The 2026 Pokémon Stuttgart Regional Championships were won by 2024 World Champion Luca Ceribelli. The event ran from 29-30 November 2025, and featured a total of 661 trainers battling for an invite to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships.
This was the final tournament in the 2026 Championship Series to use the Regulation Set H ruleset, banning the use of all Paradox, Legendary, and Restricted Special Pokémon. The next event, the 2026 Toronto Regionals, will instead use the Regulation Set F ruleset, and takes place from 16-18 January 2026. 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 prize money in USD 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 | $6,000 + Worlds Invite | Luca Ceribelli | |
2nd | $4,000 | Eric Rios | |
Top 4 | $2,000 | Michael Kelsch | |
William Bassolino | |||
Top 8 | $1,000 | Giuseppe Musicco | |
Eduardo Cunha | |||
Francesco Magurno | |||
Nils Dunlop | |||
Top 16 | $750 | Alex Gómez | |
Víctor Jiménez | |||
Yannick Otting | |||
Paul Hinta | |||
Vincent Allard |
Top 32
Top 16 (cont.) | $750 | Théotime Massaut | |
Sebastian Liu Li | |||
Francesco Iozzia | |||
Top 32 | — | Hsuan Chih-Kuo | |
Audric David | |||
Apollo Hageman |  | ||
Erich Schrader | |||
Alessandro Albertin | |||
Simone Sanvito | |||
Oliver Achermann | |||
Luca Lussignoli | |||
Nemanja Sandic | |||
Faaiz Ashfaq | |||
Stefano Greppi | |||
Jose Alberto Ruiz | |||
Lorenzo Sollini | |||
Miguel Paquete | |||
Tano Rosenkranz | |||
Danilo Modugno |
Top Pokémon
# | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | | # | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | ||
#1 | Incineroar | 58.7% | ▲ 65.3% | #7 | Basculegion (Male) | 21.1% | ▲ 26.3% | |||
#2 | Ursaluna (Bloodmoon) | 39.6% | ▲ 49.5% | #8 | Volcarona | 19.9% | ▲ 25.3% | |||
#3 | Rillaboom | 34.0% | ▲ 45.3% | #9 | Archaludon | 19.1% | ▼ 18.9% | |||
#4 | Gholdengo | 32.6% | ▲ 37.9% | #10 | Annihilape | 18.4% | ▼ 16.8% | |||
#5 | Sneasler | 25.8% | ▲ 32.6% | #11 | Ninetales (Alolan) | 15.3% | ▲ 25.3% | |||
#6 | Dragonite | 25.0% | ▲ 26.3% | #12 | Amoonguss | 14.9% | ▲ 15.8% | |||
Streamed Battles
Phase 1
Swiss Round 2 | ||||
Fabian Braun | 1-3 | 0 - 2 | 8-4 | Davide Carrer |
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Swiss Round 3 | ||||
Joan Perelló | 2-4 | 1 - 2 | 5-3 | Louis Markl |
Swiss Round 4 | ||||
Thomas Gravouille | 5-3 | 1 - 2 | 11-3 | Eduardo Cunha |
Swiss Round 5 | ||||
Sebastian Liu Li | 9-3 | 0 - 2 | 9-3 | Théotime Massaut |
Swiss Round 6 | ||||
Apollo Hageman | 9-3 | 0 - 2 | 10-3 | Alex Gómez |
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Swiss Round 7 | ||||
William Bassolino | 12-3 | 0 - 2 | 13-3 | Eric Rios |
Swiss Round 8 | ||||
Selahattin Sturm | 5-3 | 1 - 2 | 8-4 | Jan-Philipp Schmitz |
Swiss Round 9 | ||||
Michael Kelsch | 12-3 | 1 - 2 | 10-3 | Àlex Gómez |
Day 2
Swiss Round 11 | ||||
Luca Ceribelli | 15-1 | 2 - 0 | 11-3 | Nils Dunlop |
Swiss Round 12 | ||||
Emanuele Briganti | 9-3 | 0 - 2 | 10-3 | Víctor Jiménez |
Top Cut | ||||
Yannick Otting | 10-3 | 0 - 2 | 11-3 | Francesco Magurno |
Top 8A | ||||
Giuseppe Musicco | 12-2 | 1 - 2 | 13-3 | Eric Rios |
Top 8B | ||||
Eduardo Cunha | 11-3 | 1 - 2 | 15-1 | Luca Ceribelli |
Top 4A | ||||
Eric Rios | 13-3 | 2 - 0 | 12-3 | William Bassolino |
Top 4B | ||||
Michael Kelsch | 12-3 | 0 - 2 | 15-1 | Luca Ceribelli |
The finals of the 2026 Stuttgart Regional Championships took place between 2022 Europe International Champion Eric Rios and 2024 World Champion Luca Ceribelli.
Finals | ||||
Eric Rios | 13-3 | 0 - 2 | 15-1 | Luca Ceribelli |
