may ultimately result in that player’s disqualification from the tournament, should it become necessary to remove the associated spectator from the event.
【Infection Prevention Policy】
- Please note that participants and spectators for which any of the following applies will not be allowed to participate:.
- People with a fever (of 37.2°C or higher), measured at home or at the venue
- People with symptoms such as a sore throat, headache, joint pain, breathing difficulties, coughing, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, or loss of smell or taste.
- People who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 7 days.
- If your physical condition worsens while you are at the venue, or if you suddenly feel sick, please promptly notify a staff member.
- To prevent the spread of infections, people who feel like they might be sick or have cold symptoms should
kindly refrain from attending the event.
We also ask that the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, who are more at risk of severe symptoms, exercise the utmost caution when considering attending the event.