2022 World Championships

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The 2022 World Championships was held at ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom from August 18 to 21, 2022. It was the seventeenth invitation-only championships for players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the twelfth for players of the Pokémon video games, the fifth for players of Pokkén Tournament and the first for players of Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. This was the second time the Pokémon World Championships were held outside of the U.S. following the 2013 World Championships in Vancouver, Canada.

Invitations for the Trading Card Game and the video game events were awarded to players who accumulate enough Championship Points throughout the season. Invitations for Pokkén Tournament were awarded to the top placements at three International Championships and players from Japan. There were also Last Chance Qualifiers held for Pokkén Tournament.

These Championships were initially intended to be held at ExCeL London from August 14 to 16, 2020, but were canceled along with the 2020 Play! Pokémon Championship Series as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2] Preliminarily moved to August 2021, the World Championships were finally moved to 2022.^[3]

A pop up Pokémon Center was opened during the 2022 World Championships.^[4] The theme song for these World Championships is "Claim Your Glory" by Popnick.

Trading Card Game Championships

Photo of the main stage at the World Championships

The Pokémon Trading Card Game featured the 2021-22 Standard format, using all cards from Sword & Shield onward. Players received invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year, with the best of them receiving Day Two Invitations, or from the previous World Championships.

Day One of the tournament consisted of Swiss rounds for all players who didn't receive a Day Two invitation. Players with two or fewer losses and no ties advanced to Day Two. Day Two consisted of a new set of Swiss rounds not using the previous day's records and players could change decks between days. Players from this round with two or fewer losses and no ties were then seeded into a single-elimination tournament.

Junior Division

Haruki Miyamoto of Japan was the defending champion.

Rikuto Ohashi of Japan became the new World Champion with a record of 6-0-1.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

2

Rikuto Ohashi

Kuto Kawamoto

2

Rikuto Ohashi

Prince Williams

Misha Shapkin

Prince Williams

2

Rikuto Ohashi

3

Tristan Tse

3

Tristan Tse

Marcelo Rubio Turra

3

Tristan Tse

Chung Yen-Tso

Hatsuto Kogawa

Chung Yen-Tso

Senior Division

Kaya Lichtleitner of Germany was the defending champion.

Liam Halliburton of the U.S. became the new World Champion with a record of 6-1-1.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

Owen Dalgard

João Gabriel

João Gabriel

Sebastian Lashmet

Roberto Costanzo

Sebastian Lashmet

Sebastian Lashmet

Liam Halliburton

Justin Newdorf

Liam Halliburton

Soma Yoshimura

Soma Yoshimura

Daniel Magda

Master Division

Henry Brand of Australia was the defending champion.

Ondřej Škubal of Czechia became the new World Champion with a record of 6-0-2.

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Championship match

1	Daichi Shimada
8	Otavio Gouveia
		1	Daichi Shimada
		4	James Cox
5	Andrew Estrada
4	James Cox
				1	Daichi Shimada
				3	Ondřej Škubal
3	Ondřej Škubal
6	Andre Chiasson
		3	Ondřej Škubal
		2	Ryota Ishiyama
7	Kaiwen Cabbabe
2	Ryota Ishiyama

The following cards were not legal for play specifically at these World Championships due to not being distributed worldwide:

Video Game Championships

Players received invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year, with the best of them receiving Day Two Invitations, or from the previous World Championships.

Matches took place in Pokémon Sword and Shield and were all Double Battles. All Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex except Mythical Pokémon and certain Legendary Pokémon, given they had a Galar symbol, were allowed. Levels for all Pokémon were adjusted to level 50 and no duplicate Pokémon or items were allowed. Players were given seven minutes of Your Time, 45 seconds of Move Time, and 15 minutes of Game Time per game.