American player Arsal Puri has won his first major title! Arsal defeated 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick in the finals of the Indianapolis Regional Championships, using a Mega Charizard Y + Mega Floette team.

2023 Worlds quarterfinalist Nikolaj Høj Nielsen has won his first VR tournament! Nikolaj defeated 2024 Trainers Cup Champion in the Senior division Jeonghwan Jeon in the finals of the VR May Challenge #5, using a Mega Floette team.

The most important tournament this season in North America is here! All you need to know about NAIC, held on 12–14 June 2026, to be played for the first time with Pokémon Champions!

An interest list for Single-Day Passes ($60 for adults for Friday or Saturday, $40 for Sunday) is now available until 18 June! The 2026 World Championships and the parallel event PokémonXP are held in San Francisco, CA, United States on 28–30 August 2026.

2023 Thailand Championships finalist Krittapas Augchariyajinda has won his first major title! Krittapas defeated 2025 Malaysia MBL Champion Lee Jin Yang in the finals of Singapore’s most important tournament of the year, the Master Ball League, using a Mega Glimmora team.

The first major tournament in North America to use Pokémon Champions will be streamed by TPCi on 30–31 May, with Sierra Dawn, Len Deuel, Scott Glaza, Evan Latt, Rosemary Kelley and Jake Muller as casters!