{"id":11043,"date":"2020-12-17T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/pokemon-players-cup-3-announced-january-2021"},"modified":"2024-07-20T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T12:31:22","slug":"pokemon-players-cup-3-announced-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-players-cup-3-announced-january-2021","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Players Cup 3 announced for January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup will return for a third round across Sword and Shield, the trading card game and Pokken Tournament DX.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taking place starting January 2021 and concluding in April, the Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup III will similarly see Master Division players compete in online tournaments for prizes and bragging rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-players-cup-2-global-finals-schedule-how-to-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup<\/a> only featured VGC and TCG tournaments, this third outing marks the return of Pokken Tournament DX.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each tournament will have qualifying events taking place prior. To participate, you need to a Pok&eacute;mon Trainer Club account and have a Player ID by 18th January at 10am PST\/6pm GMT. TCG players will need to log-in to Pok&eacute;mon TCG Online with a Player ID attached to their PTC account between 18th October to 18th January to take part.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-caster-rosemary-nekkra-kelley-pokemon-vgc-most-complicated-esports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pokemon caster Rosemary Kelley: &ldquo;Pokemon VGC is one of the most complicated esports&rdquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oSqGwQcKF7o\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSqGwQcKF7o?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSqGwQcKF7o?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/oSqGwQcKF7o\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Sword and Shield, players will need to advance from the Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup 3 qualifiers to the region qualifiers, set to take place in March. You can check out full details of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/us\/play-pokemon\/pokemon-players-cup-iii\/vg-event-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">event here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pok&eacute;mon TCG players will compete in tournaments across a qualifying period, while Pokken Tournament DX will stage region-specific qualifiers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a promising sign The Pok&eacute;mon Company will continue to push the Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup for the near future, after it was largely put in place as a replacement for in-person events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup saw US player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/wolfe-glick-wins-pokemon-players-cup-2-with-coalossal-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolfe Glick take the top prize<\/a> for Sword and Shield, following an impressive run through the losers bracket.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/us\/pokemon-news\/pokemon-players-cup-iii-begins-january-2021-includes-tcg-and-video-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup 3 here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pok&eacute;mon Players Cup will return for a third round across Sword and Shield, the trading card game and Pokken Tournament DX.&nbsp; Taking place starting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":11044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pokemon","genre-rpg","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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