Online Competitions in Pokémon Champions

This is a chronological list of all Official Online Competitions in Pokémon Champions. Players must participate in at least 3 battles during the competition to receive its rewards.

Competition list

# Name Event banner Regulation banner Battle rules Signup period Event period Participants Participation reward
1 Warm-Up Challenge
(Full Competition rules)
Regulation Set M-A
Double Battles
From:
April 8, 2026
02:00 UTC

To:
April 13, 2026
01:59 UTC

From:
April 10, 2026
02:00 UTC

To:
April 13, 2026
01:59 UTC

719,962
GardevoirGardevoir & Quick Coupon Quick Coupon ×100
2 Global Challenge 2026 I Regulation Set M-A
Double Battles
From:
April 24, 2026
02:00 UTC

To:
May 4, 2026
01:59 UTC

From:
May 1, 2026
02:00 UTC

To:
May 4, 2026
01:59 UTC

TBA
VenusaurVenusaur

Pokémon Japan Championships (PJCS)

The Pokémon Japan Championships runs additional online competitions in the preliminiary rounds, with a closed sign up system. Players from Japan who are within the top cut within their division from Japan in any individual Global challenge of the year are generally invented to the tournament, with a certain amount of participants in each division progressing to the finals. These competitions are generally run for a period of 6 hours, and in order to qualify onwards players also have to participate in a minimum of 10 matches and are prevented from participating in more than 20. Players who do not meet this requirement are disqualified.

Placing in the following, generated an invite to the tournaments:

  • 2026: Top 640 players per division in Global Challenge 2026 I (Theoretical maximum of 1,920 participants across all divisions).
Year Name Regulation banner Battle rules Signup period Event period Participants Participation reward
2026 PJCS 2026 Main
Regulation Set M-A
Double Battles
Invitation only
Players limited to participating in 20 matches.
Top 128 in each division qualify to PJCS 2026
From:
May 6, 2026
02:00 UTC

To:
May 9, 2026
14:59 UTC

From:
May 10, 2026
02:00 UTC

To:
May 10, 2026
08:00 UTC

TBA TBA


Related articles

Online battle events

Pokémon Champions:
Ranked Battles SeasonsOnline CompetitionsRostersBattle Passes


Pokémon Legends: Z-A:
Ranked Battles Seasons


Pokémon Scarlet and Violet:
Ranked Battles SeasonsOnline CompetitionsPoké Portal News


Pokémon Sword and Shield:
Ranked Battles SeasonsOnline CompetitionsWild Area News


Pokémon GO:
GO Battle League


Pokémon UNITE:
Ranked Battles SeriesBattle Passes


Pokémon Trading Card Game Live:
Ladder SeasonsBattle Passes

Event distributions
Generation I: JapaneseEuropean language
Game-based
Generation II: JapaneseEuropean language
Game-based
Generation III: JapaneseEnglishGermanSpanishFrenchItalian
Game-based
Generation IV: Japanese (local | Wi-Fi) • English (local | Wi-Fi) • German (local | Wi-Fi)
Spanish (local | Wi-Fi) • French (local | Wi-Fi) • Italian (local | Wi-Fi) • Korean (local | Wi-Fi)
Game-basedTradingGTS
Generation V: Japanese (local | Wi-Fi) • English (local | Wi-Fi) • German (local | Wi-Fi)
Spanish (local | Wi-Fi) • French (local | Wi-Fi) • Italian (local | Wi-Fi) • Korean (local | Wi-Fi)
Global Link promotions
Generation VI: Japanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • American region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
PAL region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • Korean region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
Taiwanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
LocalGame-basedTrading
Generation VII: 3DS: Japanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • American region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
PAL region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • Korean region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
Taiwanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
LocalGame-based
Switch: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (International | China)
Generation VIII: Sword and ShieldBrilliant Diamond and Shining PearlLegends: Arceus
Game-basedWild Area NewsTrading
Generation IX: Scarlet and VioletLegends: Z-A
Game-basedPoké Portal News
Other games: Champions
Specific events: Gather More Pokémon! Campaign
PCNY (Gen II | Gen III) • Trade and Battle DayJourney Across AmericaParty of the Decade
Other groupings: Movie events10th AnniversaryTanabataUndistributed events
Non-Pokémon event distributions
Core series: Gen IIIGen IVGen VGen VI (Global Link) • Gen VII (Game-based) • Gen VIIIGen IX (Game-based)
Other games: MD Time and Darkness • MD Sky (Japan | North America) • HOMEPokopia
Online battle events
Ranked Battle Seasons: Sword and ShieldScarlet and VioletLegends: Z-AChampions
Online Competitions: Sword and ShieldScarlet and VioletChampions
Battle Passes: UNITETCG LiveChampions
Rosters: Champions
Other lists
Notable ID numbers (Gens I-IIIII onward) • Wonder Cards (Gen VGen VIGen VII) • Serial code prefixes
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