tend to be run independently by sanctioned tournament organizers and are run all year round, while events of a larger scale tend to be few and far between, but have better prize support and larger Championship Point payouts. The scale of an event may be estimated by the maximum number of Championship Points a player can obtain from winning the tournament. List of participating countries The Play! Pokémon program is administered across different countries by classifying them into four 'rating zones' based on their geographical location (i.e. North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania). On June 10, 2020, it was announced that Asia would no longer be part of the Play! Pokémon program and will have its own qualifying system towards the Pokémon World Championships. As of June 2, 2020, the list of countries in each rating zone are as follows. External links References Pokémon