| Event | 2026 World Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  San Francisco, CA, United States |
| Date | 28–30 August 2026 |
| Attendance | 436 qualified players (MA) + 194 SR + 173 JR 395 in attendance (MA) + 139 SR + 111 JR |
| Videogame | Pokémon Champions |
| Season | 2026 Season – VGC Regulation Set M-B |
| Format | 8+3 Swiss rounds + X-2 top cut Open team lists |
| Organizers | The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) |
Check the official website of the World Championships for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9-2 |  | Takuma Yamazaki (ワトソン) | 2027 Worlds $30,000 |       |  | A4RBR NN9YE |
| 2 | 9-2 | | Hiroshi Onishi (coな) | 2027 Worlds $20,000 |   | | MFAK5 1W5U1 |
| 3 | 10-1 | | Zachary Weed (Zach) | 2027 Worlds $15,000 |    | | |
| 4 | 9-2 |  | João Felipe Leite (Thacrow) | 2027 Worlds $15,000 | | | LXDWT 2BTC1 |
| 5 | 10-1 |  | Antonio Sánchez (Antonio) | $10,000 |     | | |
| 6 | 9-2 | | Yuya Wakasugi (ゆー) | $10,000 | | | PDH3D RQ3FW |
| 7 | 9-2 |  | Stefano Greppi (Ste) | $10,000 |   | | F2MFX B90GY |
| 8 | 9-2 | | Giovanni Piscitelli (Genius) | $10,000 | | | 5TWPF 6JS1A |
| 9 | 9-2 | | Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | $5,000 | | | TMTM7 YB013 |
| 10 | 9-2 | | Carson St. Denis (Boo) | $5,000 | | | FG47S L47SU |
| 11 | 9-2 | | Cary D’Ortona (Cary) | $5,000 |    | | 58N38 0SYT2 |
| 12 | 9-2 | | Emilio Forbes (エミリオ) | $5,000 |  | | EE6F9 4UC7P |
| 13 | 9-2 |  | Navjit Joshi (NJ11) | $5,000 | | | HVN07 JUTAQ |
Swiss rounds (Day 2)
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 8-3 | | Justin Tang (Panda) | $5,000 |    | | BFCQ8 1G5S3 |
| 15 | 8-3 |  | Filip Woźniak (Nen) | $5,000 |    | | 6KU5J ESD0W |
| 16 | 8-3 |  | Chloe Bourke (Chloe) | $5,000 |   | | MRXF8 PLNNM |
| 17 | 8-3 |  | Narawitch Naenna (MyStars 🙂) | – |     | | 0V59G GVAVK |
| 18 | 8-3 |  | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen (Nikolaj_H) | – |   | | F6DNE 8NT0P |
| 19 | 8-3 |  | Taran Birdee (Taran) | – | | | |
| 20 | 8-3 |  | Raghav Malaviya (ragi) | – | | | |
| 21 | 8-3 |  | Alexander Canseco (CansecoChann) | – | | | |
| 22 | 8-3 | | Simone Sanvito (☆Sanvy) | – |     | | |
| 23 | 8-3 | | William Brown (billy) | – | | | |
| 24 | 8-3 |  | Si Dawei (露露♪) | – |  | | RTNVG 9WHTL |
| 25 | 8-3 |  | Oliver Eskolin (Owe) | – | | | |
| 26 | 8-3 | | Justin Cerioni (byte v24) | – |  | | |
| 27 | 8-3 |  | Paul Chua (Paul) | – | | | YMS21 RYBD6 |
| 28 | 8-3 |  | Rahim Farzan (Pres) | – | | | |
| 29 | 8-3 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | – | | | |
| 30 | 8-3 | | Kiran Singh (Mev Lad) | – | | | |
| 31 | 8-3 | | Jonathan Marston (Jono) | – |  | | ERKNU Q31CF |
| 32 | 8-3 | | Yan Sym (Hellraiser) | – | | | |
| 33 | 8-3 | | Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | – | | | 34T1N 61VVA |
| 34 | 8-3 | | Ryoma Okamoto (りょうま) | – |  | | MGM9C LXSK5 |
| 35 | 8-3 | | Nader El Bacha (nader) | – |   | | |
| 36 | 7-4 | | Víctor Jiménez (VictorJColl) | – | | | |
| 37 | 7-4 | | Sota Shimatani (ふくしま) | – | | | 0KR78 2A4BV |
| 38 | 7-4 | | Ryan Chua (RyChu) | – | | | |
| 39 | 7-4 | | Kota Kawabe (KOOTA) | – | | | NK704 Y2TR4 |
| 40 | 7-4 | | Caelan Brown (Cabro) | – |     | | |
| 41 | 7-4 | | Naoto Mizobuchi (コケホドリ) | – | | | CGFCY QP9MY |
| 42 | 7-4 | | Adrien Hurley (ColdingLight) | – | | | |
| 43 | 7-4 | | Caleb Wijesinha (Wiji) | – | | | 7LCRJ VT2M6 |
| 44 | 7-4 | | Louis Markl (Louis) | – | | | |
| 45 | 7-4 | | Yuya Tada (ノノミ) | – | | | XG6T3 UULGB |
| 46 | 7-4 | | Markus Hamann (Yoshi) | – | | | |
| 47 | 7-4 | | Hirofumi Kimura (カ・エール) | – | | | FJKMK 3U9H9 |
| 48 | 7-4 | | Behzad Muntazir (Saten) | – | | | QDR9F 6QYKS |
| 49 | 7-4 |  | Dorian Quiñonez (GarnetSP) | – | | | |
| 50 | 7-4 | | Tom Winter (TZ111) | – | | | |
| 51 | 7-4 | | Brandon Davis (Brandon) | – |  | | TW7MB 1736R |
| 52 | 7-4 | | Nils Dunlop (Nils) | – |  | | |
| 53 | 6-5 |  | Choi Pok Yin (Egg1130) | – | | | |
| 54 | 6-5 | | Joji Kaieda (S) | – | | | |
| 55 | 6-5 | | Enrique Grimaldo (EGrim) | – | | | |
| 56 | 6-5 | | Stefano De Maria (Demo) | – | | | |
| 57 | 6-5 | | Jannik Koch (Jannik) | – | | |
Phase 1 Swiss rounds
All players with 2 or fewer losses at the end of Phase 1 advanced to Phase 2!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 5-3 | | Liam Shorter (Liam) | – | | | |
| 59 | 5-3 | | Wolfe Glick (Wolfey) | – | | | |
| 60 | 5-3 |  | Jiseok Lee (Charmante S2) | – | | | |
| 61 | 5-3 | | Chanmin Lee (미라이돈) | – |   | | |
| 62 | 5-3 | | Patrick Cheng (Patricia) | – |  | | |
| 63 | 5-3 | | Daniel Quek (Daniel) | – | | | |
| 64 | 5-3 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | – | | | |
| 65 | 5-3 | | Samuel Thompson (Sam) | – | | | |
| 66 | 5-3 | | Eita Katagiri (YURIN) | – | | | |
| 67 | 5-3 |  | Hoàng Hồ (Zorya) | – | | | |
| 68 | 5-3 | | Raj Desai (Raj) | – | | | |
| 69 | 5-3 | | Santiago Molina (Santi) | – | | | |
| 70 | 5-3 | | Edward Fan (iss) | – | | | |
| 71 | 5-3 |  | Audric David (DricsVG) | – | | | |
| 72 | 5-3 | | Rinya Kobayashi (R) | – | | | SHP5N 8MWCE |
| 73 | 5-3 | | Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | – | | | |
| 74 | 5-3 |  | Eduardo Cunha (Edu) | – |   | | |
| 75 | 5-3 | | Hidetsuna Shimizu (つな) | – | | | CMT10 DHN5U |
| 76 | 5-3 |  | Oliver Achermann (Jamie) | – |  | | |
| 77 | 5-3 | | Shoma Honami (ビエラ) | – | | | |
| 78 | 5-3 | | Eric Rios (Riopaser) | – | | | |
| 79 | 5-3 | | Florian Hoffmann (Florian) | – |  | | |
| 80 | 5-3 | | Adrià Rodríguez (Adri) | – | | | NHH1K E4BM0 |
| 81 | 5-3 | | Sangwoo Kim (김꼼수) | – |  | | |
| 82 | 5-3 | | Jittarin Rojmahamongkol (Jit) | – | | | 0MJQ0 4LTEP |
| 83 | 5-3 | | Nicholas Kan (Nick) | – | | | |
| 84 | 5-3 | | Sho Akiyama (メガシナモン) | – | | | |
| 85 | 5-3 | | Shota Hongu (ぽんたろう) | – | | | |
| 86 | 5-3 | | Joshua Denk (PineVGC) | – | | | |
| 87 | 5-3 | | Kazuki Ogushi (わとり) | – | | | |
| 88 | 5-3 | | Alberto Renero (GoldenEmp) | – | | | |
| 89 | 5-3 | | Tomohiro Seki (びちょ) | – |  | | VBFYA WU9BP |
| 90 | 5-3 | | Aurélien Soula (Sakura) | – | | | |
| 91 | 5-3 | | Drew Bliss (Drew) | – |   | | KUBKS 2QHTE |
| 92 | 5-3 | | Kengo Hirata (みなとともか) | – | | | 7UVAB KL5VY |
| 93 | 5-3 |  | Kevin Lan (笨牛肉) | – | | | |
| 94 | 5-3 |  | Alexavier Alvarez (Areku) | – | | | |
| 95 | 5-3 |  | Paul Ruiz (Ralfdude) | – |  | | |
| 96 | 5-3 | | Jérémy Côté (Kangourou) | – | | | |
| 97 | 5-3 | | Taisei Tsukamoto (ABてんぷら) | – | | | |
| 98 | 5-3 | | Jongseo Lee (미월) | – | | | |
| 99 | 5-3 |  | Valentijn Visser (Valentangens) | – | | | |
| 100 | 5-3 | | Javier Corrales (Javi♡T) | – | | | |
| 101 | 5-3 | | Víctor Manoath (Prv 21:31) | – | | | |
| 102 | 5-3 | | Yuto Kimura (キム) | – | | | 3WCUN Y2GC2 |
| 103 | 5-3 | | Renzo Navarro (Renzo) | – | | | |
| 104 | 5-3 | | Carson Confer (Carson) | – | | | |
| 105 | 5-3 | | Satoru Mutsuno (ながやはるこ) | – | | | 1GS14 G5WWS |
| 106 | 5-3 | | Kenneth Gamboa (KENNETH) | – | | | |
| 107 | 5-3 | | Kian Campbell (Kian) | – | | | |
| 108 | 5-3 | | Akito Muratsubaki (ベルモット) | – | | | |
| 109 | 5-3 | | Ben Madigan (Maddo) | – |  | | |
| 110 | 5-3 | | Jordan Guy (Jordan) | – |  | | |
| 111 | 5-3 | | Hironori Seino (ぺかちう) | – | | | 25BUS V7EC3 |
| 112 | 5-3 | | Juan Núñez (Pipa) | – | | | |
| 113 | 5-3 | | Chris Large (Chris) | – |  | | |
| 114 | 5-3 | | Takumi Sakurai (S.REM) | – | | | |
| 115 | 5-3 | | Shane Gaffney (Shane) | – | | | |
| 116 | 5-3 | | Hyuma Hara (あーにゃ) | – | | | |
| 117 | 5-3 | | Gilberto Goracci (Gilberto) | – |  | | |
| 118 | 5-3 | | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | – | | | VGWWN 1GDUG |
| 119 | 5-3 | | Victor Vieira (VictorKids) | – | | | |
| 120 | 5-3 | | Louis Fontvieille (Louis) | – | | | |
| 121 | 5-3 | | Hsu Chun-Yu (Pon) | – | | | |
| 122 | 5-3 | | Jorge Tabuyo (Tabu) | – | | | |
| 123 | 5-3 | | Ángel Cervetto (Angel) | – | | | QJRQC MSWEL |
| 124 | 5-3 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | – | | | |
| 125 | 5-3 | | Arath Vera (Arath) | – | | | |
| 126 | 5-3 | | Rohan Muthukumar (Myst) | – | | | |
| 127 | 5-3 |  | Max Morales (Paradox Mou) | – | | | |
| 128 | 5-3 |  | Lee Jin Yang (Husky) | – | | | |
| 129 | 5-3 |  | Javier Nain (jvvieree) | – | | | |
| 130 | 5-3 |  | Marcus Koh (Calculus) | – | | | |
| 131 | 5-3 | | Apollo Stephens (Cabbage) | – | | | |
| 132 | 5-3 | | Caio Lattanzi (caiovibora) | – | | | |
| 133 | 4-4 | | Stefan Mott (Pengy) | – | | | |
| 134 | 4-4 | | Vinícius Junqueira (Hikawari) | – | | | |
| 135 | 4-4 | | Tommy Rohlfing (Bagel) | – | | | |
| 136 | 4-4 | | Alberto Cano (Canovax) | – | | | |
| 137 | 4-4 | | Yuichi Sasaki (ゆういち) | – | | | |
| 138 | 4-4 | | Adam Cherfaoui (Shao) | – | | | |
| 139 | 4-4 | | Sebastián Rodríguez (Kommander) | – | | | |
| 140 | 4-4 | | Jack Roth (jrmun) | – | | | |
| 141 | 4-4 | | Rintaro Arai (アラニン) | – | | | 3MM2G 4AKMV |
| 142 | 4-4 | | Andrew Block (Block) | – | | | |
| 143 | 4-4 | | Dominic Vogel (Dominic) | – | | | |
| 144 | 4-4 | | Shuta Endo (きさ) | – | | | |
| 145 | 4-4 | | Liu Jian-Ting (Sayha) | – | | | |
| 146 | 4-4 | | Henry Rich (Hobbit) | – | | | |
| 147 | 4-4 | | Luis Pérez (MylAth) | – | | | |
| 148 | 4-4 | | Samuel Pereira (CSK) | – | | | V7GFM PY3AC |
| 149 | 4-4 | | Saiki Kawai (KØff) | – | | | |
| 150 | 4-4 | | Matteo Ferrari (Ferro01VGC) | – | | | |
| 151 | 4-4 | | Kazuki Sumiya (ブルーナ) | – | | | 17BYV LUWPF |
| 152 | 4-4 | | Fumiaki Suwa (ゆヌ) | – | | | 5C97N 0UH7B |
| 153 | 4-4 | | Junhyuk Song (DIZ) | – | | | EXWVN F13F5 |
| 154 | 4-4 | | Davide Fazio (LOVE♥Deiv♥DX) | – | | | |
| 155 | 4-4 | | Junxi Zhu (zgr) | – | | | |
| 156 | 4-4 | | Yuki Zaninovich (ゆうき) | – | | | |
| 157 | 4-4 | | Arian Herter (mistmadensau) | – | | | |
| 158 | 4-4 | | Zhang Hengyue (圆滚滚电刺猬) | – | | | |
| 159 | 4-4 | | Richard Mogollon (ChefRich!) | – | | | GWQRA MTUDQ |
| 160 | 4-4 | | Víctor Medina (Torviv) | – | | | |
| 161 | 4-4 | | Emanuele Briganti (Lele) | – |  | | |
| 162 | 4-4 | | Aki Shibuya (しゅうか) | – | | | DAUKC 1HDUV |
| 163 | 4-4 | | Luke Bowar (Jin Furai) | – | | | |
| 164 | 4-4 | | Kentaro Matsumoto (まつけん) | – | | | |
| 165 | 4-4 | | Daniele Kaygorodova (Kaiser) | – | | | |
| 166 | 4-4 | | Seongjae Jeong (A) | – | | | E0D9A T26PT |
| 167 | 4-4 | | Kylan Van Severen (Kylan) | – | | | |
| 168 | 4-4 | | Peter Chen (PTP) | – |  | | 9EB08 2N91B |
| 169 | 4-4 | | Francesco Magurno (Franci) | – | | | |
| 170 | 4-4 | | Giovanni Cischke (PqlarBear) | – | | | |
| 171 | 4-4 | | Yuki Shimizu (yuki_rotom) | – | | | 4N2JK 13LL1 |
| 172 | 4-4 | | Benjamin Harlan (Benjamin) | – | | | |
| 173 | 4-4 | | Sidy Badiane (Dysi) | – | | | |
| 174 | 4-4 | | David Rodríguez (davidness) | – | | | |
| 175 | 4-4 | | Seongmo Byun (치클리스) | – | | | BF1UT V2C4R |
| 176 | 4-4 | | Tomoki Kinoshita (きの) | – | | | XS7K6 NJ8UG |
| 177 | 4-4 | | Jonas Nienhüser (Vio Phoenix) | – | | | |
| 178 | 4-4 |  | Sebastián Escalante (nomercyswing) | – | | | |
| 179 | 4-4 | | Lorenzo Sollini (Woid) | – | | | |
| 180 | 4-4 |  | Eduardo Ramírez (Kardeas) | – | | | |
| 181 | 4-4 | | Kyosuke Kishibe (†ベティー†) | – | | | E7Y8E 2QU1B |
| 182 | 4-4 | | Masahiro Ito (がはく) | – | | | TJDSW UJ30J |
| 183 | 4-4 | | Shohei Asakura (いろっちゃん) | – | | | 1SVSU 2K211 |
| 184 | 4-4 |  | Simon Bernard (Ryo) | – | | | |
| 185 | 4-4 | | Gakuto Akiyama (せぱる) | – |    | | |
| 186 | 4-4 | | Fan Zhang (SHeart) | – | | | |
| 187 | 4-4 | | Arthur Mosca (Thurmos) | – | | | |
| 188 | 4-4 | | Gustav Hedegaard Lund (Gustav) | – | | | |
| 189 | 4-4 | | Leonard Craft III (DaWoblefet) | – | | | |
| 190 | 4-4 | | Selahattin Sturm (Sela) | – | | | |
| 191 | 4-4 | | Nicolò Pollato (Nik) | – |  | | |
| 192 | 4-4 | | Michał Kwiatkowski (Narret) | – | | | |
| 193 | 4-4 | | Tomohisa Okuno (まふゆ) | – | | | 7EEQJ 2WVWD |
| 194 | 4-4 | | Erich Schrader (Erich) | – | | | |
| 195 | 4-4 | | Livio Sandberg (Livio) | – | | | |
| 196 | 4-4 | | Jorge Baca (Jerry Rivera) | – | | | |
| 197 | 4-4 | | Seung Lee (Wayuu) | – | | | |
| 198 | 4-4 | | Mark Mullender (qstnmark) | – | | | |
| 199 | 4-4 | | Kohei Watanabe (ワタッコウ) | – |  | | HTP01 8G29Y |
| 200 | 4-4 | | Chandler Brtek (CJ) | – | | | |
| 201 | 4-4 | | Lim Boon Hong (波波河主.C) | – | | | |
| 202 | 4-4 | | Tang Chun Ho (Oscar) | – | | | |
| 203 | 4-4 | | Duh Jenn-Chau (一拳咚咚鼠) | – | | | D0XAS UBTX4 |
| 204 | 4-4 | | Zachary Mnich (XZacLee) | – | | | |
| 205 | 3-3 | | Sara Spiller (Taiga) | – | | | |
| 206 | 3-3 | | Àlex Gómez (SKALARI) | – | | | |
| 207 | 3-4 | | Matthew Robinson (Chevski) | – | | | |
| 208 | 3-3 | | Yoonho Park (PYH) | – | | | |
| 209 | 3-3 | | Júlio Eller (TZ Cogao) | – | | | |
| 210 | 3-5 | | Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) | – | | | |
| 211 | 3-5 | | Vincent Ignacio (pishent) | – | | | |
| 212 | 3-3 | | Cayden Owens (Sodamario) | – | | | |
| 213 | 3-3 | | Michael Zhang (Formora) | – | | | |
| 214 | 3-3 | | Brendan Zheng (Doug) | – | | | |
| 215 | 3-5 | | Chan Tsz Hung (Avoidless) | – | | | |
| 216 | 3-5 | | Wang Yi-Liang (漪葉) | – | | | K1086 7DEY5 |
| 217 | 3-3 | | Cristhian Andrade (Cedrico) | – | | | |
| 218 | 3-5 | | Yuma Kinugawa (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 219 | 3-5 | | Steven Stewart (Steven) | – |  | | |
| 220 | 3-3 | | Montana Mott (Montana) | – | | | |
| 221 | 3-3 | | Jerry Woods (Jenny) | – | | | |
| 222 | 3-3 | | Minseok Kim (와이리) | – | | | |
| 223 | 3-4 | | Thomas Irwin (Thomas) | – | | | |
| 224 | 3-5 | | Toler Webb (Toler) | – | | | |
| 225 | 3-5 | | Sebastián Lobos (PollitoA7) | – | | | |
| 226 | 3-5 | | Isaac Haymes-Montoya (Genesis) | – | | | |
| 227 | 3-4 | | Roberto Parente (Bobby) | – | | | |
| 228 | 3-3 | | Dylan Matthews (Dylan) | – | | | |
| 229 | 3-3 | | Jinho Park (플로젤) | – |  | | |
| 230 | 3-4 | | Nicolás Miniero (Nico) | – | | | |
| 231 | 3-3 | | Donghun Youm (Clover) | – | | | |
| 232 | 3-3 | | Jeongkyu Choi (정규) | – | | | |
| 233 | 3-5 | | Thomas Hoy (Thee H) | – | | | |
| 234 | 3-5 | | Shu Inokuchi (えにぴっぴ) | – | | | 8REWU BSB3N |
| 235 | 3-5 | | Dyl Yeomans (Dyl) | – | | | 6XXRS TFQS8 |
| 236 | 3-3 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | – | | | |
| 237 | 3-3 | | Ethan Yang (Ayabe) | – | | | |
| 238 | 3-4 | | James Evans (James) | – |  | | |
| 239 | 3-5 | | Ethan Trejo (EPOM) | – | | | |
| 240 | 3-3 | | Frederik Høj Nielsen (Hoej) | – | | | |
| 241 | 3-5 | | Zach Holowiak (Zach) | – | | | |
| 242 | 3-5 | | Sejun Park (세준) | – | | | |
| 243 | 3-4 | | Luciano Muñoz (misx) | – | | | |
| 244 | 3-4 | | Alex Arand (Azulite) | – | | | |
| 245 | 3-5 | | Elliot Giang (xiha) | – | | | |
| 246 | 3-4 | | Forhad Chodhoury (Forcho) | – | | | |
| 247 | 3-5 | | Kota Tomita (TOMKOー) | – | | | |
| 248 | 3-5 | | Ryan Pareja (ChocoPau) | – | | | |
| 249 | 3-5 | | Lai Ming-Hsu (Yei_Lai) | – | | | |
| 250 | 3-5 | | Jonathan Chemburkar (JON) | – | | | |
| 251 | 3-5 | | Matt Tidd (Tidd) | – | | | |
| 252 | 3-5 | | Takumi Soma (アカバ) | – | | | |
| 253 | 3-5 | | Lucy Fleming (Erza) | – | | | |
| 254 | 3-5 | | Len Deuel (Len) | – | | | |
| 255 | 3-5 | | Liang Chih-Chun (Barry) | – | | | |
| 256 | 3-5 | | Dorian Kang (SlycedBread) | – | | | |
| 257 | 3-4 | | Luciano Begot (KSV S.Proud) | – | | | |
| 258 | 3-3 | | Louis Milich (Uncle Lou) | – | | | |
| 259 | 3-5 | | Sebastian Gonzalez (Seb) | – |  | | RLCFS QT25W |
| 260 | 3-5 |  | Guilherme Schilling (Gspm02) | – | | | |
| 261 | 3-5 | | Sow Wei Harng (Kiz) | – | | | |
| 262 | 3-5 | | Masato Fukuda (RYAN) | – |  | | |
| 263 | 3-3 | | Chase Rumpca (Y.E.G.) | – |  | | |
| 264 | 3-5 | | Antonio Marco Rodrigo (EXHOUL) | – | | | |
| 265 | 3-5 | | Austin Le (Lepotatochip) | – | | | |
| 266 | 3-5 | | Shota Nakamichi (このゆびとま) | – | | | |
| 267 | 3-5 | | Aaron Grubbs (Aaron) | – | | | |
| 268 | 2-3 | | Hayden Sheung (IronManVGC) | – | | | |
| 269 | 2-3 | | Sahapol Meechunuke (RLiZT) | – |   | | |
| 270 | 2-3 | | Ben Grissmer (chef) | – |  | | |
| 271 | 2-3 | | Gabriel Llansó (billy beilys) | – | | | |
| 272 | 2-4 | | Rafi Ahmed Ansari (Scarcing) | – |   | | |
| 273 | 2-4 | | Zach Carlson (Zachary) | – | | | |
| 274 | 2-3 | | Justin Burns (Justin) | – | | | |
| 275 | 2-3 | | Giuseppe Musicco (Peppe) | – | | | |
| 276 | 2-4 | | Chen Yu-Wei (YuWei) | – | | | |
| 277 | 2-4 | | Chyr Wei (Megumi～) | – | | | |
| 278 | 2-3 | | Alberto Noguerol (Noguerol) | – | | | |
| 279 | 2-3 | | Francesco Pio Pero (CICCIOTT) | – | | | |
| 280 | 2-4 | | Takeru Mizumoto (みずも) | – | | | |
| 281 | 2-4 | | Giuseppe Alario (Il Mule) | – | | | |
| 282 | 2-5 | | Luca Alarcón (Luca) | – | | | |
| 283 | 2-3 | | Chuppa Cross IV (Chuppa*Cross) | – | | | |
| 284 | 2-3 |  | Joshua Lorcy (Lorcy) | – | | | |
| 285 | 2-3 | | Marcus Dion (striider) | – | | | |
| 286 | 2-3 | | Matheus Carretta (Z2R Carretta) | – | | | |
| 287 | 2-4 | | Roi Gómez (RoiRehh) | – | | | |
| 288 | 2-4 | | Davide Cauteruccio (dynamoon) | – | | | |
| 290 | 2-6 | | Hermann Krumrey (namboyVGC) | – | | | |
| 291 | 2-3 | | Yang Da-Wei (Wavvvy) | – | | | RLCFS QT25W |
| 292 | 2-3 | | Dylan Salvanera (Dylan) | – | | | |
| 293 | 2-3 | | Suhyeon Moon (재키) | – | | | |
| 294 | 2-3 | | Jordi Casado (Jordi) | – | | | |
| 295 | 2-3 | | Dimitri Koziaris (DimtheSim) | – | | | |
| 296 | 2-4 | | Juan Salerno (Juanfi) | – | | | |
| 297 | 2-4 | | Gonzalo Barrera (gonzAL-TL) | – | | | |
| 298 | 2-4 | | Wu Yichun (威廉) | – | | | |
| 299 | 2-4 | | Huang Yu-Chen (kincon) | – | | | |
| 300 | 2-4 | | Francisco Alca (Falcon) | – |  | | |
| 301 | 2-4 | | Salvatore Rega (Atlas) | – | | | |
| 302 | 2-5 | | Ervin Tan (Elfaria) | – | | | |
| 303 | 2-3 | | Panyawut Noijan (Rizaya) | – | | | |
| 304 | 2-6 | | Gary Ng (Gary) | – | | | |
| 305 | 2-5 | | Joaquín Ranauro (Coco) | – | | | |
| 306 | 2-6 | | Takuya Homma (ゆみもと) | – | | | |
| 307 | 2-5 | | Ng Chee Woon (EZ) | – | | | |
| 308 | 2-4 | | Iruto Konno (AIアンセナ) | – | | | EV3WD 5UMM7 |
| 309 | 2-4 | | Sie Meng-Ru (萊恩) | – | | | |
| 310 | 2-4 | | Jonathan Quiñones (JQuiñones) | – | | | |
| 311 | 2-6 | | Francis Tai (Tyrant) | – | | | |
| 312 | 2-6 | | Chang Hao-Wei (HaoWei) | – | | | |
| 313 | 2-6 | | Matt Bruno (Bruneaux) | – | | | PGNSJ MF205 |
| 314 | 2-6 | | Thomas Dervan (Tigertomd) | – | | | |
| 315 | 2-3 | | Phatthrawat Wichiendilok (ptr) | – | | | |
| 316 | 2-3 | | Flavio Del Pidio (PADØ) | – | | | |
| 317 | 2-6 | | Rafael Cassemiro (Gliscorsair) | – | | | |
| 318 | 2-3 | | Kaito Arii (ナーク) | – | | | |
| 319 | 2-5 | | Bhushan Thumsi (Freezai) | – | | | |
| 321 | 2-6 | | César Reyes (CésarsKamex) | – |  | | |
| 322 | 2-6 | | Sam Ng (deceive) | – | | | |
| 323 | 2-3 | | Daiki Sudo (わいぽん) | – | | | F9SLX GA4MH |
| 324 | 2-4 | | Femi Jordanovic (BlueBreath) | – |  | | |
| 325 | 2-6 | | Thomas Gravouille (IJC Hari) | – | | | 76J9T PB6K9 |
| 326 | 2-4 | | Aaron Brok (Aaron) | – | | | |
| 327 | 1-3 | | Keanu Inosanto (Keanu) | – | | | |
| 328 | 1-3 | | Théotime Massaut (Didi) | – | | | |
| 329 | 1-3 | | Andy Brophy (a b) | – | | | |
| 330 | 1-3 | | Nick Navarre (Nails) | – | | | |
| 331 | 1-3 | | Luca Paz (0-x in swiss) | – | | | |
| 332 | 1-3 | | Masato Ii (Uch) | – | | | |
| 333 | 1-3 | | Aditya Subramanian (ck49) | – | | | |
| 334 | 1-3 | | Xu Xichen (GGASH) | – | | | |
| 335 | 1-3 | | Adrián Isidoro (Adri) | – | | | |
| 336 | 1-3 | | Sohaib Mufti (soh) | – | | | |
| 337 | 1-4 | | Daniel Núñez (Donita♥) | – | | | |
| 338 | 1-4 | | Maicon de Moraes (Maik) | – | | | |
| 339 | 1-4 | | Nicolás del Campo (Sh4dowzon) | – | | | |
| 340 | 1-5 | | Man Chun Wo (和) | – | | | |
| 341 | 1-3 |  | Tal Kashri (Taliaho) | – | | | |
| 342 | 1-3 | | Diego Ortiz (Gerbacia) | – | | | |
| 343 | 1-3 | | Zhang Ruizhe (Asuka) | – | | | |
| 344 | 1-3 | | Arsal Puri (uncharted) | – | | | |
| 345 | 1-3 | | Javier Señorena (Javi) | – | | | |
| 346 | 1-3 | | Rayan Guezi (Rayan) | – | | | |
| 347 | 1-4 |  | Agustín Marinucci (Mari) | – |  | | |
| 348 | 1-4 | | Diego Ferreira (Diego) | – | | | |
| 349 | 1-4 | | Junhee Lee (Yuri) | – | | | PRR9G LY1BT |
| 350 | 1-5 | | Joaquín Salerno (Mysticbox…) | – | | | |
| 351 | 1-5 | | Hiram Espinosa (Hiramidas) | – | | | |
| 352 | 1-7 | | Lex Tan (silverKobold) | – |  | | |
| 353 | 1-3 | | Collin Heier (BattleRoom) | – | | | |
| 354 | 1-3 | | Krittapas Augchariyajinda (Zestimon) | – | | | |
| 355 | 1-3 | | Rushil Thakkar (Conkledonk) | – | | | |
| 356 | 1-3 | | Sebastián Bisbal (Brutus) | – | | | |
| 357 | 1-3 | | Christopher Han (Darts) | – | | | |
| 358 | 1-6 | | Lin Chia-Han (水水Tifa) | – | | | |
| 359 | 1-7 | | Aldo Loyola (STATS*Ike) | – |  | | |
| 360 | 1-5 | | Amorn Mongkhonkaewsakun (Mond) | – |  | | |
| 361 | 1-6 | | Omar Acuña (TG Homero) | – | | | |
| 362 | 1-4 | | Christian Mossati (Christian) | – | | | |
| 363 | 1-4 | | Matías Díaz (TG 21) | – | | | |
| 364 | 1-3 | | Justin Carris (Nova) | – | | | |
| 365 | 1-3 | | Aaron Traylor (Traylor Moon) | – | | | 0S4TS H9VBA |
| 366 | 1-4 | | Jean López (Jean) | – | | | |
| 367 | 1-7 | | Luke Iuele (Luke★) | – | | | |
| 368 | 1-4 | | Yap De Kern (DK2428) | – | | | |
| 369 | 0-1 | | Ng Shiu Chung (Percy) | – | | | |
| 370 | 0-1 | | Luca Ceribelli (Yume) | – |  | | |
| 371 | 0-1 | | Ruben Gianzini (Sedia) | – | | | |
| 372 | 0-1 | | Luca Lussignoli (MOODY GIRL) | – | | | |
| 373 | 0-1 | | Christian Salmingo (Yop) | – |  | | |
| 374 | 0-3 | | Ko Tsukide (ふゆばれ) | – | | | |
| 375 | 0-4 | | Nir Elgad (Niraidon) | – | | | |
| 376 | 0-3 | | Federico Camporesi (Campo) | – | | | |
| 377 | 0-3 | | Daniel Yu (ArKane) | – | | | |
| 378 | 0-3 | | Lewis Tan (Multi) | – | | | QTDFD F4D2B |
| 379 | 0-4 | | Alejandro Terrazas (Alec) | – | | | |
| 380 | 0-4 | | Sean Tan (Hathaway) | – | | | |
| 381 | 0-3 | | Rajan Bal (Rajan) | – | | | |
| 382 | 0-3 | | Jonathan Zuniga (Jawnzu) | – | | | |
| 383 | 0-3 | | Lin Chuang-Hsuan (リン) | – |  | | |
| 384 | 0-3 | | Toby Kongmun (tibba) | – | | | |
| 385 | 0-3 | | Ian Tal (Ian) | – | | | |
| 386 | 0-5 | | Chang I-Hsiang (Ted826) | – | | | |
| 387 | 0-4 |  | Amin Lehna (Aminko) | – | | | |
| 388 | 0-4 | | Hanns Pizarro (IHancocKI) | – | | | |
| 389 | 0-4 | | Raphael Ang (riprap) | – | | | |
| 390 | 0-4 | | Kazuki Kobayashi (ぶらあり) | – | | | |
| 391 | 0-5 | | Adrian Tang (Adrian) | – | | | |
| 392 | 0-3 | | Brian Collins (Angeló) | – | | | QFAVJ 8EWFW |
| 393 | 0-3 | | Juan Mejía (Yuanyo) | – | | | |
| 394 | 0-4 | | Rodrigo Tapia (Kremling) | – | | | |
| 395 | 0-5 | | Michael Navas (Michael) | – | | |
Teams and results - Seniors & Juniors
Seniors Top 16
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
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| 1 | 8-2 | |
Vikram T. | 2027 Worlds $30,000 |
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NVARV QMYUL |
| 2 | 9-1 | |
Carlos V. | 2027 Worlds $20,000 |
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| 3 | 8-2 | |
Lucas B. | 2027 Worlds $15,000 |
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| 4 | 8-2 | |
Esa I. | 2027 Worlds $15,000 |
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XP899 K0BMP |
| 5 | 8-2 | |
Léo F. | $10,000 |
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| 6 | 8-2 | |
Alberto F. | $10,000 |
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| 7 | 8-2 | |
Noah A. | $10,000 |
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JPC6C TT2GR |
| 8 | 8-2 | |
Luke W. | $10,000 |
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| 9 | 8-2 | |
Valerio S. | $5,000 |
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| 10 | 7-3 | |
Eder U. Z. | $5,000 |
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| 11 | 7-3 | |
Joaquin R. | $5,000 |
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PL4NA FCVEM |
| 12 | 7-3 | |
Changwoon H. | $5,000 |
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| 13 | 7-3 | |
Aoi T. | $5,000 |
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| 14 | 7-3 | |
Jong One M. | $5,000 |
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| 15 | 7-3 | |
Duc I. | $5,000 |
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| 16 | 7-3 | |
Desmond A. | $5,000 |
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Juniors Top 16
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | Replica |
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| 1 | 7-2 | | Kazuki K. | 2027 Worlds $30,000 | | | |
| 2 | 7-2 | | Kazutaka H. | 2027 Worlds $20,000 | | | |
| 3 | 8-1 | | Francisco L. | 2027 Worlds $15,000 | | | |
| 4 | 7-2 | | Izhaq H. | 2027 Worlds $15,000 | | | |
| 5 | 8-1 | | Sanghyeon L. | $10,000 | | | |
| 6 | 7-2 | | Anthony B. | $10,000 | | | |
| 7 | 7-2 | | Rinako T. | $10,000 | | | |
| 8 | 7-2 | | Oskar B. | $10,000 | | | |
| 9 | 7-2 | | Ziyu G. | $5,000 | | | |
| 10 | 7-2 | | Saki S. | $5,000 | | | |
| 11 | 6-3 | | Kyosuke N. | $5,000 | | | |
| 12 | 6-3 | | Sana K. | $5,000 |  | | |
| 13 | 6-3 | | Caleb S. | $5,000 | | | |
| 14 | 6-3 | | Satsuki H. | $5,000 | | | |
| 15 | 6-3 | | Aoi M. | $5,000 |  | | |
| 16 | 6-3 | | Naoyoshi S. | $5,000 | | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on several platforms and in several languages.
- In English: streamed live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Gabby Snyder, Rosemary Kelley, Aaron Zheng, Sierra Dawn, Lee Provost, Evan Latt, Scott Glaza and Ben Kyriakou as casters.
- In Japanese: streamed live on Niconico and YouTube by TPC, with Motochika Nabeshima, Shohei Taguchi, Hakushu Takeuchi and Refu as casters.
- In Korean: streamed live on YouTube by PKI, with Dongmin Park, Haneul Park, Yongnyeo Kim and Mori Ahn as casters.
For the first time ever at Worlds, several side streams will be available, featuring matches from the feature stations, different from those on the main stream. These will be available until the Top 8 section on Saturday, when all remaining matches will be available in the main stream:
- In English: streamed live on Victory Road‘s Twitch and YouTube, with Andrew Tham, Dillon Kleinvehn, Hayden McTavish, Kosta Daidimos, Matt Maynard and Simon Van der Borght as casters.
- In Spanish: streamed live on Victory Road‘s YouTube and VR España‘s Twitch, with Álvaro Ajenjo, Eduardo Abrego, Fernán Núñez, Marco Guillén, Martín Tamez and Máximo Beas as casters.
The schedule for the streams is the following:
- Opening ceremony and Day 1: stream starts on 28 August at 15:30 UTC.
- Day 2, including top cut (except finals): stream starts on 29 August at 15:30 UTC.
- Finals: stream starts on 30 August at 15:15 UTC. VGC finals will come after Pokémon UNITE, Pokémon Go and Pokémon TCG, and they are estimated to start on 30 August at around 23:00 UTC.
Take a look at the following matches. 
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Wolfe Glick |
vs | Hirofumi Kimura |
| R1 | Sejun Park |
vs | Juan Salerno |
| R2 | Alex Underhill |
vs | Eduardo Cunha |
| R3 | Zachary Weed |
vs | Paul Chua |
| R4 | Chanmin Lee |
vs | Chloe Bourke |
| R5 | Naoto Mizobuchi |
vs | Adam Cherfaoui |
| R6 | Cary D’Ortona |
vs | Narawitch Naenna |
| R7 | Filip Woźniak |
vs | Pok Yin Evan Choi |
| R8 | Hiroshi Onishi |
vs | Shohei Kimura |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 | Video |
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| R1 | Sebastián Escalante |
vs | Flavio Del Pidio |
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| R2 | Yuki Zaninovich |
vs | Àlex Gómez |
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| R2 | Shota Hongu |
vs | Giovanni Cischke |
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| R3 | Rintaro Arai |
vs | Taran Birdee |
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| R4 | Justin Tang |
vs | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen |
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| R4 | Markus Hamann |
vs | Sahapol Meechunuke |
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| R5 | Eric Rios |
vs | Antonio Sánchez |
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| R5 | Emilio Forbes |
vs | Kylan Van Severen |
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| R6 | Hiroshi Onishi |
vs | Naoto Mizobuchi |
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| R7 | Si Dawei |
vs | Jonathan Marston |
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| R8 | Shoma Honami |
vs | Paul Chua |
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| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Ko Tsukide |
vs | Antonio Sánchez |
| R1 (G3 missing) |
Justin Tang |
vs | Luca Paz |
| R2 | Michael Kelsch |
vs | Chyr Wei |
| R2 | Víctor Medina |
vs | Arath Vera |
| R3 | Yuma Kinugawa |
vs | Si Dawei |
| R3 | Justin Burns |
vs | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen |
| R4 | Edward Fan |
vs | Kota Kawabe |
| R5 | Stefan Mott |
vs | Yuya Wakasugi |
| R6 | Eduardo Cunha |
vs | Joji Kaieda |
| R7 | Jiseok Lee |
vs | Yuya Tada |
| R7 | Navjit Joshi |
vs | Simone Sanvito |
| R8 | Cary D’Ortona |
vs | Carson St. Denis |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R9 | Yuya Wakasugi |
vs | Cary D’Ortona |
| R10 | Antonio Sánchez |
vs | Giovanni Piscitelli |
| R11 | Emilio Forbes |
vs | Raghav Malaviya |
| Top 16 | Carson St. Denis |
vs | João Felipe Leite |
| Top 8 | Antonio Sánchez |
vs | Hiroshi Onishi |
| Top 8 | João Felipe Leite |
vs | Giovanni Piscitelli |
| Top 8 | Takuma Yamazaki |
vs | Stefano Greppi |
| Top 8 | Yuya Wakasugi |
vs | Zachary Weed |
| Top 4 | Hiroshi Onishi |
vs | João Felipe Leite |
| Top 4 | Takuma Yamazaki |
vs | Zachary Weed |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 | Video |
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| R9 | Naoto Mizobuchi |
vs | Shohei Kimura |
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| R9 | Raghav Malaviya |
vs | Joji Kaieda |
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| R10 | Kiran Singh |
vs | Si Dawei |
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| R10 | Mattie Morgan |
vs | Emilio Forbes |
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| R11 | Kiran Singh |
vs | Navjit Joshi |
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| R11 | Narawitch Naenna |
vs | Stefano Greppi |
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| Top 16 | Navjit Joshi |
vs | Hiroshi Onishi |
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| Top 16 | Emilio Forbes |
vs | Yuya Wakasugi |
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| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
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| R9 | Alex Underhill |
vs | Brandon Davis |
| R9 (G3) |
Navjit Joshi |
vs | Antonio Sánchez |
| R10 | Stefano Greppi |
vs | Zachary Weed |
| R10 | Hiroshi Onishi |
vs | Jonathan Marston |
| R11 | Justin Tang |
vs | João Felipe Leite |
| R11 | Narawitch Naenna |
vs | Stefano Greppi |
| Top 16 | Giovanni Piscitelli |
vs | Shohei Kimura |
| Top 16 | Stefano Greppi |
vs | Cary D’Ortona |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 | Video |
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| Junior Finals | Kazuki K. |
vs | Kazutaka H. |
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| Senior Finals | Carlos V. |
vs | Vikram T. |
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| Masters Finals | Hiroshi Onishi |
vs | Takuma Yamazaki |
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Check out all matches from the Feature Station streams, as well as other matches not shown during the broadcast, in Victory Road’s YouTube playlist!
Main stream
Feature Station #1
Feature Station #2
Usage stats
Phase 1
Phase 2
Participating players
The World Championships is an invitational event in which players from all over the world can play if they meet some qualifying criteria. These players are sent an email with all the instructions they need to follow to confirm their attendance and register their teams.
Check here the info on these criteria, as well as who the players that earned an invite are!
Venue and schedule
The tournament will be held in the following location:
Moscone Center
747 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103, United States
Check-in and badge pickup location will be announced soon.
Day 1 players must be ready in the venue on 28 August at the conclusion of the opening ceremonies, approximately at 9:15 am PDT (16:15 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts right thereafter with the Day 1 Swiss rounds. All players with 2 or fewer losses at the end of the Swiss rounds advance to the Day 2 Swiss rounds.
Day 2 players must be ready in the venue on 29 August at 8:45 am PDT (15:45 UTC) for a new players meeting. The tournament continues right thereafter with the Day 2 Swiss rounds and the top cut, until only two players remain.
The tournament will move to a stadium on Sunday for the finals:
Chase Center
1 Warriors Wy
San Francisco, CA 94158, United States
Finals will be played on 30 August at 9 am PDT (16:00 UTC), starting with Pokémon UNITE, Pokémon Go, Pokémon TCG and finally Pokémon VGC (VGC finals estimated at around 4 pm PDT / 23:00 UTC).
Prizes
This event is the most important event in the 2026 official circuit for all regions. It does not reward Championship Points (CPs).
All participating players receive a special kit of goodies.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following prizes (TBC):
| Placement | Prize money | Other prizes |
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| Winner | $30,000 |
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| Runner-up | $20,000 |
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| Semifinalists | $15,000 |
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| 5th to 8th | $10,000 | 108 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 9th to 16th | $5,000 | 72 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 17th to 32nd | – | 72 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 33rd to 64th | – | 36 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 65th to 128th | – | 18 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| Placement | Prize money | Other prizes |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $30,000 |
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| Runner-up | $20,000 |
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| Semifinalists | $15,000 |
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| 5th to 8th | $10,000 | 72 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 9th to 16th | $5,000 | 36 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 17th to 32nd | – | 18 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 33rd to 64th | – | 9 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| Placement | Prize money | Other prizes |
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| Winner | $30,000 |
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| Runner-up | $20,000 |
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| Semifinalists | $15,000 |
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| 5th to 8th | $10,000 | 36 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 9th to 16th | $5,000 | 36 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| 17th to 32nd | – | 18 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
If prize money is $5000 or more, it will be given as a choice of scholarship (in all cases) or cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card). For lower prizes, it will be given as cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card).
Overview
The World Championships is the most important event for Pokémon VGC, Pokémon TCG, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE for every region (either in TPCi, TPC or Pokémon Korea), as the culmination of all events throughout the season.
It is the 16th edition of the World Championships for Pokémon VGC. After a special event held during the 2008 Pokémon TCG World Championships, dubbed the Video Game Showdown (and won by Japanese player Izuru Yoshimura), VGC Worlds has been celebrated every year starting in 2009, with the only exception of 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemics. See the results of the previous editions:
- 2009, won by Kazuyuki Tsuji
- 2010, won by Ray Rizzo
- 2011, won by Ray Rizzo, for the 2nd time
- 2012, won by Ray Rizzo, for a record 3rd time
- 2013, won by Arash Ommati
- 2014, won by Sejun Park
- 2015, won by Shoma Honami
- 2016, won by Wolfe Glick
- 2017, won by Ryota Otsubo
- 2018, won by Paul Ruiz
- 2019, won by Naoto Mizobuchi
- 2022, won by Eduardo Cunha
- 2023, won by Shohei Kimura
- 2024, won by Luca Ceribelli
- 2025, won by Giovanni Cischke
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set M-B and it is played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
The United States has been part of the North America region of the official TPCi circuit since the very beginning, also being home to the TPCi headquarters. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships, all editions of the North America International Championships and most World Championships (only excluding 2013, 2022 and 2023). The United States’ greatest VGC success are the five World Championship wins achieved by Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011 and 2012), Wolfe Glick (2016) and Giovanni Cischke (2025), not even counting being the home country of 7 Senior Division and 7 Junior Division World Champions too.
The most recent tournament held in the United States was the 2026 North America International Championships (NAIC), hosted in New Orleans, LA, and played with the VGC Regulation Set M-A in June 2026. The finals saw 2026 EUIC semifinalist Francesco Pio Pero defeat 2022 EUIC Champion Eric Rios to win his first International title!
The last time the World Championships were held was the 2025 edition, held in Anaheim, CA, and played with the VGC Regulation Set I. The finals saw American player Giovanni Cischke defeat 2018 Senior World Champion James Evans to win the crown of World Champion!
It’s the second time that San Francisco is the host city of the World Championships, after the 2016 edition, played with Pokémon Omega Ruby & Pokémon Alpha Sapphire with the VGC16 ruleset. The finals saw 2012 Worlds finalist Wolfe Glick defeat American player Jonathan Evans to win the crown of World Champion!
Sign-up instructions
Qualified players need to register through Rk9 Labs by 31 July at 11:59 pm PDT (1 August at 06:59 UTC).
Team lists must also be submitted through Rk9 Labs 3 hours before the event starts, by 15 August at 6 am PDT (13:00 UTC).
