CbuttyVGC confirms travel to Turin

CbuttyVGC said on May 22 that travel and accommodation were locked in for Turin, adding in an X post that the next task was building a competitive team for the event. The post included photos and planning notes tied to the trip, according to the user’s account on X. The update came a little more than two weeks before the 2026 Turin Pokémon Special Championships, an official Play! Pokémon event scheduled for June 6-7 in Italy. The Turin event is listed by Pokémon as a 2026 Special Championships stop at OVAL Lingotto Fiere, Via Nizza 294, Torino. RK9, the tournament platform used for Play! Pokémon events, also lists the Turin competition for June 6-7 and links to registration and roster information. ### What exactly did CbuttyVGC say on May 22? CbuttyVGC said on May 22 that travel and accommodation had been secured for Turin and that building a team was the next step, according to the X post referenced in the briefing. (championships.pokemon.com) The post was presented as a personal preparation update rather than an event organizer announcement. The May 22 timing matters because it places the travel update in the final stretch before the Turin competition weekend on June 6-7. (championships.pokemon.com) The post’s mention of team-building indicates the competitive roster was still being finalized after the logistics were arranged. ### Which Turin event is this tied to? The official Pokémon Championships site lists “Campionati Speciali Pokémon 2026 a Torino” for June 6-7, 2026, at OVAL Lingotto Fiere. (championships.pokemon.com) The page describes Special Championships and Regional Championships as the first level of high-profile events with broader participation and higher Championship Point awards than store-level events. Victory Road, a competitive Pokémon site that tracks official circuit events, describes the Turin Special Championships as an official TPCi regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It says Turin is the ninth regional-level event and the second Special Championships of the 2026 season in the European circuit. ### Why does the team-building line stand out? The phrase about building a team points to the competitive format rather than just travel planning. (championships.pokemon.com) Victory Road says the Turin event will use Regulation Set M-A, and it describes the tournament as the first event in Europe to be played on the new platform Pokémon Champions. Limitless and other competitive Pokémon tracking sites also list CbuttyVGC as an active VGC player, with recent tournament participation under that handle. (victoryroad.pro) A YouTube channel under the same name describes the account as posting VGC analysis and related content. Those listings do not confirm Turin participation on their own, but they support the identification of CbuttyVGC as part of the competitive VGC community. ### What is already public about the Turin setup? RK9 lists the venue as Lingotto Fiere Oval in Torino and provides access to event information, live roster pages and spectator-badge ordering. Pokémon’s event page gives the same dates and venue for the June competition weekend. Independent event trackers including Serebii and Limitless also carry Turin event pages for the same weekend, reflecting that the stop is already embedded in the competitive calendar ahead of play. (play.limitlesstcg.com) ### What happens next before players get to Turin? June 6 is the next fixed date in the story, when the Turin Special Championships begin at OVAL Lingotto Fiere in Torino. (championships.pokemon.com) Players including those still finalizing teams can use the official Pokémon event page and RK9 listing for registration, roster and venue details before the competition weekend opens. (serebii.net)