2009 World Championships

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The 2009 Pokémon World Championships were held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel in San Diego, California from August 13th-15th, 2010. They were the sixth World Championships event hosted by Pokémon Organized Play and the first to officially accommodate both the Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships and the Pokémon Video Game World Championships.

For the first (and only) time, the World Championships were held between a Thursday and a Saturday, breaking from the traditional Friday to Sunday format.

Trading Card Game Championships

The TCG World Championships used the Diamond & Pearl-onwards Modified format.

The second day of the tournament featured seven rounds of Swiss Pairings for all three divisions. The top 32 players in each division were then seeded into single-elimination tournaments on Saturday to determine each division’s World Champion.

Junior Division

Tristan Robinson, of the United States, was the defending Junior Division TCG World Champion, but became eligible for the Senior Division, where he finished 101st in Swiss Rounds.

Tsubasa Nakamura, of Japan, fought his way through the Last Chance Qualifer and posted a perfect 12-0 record to claim the World Championship.

Legend:

• * indicates a player to be a National Champion.
• ** indicates a player who has entered the main draw via the Last Chance Qualifier.

Senior Division

Dylan Lefavour, of the United States, was the defending Senior Division TCG World Champion. Dylan finished in 26th place, losing in the Round of 32 to eventual quarterfinalist Zachary Mirman.

Takuto Itagaki, the Japanese Nationa Champion, succeeded Dylan as World Champion, putting up an 11-1 record.

Legend:

• * indicates a player to be a National Champion.
• ** indicates a player who has entered the main draw via the Last Chance Qualifier.

Master Division

Jason Klaczynski, of the United States, was a two-time and the defending Masters Division TCG World Champion, and finished 57th in Swiss Rounds.

Stephen Silvestro, of the United States, claimed the title of World Champion with a final record of 10-2.

Legend:

• * indicates a player to be a National Champion.
• ** indicates a player who has entered the main draw via the Last Chance Qualifier.

Video Game Championships

Video Game Logo

The Video Game World Championships required players to use Pokémon Platinum.

Knight Silvayne, of the United States, and Izuru Yoshimura, of Japan, were the winners of the 2008 Video Game Showdown at the World Championships in Juniors and Seniors, respectively. Both players did not participate in the 2009 World Championships.

Junior Division

Jeremiah Fan, the United States National Champion, was named the inaugural Junior Division VG World Champion, with a record of 6-1.

Legend:

• * indicates a player to be a National Champion.

Senior Division

Kazuyuki Tsuji was crowned the first Senior Division VG World Champion, finishing the tournament with a perfect 7-0 record.

Event Pokémon

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
WEAVILE	♂	Dex No.	0461	Jolly nature.	Normal	Fake Out
Lv. 30		Type			Ice	Ice Shard
		Dark	Ice	Pokémon Event	Dark	Night Slash
		OT	WORLD09	Apparently had a	Fighting	Brick Break
		ID No.	08159	fateful encounter at	This Pokémon was available in the United States on August 15, 2009.
Item		Ability		Lv. 30.
Focus Sash		Pressure
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from the Poké Mart.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: PBR Ranch Ra SoA GS Distribution