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Can you enter nationals if not a citizen

dancingaway

dancingaway

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Hey,

I live in the UK and am considering travelling to France or Germany for their nationals. I heard i could enter as a UK citizen but would not be eligible for Worlds invites and possibly other prizes. Is this true? I would appreciate if people could provide proof of this :)
 
You have to be a legal resident of a country to enter their Nats.

This is from the rules for US Nats

US Nats FAQ said:
The Pokémon TCG U.S. National Championships is open to legal residents of the U.S. only. Residency in this case is defined as a person who legally resides in the United States or one of its territories, not necessarily a U.S. citizen

Players who are found in violation of the rules of eligibility are subject to suspension from Pokémon Organized Play and loss of prizes, including, but not limited to, invitations and Travel Awards
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It's the same for everywhere else, otherwise it would be ridiculous - European players could go to about 6 different Nats.
 
For tournaments other than Nationals, you can come from anywhere.
Since you are interested by the BR with B&W sets/rules, all tournaments that are after 25th April are with B&W, at least for France, so check out the dates.

Note : I'm in charge of the BR Antibes, if you are interested.
 
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Let's say, a friend of mine who have a legal Citzenship for New Zealand, but resides in Australia. Can he play in NZ instead of Australia?
 
Jason said:
Let's say, a friend of mine who have a legal Citzenship for New Zealand, but resides in Australia. Can he play in NZ instead of Australia?
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Yes he can. :) At least Im in a situation where I can choose to play either the Dutch nationals or the Danish nationals, since I have a legal Citzinship for Denmark, but have lived in the Netherlands for more than 6 month. So I guess he can choose which nationals he wants to play.
 
SuperE you probably have a home in both countries. I don't think citizenship is enough: it certainly is not enough for the USA NATs.

I don't expect TPCi to press the point too hard but apparently you can only have a single legal residence!
 
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Thus far one has to reside in a country. The time limit thus far given was always 6 months in a country. On basis of his Nationality SuperE can play the Danish Nationals, but on residing in The Netherlands since September 1st (2010), he is allowed to play the Dutch Nationals. However, there is a limitation, namely he can only attend one of the two as a player.
 
I thought nationality is irrelevant, and the only thing that matters is where you live?

I have dual nationality: I'm German and Norwegian. But since 1994, I've only resided legally in Norway and Japan. I always thought I couldn't play in Germany's Nationals because I don't live there. (In Norway, I'm always TO/judge at Nationals, but would have been fun to go to my other home country to attend Nationals as a player :p)
 
If Daniel C can play the Austria nationals while he lives in Germany (he has Austrian nationality too) than Tego can play the German Nationals.

You can only play one, either as being part of a Nation or living there for over 6 months.
 
Rainbowgym said:
If Daniel C can play the Austria nationals while he lives in Germany (he has Austrian nationality too) than Tego can play the German Nationals.
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He has a kind of holiday home in Austria. Same for Cetin, but I didn't think he was there for 6 month when their Nationals took place. But I guess that won't help this year, there are some at-least-decent players in Masters now.
 
Judging by Biggie's post above, I would take a wild guess and assume P!P wouldn't like that very much either. Just my two cents.
 
Since this is the case, how is it that every year ( for the past 3-4 years at least) has the Canadian nationals seen an American or two show up at our nationals and allowed to play without being dq'd or suspended?
 
that sounds like a question for the good folks at TPCi, as i doubt anyone can give a definitive answer here on the 'gym...

jmho
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