2024 World Championships

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The 2024 World Championships will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on August 16-18, 2024. It is the nineteenth invitation-only world championships for players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the fourteenth for players of the Pokémon video games, and the third for players of Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. This will be the sixteenth time the World Championships has been held in the U.S., and the fourth time the event has been held in Hawaii, having previously been held in Waikoloa Village in 2007, 2010 and 2012.

Trading Card Game Championships

The 2024-25 Standard format was used for the Pokémon TCG Championships, allowing all cards with regulation mark F or later. Players received invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year or from the previous World Championships. The top cut for some rating zones were able to go straight to Day Two: the Top 2 of the Middle East and South Africa, Top 4 of Oceania, Top 12 of Latin America, Top 16 of US and Canada, and Top 22 of Europe.

Day One was composed of Swiss rounds, with players earning enough match points moving on to Day Two. Players competed in a new set of Swiss rounds on Day Two until a Top 8 was determined. The Top 8 then had a single elimination bracket, with the finals taking place on Day Three. All games were best of three.

Junior Division

Shao Tong Yen is the defending champion.

Senior Division

Gabriel Fernandez is the defending champion.

Master Division

Vance Kelley is the defending champion.

Video Game Championships

Players in territories managed by The Pokémon Company International received invitations from either: gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year, winning a Regional Championship, winning a Special Event in Europe, or coming first or second at an International Championship. Players in Asian territories (managed by The Pokémon Company and Pokémon Korea) earned invites by placing well in their respective National Championships, which were qualified for via in-game Official Competitions via Battle Stadium. Additionally, the top 4 in each age division from the previous World Championships received an automatic invite.

Top Championship Point earners in the TPCi rating zones received a round 1 bye: the Top 4 of Oceania, Top 8 of Latin America, Top 12 of the US and Canada, and Top 16 of Europe. The round 1 bye was also given to top finishers in the various Asian National Championships. This replaced the automatic Day 2 invitation players could earn in previous years.

Matches took place in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and were all Double Battles. Levels for all Pokémon were adjusted to level 50 and no duplicate Pokémon or items were allowed. Battles used the Regulation G ruleset which allowed for every Pokémon available in Scarlet and Violet, except for Mythical Pokémon and Battle Bond Greninja, however players were restricted to one Special Pokémon per team.

Junior Division

Sora Ebisawa is the defending champion.

Senior Division

Tomoyo Ogawa is the defending champion.

Master Division

Shohei Kimura is the defending champion.

Pokémon GO Championships

New to 2024, Pokémon GO adopted a champions points qualification system, similar to the one used in the Video Game and Trading Card Game Championship, however the there are no byes awarded to top-cut players, instead top-cut players were only awarded with travel stipends/awards. Players received invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year or from the previous World Championships.

Competitors for the Pokémon GO Championships were grouped into four double elimination pods to determine a Top 32. Top 32 competed in another double elimination bracket on Day Two, with grand finals taking place Day Three. The Great League format was utilized. All non-finals matches were best of three, while finals were best of five.

ItsAXN is the defending champion.

Pokémon UNITE Championships

Pokémon UNITE Championships Series logo

The qualification circuit structure for Pokémon UNITE has yet to be announced Teams qualified for the Pokémon UNITE Championships by having the most Championship Points within their regional zone, winning their Regional Finals, or winning the Aeos Cup or Final Stretch tournaments. Regional zones had the following number of invitations: three from North America, Europe, Latin America - North, and Japan; two from Brazil, Latin America - South, and Oceania; and one from Korea and India.

All matches were 5-on-5 and took place on Theia Sky Ruins. Players were allowed to play on any of the three available platforms. Day One had the teams compete in a best of three Single Round Robin bracket to determine Top 16. On Day Two, the Top 16 competed in a best of three double elimination bracket, with grand finals being best of five.

Winners Semifinals

Winners Final

Grand Final

Reset

Losers Quarterfinals

Losers Semifinal

Losers Final

Distributions

Several Pokémon and item distributions were made through serial codes and live stream Twitch Drops throughout the event.

Pokémon GO

• The code A6NEWU63K9AU8 gave players a shirt featuring the Pikachu from the event's key art
• For the first 24 hours of the event, watching one of the official Pokémon GO Twitch channels for 30 minutes rewarded a Sableye Timed Research
• From August 16 - 26, watching a co-streamed Pokémon GO Twitch channel for 30 minutes rewarded a Costumed Pikachu (swimming gear) Timed Research

Pokémon TCG Live

• The code OutbustWorlds24 gave players a copy of the Special Illustration Rare print of Pecharunt
• From August 16 - 27, watching the official PokemonTCG Twitch channel for 30 minutes rewarded two booster packs of Shrouded Fable, and 90 minutes rewarded a deck box, card sleeves, and a coin featuring the Worlds 2024 key art
• From August 16 - 27, watching a co-streamed Pokémon TCG Twitch channel for 30 minutes rewarded two booster packs of Shrouded Fable}}, and 60 minutes rewarded a deck box, card sleeves, and a coin bearing the Spheal Appeal design

Pokémon UNITE

• The code WCS2024 gave players a platinum Gengar Boost Emblem (August 16 - 19)
• From the start of the event until the beginning of the finals, watching the official PokémonUNITE Twitch channel for 60 minutes rewarded an Item Enhancer Box
• For the finals on August 17, watching the official Pokémon UNITE Twitch channel for 60 minutes could possibly reward a Unite License Selection Box

Event Pokémon

This Sylveon is based on 2023 VGC Senior Division Champion Tomoyo Ogawa's Sylveon and was available with the code SLEEPTALKW0RLDS.

Wonder Card 512 |
#0700  Sylveon   Level 50 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Pixilate Held item: Choice Specs	ID: OT: Tomoya Met: Nature: Modest Ribbons / Marks:
Hyper Voice Normal Tera Blast Normal Hyper Beam Normal Sleep Talk Normal
Games Method Duration SV Serial Code August 16 to 19, 2024
This Pokémon's Scale value is random.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.
This Pokémon has a % chance to be received when the event is redeemed.

Related articles

• 2024 Pokémon World Championships (album)

External links

• Pokémon.com
• Event site

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This article is part of both Project TCG and Project Games, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Video Game Championship Tournaments.