The 2026 Pokémon Buenos Aires Special Championships were won by 2025 Santiago Regional Finalist Kenneth Gamboa. The event ran from 15-16 November 2025, and featured a total of 93 trainers battling for an invite to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships.
This was the final Regional-level tournament in Latin America to use the Regulation Set H ruleset, banning the use of all Paradox, Legendary, and Restricted Special Pokémon. It was also the final event before the format's biggest tournament: the 2026 Latin America International Championships (LAIC), taking place from 21-23 November 2025. The 2026 Championship Series concludes with the 2026 World Championships, scheduled to take place in San Francisco, California, from 28-30 August 2026, with the Video Game Championships (VGC) division held in the upcoming Pokémon Champions title.
The following list shows the Top 32 players; the teams they used, which you can click or tap to see more information, such as each Pokémon's moves or ability; and any rewards earned. This includes Championship Points (CP) and invites to the 2026 World Championships. Any team or rental code shown below can be used in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's in-person events while Regulation Set H is running from 1 September to 30 November 2025.
Results
Top Cut
# | Rewards | Trainer | Pokémon |
1st | Worlds Invite | Kenneth Gamboa | |
350 CP | |||
2nd | 325 CP | Juan Francisco Salerno | |
Top 4 | 300 CP | Gilberto Gorarci | |
Javier Nain | |||
Top 8 | 280 CP | Nazareno Rodríguez | |
Gonzalo Sintas | |||
Nicolas Frattini | |||
Luis Roquet | |||
Top 16 | 200 CP | Agustin Marinucci |
Top 32
Top 16 (cont.) | 200 CP | Lucas Ferraro | |
Francisco Alca Chacon | |||
Thomas Hoy Ruiz | |||
Rodrigo Tapia | |||
Victor Vieira | |||
Sebastian Escalante | |||
Xoakin Rinaldi | |||
Top 32 | 160 CP | Joaquín Salerno | |
Nicolas Miniero | |||
Omar Acuña | |||
Felipe Fredes | |||
Nicolás del Campo | |||
Juan Pablo Cambón | |||
Juan Velasco | |||
Lucas Soto | |||
Antonio Marco Rodrigo | |||
Gonzalo Barrera | |||
Luciano Begot | |||
Francisco Kinaszuk | |||
Francisco Gribaudo | |||
Joaquín Ranauro | |||
Luca Alarcón | |||
Yannick Zelaya |
Top Pokémon
# | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | | # | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | ||
#1 | Ursaluna (Bloodmoon) | 51.0% | ▲ 61.9% | #10 | Basculegion (Male) | 20.8% | ▲ 28.6% | |||
#2 | Rillaboom | 50.0% | ▲ 57.1% | #11 | Archaludon | 16.7% | ▲ 19.0% | |||
#3 | Incineroar | 49.0% | ▼ 47.6% | #12 | Pelipper | 14.6% | ▼ 9.5% | |||
#4 | Gholdengo | 39.6% | ▼ 38.1% | #13 | Maushold | 14.6% | ▲ 19.0% | |||
#5 | Dragonite | 28.1% | ▼ 23.8% | #14 | Kingambit | 14.6% | ▼ <9.5% | |||
#6 | Volcarona | 27.1% | ▲ 28.6% | #15 | Ursaluna | 13.5% | ▼ 9.5% | |||
#7 | Ninetales (Alolan) | 27.1% | ▲ 33.3% | #16 | Dondozo | 11.5% | ▲ 14.3% | |||
#8 | Annihilape | 27.1% | ▼ 23.8% | #17 | Torkoal | <11.5% | 9.5% | |||
#9 | Sneasler | 25.0% | ▼ 19.0% | | ||||||
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