2026 Pokémon North America International Championships

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Location	New Orleans, United States
Venue	Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Dates	June 12-14, 2026
Supported games	VGC, TCG, GO, UNITE

VGC rules
Regulation set	Regulation Set M-A

TCG rules
Format	2026-27 Standard

GO rules
League	Great

UNITE rules
Map	Theia Sky Ruins

The 2026 Pokémon North America International Championships was held in New Orleans, Lousiana on June 12-14, 2026. It was the eighth Pokémon North America International Championships (NAIC) competition held in the United States, and the second held in New Orleans. The event held tournaments in Pokémon Champions, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.

Video Game Championships

In VGC, players competed according to their age division, divided into Juniors, Seniors, and Masters. The Masters tournament began on Friday, June 12, and the younger divisions began on Saturday, June 13.

Matches took place in Pokémon Champions under Regulation Set M-A and were all Double Battles with open team sheets. Matches consisted of best-of-three 20 minute games.

The tournament structure consisted of a series of Swiss rounds, with players accumulating a certain threshold of Match Points proceeding to Phase 2. These players continued playing Swiss rounds in Phase 2, and at the conclusion of the Swiss rounds players with match points equal to or greater than the 8th placed player in the post Swiss standings were placed in an asymmetrical single elimination bracket.

The top four finalists in each age division won a direct invite to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in addition to cash prizes.

Junior Division

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

TBD

Senior Division

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

TBD

Master Divison

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

TBD

Trading Card Game

In the TCG, players competed according to their age division, divided into Juniors, Seniors, and Masters. The Masters tournament began on Friday, June 12, and the younger divisions began on Saturday, June 13.

The 2026-27 Standard format was used, allowing all cards with regulation mark through Chaos Rising.

The tournament structure consisted of a series of best-of-three Swiss rounds, with players accumulating a certain threshold of Match Points proceeding to Phase 2. These players continued playing Swiss rounds in Phase 2, and at the conclusion of the Swiss rounds players with match points equal to or greater than the 8th placed player in the post Swiss standings were placed in an asymmetrical single elimination bracket.

The top four finalists in each age division won a direct invite to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in addition to cash prizes.

Junior Division

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

TBD

Senior Division

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

TBD

Master Divison

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

TBD

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, competitors were not divided into age brackets.

A limited meta Great League format was used, meaning only certain Pokémon with a CP of 1500 or less are allowed. As part of this limited meta, only Pokémon of the Fairy, Normal, Psychic, and Water types could be used. Shadow Pokémon were also explicitly allowed. The Dark, Grass, and Steel types, Mega Evolution, and the following specific Pokémon were banned:

Wash Rotom

The tournament structure began with a double elimination pools phase on June 12. On June 13, the top two players from each pool then played in a double elimination bracket until the two finalists remained. The Grand Finals took place on June 14. All matches were best-of-three, except for Winners Finals, Losers Finals, and Grand Finals, which were best-of-five.

The four finalists won a direct invite to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in addition to cash prizes.

Winners Semifinals

Winners Final

Grand Final

Reset

TBD

Losers Quarterfinals

Losers Semifinal

Losers Final

TBD

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, teams were not divided into age brackets.

Matches were played on Theia Sky Ruins using a 5-vs-5 draft pick format with 3 bans. All matches until the Top 4 were played best-of-three with Rayquaza as the Boss Pokémon; Top 4 matches were best-of-five with Kyogre and Groudon as the Boss Pokémon in Games 2 and 3, respectively.

The tournament structure began with a round robin Group Stage on June 12. The top teams from the Group Stage proceeded to the single-elimination Bracket Stage on June 13. Grand Finals were held on June 14.

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship match

TBD

Broadcast rewards

In-game redemptions

Pokémon Champions

Players can redeem 500 Victory Points in-game by redeeming the code CHAMP10NSATNA1C in Mystery Gifts. The rewards will then appear claimable in the player's Mailbox.

Pokémon UNITE

Players will be able to redeem a NAIC Logo Sticker in-game by inputting the code "NAIC2026" into Gift Exchange. The rewards can then be claimed in the player's Mail.

Twitch Drops

Viewers on Twitch receive the following drops if they watch the respective Twitch streams during the event.

Game	Drop icon	Content	Availability
		Blastoise	Watching the Pokemon channel during the 2026 North America International Championships with Twitch Drops enabled.
		12x Quick Coupons	Watching a partnered 2026 NAIC co-streamer with Twitch Drops enabled.

		Mega Blastoise–themed deck cosmetics and Mega Blastoise Avatar Jacket	Watching a participating live channel for 60 minutes during the 2026 North America International Championships.
		Two special illustration Mega Evolution—Chaos Rising cards	Watching a participating live channel for 45 minutes during the 2026 North America International Championships.
		4× digital Mega Evolution—Chaos Rising Booster Packs	Watching a participating live channel for 30 minutes during the 2026 North America International Championships.
		Two ultra rare Mega Evolution—Chaos Rising cards	Watching a partnered co-stream for 45 minutes during the 2026 North America International Championships.

		NAIC Battle Bundle Elite Charged TM, Rare Candy XL, 25× Charged TMs and 25× Fast TMs	Watching the PokemonGO channel for 45 minutes during the 2026 North America International Championships.
		2026 NAIC GO Drops Special Timed Research featuring Seaking	Watching the PokemonGO channel for 30 minutes during the 2026 North America International Championships.

		Platinum Blastoise Boost Emblem	Watching the PokemonUNITE channel for 20 minutes during the 2026 Pokémon North America International Championships.

Trailers

By @PlayPokémon

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References

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Official Tournaments

Pokémon World Championships:
Worlds / WCS

TPCi / Play! Pokémon:
NAIC • EUIC • LAIC

Asia Championship Series:
PUACL • PJCS • PTC • TWMBL • HKMBL
MYMBL • THMBL • PHMBL • SGMBL • IDMBL

Former competitions:
OCIC

This article is part of both Project TCG and Project Games, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Video Game Championship Tournaments.

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