Teams and Results from the 2022 North America International Championships

Event	2022 North America International Championships
Location	Columbus, Ohio, USA
Date	24–26 June 2022
Attendance	318 players (MA)
Videogame	Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
Season	2022 Season – VGC Series 12
Format	9 Swiss rounds + Top 32 extra 5 Swiss rounds + Top 8 single elimination

Teams and Results

#	Swiss	Player	Prize	Exp.
1	12-2	James Evans (James)	500 CP $5000
2	11-3	Gabriel Agati Madeira (Gabriel)	400 CP $2500
3	12-2	Justin Burns (Justin)	320 CP $1500
4	11-3	Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9)	320 CP $1500
5	11-3	Peng Chongjun (Nocturne)	250 CP $1000
6	11-3	Zhang Zhe (无极汰娜)	250 CP $1000
7	11-3	James Baek (SoulUnison)	250 CP $1000
8	11-3	Taran Birdee (Taran)	250 CP $1000
9	10-4	Si Dawei (露露)	200 CP $750
10	10-4	Eric Rios (Riopaser)	200 CP $750
11	10-4	Sohaib Mufti (Soh)	200 CP $750
12	10-4	Tang Shiliang (？？？？？)	200 CP $750
13	10-4	Siddharth Singhal (Buddha)	200 CP $750	Report
14	10-4	Raghav Malaviya (love)	200 CP $750
15	10-4	Wolfe Glick (Wolfey)	200 CP $750
16	10-4	Masayoshi Kuroo (クロ)	200 CP $750
17	10-4	Kyle Livinghouse (Animus)	160 CP $500
18	9-5	Oliver Eskolin (Dark Owe)	160 CP $500
19	9-5	Justin Carris (AzazeL)	160 CP $500
20	9-5	Alex DellaPasqua (Gilgamesh)	160 CP $500
21	9-5	Lauri Halonen (Latsu)	160 CP $500
22	9-5	Thomas Gravouille (Hari)	160 CP $500
23	9-5	Collin Heier (BattleRoom)	160 CP $500
24	9-5	Jesse Romolo (Jesse)	160 CP $500
25	9-5	Sean Bannen (Priority)	160 CP $500
26	9-5	Rob McNeilly (Deishu)	160 CP $500
27	8-6	William Marks (Munkey)	160 CP $500
28	8-6	Markus Stadter (13Yoshi37)	160 CP $500
29	8-6	Guillermo Castilla (KastyTP)	160 CP $500
30	7-5	Thaison Hughes (charisma69)	160 CP $500
31	7-7	Jeremy Parson (Zanzibar)	160 CP $500
32	6-4	Brady Smith (bsmiffy)	160 CP $500
33	6-3	Allan Martinez (Mando)	130 CP
34	6-3	Alex Underhill (Lexicon)	130 CP
35	6-3	Abhay Iyer (Abhay)	130 CP
36	6-3	Henry Rich (Hobbit)	130 CP
37	6-3	Jerry Woods (Sabaku)	130 CP
38	6-3	Giovanni Cischke (GiovanniVGC)	130 CP
39	6-3	Gabriel Berrios (Tomoko)	130 CP
40	6-3	Andy Sheppard (Strider)	130 CP
41	6-3	Joel Nino (Mariano)	130 CP
42	6-3	Eduardo Abrego (laloBtl)	130 CP
43	6-3	Baby Singh (sit on me)	130 CP
44	6-3	Chuppa Cross (Chuppa*Cross)	130 CP
45	6-3	Justin Ramirez (Lukamir)	130 CP
46	6-3	Santino Tarquinio (Santino)	130 CP
47	6-3	Paul Chua (Paul)	130 CP
48	6-3	Jonathan Quiñones (Pocha)	130 CP
49	6-3	Aaron Brok (Clipperz1235)	130 CP
50	6-3	Adam Santos (Adam)	130 CP
51	6-3	Juan M. Santizo (Juanma)	130 CP
52	6-3	Grant Laird (Verona)	130 CP
53	6-3	Arath Vera (Arath)	130 CP
54	6-3	Luciano Muñoz (hummus)	130 CP
55	6-3	Ian Holdeman (Ian)	130 CP
56	6-3	Chase Timmreck (Chase T.)	130 CP
57	6-3	Jeremy Rodrigues (Serapis)	130 CP
58	6-3	Zackary Thornberg (Technoz)	130 CP
59	6-3	Chase Tiedtke (Chase)	130 CP
60	6-3	Fiona Szymkiewicz (Yoshi&Lugia)	130 CP
61	6-3	Gavin Michaels (Gavin)	130 CP
62	6-3	Austin Anderson (Steeno)	130 CP
63	6-3	Kyle Ayala (KairoshiiiTV)	130 CP
64	6-3	Ezequiel Cordero (ZekromZeke)	130 CP

Seniors Division

#	Swiss	Player	Prize
1	5-1	Christopher H.	500 CP $1500
2	6-0	Tiago P.	400 CP $1000
3	5-1	Aurélien S.	320 CP $750
4	4-2	Mason A.	320 CP $750
5	4-2	Alex B.	250 CP $500
6	4-2	Thomas D.	250 CP $500
7	4-2	Peyton F.	250 CP $500
8	4-2	Justin M.	250 CP $500

Juniors Division

#	Swiss	Player	Prize
1	4-1	Abel A.	500 CP $1500
2	4-1	Joseph B.	400 CP $1000
3	3-2	David D.	320 CP $750
4	3-2	Peyton R.	320 CP $750
5	5-0	Alexander V. K.	250 CP $500
6	4-1	Addyson R.	250 CP $500
7	4-1	Noelle B.	250 CP $500
8	3-2	Alexander M.	250 CP $500

Streaming

Some of the matches were broadcast live featuring Adam Dorricott, Rosemary Kelley, Joe Brown and Sierra Hunter as casters.

Take a look below at the following matches!

List of streamed matches (Day 1)

Round	Player 1	vs	Player 2
R1	Eric Rios	vs	Jeremy Rodrigues
R1		vs
R2	Wolfe Glick	vs	Raghav Malaviya
R2		vs
R3a	Zee Costagliola	vs	Leonard Craft
R3a		vs
R3b	Thomas Gravouille	vs	Michael D’Angelo
R3b		vs
R4	Markus Stadter	vs	Justin Ramirez
R4		vs
R5	Peng Chongjun	vs	James Baek
R5		vs
R6	Lauri Halonen	vs	Alex Underhill
R6		vs
R7	Zhang Zhe	vs	Brady Smith
R7		vs
R8	Kyle Livinghouse	vs	Taran Birdee
R8		vs
R9	Ryan Hebert	vs	Justin Burns
R9		vs

List of streamed matches (Day 2)

Round	Player 1	vs	Player 2
R10	Siddharth Singhal	vs	Collin Heier
R10		vs
R11	Joseph Ugarte	vs	Gabriel Agati Madeira
R11		vs
R12a	Thomas Gravouille	vs	Markus Stadter
R12a		vs
R12b	James Evans	vs	Eric Rios
R12b		vs
R13	Taran Birdee	vs	Lauri Halonen
R13		vs
R14	Zhang Zhe	vs	Sohaib Mufti
R14		vs
Top 8a	James Baek	vs	Justin Burns
Top 8a		vs
Top 8b	Peng Chongjun	vs	Gabriel Agati Madeira
Top 8b		vs
Top 4a	James Evans	vs	Joseph Ugarte
Top 4a		vs
Top 4b	Gabriel Agati Madeira	vs	Justin Burns
Top 4b		vs

List of streamed matches (Championship Sunday)

VGC matches start after the TCG Finals!

Round	Player 1	vs	Player 2
Juniors Finals	Joseph B.	vs	Abel A.
Juniors Finals		vs
Seniors Finals	Tiago P.	vs	Christopher H.
Seniors Finals		vs
Masters Finals	James Evans	vs	Gabriel Agati Madeira
Masters Finals		vs

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