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
	Armor Beginnings	Registration: July 16th 05:00 UTC - July 23rd 23:59 UTC Battles: July 24th 2020 00:00 UTC - July 26th 23:59 UTC	50BP
	International Friendly	Registration: June 11th 05:00 UTC - June 25th 23:59 UTC Battles: June 26th 2020 00:00 UTC - June 28th 23:59 UTC	50BP
	Japan Decisive Battle 2020 Qualifier	Registration: June 11th 05:00 UTC - June 25th 23:59 UTC Battles: June 26th 2020 00:00 UTC - June 28th 23:59 UTC	50BP
	2020 International Challenge May	Registration: May 14th 2020 05:00 UTC - May 21st 2020 23:59 UTC Battles: May 22nd 2020 00:00 UTC - May 24th 23:59 UTC	Casual Tee (Ultra Ball Guy)
	2020 International Challenge April	Registration: March 26th 2020 05:00 UTC - April 9th 2020 23:59 UTC Battles: April 10th 2020 00:00 UTC - April 12th 23:59 UTC	Casual Tee (Great Ball Guy)
	Extreme Speed Single Battles	Registration: March 12th 2020 05:00 UTC - March 19th 2020 23:59 UTC Battles: March 20th 2020 00:00 UTC - March 22nd 23:59 UTC	50 BP
	2020 International Challenge February	Registration: February 19th 2020 06:00 UTC - February 27th 2020 23:59 UTC Battles: February 28th 2020 00:00 UTC - march 1st 23:59 UTC	Casual Tee (Poké Ball Guy)
	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