Pokémon VGC 2025 World Championships

The premier event of the VGC 2025 season played on Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet using the Regulation I format was held as 371 qualified players traveled to compete at the 2025 World Championships in Anaheim, California on August 15-17, 2025! Players battled through 8 Swiss Rounds on Day 1 where those who finished with two or fewer losses advanced to Day Two. Players on Day Two played through 2 additional Swiss Rounds where those with the same record as the 8th seed advanced to a single-elimination bracket to determine the winner! In addition, the top 4 players earn an invite to the 2026 World Championships.

The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) was in Anaheim to broadcast this event with Anna Prosser as the event's host and Rosemary Kelley, Scott Glaza, Aaron Zheng, Ben Kyriakou, Charlie Merriman, Lee Provost, Sierra Dawn, and Gabby Snyder as casters. 

Victory Road hosted a side stream that featured matches not on the main stage with Hayden McTavish, Kosta Daidmos, Simon Van der Borght, and Thaison Hughes as casters. Check out those matches here.

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Teams

#	FLAG	PLAYER	$	TEAM
1		Giovanni Cischke	$30000
2		James Evans	$20000
3		Hirofumi Kimura	$15000
4		Montana Mott	$15000
5		Ko Tsukide	$10000
6		Michael Kelsch	$10000
7		Mao Harada	$10000
8		Víctor Medina	$10000
9		Giuseppe Musicco	$5000
10		James Baek	$5000
11		Yoshitaka Izawa	$5000
12		Naoto Kishida	$5000
13		Aaron Brok	$5000
14		Théotime Massaut	$5000
15		Nick Navarre	$5000
16		Masayoshi Kuroo	$5000
17		Mattie Morgan	$0
18		Carlos Cabal	$0
19		Cedric Bernier	$0
20		Chuppa Cross IV	$0
21		Justin Tang	$0
22		Zee Costagliola	$0
23		Simone Sanvito	$0
24		Christopher Han	$0
25		Jude Lee	$0
26		Zachary Mnich	$0
27		Shoma Honami	$0
28		Louis Markl	$0
29		Brian Collins	$0
30		Longyu Lin	$0
31		Daanvir Singh Narula	$0
32		Joji Kaieda	$0
33		Patrick Connors	$0
34		Kian Campbell	$0
35		Chih-Hung Chiu	$0
36		Max Morales	$0
37		Grant Laird	$0
38		Yan Sym	$0
39		Hsuan-Chih Kuo	$0
40		Shunsuke Minami	$0
41		Victor Vieira	$0
42		Wolfe Glick	$0
43		Nils Dunlop	$0
44		Alex Underhill	$0
45		Luca Ceribelli	$0
46		William Brown	$0
47		Takahiro Futamura	$0
48		Kiran Singh	$0
49		Matteo Velata	$0
50		Duh Jenn-Chau	$0
51		Takuto Notohara	$0
52		Tom Winter	$0
53		Kevin Salvetto	$0

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Usage Stats

Restricted Pairings

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
17	32.08%	+
10	18.87%	+
4	7.55%	+ / +
3	5.66%	+ / +
2	3.77%	+ / + / + / +
1	1.89%	+ / + / + / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
9	45.00%	+
3	15.00%	+
2	10.00%	+
1	5.00%	+ / + / + / + / + / +

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
3	37.50%	+
2	25.00%	+
1	12.50%	+ / + / +

Restricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
25	47.17%
18	33.96%
16	30.19%
11	20.75%
8	15.09%
4	7.55%
2	3.77%
1	1.89%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
13	65.00%
9	45.00%
6	30.00%
4	20.00%
3	15.00%
2	10.00%
1	5.00%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
5	62.50%
4	50.00%
3	37.50%
2	25.00%
1	12.50%

Unrestricted Pokémon

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
29	54.72%
19	35.85%
17	32.08%
16	30.19%
14	26.42%
11	20.75%
9	16.98%
8	15.09%
7	13.21%
6	11.32%
5	9.43%
4	7.55%
3	5.66%
2	3.77%
1	1.89%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
11	55.00%
9	45.00%
6	30.00%
5	25.00%
3	15.00%
2	10.00%
1	5.00%

USAGE	%	POKÉMON
5	62.50%
3	37.50%
2	25.00%
1	12.50%