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Jul 11, 2023 · 2023 World Championships; Location Yokohama, Japan; Date 11–13 August 2023; Attendance 359 qualified players (336 in attendance) Videogame Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet; Season 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set D; Format Day 1 (309 qualified players): 7 Swiss rounds Open team lists Day 2 (114 qualified players):
Aug 22, 2022 · 2022 World Championships; Location London, United Kingdom; Date 18–21 August 2022; Attendance 307 players; Videogame Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield; Season 2022 Season – VGC Series 12; Format 8 Day 1 Swiss rounds + 7 Day 2 Swiss rounds + X-2 Top Cut
T he Pokémon World Championships took place over three exciting, match-filled days in Yokohama, Japan, from August 11–13, 2023. As the global capstone event of the 2023 Championship Series season, the event featured heated competition between players from across the world in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon video game, Pokémon GO ...
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Predecessors
Before the introduction of the modern Pokémon World Championships, both the TCG and video games held some international competitions. For the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Tropical Mega Battle was an international Pokémon Trading Card Game tournament held annually from 1999 to 2002 in Hawaii by Wizards of the Coast(the distributor of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in many regions outside of Japan at the time). Players from Canada, Latin America, Europe, the United States, and Japan we...
Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships
In August 2002, Wizards of the Coast held the first Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championshipin Seattle, Washington in the United States. Due to the transfer of the licensing of the Pokémon Trading Card Game from Wizards to Nintendo, no World Championship was held in 2003. Now with control of the Pokémon Trading Card Game licence, Pokémon USA formed Pokémon Organized Playto manage Pokémon Trading Card Game events. In August 2004, Pokémon Organized Play held the 2004 Pokémon Trading Card Ga...
Pokémon World Championships
In August 2009, the first unified Pokémon World Championships were held, featuring both the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the Pokémon Video Game Championships. This format has continued until the present. From 2015 to 2022, Pokkén Tournamentwas also featured at the Pokémon World Championships. In 2015, the Pokkén Tournament competition was run as an invitational due to the lack of preliminary events. After the 2022 World Championships, it was announced that Pokkén Tournament would no longer a...
Since 2004, the Pokémon World Championships have been held annually, except in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The core series Pokémon games were first featured at a Nintendo-organized World Championship event in 2000 with single battles, and later returning as Pokémon Video Game Showdown (VGS) in 2008 as a side-event to the 2008 Trading Card Game World Championshipswith double battles. Starting in 2009, the events were renamed the Video Game Championships ...
All Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championship events are staged utilizing that year's Standard format. The first World Championships for the TCG was held in 2002 by Wizards of the Coast, while subsequent World Championships, starting 2004, are organized by The Pokémon Company International through their Play! Pokémondivision.
Games used
1. 2015 - Pokkén Tournament(arcade version, invitational only) 2. 2016 - Pokkén Tournament 3. 2017 - Pokkén Tournament 4. 2018 - Pokkén Tournament DX 5. 2019 - Pokkén Tournament DX 6. 2022 - Pokkén Tournament DX
World Champions
10 World Champions have been crowned across both age divisions.
The Championships are set over three days (four starting with the 2022 event) with a last chance qualifier (known to players as "The Grinder") on the Friday to fill seats left vacant for various reasons (no travel, local qualifiers) until all seats are filled. The second day is limited to Swiss Pairings over a set number of rounds, and the top play...
Main series
1. Main article: World Coronation Series In Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Ash participated in the Pokémon World Coronation Series (Japanese: ポケモンワールドチャンピオンシップス Pokémon World Championships). In Partners in Time!, he became the current World Champion by defeating Leonand becoming the latest Monarch.
Pokémon: Path to the Peak
The real World Championships was first mentioned in The Club. In Regionals, Ava, her father, and Celestine participated in the regional Pokémon TCGchampionship. In the first round of competition, players initially face their opponents based on predetermined matches and the tournament follows with the other participants in the elimination round scheme. The final is held with a best of three between the two finalists.
The 2024 Pokémon World Championships will be held August 16–18 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Players qualify for Worlds by earning Championship Points at events throughout the Championship Series season.
May 14, 2024 · The 2022 World Championships was held at ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom from August 18 to 21, 2022.
The Pokémon World Championships. The Pinnacle of Competitive Pokémon Play. This August, the Pokémon World Championships will make their long-anticipated return! For the first time in history, the big event will be held outside North America when London, England, hosts the competition August 18–21, 2022.
