Announcement 2025 AG Tournament Schedule and Announcements

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We're here to announce the 2025 AG circuit! The circuit is a collection of individual tournaments spread throughout the year with varying classifications, generations, with and formats all coming together to allow players to earn points for the final showdown - the AG Championship, where the top 16 performers will battle to earn the title of AG circuit champion! This will reward a 1 year banner and a custom avatar to showcase their achievement as the top AG player of 2025.
Winning the main tournaments also earns you a place in the Hall of Fame here

Key:
Tournament Name | Classification - Signups Start Date - Expected Finals Date (host)

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2025 AG Tournament Schedule
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Circuit Leaderboard

Winter (January / February)
AG Open* | Type C - January 6th - Hosted by abriel

AG Winter Seasonal | Type A - January 20th –March - Hosted by Sificon

Spring (March / April / May)

AG Classic Playoffs (Top8) | Type B - March 18th - June 17th - Hosted by TBD

SS AG Cup - Hosted by Geysers
SM AG Cup - Hosted by Kinetic
ORAS AG Cup - Hosted by Kinetic

AG Ladder Tournament | Type A - April 22nd - June 3rd - Hosted by Concept

AG Homefield | Type B - May 20th - July 8th - Hosted by RL

Summer (June / July / August)

AG Summer Seasonal | Type A – June 22nd - November 11th - Hosted by Geysers

DPP AG Tournament | Type C - August 12th - September 30th - Hosted by Concept

Autumn (September / October / November)

AG Triathlon | Type B - September 30th - November 18th - Hosted by Fc

AG Last Chance Qualifier | Type B - October 21st - December 9th - Hosted by Murphy Lawden

December
AG Championship VII - Hosted by TBD

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AG Team Tournaments
(Participation doesn't earn circuit points)

AG Winter Team Tour | Starting January 8th - Hosted by Rose and Concept
AG Premier League VII | Starting June 5 - Hosted by Murphy Lawden and Wildfiree

Note that some dates may be subject to change.



Tournament Points System

- Tournament Details:


AG Open:
Ag Open is part of UM Tournaments, it is a Bo3 SV AG single elimination tournament that gives points for Ag circuit and the possibility to qualify for UM Grand Slam.

AG Seasonals:
Seasonals are Bo3 SV AG double elimination tournaments that will run twice (Winter and Summer) throughout the course of the circuit. The matchups for a Seasonal are not seeded.

AG Ladder Tournament:
This tournament is divided into two main components: a 2-week qualifying phase and a playoffs phase.
The qualifying phase is divided into 2 cycles of 1 week each. Players will ladder on designated alts and try to reach the highest Elo score possible by the end of the cycle. The 8 players with the highest Elo will qualify for playoffs, and then players will start laddering again on fresh alts for the next week. Once the 2 qualifying cycles have concluded, the qualified players will be entered into a seeded best of three single elimination bracket that will progress until one player is crowned the winner.

AG Classic:
This two-phase tournament will use previous AG rulesets in similar fashion to the Smogon Classic. The first phase of AG Grand Prix consists of three individual tournaments: the SS cup, the USUM cup, and the ORAS cup. Each of these tournaments will be unseeded best of three single elimination. Players who advance in these tournaments will earn points towards the Grand Prix playoffs - the top 16 players with the most points at the end of all 3 tournaments will be entered into a seeded single elimination bracket to determine the winner. The playoffs format will be a best of three of all three formats, so players must excel in multiple formats to come out on top! The individual cup tournaments do not give points towards the Circuit Playoffs. However, you will receive points for qualifying for the playoffs.

AG Triathlon:
A single elimination Bo3 featuring the 3 old generations of AG - SS, USUM, and ORAS. The loser of the first match (fixed to SS unless both players agree to a different generation) will then decide on the next generation to be played.

AG Homefield:
A single elimination Bo3 where each player selects one old generation of AG to be their "homefield". They will then play a Bo3 which starts in SV AG, then goes to the loser's homefield generation.

DPP AG Tournament:
A single elimination Bo3 tournament featuring DPP AG. A low stakes bracket to give exposure to our least represented metagame.

AG Last Chance Qualifier:
A single elimination Bo3 SV AG tournament that provides a last chance at getting points to qualify for the circuit championship.

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Anything Goes Premier League:
A team tournament where managers will draft players in an auction to assemble their team, after which all the teams will face off in a round robin. Once all the teams have played one another, the top team will advance to finals, while the second and third placing teams will face off for a chance to make it to finals as well. The tiers played and the number of teams will be determined closer to the date of the tournament.

Anything Goes Winter Team Tournament*:
This is Anything Goes' winter team tournament, featuring different tiers and team formatting to AGPL.

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AG Circuit Championship :
At the end of the year, the top 16 players with the most Circuit Points will compete in a seeded, 16-player single elimination tournament; the winner will earn the AG Champion banner and a custom prize! The playoffs will be an SV AG Bo3.
 
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Changes from 2024 to 2025
  • AG Classic Playoffs has a reduced number of qualifying players, changing from top16 to top8, in order to reflect last year's numbers.
  • Ag Open is now a type C tournament.
  • AG Winter Seasonal has been delayed in order to avoid overlapping the singups with Ag Open.

Everything else was essentially kept the exact same with formats and timings.

This thread will be used for administrative decisions and general announcements.
 
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