Pokemon Sun/Moon - Next Japanese battle competition detailed

- Japan Championships 2017 Battle Competition
- runs standard VGC 2017 rules
- used in order for players from Japan to qualify for this year's Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim
- runs differently to past competitions
- registration for Juniors & Seniors runs from March 30th 2017 to April 28th 2017
- registration for Masters runs from March 30th 2017 to April 15th 2017
- battles for the Juniors runs from April 28th through May 1st
- Masters have access to 5 different schedules: April 15th to April 17th, April 21st to April 23rd, April 26th to April 28th, April 30th to May 2nd and May 6th to May 8th
- all start and end at 09:00 JST on the respective days
- rating from each of the participations in the 5 bands are then added up
- top 50 will be offered entry to a competition held in real life on June 18th 2017
- all players that participate in three or more battles will get the Sceptilite, Blazikenite and Swampertite