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Pokemon Organized Play (or POP in short) is a division of Pokemon USA, Inc. This division is for the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Formed by Pokémon USA, Inc in Mid 2003 after Wizards of the Coast lost its license to the Trading Card Game, they created new league, tournament, and prize systems, as well as an improved professor program more...

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Pokemon TCG Leagues

Unlike the Wizards leagues, POP's utilized a hybrid system, in which one could earn points for playing the GBA and/or the TCG. After the "Hoenn" league era, they stopped doing this and brought back League books. During the Sevii Islands League era, they also introduced POP packs for players to earn. Currently, the leagues are up to the Battle Frontier theme, and will be ending soon to make way for the new Kanto Leagues, paying homage to the original Wizards of the Coast Pokemon League era.

There are over 300 leagues, worldwide, about 2/3 of which are in the United States.

Registration

To enter tournaments, you need to have a POP-ID with you at all times, unless you know it by heart. A POP-ID is something you use to enter tournaments. It is required to make a My Pokemon account, where you can view your rankings, your Tournaments if you are a Tournament Organizer, or your Leagues if you are a League Leader.

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Local Tournaments

Tournaments in which are meant for both fun and practice. They are usually held every week by your local Tournament Organizer. Prizes vary depending on the people. The price to enter is usually between free - $5.

POP-sanctioned tournaments are either single elimination, swiss, or Swiss followed by single elimination rounds. Some POP events use "Age Modified Swiss", (a variation of Swiss invented by POP) in which a player's age takes priority over the player's record when the organizer pairs players.

After sanctioned tournaments are completed, the Tournament Organizer uploads the results of each match to POP. The results of each match are used to calculate a player's rating. POP Ratings are based on the Elo rating system.

Prerelease Tournaments

Tournaments in which you get to play with cards that will be released in stores in weeks prior to the event. The fee is $20 and each player gets 6 Packs. Each player builds a 40-card deck using the cards opened out of the 6 packs (not including basic Energy cards, which are provided at the event). At the end of each prerelease, players receive 2 extra packs, a Pre-Release exclusive pin, a Pre-Release exclusive promo card, and a deck box all featuring the new set.

Premier Tournaments

City Championships: When players from a specific city come together to determine who is the City champion. Prizes for first place are: 18 packs of the latest set, a Tote bag with goodies and a Medal.

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