2024 Pokémon World Championships

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The 2024 Pokémon World Championships was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on August 16-18, 2024. It was the nineteenth invitation-only world championships for players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the fourteenth for players of the Pokémon video games, and the third for players of Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. It was the sixteenth time the Pokémon World Championships has been held in the U.S., and the fourth time the event has been held in Hawaii, having previously been held in Waikoloa Village in 2007, 2010 and 2012.

Trading Card Game Championships

The 2024-25 Standard format was used for the Pokémon TCG Championships, allowing all cards with regulation mark F or later. Players received invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year or from the previous Pokémon World Championships. The top cut for some rating zones were able to go straight to Day Two: the Top 2 of the Middle East and South Africa, Top 4 of Oceania, Top 12 of Latin America, Top 16 of US and Canada, and Top 22 of Europe.

Day One was composed of Swiss rounds, with players earning enough match points moving on to Day Two. Players competed in a new set of Swiss rounds on Day Two until a Top 8 was determined. The Top 8 then had a single elimination bracket, with the finals taking place on Day Three. All games were best of three.

Junior Division

Shao Tong Yen was the defending champion but was eligible for the Senior Division. He was knocked out on Day Two with a record of 7/3/0.

Sakuya Ota became the new TCG Junior Division World Champion with a final record of 12/2/0.

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Championship match
France  Gregory Vexenat 2  
Germany  Levon Fatunz 1  
    France  Gregory Vexenat 0  
    Japan  Sakuya Ota 2  
United States  Edison Chien 0
Japan  Sakuya Ota 2  
    Japan  Sakuya Ota 2
    United States  Logan Bailey 1
Japan  Kio Nagisa 1  
United States  Cobey Huh 2  
    United States  Cobey Huh 0
    United States  Logan Bailey 2  
Japan  Koutarou Matsudaira 0
United States  Logan Bailey 2  



Senior Division

Gabriel Fernandez was the defending champion and finished in fourth place.

Evan Pavelski finished with a record of 12/2/0 to become the new Senior Division World Champion.

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Championship match
Japan  Haruku Umehara 2  
Canada  Tristan Tse 0  
    Japan  Haruku Umehara 2  
    Canada  Benjamin Hebert 0  
Canada  Benjamin Hebert 2
United States  Omar Cortes 1  
    Japan  Haruku Umehara 0
    United States  Evan Pavelski 2
Italy  Alberto Zamuner 1  
Brazil  Gabriel Fernandez 2  
    Brazil  Gabriel Fernandez 0
    United States  Evan Pavelski 2  
United States  Evan Pavelski 2
United States  Justin Newdorf 0  



Master Division

Vance Kelley was the defending champion and was knocked out on Day Two with a final score of 8/3/1. Ian Robb was eliminated and didn't make it to Top 4 due to unsportsmanlike conduct.

Fernando Cifuentes defeated Seinosuke Shiokawa to become the first Chilean Pokémon World Champion.

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Championship match
United States  Jesse Parker 2  
United States  Michael Davidson 0  
    United States  Jesse Parker 1  
    Chile  Fernando Cifuentes 2  
Chile  Fernando Cifuentes Default
United States  Ian Robb 1 DQ  
    Chile  Fernando Cifuentes 2
    Japan  Seinosuke Shiokawa 1
Australia  James Goreing 0  
Japan  Seinosuke Shiokawa 2  
    Japan  Seinosuke Shiokawa 2
    Israel  Raz Wolpe 0  
United States  Isaiah Bradner 1
Israel  Raz Wolpe 2  



Video Game Championships

Players in territories managed by The Pokémon Company International received invitations from either: gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year, winning a Regional Championship, winning a Special Event in Europe, or coming first or second at an International Championship. Players in Asian territories (managed by The Pokémon Company and Pokémon Korea) earned invites by placing well in their respective National Championships, which were qualified for via in-game Official Competitions via Battle Stadium. Additionally, the top 4 in each age division from the previous Pokémon World Championships received an automatic invite.

Top Championship Point earners in the TPCi rating zones received a round 1 bye: the Top 4 of Oceania, Top 8 of Latin America, Top 12 of the US and Canada, and Top 16 of Europe. The round 1 bye was also given to top finishers in the various Asian National Championships. This replaced the automatic Day 2 invitation players could earn in previous years.

Day One was composed of Swiss rounds, with players earning enough match points moving on to Day Two. Players competed in a new set of Swiss rounds on Day Two until a Top 16 was determined. The Top 16 then had a single elimination bracket, with the finals taking place on Day Three. All games were best of three.

Matches took place in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and were all Double Battles. Levels for all Pokémon were adjusted to level 50 and no duplicate Pokémon or items were allowed. Battles used the Regulation G ruleset which allowed for every Pokémon available in Scarlet and Violet, except for Mythical Pokémon and Battle Bond Greninja, however players were restricted to one Special Pokémon per team.

Junior Division

Sora Ebisawa was the defending champion but did not attend Worlds.

Kevin Han, the Junior Division Champion at both the North American and European International Championships, became the new World Champion.

Top 16   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Championship match
United States  Leiland S.  
Japan  Hideo Uezu 2     Japan  Hideo Uezu 0  
Denmark  Ida K.   United States  Kevin Han 2  
United States  Kevin Han 2       United States  Kevin Han 2  
South Korea  Sian I.       Japan  Minato Kodama 0  
Japan  Minato Kodama 2     Japan  Minato Kodama 2
Germany  Fabian Musikant 2   Germany  Fabian Musikant 0  
Japan  Wataru K.       United States  Kevin Han 2
United States  Kapono Masuda 2       Japan  Tatsuomi Shimanuki 1
Japan  Daichi T.     United States  Kapono Masuda 0  
Japan  Tatsuomi Shimanuki 2   Japan  Tatsuomi Shimanuki 2  
United States  Joshua R.       Japan  Tatsuomi Shimanuki 2
France  Ismael H.       Japan  Keisuke Furusho 0  
Japan  Keisuke Furusho 2     Japan  Keisuke Furusho 2
France  Laszlo L.   Japan  Yudai Fukue 0  
Japan  Yudai Fukue 2  



Senior Division

Tomoya Ogawa was the defending champion but did not attend Worlds.

Ray Yamanaka of Japan defeated Luke Kroll of the United States to become the new World Champion.

Top 16   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Championship match
United States  Luke Kroll  
 BYE     United States  Luke Kroll 2  
United States  Charlie Kim 2   United States  Charlie Kim 0  
France  Louis F.       United States  Luke Kroll 2  
South Korea  Min Jun Oh 2       South Korea  Min Jun Oh 0  
Germany  Mika H.     South Korea  Min Jun Oh 2
United States  Corey O.   the Netherlands  Robbie Schaajj 0  
the Netherlands  Robbie Schaajj 2       United States  Luke Kroll 1
United States  Adam Colson 2       Japan  Ray Yamanaka 2
United States  Robert H.     United States  Adam Colson 0  
Australia  Oliver R.   Japan  Ray Yamanaka 2  
Japan  Ray Yamanaka 2       Japan  Ray Yamanaka 2
United States  Liam S.       Canada  Michael Vono 0  
Japan  Kosuke Miyahara 2     Japan  Kosuke Miyahara  
Canada  Michael Vono 2   Canada  Michael Vono 2  
the Netherlands  Koen V.  



Master Division

Shohei Kimura was the defending champion. He was knocked out in the last Swiss round by Seong Jae Jeong.

Luca Ceribelli of Italy defeated Yuta Ishigaki of Japan to become the new Masters Division VGC World Champion.

Top 16   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Championship match
Australia  Diego Ferreira 2  
Finland  Oliver Eskolin     Australia  Diego Ferreira 0  
Canada  Kylan Van Severen   Germany  Michael Kelsch 2  
Germany  Michael Kelsch 2       Germany  Michael Kelsch 0  
United States  Justin Knox       Japan  Yuta Ishigaki 2  
Japan  Yuta Ishigaki 2     Japan  Yuta Ishigaki 2
China  Yuxiang Wang 2   China  Yuxiang Wang 0  
Italy  Marco Hemantha Kaludura Silva       Japan  Yuta Ishigaki 1
Italy  Ruben Gianzini       Italy  Luca Ceribelli 2
Italy  Luca Ceribelli 2     Italy  Luca Ceribelli 2  
Canada  Diego Aguierre   China  Chenyue Zeng 1  
China  Chenyue Zeng 2       Italy  Luca Ceribelli 2
Spain  Antonio Sánchez       South Korea  Seong Jae Jeong 0  
Canada  Navjit Joshi 2     Canada  Navjit Joshi 1
South Korea  Seong Jae Jeong 2   South Korea  Seong Jae Jeong 2  
Japan  Hyuma Hara  



Pokémon GO Championships

New to 2024, Pokémon GO adopted a champions points qualification system, similar to the one used in the Video Game and Trading Card Game Championship, however the there are no byes awarded to top-cut players, instead top-cut players were only awarded with travel stipends/awards. Players received invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year or from the previous Pokémon World Championships.

Competitors for the Pokémon GO Championships were grouped into four double elimination pods to determine a Top 32. Top 32 competed in another double elimination bracket on Day Two, with grand finals taking place Day Three. The Great League format was utilized. All non-finals matches were best of three, while finals were best of five.

ItsAXN was the defending champion and was knocked out on Day One.

Yip Kai "Yekai0904" Cheng went undefeated to become the first Chinese Pokémon World Champion, as well as the first Pokémon GO Champion from Asia.

Winners Semifinals   Winners Final   Grand Final   Reset
Ireland  LurganRocket 0  
Hong Kong  Yekai0904 2     Hong Kong  Yekai0904 3  
United States  OutOfPoket 1   Argentina  MartoGalde 2     Hong Kong  Yekai0904 3    N/A
Argentina  MartoGalde 2     the Netherlands  Inadequance 1       
Losers Quarterfinals   Losers Semifinal   Losers Final
United States  OutOfPoket 0     Argentina  MartoGalde 2
India  Beelzeboy 2     India  Beelzeboy 0     the Netherlands  Inadequance 3
Ireland  LurganRocket 0   the Netherlands  Inadequance 2  
the Netherlands  Inadequance 2  

Pokémon UNITE Championships

Pokémon UNITE Championships Series logo

Teams qualified for the Pokémon UNITE Championships by having the most Championship Points within their regional zone, winning their Regional Finals, or winning the Aeos Cup or Final Stretch tournaments. Regional zones had the following number of invitations: four from Asia-Pacific West and Asia-Pacific East; three from North America, Europe, Latin America - North, and Japan; two from Brazil, Latin America - South, and Oceania; and one from Korea and India.

All matches were 5-on-5 and took place on Theia Sky Ruins. Players were allowed to play on any of the three available platforms. Day One had the teams compete in a best of three Single Round Robin bracket to determine Top 16. On Day Two, the Top 16 competed in a best of three single elimination bracket, with finals being best of five.

Luminosity Gaming were the defending champions but were knocked out in the group stage.

The Japanese regional champions FENNEL (Shouki "py1" Takada, Yumeto "yume爱" Tanabe, Haruki "TON•GG" Yoshiura, Mashika "Ma•shio" Shirakawa, Yuma "Lucapo" Sato, and Ryuto "Panchop" Isamu) defeated Korea's XoraTigersGaming to become the new Pokémon Unite World Champions.

Top 16   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Championship match
Brazil  Legacy 0  
Asia Pacific - West  CakeKaLok 2     Asia Pacific - West  CakeKaLok 0  
Latin America - South  FUSION 2   Latin America - South  FUSION 2  
North America  Orange Juicers 1       Latin America - South  FUSION 0  
Japan  ZETA DIVISION 2       Korea  XoraTigersGaming 2  
Brazil  DreamMax Esports 1     Japan  ZETA DIVISION 1
Asia Pacific - West  TeamMYS 0   Korea  XoraTigersGaming 2  
Korea  XoraTigersGaming 2       Korea  XoraTigersGaming 0
Japan  FENNEL 2       Japan  FENNEL 3
Asia Pacific - East  Issen Aumento 0     Japan  FENNEL 2  
Asia Pacific - East  Talon 2   Asia Pacific - East  Talon 0  
North America  Fluffy Nemesis 0       Japan  FENNEL 2
Europe  Nouns Esports 2       Asia Pacific - West  ONIC RISE 1  
Latin America - North  Tiburones Rojos 0     Europe  Nouns Esports 0
Asia Pacific - East  Shinn & Ruoday 0   Asia Pacific - West  ONIC RISE 2  
Asia Pacific - West  ONIC RISE 2  



Distributions

Several Pokémon and item distributions were made through serial codes and live stream Twitch Drops throughout the event.

Pokémon GO
  • The code A6NEWU63K9AU8 gave players a shirt featuring the Pikachu from the event's key art
  • For the first 24 hours of the event, watching one of the official Pokémon GO Twitch channels for 30 minutes rewarded a Sableye Timed Research
  • From August 16 - 26, watching a co-streamed Pokémon GO Twitch channel for 30 minutes rewarded a Costumed Pikachu (swimming gear) Timed Research
Pokémon TCG Live
  • The code OutbustWorlds24 gave players a copy of the Special Illustration Rare print of Pecharuntex
  • From August 16 - 27, watching the official PokemonTCG Twitch channel for 30 minutes rewarded two booster packs of Shrouded Fable, and 90 minutes rewarded a deck box, card sleeves, and a coin featuring the Worlds 2024 key art
  • From August 16 - 27, watching a co-streamed Pokémon TCG Twitch channel for 30 minutes rewarded two booster packs of Shrouded Fable, and 60 minutes rewarded a deck box, card sleeves, and a coin bearing the Spheal Appeal design
Pokémon UNITE
  • The code WCS2024 gave players a platinum Gengar Boost Emblem (August 16 - 19)
  • From the start of the event until the beginning of the finals, watching the official PokémonUNITE Twitch channel for 60 minutes rewarded 50 Item Enhancers
  • For the finals on August 17, watching the official Pokémon UNITE Twitch channel for 60 minutes could possibly reward a Unite License Selection Box, however there was a limited supply

Event Pokémon

This Sylveon is based on 2023 VGC Senior Division Champion Tomoya Ogawa's Sylveon and was available with the code SLEEPTALKW0RLDS.

#0700  Sylveon  Paldea icon.png
Cherish Ball HOME.png Level 50 0700Sylveon.png
Type:
FairyIC SV.png
Tera Type: FireIC Tera.png
Ability: Pixilate
Held item: Choice Specs Choice Specs
ID: 240816
OT: Tomoya
トモヤ
Met: a Battle Competition
Nature: Modest
Ribbons
/ Marks:
Battle Champion Ribbon Battle Champion Ribbon
Hyper Voice
Normal icon.pngNormal SpecialIC SV.png
Tera Blast
Normal icon.pngNormal SpecialIC SV.png
Hyper Beam
Normal icon.pngNormal SpecialIC SV.png
Sleep Talk
Normal icon.pngNormal SpecialIC SV.png
Games Method Duration
SV Password: SLEEPTALKW0RLDS August 16 to 19, 2024
This Pokémon's Scale value is random.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

A code card for this Steenee was given to attendees of the event.

Wonder Card 511 | Steenee with Celebrate Gift
#0762  Steenee  Paldea icon.png
Cherish Ball HOME.png Level 50 0762Steenee.png
Type:
GrassIC SV.png
Tera Type: WaterIC Tera.png
Ability: Leaf Guard or Oblivious
Held item: Safety Goggles Safety Goggles
ID: 240816
OT: Worlds24
WCS24
Met: WCS 2024
Nature: Random
Ribbons
/ Marks:
Event Ribbon Event Ribbon
Celebrate
Normal icon.pngNormal StatusIC SV.png
Sunny Day
Fire icon.pngFire StatusIC SV.png
Splash
Normal icon.pngNormal StatusIC SV.png
Dazzling Gleam
Fairy icon.pngFairy SpecialIC SV.png
Games Method Duration
SV Serial Code August 16 to 18, 2024
This Pokémon's Scale value is random.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

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