Online Competitions

Within the VS option in the game, and into the Battle Stadium there's an Online Competition option. From time to time, various special competitions will run which have you use your Pokémon in battle against others. This runs akin to the Random Matchup mode and has you gain points based upon your defeat of other trainers, or lose points if you are defeated. They tend to last four days and are selectable in the Battle Competition part of the main menu, using Pokémon you need to register in your Battle Box.

A new feature added to this, is the inclusion of penalties for disconnecting. If you disconnect now from battle, you will have a loss recorded.

Below is a list of all the Online Competitions for Pokémon Sword & Shield

List of Online Competitions

Picture	Name	Duration	Reward
	Galar Newcomers	Registration: January 16th 2020 06:00 UTC - January 23rd 2020 23:59 UTC Battles: January 24th 2020 00:00 UTC - January 26th 23:59 UTC	50 BP
	Galar Beginnings	Registration: November 15th 2019 00:00 UTC - December 5th 2019 23:59 UTC Battles: December 6th 2019 00:00 UTC - December 8th 23:59 UTC	50 BP