World Coronation Series

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The Pokémon World Coronation Series (Japanese: ポケモンワールドチャンピオンシップス Pokémon World Championships) is an anime-exclusive tournament. It is a competition held to determine the strongest Trainer in the world. It first appeared in Flash of the Titans!, where the previous annual championship season ended. The current season started in Destination: Coronation!.

Registration

To compete in the tournament, participants must register themselves online first. The current season received more than 10,000 entrants.

Each entrant generates a profile and a score according to the registration position.

Rules

Ranks

Trainers are divided into four classes based on their win/loss ratio. Each class is represented by a different type of Poké Ball:

• Normal Class (ノーマルクラス Normal Class)
• Great Class (スーパークラス Super Class)
• Ultra Class (ハイパークラス Hyper Class)
• Master Class (マスタークラス Master Class)

The battles are all judged by the Drone Rotom, which serves for each of them to increase their overall score. In the event of a draw, no change happens, regardless of the difference between the contestants' rankings. Trainers can only battle against other Trainers in the same class.

On occasion, one-day events called Battle Festival Challenges (Japanese: バトルフェス Battle Festivals) are held where many participants can gather to compete with each other at will. These events are held at stadiums and other such venues, and are open for the public to watch.

Normal Class

The scoreboard used during World Coronation Series matches

All first-time participants are automatically put into this class, regardless of any previous championships or statuses. The challenger must seek out opposing Trainers in nearby areas, and both must agree to battle.

Battles in Normal Class follow the following rules.

• Both challengers must be of the same class.
• Both challengers must send out their first Pokémon at the same time.
• It consists of battles with one or two Pokémon for each Trainer.
• Both challengers can switch their Pokémon at any time.

The class is represented by a normal Poké Ball.

Great Class

The venue of the Shalour City Battle Festival Challenge

Trainers reach this class after Normal Class. They must be between 999th and 100th place to advance to Ultra Class. The battle rules remain the same as in the Normal Class.

The class is represented by a Great Ball.

Ultra Class

Trainers reach this class after Great Class. They must be between 99th and ninth place to advance to Master Class.

The class is represented by an Ultra Ball.

Master Class

Wyndon Stadium

The Master Class consists of the eight Trainers who are at the top of the world ranking. They are called Masters Eight (Japanese: マスターズエイト Masters Eight) and are certified by the Pokémon Battle Commission (Japanese: ポケモン・バトル・コミッション Pokémon Battle Commission). They battle each other at the end of the season in a tournament where the winner becomes the Monarch (Japanese: 王者 Monarch). The finals are held in a Single Battle at the Wyndon Stadium, where techniques like Dynamax and Gigantamax can be used.

Outside the tournament, a member of the Masters Eight may request a battle against the Monarch, where the championship title is put into play. This battle follows the same style used in the championship finals.

The class is represented by a Master Ball.

Ranking

Profile of a registered Trainer

The following is a list of named participants in the current World Coronation Series by ranking.

Trainer	Class	Ranking	Additional note
Leon	Master	1	Rank carried over from past season, Monarch.
Lance	Master	2
Raihan	Master	7
Volkner	Ultra	Unknown	Numeric rank not revealed yet, should at least be 98.
Bea	Ultra	Unknown	Numeric rank not revealed yet, should at least be 98.
Ash	Ultra	99	Climbed to new class after defeating Iris.
Kricketina	Great	895	Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Iris	Great	Unknown	Numeric rank never revealed, was at least 999 prior to JN065. Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Rinto	Great	Unknown	Numeric rank never revealed, was at least 999 prior to Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!. Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Dozer	Great	Unknown	Numeric rank never revealed, was at least 999 prior to Trials of a Budding Master!. Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Tony	Great	Unknown	Numeric rank never revealed, was at least 999 prior to Betrayed, Bothered, and Beleaguered!. Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Korrina	Normal	1,001	Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Hayden	Normal	1,024	Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Visquez	Normal	2,109	Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Lob	Normal	Unknown	Numeric rank never revealed. Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.
Oliver	Normal	Unknown	Numeric rank never revealed. Dropped in rank after losing to Ash.

Masters Eight

File:Masters Eight Anime.png

The Masters Eight

This group consists of the eight best Pokémon Trainers in the world. It consists of Elite Trainers who have won other championships and competitions around the world.

Previous season

Trainer	Rank
Leon	Winner
Lance	Runner-Up

Trivia

• The ranking and progression system of the championship is similar to the operation of the Battle Tower and Battle Stadium in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
• The Trainers' profiles follow a visual pattern similar to that of Pokémon GO.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 寶可夢世界錦標賽 Bǎokěmèng Shìjiè Jǐnbiāosài Finnish Maailman Kruunajaissarja French Tournoi du Couronnement Mondial German Krönungs-Weltmeisterschaften Italian Torneo Mondiale per l'Incoronazione Korean 포켓몬 월드 챔피언십 Pokémon World Championship Polish Światowa Korona Bitew Brazilian Portuguese Campeonato da Coroação Mundial Russian Кубок Коронаций Spanish Serie Mundial de Coronación

See also

• World Championships
• Episodes with World Coronation Series matches
• World Coronation Series participants

Animated series-exclusive Pokémon competitions

Multiregional Grand Festival • Pokémon Baccer World Cup • Pokémon League Conference • PokéRinger • Wallace Cup World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament) Kanto Aura Guardian Festival • Beach Beauty and Pokémon Costume Contest • Big P Pokémon Race • Indigo Plateau Conference Kanto Grand Festival • Magikarp High Jump Competition • P1 Grand Prix • Pokémon Grand Eating Contest • Pokémon Orienteering Queen of the Princess Festival Johto Extreme Pokémon Race • Fire and Rescue Grand Prix • Grass Tournament • Mareep Festival • Pokémon Balloon Race Pokémon Beauty Contest • Rock and Tumble One-on-One Tauros Competition • Running of the Tauros Seaking Catching Competition • Silver Conference • Sumo Conference • Sunflora Festival • Tour de Alto Mare • Whirl Cup Hoenn Battle Frontier Flute Cup • Crossgate PokéRinger • Ever Grande Conference • Friendship Festival • Hoenn Grand Festival Marine Athletic Race • Trick House Contest Sinnoh Croagunk Festival • Festival Battle Challenge • Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition • Hearthome Collection Lily of the Valley Conference • Pokémon Dress-Up Contest • Pokémon Iceberg Race • Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament Pokémon Summer Academy • Pokémon Triathlon • Sinnoh Grand Festival • Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle • Squallville PokéRinger Unova Club Battle • Clubsplosion • Eindoak Harvest Festival • Pokémon Performance Competition • Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup Pokéstar Studios Film Competition • Subway Bosses' Stamp Rally • Vertress Conference • Wishing Bell Festival Decolore Marine Cup Tournament • Pokémon Sumo Tournament • Scalchop King Competition Kalos Lumiose Conference • Poké Puff Contest • Pokémon Showcase • Pokémon Sky Relay • Pokémon Summer Camp Alola Alola Bread Festival • Charjabug race • Manalo Conference‎‎ • Pokémon Catch Adventure Race • Pokémon Pancake Race Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament • Pokémon Sled Jump Games • Vikavolt race Galar All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge Paldea Elite Four Tag Battle Unknown Pigton Town Multi Battle Tournament • Pokémon Catch Race

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