The 2026 Pokémon World Championships took place over three exciting match-filled days in San Francisco, California, from August 28–30, 2026. This global capstone event of the 2026 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
These are the top finishers from the Pokémon Video Game Championships tournament by age division:
| Junior | Senior | Masters | ||||
| Full Name | Country / Region Code |
Full Name | Country / Region Code |
Full Name | Country / Region Code |
|
| 1 | Kazuki Kage | JP | Vikram Thiagarajan | UK | Takuma Yamazaki | JP |
| 2 | Kazutaka Hatahori | JP | Carlos Verástegui | PE | Hiroshi Onishi | JP |
| 3 | Francisco Leite | BR | Lucas de Carvalho Barbosa | BR | Zachary Weed | US |
| 4 | Izhaq Hoggui | FR | Esa Ishaque | CA | João Felipe Leite | BR |
| 5 | Sanghyeon Lee | KR | Leo Fontvieille | FR | Antonio Sánchez | ES |
| 6 | Anthony Beloni | BR | Alberto Fabi | IT | Yuya Wakasugi | JP |
| 7 | Rinako Tatsumi | JP | Noah Alampay | PH | Stefano Greppi | IT |
| 8 | Oskar Biezaitis-Day | AU | Luke Whittier | US | Giovanni Pecitelli | IT |
Pokémon TCG
These are the top finishers from the Pokémon Trading Card Game tournament by age division:
| Junior | Senior | Masters | ||||
| Full Name | Country / Region Code |
Full Name | Country / Region Code |
Full Name | Country / Region Code |
|
| 1 | Yuta Araki | JP | Jake Ng | AU | Andrew Hedrick | US |
| 2 | Luke Giffen | US | Cobey Huh | US | Diego Cassiraga | AR |
| 3 | Bo-Sen Chang | TW | Jones Diaz | US | Brent Tonisson | AU |
| 4 | Michael Rubin | US | Prince Williams | US | Henry Chao | US |
| 5 | Reo Otake | JP | Chau Chi Chung | HK | Rune Heiremans | BE |
| 6 | Aoi Matsuno | JP | So Numata | JP | Satoshi Matsui | US |
| 7 | Cedrik Balk | FI | Lee Hanjun | KR | Mateusz Łaszkiewicz | PL |
| 8 | Chihiro Goto | JP | Conor Moore | US | Nathan Spry | AU |
Pokémon GO
These are the top finishers from the Pokémon GO tournament:
| Full Name | Trainer Name | Country / Region Code | |
| 1 | Hiroki Yamauchi | GGs489hiromaru | JP |
| 2 | Maxwell Ember | MEweedle | CH |
| 3 | Yoshihiro Umeda | NnnnnKonToNoooo | JP |
| 4 | Martin Galderisi | MartoGalde | AR |
| T-5 | Jack Fearn | KingOWT | UK |
| T-5 | David Bustos Nordgren | PvpDavid07 | SE |
| T-7 | Jasper McAvity | CaspianPike | US |
| T-7 | Aiden Hedderly | OutOfPoket | US |
Pokémon UNITE
These are the top finishers for Pokémon UNITE:
| Placement | Team Name | Trainer Name | Full Name | UCS Region |
| 1 | Zeta Division | ZETA_Nomu | SHOYA WADA | JP |
| ZETA_1LevUP | KAITO NAGAO | |||
| ZETA_Rom | Naoki Yamakawa | |||
| ZETA_Vitoppo | YUSHI KANEKO | |||
| ZETA_Mizu | Yuto Tsuda | |||
| ZETA_ResTA | Taichi Iida | |||
| 2 | KOMAÏ | Toast | Jost Ruholl | EU |
| Ghatlue | Hassan Al Abadi | |||
| Gekk | Raul Candeias | |||
| Nirami | Leonardo Pagni | |||
| Adesu | Alberto González Torralbo | |||
| Nils | Nils von Lengerke | |||
| 3 | Igzist | IGZ_Kaki | KAZUKI HIYAMA | JP |
| IGZ_Kap1f | Iwasaki Masao | |||
| IGZ_xMisyi | Kazama Syuma | |||
| IGZ_Tomy | Yuki Mito | |||
| IGZ_最強chan | SHO SAKATA | |||
| Tamerin | Tessei Arai | |||
| 4 | Gremio Esports | Souto | BRIAN LUIS FOGACA SOUTO | BR |
| KyluKz | KAUA CARVALHO SILVA | |||
| LeL | LEONARDO PEREIRA RIVELLO LOURO | |||
| Falbシ | MISAEL OLIVEIRA FERREIRA | |||
| Angel | PAULO VICTOR RISCADO RANGEL | |||
| Replicate | Antonio Carlos Tucci Thiesen | |||
| Top 8 | T1 | Pisterio | SUNGSOON PARK | KR |
| Seram | JAE YOUNG KIM | |||
| T1_Comi | MINHYEOK CHO | |||
| T1_ePe | JIHWAN LEE | |||
| Subeen | Subeen Jin | |||
| Top 8 | REJECT | RC_Satake | Oga Shigenaga | JP |
| RC_piui | Hiroki Sato | |||
| RC/P4vóNe | TAIKI SAITO | |||
| RC_Haruto | haruto ohashi | |||
| RC_yume | Yumeto Tanabe | |||
| Overlord | William Byrnes III | |||
| Top 8 | C,C, | hayatobiha | HAYATE ITO | JP |
| ここあった | ARATA FUJISHIEO | |||
| Ch4nceM4ker | Daiki Saito | |||
| あるみに | YUSEI SAITO | |||
| かびきらー* | SHUICHI HIRATA | |||
| INOJI | Komei Saito | |||
| Top 8 | Evil Geniuses | Kyriaos | Kihyun Lee | NA |
| Vin | Jonathan Guo | |||
| Rollin | Anthony Vazquez Nava | |||
| Chrismyth | Christopher Cox | |||
| Ducky | Peder Larson | |||
| PikaDiff | Steve Tran |
The 2026 Pokémon World Championships have come and gone, but you can already look forward to the upcoming 2027 Pokémon World Championships in Singapore! The capstone event’s location was revealed during the closing ceremonies alongside exciting announcements about the Pokémon TCG, Pokémon TCG Pocket, and more.
If you want to try your hand at qualifying for the 2027 Pokémon World Championships in Singapore, be sure to also check out the changes being made this season.
Congratulations to all our new World Champions and to all the great competitors at the 2026 Pokémon World Championships!
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