2016 
Signups | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Finals
Introduction
RBY OU World Championship is a standard 128 man RBY OU Tournament with a goal to find the best RBY OU player for a year. Due to seemingly less deserving RBY players quite likely to make the latter stages with just a best of 3 format, only the first 3 rounds are best of 3. Rounds 4 and 5 are double round-robin, while rounds 6 (semi-finals) and 7 (finals) are best of 5.
Past RBY OU Tournaments:
Good Old Days Tournament
RBY OU Tournament
RBY OverUsed Format:
Banned Moves:
Dig, Double Team, Fissure, Fly, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Dig/Fly Glitch Prevention + Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Pokémon:
Mew, Mewtwo.
Clauses:
Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
Tournament Format:
Signups | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Finals
Introduction
RBY OU World Championship is a standard 128 man RBY OU Tournament with a goal to find the best RBY OU player for a year. Due to seemingly less deserving RBY players quite likely to make the latter stages with just a best of 3 format, only the first 3 rounds are best of 3. Rounds 4 and 5 are double round-robin, while rounds 6 (semi-finals) and 7 (finals) are best of 5.
Past RBY OU Tournaments:
RBY OverUsed Format:
Banned Moves:
Dig, Double Team, Fissure, Fly, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Minimize (Dig/Fly Glitch Prevention + Evasion + OHKO moves).
Banned Pokémon:
Mew, Mewtwo.
Clauses:
Freeze Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause.
Tournament Format:
Round 1 - 64 best of 3 matches (128 unseeded players with a substitution period)
Round 2 - 32 best of 3 matches (64 unseeded players)
Round 3 - 16 best of 3 matches (32 unseeded players)
Round 4 - 4 x 4 double round-robin groups (16 unseeded players)
Round 5 - 2 x 4 double round-robin groups (2 x 1st and 2 x 2nd Round 4 seeds in each group)
Round 6 - 2 best of 5 matches (2 x 1st vs 2nd Round 5 seeds from alternate groups)
Finals - 1 best of 5 match (2)
Tie rules:
Battle ties will not be counted in any best of or round-robin match.
Ties between 1st and/or 2nd positions in a group will result in a single battle
or single round-robin of battles repeated, until positions within the group are established.
Arrange location: Visitor Messages on the Smogon Forums.
Battle location: Pokémon Showdown! (Pokémon Online if both players agree)
FINAL MATCH:
Tiba vsMetalGro$$
Best of 5 to decide Smogon's first ever RBY OU World Champion and winner of a 128 man RBY tournament.
Post whether you won or lost 3-x after you've completed your battles.
Round 2 - 32 best of 3 matches (64 unseeded players)
Round 3 - 16 best of 3 matches (32 unseeded players)
Round 4 - 4 x 4 double round-robin groups (16 unseeded players)
Round 5 - 2 x 4 double round-robin groups (2 x 1st and 2 x 2nd Round 4 seeds in each group)
Round 6 - 2 best of 5 matches (2 x 1st vs 2nd Round 5 seeds from alternate groups)
Finals - 1 best of 5 match (2)
Tie rules:
Battle ties will not be counted in any best of or round-robin match.
Ties between 1st and/or 2nd positions in a group will result in a single battle
or single round-robin of battles repeated, until positions within the group are established.
Arrange location: Visitor Messages on the Smogon Forums.
Battle location: Pokémon Showdown! (Pokémon Online if both players agree)
FINAL MATCH:
Tiba vs
Best of 5 to decide Smogon's first ever RBY OU World Champion and winner of a 128 man RBY tournament.
Post whether you won or lost 3-x after you've completed your battles.
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