| Event | 2025 World Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Anaheim, CA, United States |
| Date | 15–17 August 2025 |
| Attendance | 432 qualified players (MA) + 184 SR + 169 JR 371 in attendance (MA) + 126 SR + 111 JR |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2025 Season – VGC Regulation Set I |
| Format | 8+2 Swiss rounds + top cut (all X-2 or better) single elimination 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 | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9-1 | | Giovanni Cischke (PqlarBear) | 2026 Worlds $30,000 |       |  | |
| 2 | 8-2 | | James Evans (James) | 2026 Worlds $20,000 |     | | |
| 3 | 9-1 |  | Hirofumi Kimura (カ・エール) | 2026 Worlds $15,000 |    | | |
| 4 | 8-2 | | Montana Mott (Montana) | 2026 Worlds $15,000 |     | | |
| 5 | 9-1 | | Ko Tsukide (バイオレット) | $10,000 |    | | |
| 6 | 9-1 |  | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | $10,000 |  | | |
| 7 | 8-2 | | Mao Harada (シズ) | $10,000 |  | | |
| 8 | 8-2 |  | Víctor Medina (Torviv) | $10,000 | | | |
| 9 | 9-1 |  | Giuseppe Musicco (Peppe) | $5,000 |  | | |
| 10 | 8-2 | | James Baek (V) | $5,000 |   | | |
| 11 | 8-2 | | Yoshitaka Izawa (カタクリ) | $5,000 |   | | |
| 12 | 8-2 | | Naoto Kishida (シャーベット) | $5,000 |  | | |
| 13 | 8-2 |  | Aaron Brok (Aaron) | $5,000 | | | |
| 14 | 8-2 |  | Théotime Massaut (Didi) | $5,000 | | | |
| 15 | 8-2 | | Nick Navarre (Nails) | $5,000 |  | | |
| 16 | 8-2 |  | Masayoshi Kuroo (スカーレット) | $5,000 |   | | |
| 17 | 8-2 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | – | | | |
| 18 | 8-2 | | Carlos Cabal (miraii) | – | | | |
| 19 | 8-2 | | Cedric Bernier (Cedric) | – | | | |
| 20 | 8-2 | | Chuppa Cross IV (Chuppa*Cross) | – | | |
Swiss rounds (Day 2)
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 7-3 | | Justin Tang (Panda) | – |   | | |
| 22 | 7-3 | | Zee Costagliola (Vani) | – |  | | |
| 23 | 7-3 | | Simone Sanvito (☆Sanvy) | – | | | |
| 24 | 7-3 | | Christopher Han (Darts) | – | | | |
| 25 | 7-3 |  | Jude Lee (Winter) | – |  | | |
| 26 | 7-3 | | Zachary Mnich (XZacLee) | – |  | | |
| 27 | 7-3 | | Shoma Honami (ビエラ) | – | | | |
| 28 | 7-3 | | Louis Markl (Louis) | – | | | |
| 29 | 7-3 | | Brian Collins (Angeló) | – |    | | |
| 30 | 7-3 |  | Lin Longyu (救我) | – | | | |
| 31 | 7-3 | | Daanvir Singh Narula (Daanvir) | – | | | |
| 32 | 7-3 | | Joji Kaieda (S) | – | | | |
| 33 | 7-3 | | Patrick Connors (Patrick) | – |   | | |
| 34 | 7-3 | | Kian Campbell (Kian) | – |  | | |
| 35 | 7-3 |  | Chiu Chih-Hung (Syuan) | – |    | | |
| 36 | 7-3 |  | Max Morales (Shiba-Max) | – |  | | |
| 37 | 7-3 | | Grant Laird (Verona) | – |  | | |
| 38 | 7-3 |  | Yan Sym (Hellraiser) | – | | | |
| 39 | 7-3 |  | Hsuan-Chih Kuo (Suggy) | – | | | |
| 40 | 7-3 | | Shunsuke Minami (Érizabeth) | – | | | |
| 41 | 7-3 | | Victor Vieira (KSV Kids) | – | | | |
| 42 | 7-3 | | Wolfe Glick (Wolfey) | – | | | |
| 43 | 7-3 | | Nils Dunlop (Nils) | – | | | |
| 44 | 6-4 | | Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | – | | | |
| 45 | 6-4 | | Luca Ceribelli (Yume) | – | | | |
| 46 | 6-3 | | William Brown (billy) | – |   | | |
| 47 | 6-4 | | Takahiro Futamura (ラン) | – | | | |
| 48 | 6-4 | | Kiran Singh (Mev Lad) | – | | | |
| 49 | 6-4 | | Matteo Velata (Thunderman) | – | | | |
| 50 | 6-4 | | Duh Jenn-Chau (一拳咚咚鼠) | – | | | |
| 51 | 6-4 | | Takuto Notohara (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 52 | 6-4 |  | Tom Winter (TZ111) | – | | | |
| 53 | 6-4 | | Kevin Salvetto (Lil Bo Peep) | – | | |
Swiss rounds (Day 1)
These were the results of the players that advanced to Day 2 after the Day 1 Swiss rounds!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 5-3 | | Yuma Kinugawa (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 55 | 5-3 |  | Taeseok Roe (산 남자) | – | | | |
| 56 | 5-3 | | Zhang Hengyue (圆滚滚电刺猬) | – | | | |
| 57 | 5-3 | | Kazuki Ogushi (ミオリア) | – | | | |
| 58 | 5-3 | | Ayumu Iwasaki (ちゃぐま) | – | | | |
| 59 | 5-3 | | Ryoma Okamoto (りょうま) | – | | | |
| 60 | 5-3 | | Jaesung Lee (라엔) | – | | | |
| 61 | 5-3 | | Louis Milich (Uncle Lou) | – | | | |
| 62 | 5-3 | | Dimitri Koziaris (DimtheSim) | – | | | |
| 63 | 5-3 |  | Sebastián Escalante (Sebastian) | – |  | | |
| 64 | 5-3 | | Aurélien Soula (Sakura) | – |  | | |
| 65 | 5-3 | | Jiang Jin-Hao (PP) | – | | | |
| 66 | 5-3 | | Femi Jordanovic (BlueBreath) | – | | | |
| 67 | 5-3 | | Dylan Salvanera (Dylan) | – | | | |
| 68 | 5-3 |  | Hanns Pizarro (IHancocKI) | – | | | |
| 69 | 5-3 | | Francesco Pio Pero (CICCIOTT) | – |  | | |
| 70 | 5-3 |  | Galo Orbea (EcuaDude) | – | | | |
| 71 | 5-3 | | Joshua Denk (DarkPine) | – | | | |
| 72 | 5-3 | | Paul Ruiz (Ralf) | – | | | |
| 73 | 5-3 | | Yuki Tanaka (Onion_) | – | | | |
| 74 | 5-3 | | Alister Sandover (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 75 | 5-3 | | Ryan Powney (Giggsy) | – | | | |
| 76 | 5-3 | | Fabian Kuhl (Fabi) | – | | | |
| 77 | 5-3 | | Kimitake Ikarashi (はむ) | – | | | |
| 78 | 5-3 | | Behzad Muntazir (Saten) | – | | | |
| 79 | 5-3 | | Cary D’Ortona (Cary) | – | | | |
| 80 | 5-3 |  | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen (Nikolaj_H) | – | | | |
| 81 | 5-3 | | Taran Birdee (Taran) | – | | | |
| 82 | 5-3 | | Toby Kongmun (tob) | – | | | |
| 83 | 5-3 | | Chyr Wei (Megumi～) | – | | | |
| 84 | 5-3 | | Takahiro Ishida (テングマン) | – | | | |
| 85 | 5-3 | | Katsuhiko Minami (みなみん) | – | | | |
| 86 | 5-3 | | Lin Pin-Chun (DiGua) | – | | | |
| 87 | 5-3 |  | Marcus Dion (striider) | – | | | |
| 88 | 5-3 | | Forhad Chodhoury (Forcho) | – | | | |
| 89 | 5-3 |  | Michael Navas (Jejemena <3) | – | | | |
| 90 | 5-3 | | Antonio Sánchez (Antonio) | – | | | |
| 91 | 5-3 | | Kiwamu Endo (バイオレット) | – | | | |
| 92 | 5-3 | | Kuninori Tanaka (くにのり) | – | | | |
| 93 | 5-3 | | Jeongkyu Choi (SuiCa) | – | | | |
| 94 | 5-3 | | Estephan Valdebenito (Irina) | – | | | |
| 95 | 5-3 | | Daniel Marcelo Reyes (DanMarcelo) | – | | | |
| 96 | 5-3 | | Nicholas Kan (Nick) | – | | | |
| 97 | 5-3 | | Yuta Uehara (うえシナ) | – | | | |
| 98 | 5-3 | | Juan Lucin (Samuel) | – | | | |
| 99 | 5-3 | | Lewis Tan (Multi boy) | – | | | |
| 100 | 5-3 | | Gabriel Agati (Ash) | – | | | |
| 101 | 5-3 | | Wonjae Kim (Della) | – | | | |
| 102 | 5-3 | | Angelo Piscitelli (Pisco) | – |  | | |
| 103 | 5-3 | | Markus Hamann (Yoshi) | – | | | |
| 104 | 5-3 | | Jim Sullivan (Polaris) | – |  | | |
| 105 | 5-3 | | Seiya Koyasu (Bruno boy) | – | | | |
| 106 | 5-3 | | Mingi Kim (요테귀엽) | – | | | |
| 107 | 5-3 | | Christian Mossati (Christian) | – | | | |
| 108 | 5-3 | | Kylan Van Severen (Kylan) | – | | | |
| 109 | 5-3 | | Munenori Okumura (COM*) | – | | | |
| 110 | 5-3 | | Zachary Weed (Zach) | – | | | |
| 111 | 5-3 | | Juan Salerno (Juanfi) | – | | | |
| 112 | 5-3 | | Ginjiro Shiraki (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 113 | 5-3 | | Marco Marras (Noxill) | – | | | |
| 114 | 5-3 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | – | | | |
| 115 | 5-3 | | Shohei Asakura (いろっちゃん) | – | | | |
| 116 | 5-3 | | Norah Bowman (Bubs!) | – | | | |
| 117 | 5-3 | | Iker Rodrigo (Reki) | – | | | |
| 118 | 5-3 | | Alberto Cañuelo (Cañuelo) | – | | | |
| 119 | 5-3 | | Diego Ferreira (Diego) | – | | | |
| 120 | 5-3 | | Dillon Kleinvehn (MLBD) | – | | | |
| 121 | 5-3 | | Scott Kennedy (Roy) | – | | | |
| 122 | 5-3 | | Dyl Yeomans (Dyl) | – | | | |
| 123 | 5-3 | | Renzo Navarro (NotRenzo) | – | | | |
| 124 | 5-3 | | Jack Clarke (Jack) | – | | | |
| 125 | 4-3 |  | Raghav Malaviya (ragi) | – | | | |
| 126 | 4-4 | | Sebastián Rodríguez (Kommander) | – | | | |
| 127 | 4-3 | | Víctor Jiménez (VictorJColl) | – |    | | |
| 128 | 4-4 | | Joseph Martin (José) | – | | | |
| 129 | 4-4 | | Shonosuke Ikari (ノア) | – | | | |
| 130 | 4-3 |  | Paul Chua (Paul) | – | | | |
| 131 | 4-4 | | Lorenzo Silvestrini (Lore) | – | | | |
| 132 | 4-4 | | Jack Roth (jrmun) | – | | | |
| 133 | 4-4 | | Cruz Ting (Ze Banded) | – | | | |
| 134 | 4-4 | | Bruno Rebello (Bruno) | – | | | |
| 135 | 4-4 | | Christian Dave Vista (Khun) | – | | | |
| 136 | 4-4 |  | Aldo Loyola (STATS*Ike) | – | | | |
| 137 | 4-4 | | Ashton Cox (Ash) | – | | | |
| 138 | 4-4 | | Dorian Quiñonez (Dorian Quinonez) | – | | | |
| 139 | 4-4 | | Kenneth Gamboa (KENNETH) | – | | | |
| 140 | 4-4 | | Lin I-Sheng (Mirror) | – | | | |
| 141 | 4-4 | | Marcus Koh (Calculus) | – | | | |
| 142 | 4-4 | | Matt Maynard (bwenty) | – | | | |
| 143 | 4-4 | | Billy Cubillan (Kubi) | – | | | |
| 144 | 4-4 | | Seung Lee (letzi) | – | | | |
| 145 | 4-3 |  | Oliver Eskolin (Owe) | – | | | |
| 146 | 4-4 | | Giorgio Dela Cuesta (Giodude) | – | | | |
| 147 | 4-4 | | Yuki Zaninovich (ゆうき) | – | | | |
| 148 | 4-3 |  | Stefan Mott (Pengy) | – |  | | |
| 149 | 4-4 | | Yuta Ishigaki (パラガス) | – | | | |
| 150 | 4-4 | | Len Deuel (Len) | – |   | | |
| 151 | 4-4 |  | Jittarin Rojmahamongkol (Jit) | – | | | |
| 152 | 4-4 | | William Bassolino (wjbax) | – | | | |
| 153 | 4-4 | | Oliver Ramsay (Adonis) | – | | | |
| 154 | 4-4 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | – |  | | |
| 155 | 4-4 | | Sam Tabner (Sam) | – | | | |
| 156 | 4-4 | | Nattanon Wongwiwatchai (boomngong) | – |  | | |
| 157 | 4-4 | | Alexander Canseco (CansecoChann) | – | | | |
| 158 | 4-4 | | Kazuki Hatakeyama (スカーレット) | – |  | | |
| 159 | 4-3 | | Collin Heier (Peco★) | – | | | |
| 160 | 4-4 | | Bryce Ong (Bryce) | – | | | |
| 161 | 4-4 | | Eric Rios (AEsir) | – | | | |
| 162 | 4-4 | | Yoshimasa Hayakawa (みそのみか) | – | | | |
| 163 | 4-4 |  | Tam Ngai (月光仙子) | – | | | |
| 164 | 4-4 | | June Lintner (Linty) | – | | | |
| 165 | 4-4 | | Ferdinando Vincenti (TedWinners) | – | | | |
| 166 | 4-4 | | Mark Cotter (Mark) | – |  | | |
| 167 | 4-4 | | Naoto Kiriyama (Kirito) | – | | | |
| 168 | 4-4 | | Ryan Loseto (SableyeVGC) | – | | | |
| 169 | 4-4 | | Gabriel Llansó (billy beilys) | – | | | |
| 170 | 4-4 | | Ryotaro Kimura (りょうたろう) | – | | | |
| 171 | 4-4 | | Kaoru Ueki (かおる) | – | | | |
| 172 | 4-4 | | Toler Webb (Toler) | – | | | |
| 173 | 4-4 | | Dominic Vogel (Dominic) | – | | | |
| 174 | 4-4 | | Wang Yuxiang (SG★) | – | | | |
| 175 | 4-4 | | Lai Yan-Bo (琴音的瑪力露) | – | | | |
| 176 | 4-3 | | Giovanni Costa (Gio™) | – |  | | |
| 177 | 4-4 | | Ernesto Verdugo (ErnestoVR) | – | | | |
| 178 | 4-4 | | Ryosuke Kosuge (げべぼ) | – | | | |
| 179 | 4-4 |  | Mark Mullender (Mark) | – | | | |
| 180 | 4-4 | | Riley Factura (Riley) | – | | | |
| 181 | 4-4 | | Diego Aguirre (Diego) | – |  | | |
| 182 | 4-4 | | Ben Madigan (Maddo) | – | | | |
| 183 | 4-4 | | Ryan Pareja (Choco.Pau) | – | | | |
| 184 | 4-4 | | Adam Cherfaoui (Shao) | – | | | |
| 185 | 4-4 | | William Holtsbaum (Thara Blake) | – |  | | |
| 186 | 4-4 | | David Carrasco (Kevid) | – | | | |
| 187 | 4-4 | | Oscar Gilley (Oscar) | – | | | |
| 188 | 4-4 | | Wang Zhiyuan (小哈) | – | | | |
| 189 | 4-4 | | Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | – | | | |
| 190 | 4-4 |  | Jonathan Zuniga (Jawnzu) | – | | | |
| 191 | 4-4 | | Koji Kanamori (カナエル) | – | | | |
| 192 | 4-4 | | Lee Ping-Jung (阿容) | – | | | |
| 193 | 4-4 | | Kentaro Matsumoto (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 194 | 4-4 | | Kevin Lan (笨牛肉) | – | | | |
| 195 | 4-4 | | Ibrahim Maarouf (Alice) | – |   | | |
| 196 | 4-4 | | Lee Cheng-Lin (cheng0) | – | | | |
| 197 | 4-4 | | Benny Vasquez (Benny) | – | | | |
| 198 | 4-4 | | Kusha Kanani (Busha) | – | | | |
| 199 | 3-3 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | – | | | |
| 200 | 3-4 | | Max Musumeci (Ember) | – | | | |
| 201 | 3-5 | | Arath Vera (Arath) | – | | | |
| 202 | 3-3 | | Narawitch Naenna (MyStars) | – | | | |
| 203 | 3-3 | | Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | – | | | |
| 204 | 3-4 | | Ryan Haig (botchkiss) | – | | | |
| 205 | 3-3 | | Junxi Zhu (zgr) | – | | | |
| 206 | 3-5 | | Samuel Pereira (CSK) | – | | | |
| 207 | 3-3 | | Vinícius Junqueira (Vini) | – | | | |
| 208 | 3-3 | | Luca Paz (0-x in swiss) | – | | | |
| 209 | 3-3 | | Daniel Bezerra (Solid Calf) | – |   | | |
| 210 | 3-3 | | Takumi Kamisugi (るすたりお) | – | | | |
| 211 | 3-5 | | Luke Kroll (Luke) | – | | | |
| 212 | 3-5 | | Hidetsuna Shimizu (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 213 | 3-3 | | Andrew Ding (Valentine★) | – | | | |
| 214 | 3-5 | | Choi Yin Fung (楓) | – | | | |
| 215 | 3-4 | | Jean López (Jean) | – | | | |
| 216 | 3-5 | | Andrew Figueras (Andrew) | – | | | |
| 217 | 3-3 | | Nicholas Morales (Charmdi) | – | | | |
| 218 | 3-5 | | Chase Matteo (Chase) | – | | | |
| 219 | 3-5 | | Kazuya Shiraishi (ライラック) | – | | | |
| 220 | 3-3 | | Pan Xicheng (Arashi) | – | | | |
| 221 | 3-5 | | Pai Yu-Ping (White) | – |  | | |
| 222 | 3-5 | | Tomoyuki Tanaka (gin) | – | | | |
| 223 | 3-4 | | Pedro Cadaval (Anderson) | – | | | |
| 224 | 3-5 | | Thomas Schultz (Tos) | – | | | |
| 225 | 3-3 | | Eric Bush (Eric) | – | | | |
| 226 | 3-5 | | Matthew So (Galahad) | – | | | |
| 227 | 3-5 |  | Simon Bernard (Ryo) | – | | | |
| 228 | 3-5 | | Hirotoshi Mori (GNO) | – | | | |
| 229 | 3-3 | | Andrew Zheng (honorstoise) | – | | | |
| 230 | 3-5 | | Nicolò Pollato (Nik) | – |  | | |
| 231 | 3-5 | | David Rodríguez (davidness) | – | | | |
| 232 | 3-3 | | Sam Pandelis (♥Misaka♥) | – | | | |
| 233 | 3-5 | | Yotam Cohen (yotam) | – | | | |
| 234 | 3-5 | | Omar Acuña (TG Homero) | – | | | |
| 235 | 3-5 | | Sidy Badiane (Dysi) | – | | | |
| 236 | 3-5 | | Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Gateishion) | – | | | |
| 237 | 3-3 | | Takumi Okuo (Va) | – | | | |
| 238 | 3-5 | | Francesco Di Biase (Fradibis) | – | | | |
| 239 | 3-5 | | Liang Chih-Chun (Barry) | – | | | |
| 240 | 3-5 | | Kenichi Yanagitani (さぶ) | – | | | |
| 241 | 3-5 | | Worrachate Bosri (BoyHachiiz) | – | | | |
| 242 | 3-5 | | Rahim Farzan (Pres) | – | | | |
| 243 | 3-5 | | Juan Mejía (Yuanyo) | – | | | |
| 244 | 3-5 | | Edward Fan (iss) | – | | | |
| 245 | 3-5 | | Michael Vono (Joseph) | – | | | |
| 246 | 3-4 | | Daniel Yu (ArKane) | – | | | |
| 247 | 3-4 | | Witsarut Buadit (GnPete) | – | | | |
| 248 | 3-5 | | Lo Shih-Chun (猴怪) | – |  | | |
| 249 | 3-5 | | Caelan Brown (Cabro) | – | | | |
| 250 | 3-5 | | Wataru Kawashima (〆_saba) | – | | | |
| 251 | 3-5 | | Noppasorn Tangkasem (Zora) | – | | | |
| 252 | 3-5 | | Francisco Alca (Falcon) | – | | | |
| 253 | 3-5 | | Lin Tse-Yu (蘇鼻濃湯) | – | | | |
| 254 | 3-5 | | Xavier Méndez (Xavi) | – | | | |
| 255 | 3-4 | | Daniel Núñez (Donita♥) | – | | | |
| 256 | 3-5 | | Peter Vowles (Peetorr) | – | | | |
| 257 | 3-3 | | Suwoong Cheong (Scarlet) | – | | | |
| 258 | 3-5 | | Donguk Jung (니시키노마키) | – | | | |
| 259 | 3-5 | | Roman Manukjan (Choci) | – | | | |
| 260 | 3-5 | | Si Dawei (露露♪) | – | | | |
| 261 | 3-5 | | Liu Genting (UncleG) | – | | | |
| 262 | 3-5 | | Felix Kwok (小破) | – | | | |
| 263 | 3-5 | | Wu Yichun (威廉) | – | | | |
| 264 | 3-5 | | Lien Chin (VicL) | – | | | |
| 265 | 3-5 | | Carlos Agarie (onox) | – | | | |
| 266 | 2-5 | | Manuel Hernández (Manu) | – | | | |
| 267 | 2-5 | | Paul Bautista (Pong) | – | | | |
| 268 | 2-3 |  | Miguel Paquete (Nono Hana ❤︎) | – | | | |
| 269 | 2-3 | | Joan Garcia (Top) | – | | | |
| 270 | 2-4 | | Javier Freire (Javi) | – |  | | |
| 271 | 2-3 | | Ruben Gianzini (Sedia) | – | | | |
| 272 | 2-3 | | Aditya Subramanian (ck49) | – |  | | |
| 273 | 2-4 | | Luca Lussignoli (MOODY GIRL) | – | | | |
| 274 | 2-3 | | Adrián Isidoro (Adri) | – | | | |
| 275 | 2-4 | | Patrick Jan Cabangin (Paaattt) | – | | | |
| 276 | 2-3 | | Javier Nain (jvvieree) | – | | | |
| 277 | 2-5 | | Junhyuk Song (디지니) | – | | | |
| 278 | 2-4 | | Aaron Traylor (Traylor Moon) | – | | | |
| 279 | 2-3 | | Brady Smith (B) | – | | | |
| 280 | 2-3 | | Yoav Reuven (Cloud) | – | | | |
| 281 | 2-3 | | Noah Gardner (MemesNDreams) | – | | | |
| 282 | 2-3 | | Kazuma Sobashima (バイオレット) | – | | | |
| 283 | 2-3 | | Javier Señorena (Javi) | – | | | |
| 284 | 2-3 | | Ryo Nonami (ミササギ) | – | | | |
| 285 | 2-3 | | Hiroki Kimura (きむら) | – |  | | |
| 286 | 2-6 |  | Lee Jin Yang (Husky) | – | | | |
| 287 | 2-6 | | Tomoki Kinoshita (フィリー) | – | | | |
| 288 | 2-3 | | Panyawut Noijan (Rizaya) | – | | | |
| 289 | 2-3 | | Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC) | – | | | |
| 290 | 2-6 | | Arthur Mosca (Thurmos) | – | | | |
| 291 | 2-4 | | Cristhian Andrade (Cedrico) | – | | | |
| 292 | 2-4 | | Kazuki Kobayashi (CRYMAX) | – | | | |
| 293 | 2-6 | | Hiroki Kusafuka (Q) | – | | | |
| 294 | 2-6 | | Connor Swikart (Condor) | – | | | |
| 295 | 2-6 | | Ismat Myron (Ismat Myron) | – | | | |
| 296 | 2-6 | | Yuki Ishikawa (whiz) | – | | | |
| 297 | 2-3 | | Roberto Parente (Roberto) | – | | | |
| 298 | 2-4 | | Lorenzo Arce (Lorenzo) | – | | | |
| 299 | 2-4 | | Gustavo Kengo (KENGO) | – | | | |
| 300 | 2-4 | | Pavel Valencia-Acuna (Pavel) | – |  | | |
| 301 | 2-3 | | Flavio Del Pidio (PADØ) | – | | | |
| 302 | 2-6 | | Javier Ponce (Ponka) | – | | | |
| 303 | 2-6 | | Chiu Yuan-Ming (Circle) | – | | | |
| 304 | 2-4 |  | Walid Souak (Dilaw) | – | | | |
| 305 | 2-6 | | Chen Chih-Chun (ToooTz) | – | | | |
| 306 | 2-6 | | Ng Tsz Tung (Nsan) | – | | | |
| 307 | 2-6 | | Vijay Sood (V) | – |     | | |
| 308 | 2-5 | | Gonzalo Barrera (gonzAL-TH) | – | | | |
| 309 | 2-6 | | Haruki Sato (Jolly) | – | | | |
| 310 | 2-6 | | Shai Rabà (Shabarai) | – | | | |
| 311 | 2-6 | | Kota Uchiyama (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 312 | 2-6 | | Tsai Hau-Yu (米寶不哭) | – | | | |
| 313 | 2-3 | | Francisco Trigo (ZCaT) | – | | | |
| 314 | 2-4 | | Sara Spiller (Taiga) | – | | | |
| 315 | 2-4 | | Takuya Yonemura (ふらっと) | – | | | |
| 316 | 2-6 | | Lam Tsz Hin (DAWN) | – | | | |
| 317 | 1-3 | | Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | – | | | |
| 318 | 1-3 | | Zachary Chia (SoulKnight) | – | | | |
| 319 | 1-3 | | Guilherme Queiroz (Queiroz) | – | | | |
| 320 | 1-3 | | Hippolyte Bernard (★AllySwitch★) | – | | | |
| 321 | 1-3 | | Emily Parson (Zanzibar) | – | | | |
| 322 | 1-4 | | Àlex Gómez (celenex) | – | | | |
| 323 | 1-3 | | Matías Díaz (TG 21) | – | | | |
| 324 | 1-3 | | Jamie Boyt (Boyt) | – | | | |
| 325 | 1-4 | | Seongjae Jeong (나연♥︎) | – | | | |
| 326 | 1-4 | | Darsh Patel (Darsh) | – | | | |
| 327 | 1-3 | | Justin Burns (Justin) | – | | | |
| 328 | 1-4 | | Alejandro Terrazas (Alec) | – |  | | |
| 329 | 1-3 | | Frederik Høj Nielsen (Hoej) | – | | | |
| 330 | 1-3 | | Diego Gutiérrez (Zero) | – | | | |
| 331 | 1-4 | | Eden Batchelor (#1RalseiFan) | – | | | |
| 332 | 1-3 | | Mitch Kendrick (Who) | – | | | |
| 333 | 1-3 | | Alessio Fuscà (NikyuAlex) | – |  | | |
| 334 | 1-7 | | Wong Chung Yin (Hot me) | – | | | |
| 335 | 1-3 | | Stefano Greppi (Ste) | – | | | |
| 336 | 1-4 | | Alvin Rambano (Vin) | – | | | |
| 337 | 1-4 | | Rishi Gupta (MrRishi) | – | | | |
| 338 | 1-3 | | Diego Ortiz (Mesquo) | – | | | |
| 339 | 1-3 | | Adam Colson (Adam) | – | | | |
| 340 | 1-4 | | Raj Desai (Raj) | – | | | |
| 341 | 1-4 |  | Jiven Reddy (Bellz) | – | | | |
| 342 | 1-7 | | Justin Won (Justin) | – | | | |
| 343 | 1-4 | | Alessio Ferrara (Alessio) | – | | | |
| 344 | 1-3 | | Davide Miraglia (Dede) | – | | | |
| 345 | 1-3 | | Yosuke Takayanagi (やなぎ) | – | | | |
| 346 | 1-4 | | Selahattin Sturm (Sela) | – | | | |
| 347 | 1-5 | | Li Chieh-Ling (貓貓) | – | | | |
| 348 | 1-5 | | Tanner Mask (Tanner) | – | | | |
| 349 | 1-3 | | Rain Hizola (Rain) | – | | | |
| 350 | 1-7 | | Shawn Tang (AquaDragon) | – | | | |
| 351 | 1-7 | | Keisuke Koga (ケロすけ) | – | | | |
| 352 | 1-6 | | Chang I-Hsiang (煞氣aYE祥) | – | | | |
| 353 | 1-4 | | Camilo Liberona (Linko) | – | | | |
| 354 | 0-5 | | Nicolás del Campo (Guiltythree) | – | | | |
| 355 | 0-5 | | Or Kei Yin (Cyrus) | – | | | |
| 356 | 0-1 | | Rafi Ahmed Ansari (Scarcing) | – | | | |
| 357 | 0-3 | | Papon Jirawattanakul (Terrestrialz) | – | | | |
| 358 | 0-5 | | Minjun Oh (은빛♪) | – | | | |
| 359 | 0-3 | | Jeudy Azzarelli (Wyatt) | – | | | |
| 360 | 0-3 | | Zhang Zhe (天难忱斯) | – | | | |
| 361 | 0-3 | | Tan Ying Kiat (YK) | – | | | |
| 362 | 0-4 | | Sunghyeon Hong (K고삼) | – | | | |
| 363 | 0-3 | | Hunter Braum (DeskSmash) | – | | | |
| 364 | 0-3 | | Carson Confer (Carson) | – | | | |
| 365 | 0-3 | | Ben Grissmer (chef) | – | | | |
| 366 | 0-1 | | Thomas Irwin (Thomas) | – | | | |
| 367 | 0-5 | | Kyle Livinghouse (Animus) | – | | | |
| 368 | 0-3 | | Zachary Kelly (Nate) | – | | | |
| 369 | 0-3 | | Olivia Moledzki (timbit) | – | | | |
| 370 | 0-3 | | James Katsaros (Who?) | – | | | |
| 371 | 0-8 | | Jeongbin Cho (파멍) | – | | |
Teams and results - Seniors & Juniors
Seniors Top 16
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8-0 | | Kevin H. | 2026 Worlds $30,000 | | | |
| 2 | 6-2 | | Sian l. | 2026 Worlds $20,000 | | | |
| 3 | 7-1 | | Vikram T. | 2026 Worlds $15,000 | | | |
| 4 | 6-2 | | Conner P. | 2026 Worlds $15,000 | | | |
| 5 | 7-1 | | Pietro S. | $10,000 | | | |
| 6 | 6-2 | | Sota T. | $10,000 | | | |
| 7 | 6-2 | | Leland S. | $10,000 | | | |
| 8 | 7-1 | | Alberto F. | $10,000 | | | |
| 9 | 6-2 | | Felipe R. | $5,000 | | | |
| 10 | 6-2 | | Minwoo K. | $5,000 | | | |
| 11 | 6-2 | | Matthew H. | $5,000 | | | |
| 12 | 6-2 | | Matthew H. | $5,000 | | | |
| 13 | 6-2 | | Francesco G. | $5,000 | | | |
| 14 | 6-2 | | Louis F. | $5,000 | | | |
| 15 | 6-2 | | Masahiro M. | $5,000 |  | | |
| 16 | 6-2 | | Kenshi K. | $5,000 | | |
Juniors Top 16
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6-2 | | Luke W. | 2026 Worlds $30,000 | | | |
| 2 | 6-2 | | Sosuke A. | 2026 Worlds $20,000 | | | |
| 3 | 7-1 | | Hideo U. | 2026 Worlds $15,000 | | | |
| 4 | 7-1 | | Fabian M. | 2026 Worlds $15,000 | | | |
| 5 | 7-1 |  | Damon Z. | $10,000 | | | |
| 6 | 7-1 | | Ismael H. | $10,000 | | | |
| 7 | 6-2 | | Zach S. | $10,000 | | | |
| 8 | 6-1 | | Tyler Kota C. | $10,000 | | | |
| 9 | 6-2 | | Shuntaro O. | $5,000 |   | | |
| 10 | 6-2 |  | Khristian S. | $5,000 | | | |
| 11 | 6-2 | | Charlie B. | $5,000 | | | |
| 12 | 6-2 | | Changwoon h. | $5,000 |  | | |
| 13 | 6-2 | | Aayansh S. | $5,000 | | | |
| 14 | 6-2 | | Jacob M. | $5,000 | | | |
| 15 | 6-2 | | Sihyun K. | $5,000 | | | |
| 16 | 5-3 | | Naotaro K. | $5,000 | | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on several platforms and in several languages.
- In English: streamed live on Twitch and YouTube, with Rosemary Kelley, Scott Glaza, Aaron Zheng, Ben Kyriakou, Charlie Merriman, Lee Provost, Sierra Dawn and Gabby Snyder as casters.
- For the first time ever, a side stream will be available on Victory Road’s Twitch, featuring different matches from those on the main stream, with Hayden McTavish, Kosta Daidimos, Simon Van der Borght and Thaison Hughes as casters.
- In Japanese: streamed live on Niconico and YouTube, with Kosuke Hiraiwa, Shohei Taguchi, Refu and Hakushu Takeuchi as casters.
- In Korean: streamed live on YouTube, with Suwon Han, Dongmin Park, Mori Ahn, and Yongnyeo Kim as casters.
The schedule for the streams is the following:
- Opening ceremony and Day 1: stream starts on 15 August at 15:30 UTC.
- Day 2, including top cut (except finals): stream starts on 16 August at 15:30 UTC.
- Finals: stream starts on 17 August at 15:15 UTC. VGC finals will come after Pokémon UNITE, Pokémon Go and Pokémon TCG, and they are estimated to start on 17 August at around 23:00 UTC.
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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:
Anaheim Convention Center
800 W Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA 92802, United States
Check-in and badge pickup for players can be done on priority time brackets: Thursday 14 August from 10:30 am to 2 pm PDT for Masters players; 9 am to 10:30 am PDT for Senior players; and 8 am to 9 am for Junior players. Later windows will be available, to be announced in early-August. Spectators can select their badge pickup window.
Day 1 players must be ready in the venue on 15 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 16 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.
Finals will be played on 17 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 2025 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:
| Placement | Prize money | Other prizes |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $30,000 |
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| Runner-up | $20,000 |
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| Semifinalists | $15,000 |
|
| 5th to 8th | $10,000 |
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| 9th to 16th | $5,000 |
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| 17th to 32nd | – |
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| 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 |
|
| Semifinalists | $15,000 |
|
| 5th to 8th | $10,000 |
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| 9th to 16th | $5,000 |
|
| 17th to 32nd | – |
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| 33rd to 64th | – | 9 Pokémon TCG booster packs |
| Placement | Prize money | Other prizes |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $30,000 |
|
| Runner-up | $20,000 |
|
| Semifinalists | $15,000 |
|
| 5th to 8th | $10,000 |
|
| 9th to 16th | $5,000 |
|
| 17th to 32nd | – |
|
| 33rd to 64th | – | 9 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 15th 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
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set I 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 four World Championship wins achieved by Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011 and 2012) and Wolfe Glick (2016), not even counting being the home country of 6 Senior Division and 6 Junior Division World Champions too.
The most recent tournament held in the United States was the 2025 North America International Championships (NAIC), hosted in New Orleans, LA, and played with the VGC Regulation Set I in June 2025. The finals saw 2023 Worlds semifinalist Federico Camporesi defeat 3-time International Champion Marco Silva to win his first International title!
The last time the World Championships were held was the 2024 edition, held in Honolulu, HI, and played with the VGC Regulation Set G. The finals saw 2018 Turin Special Champion Luca Ceribelli defeat Japanese Yuta Ishigaki to win the crown of World Champion!
It’s the second time that Anaheim is the host city of the World Championships, after the 2017 edition, played with Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon with the VGC17 ruleset. The finals saw 2017 Japan National Champion Ryota Otsubo defeat then 3-time Regional Champion Sam Pandelis 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 1 hour before the event starts, by 15 August at 8 am PDT (15:00 UTC).
A chance to get spectator passes is decided by a lottery. The first step is to join an Interest List by 24 March at 06:59 UTC. A lottery is later drawn amongst those in the Interest List and, if you are selected, you can purchase single-day passes, which cost $39, or a multi-day pass, which costs $99.
