All Gens 2023 Ruins of Alph Tournaments Schedule [PLEASE READ]

[Theia]

Below you can find the circuit schedules for each of the old gen metagame circuits. All dates are subject to minor change.

You can find the 2023 Ruins of Alph Circuit Sheet here. Thank you to Siatam for maintaining it!

RBY:
RBY Winter Seasonal - January 1st - Hosted by Lumii
RBY World Cup - March 12th - Hosted by Amaranth
RBY Majors - March 26th - Hosted by Amaranth
RBY Global Championship - May 14th
RBY Cup - July 9th
RBY Summer Seasonal - August 6th
RBYPL - September 17th

GSC:
GSC Winter Seasonal - January 29th - Hosted by Theia
GSC Global Championship - April 16th - SpectralThief
GSC Cup - July 9th
GSC Majors - August 27th
GSCPL - September 24th

ADV:
ADV Winter Seasonal - January 22nd - Hosted by Arai
ADVPL - March 19th - Hosted by susciety and Arai
ADV Global Championship - April 9th - Hosted by Theia
ADV Cup - July 2nd
ADV Majors - September 10th

DPP:
DPP Winter Seasonal - January 22nd - Hosted by AndViet
DPP Global Championship - April 9th - Lialiabeast and AndViet
DPPPL - April 16th - Theia and Vertigo
DPP Summer Seasonal - May 28th
DPP Cup - July 2nd

BW:
BW Winter Seasonal - January 15th - Hosted by Theia
BW Global Championship - April 2nd - Hosted by Theia
BW Summer Seasonal - May 21st - Hosted by Theia
BWPL - June 11th
BW Cup - June 25th

ORAS:
ORAS Winter Seasonal - January 15th - Hosted by susciety
ORAS Global Championship - April 2nd - kenny and AtraX Madara
ORAS Cup - July 30th
ORASPL - September 3rd
ORAS Majors - September 17th

SM:
SM Winter Seasonal - January 8th - Hosted by Kaede
Smogon Tour 35 - March 10th
SMPL - March 19th - Hosted by Clementine and Rae
SM Cup - July 23rd
SM Majors - August 20th
Smogon Tour 36 - September 22nd

SS:
SS Winter Seasonal - January 8th - Hosted by AtraX Madara
Smogon Tour 35 - March 10th
SS Global Championship - March 26th - Javi and Lalaya
SSPL - April 16th - Clementine and Lalaya
SS Summer Seasonal - May 21st - Hosted by Vertigo
SS Cup - July 16th
Smogon Tour 36 - September 22nd

All Circuit Finals: November 26th - Hosted by Theia

Multi-Gen Team Tournaments:
SPL XIV - January 16th
RCoP - May 21st
RoAPL - July 9th - Hosted by Theia
RoA Olympics - TBD

Italics indicate team tournaments, which do not award circuit points. All dates except SPL XIV are the signup date. All dates are subject to minor change.

If you'd like to help out with hosting tournaments for Ruins of Alph, please reach out to Theia or Rage!

 

[Rage]

2023 Spotlight ladder/Swiss tours
(months with 3 mean no Community Choice)
((subject to change if the gen 8 uu/ubers ladders get taken down over time, and if demand for BDSP is large))

January: RoA Spotlight Ladder: GSC UU, LC Staff Pick

February: RoA Spotlight Ladder: ADV UU, DPP Staff Pick

March: RoA Spotlight Ladder: DPP UU, BW Staff Pick

April: RoA Spotlight Ladder: BW UU, ORAS Staff Pick

May: RoA Spotlight Ladder: ORAS UU, SM Staff Pick

June: RoA Spotlight Ladder: SM UU, RBY Ubers, SS Staff Pick

July: RoA Spotlight Ladder: GSC Ubers, Stadium Staff Pick

August: RoA Spotlight Ladder: ADV Ubers, LGPE Staff Pick

September: RoA Spotlight Ladder: DPP Ubers, RBY Staff Pick

October: RoA Spotlight Ladder: BW Ubers, GSC Staff Pick

November: RoA Spotlight Ladder: ORAS Ubers, ADV Staff Pick

December: RoA Spotlight Ladder: SM Ubers, RBY UU, Doubles Staff Pick​

 

[Rage]

An update to July's spotlights: due to the removal of SS UU's ladder, Community Choice will return in August!

Kris Stadium staff pick is still TBD, but GSC Ubers & SS UU will be the other two ladders!