Pokémon VGC World Championships

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A culmination of a long-fought year of Pokémon VGC matches, the Pokémon World Championships is each season's biggest and most prestigious event! Thousands of players globally battle and train hard every year for the opportunity to compete and hopefully win the World Championships, the one goal every player shares.

This article will go through the history of the Pokémon VGC World Championships and showcase past tournament results. Check each event's results to see the players and teams have managed to do well at previous World Championships and information about the teams that players used if available.

World Championships History

First held under the name Video Game Showdown, 2008 marks the first year the Pokémon video games were featured at the World Championships! This event was a single-elimination tournament that featured players from the United States and Japan and was won by Japanese player Izuru Yoshimura.

2009 would be the first official year for Pokémon VGC, with the World Championships being held every year except for 2020 and 2021, which were canceled due to COVID-19. The World Championships have primarily been held in the United States, though they have been held in other countries at times. In 2013 players traveled to Canada, in 2022 players traveled to London for the first Worlds in Europe, and in 2023 players traveled to Yokohama for the first Worlds in Japan.

Past World Championships


Championships Teams

These teams and players have managed to win the World Championships! Thanks to a combination of impressive play and the ways these players were able to build and train their Pokémon, these players fought hard and were able to hold up the championship trophy and call themselves World Champions!

YEAR

PLAYER

TEAM

2009

JPN

Kazuyuki Tsuji

2010

USA

Ray Rizzo

2011

USA

Ray Rizzo

2012

USA

Ray Rizzo

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2013

ITA

Arash Ommati

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2014

SKR

Sejun Park

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2015

JPN

Shoma Honami

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2016

USA

Wolfe Glick

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2017

JPN

Ryota Otsubo

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2018

ECU

Paul Ruiz

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2019

JPN

Naoto Mizobuchi

groudon-primal Victory Roadlunala Victory Roadsalamence-mega Victory Roadtapu-fini Victory Roadincineroar Victory Roadstakataka Victory Road

2022

Eduardo Cunha

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2023

JPN

Shohei Kimura

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