A culmination of a long-fought year of Pokémon VGC battles, 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 World Championships results. Check each event's results to see the players and teams that have done well at previous World Championships, and information about the teams that players used if available.
Recent News
- American player Giovanni Cischke won the 2025 World Championships, becoming the third American to win a World Championships title.
- The 2026 World Championships has been announced to be held in San Francisco, California on August 28-30, 2026.
- Pokémon Champions has been announced to be the official game that VGC will be played on at the 2026 World Championships.
Worlds 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, although they have also been held in other countries. In 2013, players traveled to Canada. In 2022, players traveled to London for the first World Championships in Europe. In 2023, players traveled to Yokohama for the first World Championships in Japan.
In 2025, the World Championships were held in Anaheim for the second time since Worlds 2017 and for the first time ever, the Championship Sunday Finals took place in an Arena. The 2026 World Championships will return to San Francisco for the second time since Worlds 2016, and the Championship Sunday Finals will be held in the Chase Center Arena.
Past World Championships
Championships Teams
These teams and players have managed to win the World Championships! Thanks to a combination of impressive play and how these players built and trained their Pokémon, they fought hard to hold up the championship trophy, and called themselves World Champions!
![Landorus [Therian Forme]](https://www.smogon.com/forums//media/minisprites/landorus-therian.png)
![Urshifu [Rapid Strike Style]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nerd-of-now/NCP-VGC-Damage-Calculator/main/image_res/urshifu-rapid.png)
![Ogerpon [Hearthflame Mask]](https://www.smogon.com/forums/media/minisprites/ogerpon-hearthflame.png "Ogerpon [Hearthflame Mask]")
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