Travel Awards & Stipends

Travel Prizing is a unique opportunity to help pay for your trip to International Competitions. The travel award system provides cash assistance to players to help with expenses while attending the 3 ICs for the season. 

Along with cash awards, Pokemon has introduced a Priority Registration tier to their travel prizing for the 24-25 season, allowing everyone in the top 32 of each division priority registration for ICs.

Travel prizing is broken down into 3 categories:

  1. Travel Awards – Awarded to the Top 4 ranked players in each division, these prizes cover a substantial portion of travel expenses
  2. Travel Stipends- Awarded to The 5th – 16th ranked players in each division, these prizes are $1000 and are meant to help partially cover travel expenses.
  3. Priority Registration – Awarded to the 17th – 32nd ranked players in each division, this allows those players to register early for the IC.
 

See the table below for the breakdown of Travel Awards and Travel Stipends.

Player RankOut of Regionin Region
1st - 4th$3500 (18+)$2000 (18+)
$5000 (Under 18)$2500 (Under 18)
5th - 8th$1000$1000
9th - 16th$1000$1000
17th - 32ndPriority RegistrationPriority Registration

Out-of-Region vs In-Region: Players who are located outside the region where the International Championships qualify as Out-of-Region. For Australian competitors, all 3 ICs are Out-of-Region as we do not have an IC located in Oceania.

Travel Prizing standings are determined by a players ranking during the period between the end of an International Championship and the start of the next international Championship.

For the 24-25 season, Travel Prizing dates are as follows:

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Travel Prizing Qualification Period For LAIC 2025:

Start Date: April 5th, 2024 (Start of 23-24 EUIC)

End Date: June 9th, 2024 (End of 23-24 NAIC)

Travel Prizing Qualification Period For EUIC 2025:

Start Date: June 1st, 2024 (Start of 24-25 Season)

End Date: November 17, 2024 (End of 24-25 LAIC)

Travel Prizing Qualification Period For NAIC 2025:

Start Date: November 18th, 2024 (Day after LAIC)

End Date: February 23rd, 2025 (Start of 24-25 EUIC)

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After the end of the qualification periodTravel Award emails will be sent to all persons who have qualified according to the standings)

BFLs for Travel Prizing:

The BFL limit for the season works a bit differently for Travel Prizing. While there is a BFL of 4 for Challenges & Cups for the season, there is a BFL limit of 4 for each Qualification Period to calculate Travel Prizing. This means that you can earn points towards your stipend even if you have already reached your BFL for the season!

This means you will need to be competing year-round in local challenges and cups if you want to maintain your standing for Travel Prizing!

 Visit the link below to check in on the most current TCG Standings for each division!
Current Standings