The 2025 Pokémon World Championships took place over three exciting match-filled days in Anaheim, California, from August 15–17, 2025. This global capstone event of the 2025 Championship Series season featured heated matches between competitors from across the world in the Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC), Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.
Pokémon VGC
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Junior |
Senior |
Masters |
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# Total Players |
111 |
# Total Players |
126 |
# Total Players |
371 |
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1 |
Luke Whittier |
US |
Kevin Han |
US |
Giovanni Cischke |
US |
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2 |
Sosuke Arinori |
JP |
Sian Lee |
KR |
James Evans |
US |
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3 |
Hideo Uezu |
JP |
Vikram Thiagrajan |
UK |
Hirofumi Kimura |
JP |
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4 |
Fabian Musikant |
DE |
Conner Pietrusinski |
US |
Montana Mott |
US |
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5 |
Damon Zhu |
NZ |
Sota Tamemasa |
JP |
Ko Tsukide |
JP |
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6 |
Ismael Hoggui |
FR |
Leland Smith |
US |
Michael Kelsch |
DE |
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7 |
Zach Soldavin |
US |
Felipe Reyes Castro |
CL |
Mao Harada |
JP |
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8 |
Shuntaro Okada |
JP |
Minwoo Kim |
KR |
Víctor Medina |
ES |
Pokémon TCG
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Junior |
Senior |
Masters |
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# Total Players |
351 |
# Total Players |
353 |
# Total Players |
721 |
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1 |
Yuya Okita |
JP |
Fuguan Liao |
CN |
Riley McKay |
CA |
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2 |
Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz |
US |
Gabriel Fernandez |
BR |
Justin Newdorf |
US |
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3 |
Haruki Okunishi |
MY |
Riku Nishihashi |
JP |
Shizuki Nakagawa |
JP |
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4 |
Cedrik Balk |
FI |
Joseph Bjerg |
US |
Junya Tanaka |
JP |
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5 |
Mana Kato |
JP |
Kosei Matsumoto |
JP |
Öjvind Svinhufvud |
FI |
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6 |
Minato Iida |
JP |
Zachary Obertelli |
UK |
Mateusz Łaszkiewicz |
PL |
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7 |
Akito Hirabayashi |
JP |
Eisu Yoshimoto |
JP |
Piper Lepine |
US |
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8 |
Shimpei Yamaguchi |
JP |
Leonore Budka |
DE |
Marco Cifuentes |
CL |
Pokémon GO
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1 |
Ved Bamb |
Beelzeboy |
IN |
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2 |
Leo Marín Torres |
P4T0M4N |
ES |
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3 |
Ewerton Malvezzi |
LNDsRargef |
BR |
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4 |
Vitor Chagas |
LNDsKourlash |
BR |
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T-5 |
Kyle Jeffs |
LyleJeffsIII |
CA |
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T-5 |
Max Prasad |
Maxy1000000P |
UK |
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T-7 |
Aaron Kaplan |
Firestar73 |
US |
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T-7 |
Mihir Joshi |
MasterMihir295 |
IN |
Pokémon UNITE
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Placement |
Team Name |
Trainer Name |
Full Name |
UCS Region |
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1 |
PERÚ UNITE |
Khea |
Axel Xavier Rivas Perez |
LA-S |
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Zynuz |
Erick Jean Bartolo Cotrina |
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DrakenN |
Salvador Vasquez |
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Anemo |
Jose Arias |
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Tempo |
Jeremy Wilman Rivas Nunura |
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Carlo |
Carlos Arias |
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2 |
ZETA DIVISION |
Vitoppo |
YUSHI KANEKO |
Japan |
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Rom |
Naoki Yamakawa |
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iamTomato |
Genki Tejima |
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Wajiro |
Daiki Miyata |
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Tomy |
yuki mito |
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1LevUP |
KAITO NAGAO |
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3 |
Luminosity Gaming |
Slash |
Sean Tucker |
NA |
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kyriaos |
Kihyun Lee |
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TrainerLGC |
Leonardo Calle |
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Otter |
Alan De Mier |
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Overlord |
William Byrnes III |
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DimlitSkies |
Kalee Lucero |
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4 |
Santos Laguna |
Kira |
Marco Granados |
LA-N |
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Anysus |
Carlos Esteban Lopez Guzman |
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MinatoGG |
Gabriel Gaytan |
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Hitman |
Emilio Robles |
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Mufasa |
Eduardo Antonio Suarez Avila |
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Ritsu |
Victor Gutierrez Juarez |
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Top 8 |
Aegis Flames |
DUGAM3S |
Carlos Eduardo Santos Pereira |
BR |
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Leozin |
Leonardo Lourenço |
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Deusebom |
Paulo Victor Medeiros de Oliveira |
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Antharas |
Marcos Pereira Lima |
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NRQ |
Henrique Lugon |
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TheMatzzZ |
Mateus Natal |
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Top 8 |
Nouns Esports |
Toon |
Conor McDermott |
EU |
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Bruv |
Anton Levi |
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inder |
Inder Gill |
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ADESu |
Alberto González Torralbo |
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Ghatlue |
Hassan Al Abadi |
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Blaine |
Alexander Kruse |
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Top 8 |
Team Ex |
Pisterio |
sungsoon park |
KR |
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Seram |
Kim Jae Young |
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LIP |
JI HWAN LEE |
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Divel |
JUNG SEUNGHO |
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Garam |
minha cho |
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Comi |
MINHYEOK CHO |
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Top 8 |
CakeKaLok |
DRAGODZ |
Erron Gunardi |
AP-W |
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Resorte |
Raditya N Saleh |
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alr |
Jeremias Florian Moroha Massie |
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FGinkyZ |
Frendy Kho |
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Cain |
Fadlur Rido Firdaus |
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Vivy |
Devina Hasnita |
