2010 World Championships
The 2010 Pokémon World Championships was the seventh World Championships event hosted by Play! Pokémon, the renamed organizing group for Pokémon Organized Play, and marked the second to officially accommodate both the Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships and the Pokémon Video Game World Championships. The annual invitation-only event was held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village, located in the big island of Hawaii, and ran from Friday, August 13th with Last Chance Qualifiers, and official competition running on Staurday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15.
Brackets (TCG World Championships)
The TCG World Championships used the Diamond & Pearl-onwards Modified format for the second time.
Junior Division
- Champion - Yuka Furusawa (JPN)
- 2nd place - Juan Pablos Arenas (USA)
- 3rd place - Simon Taylor (USA)
- 4th place - Thomas Harle (FRA)
Senior Division
- Champion - Jacob Lesage (CAN)
- 2nd place - Mychal Bryan (USA)
- 3rd place - Ann-Marie Thompson (USA)
- 4th place - Hiroki Yano (JPN)
Masters Division
- Champion - Yuta Komatsuda (JPN)
- 2nd place - Michael Pramawat (USA)
- 3rd place - Frank Diaz (USA)
- 4th place - Miguel Garcia (CHL)
Brackets (Video Game World Championships)
The Video Game World Championships required competitors to use HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Junior Division
- Champion - Shota Yamamoto (JPN)
- 2nd Place - Santa Ito (JPN)
Senior Division
- Champion - Ray Rizzo (USA)
- 2nd Place - Yasuki Tochigi (JPN)
Brackets (TCG World Championships)
Junior Division
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (Best of Three) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Sota Horikawa** | JP | |||||||||||||||
16 | Hiroki Masuda | JP | 16 | Hiroki Masuda | JP | ||||||||||||
9 | Thomas Harle* | FR | 9 | Thomas Harle* | FR | ||||||||||||
8 | Nathan Sweet | US | 9 | Thomas Harle* | FR | ||||||||||||
5 | Juan Pablo Arenas | US | 5 | Juan Pablo Arenas | US | ||||||||||||
12 | Titouan Vannay* | CH | 5 | Juan Pablo Arenas | US | ||||||||||||
13 | Koichi Nishida | US | 13 | Koichi Nishida | US | ||||||||||||
4 | Tsubasa Nakamura | JP | 5 | Juan Pablo Arenas (0) | US | ||||||||||||
3 | Simon Taylor | US | 10 | Yuka Furusawa** (2) | JP | ||||||||||||
14 | Sumika Yanagida | JP | 3 | Simon Taylor | US | ||||||||||||
11 | Micah Olton | US | 6 | Toshimi Yamazaki | US | ||||||||||||
6 | Toshimi Yamazaki | JP | 3 | Simon Taylor | US | ||||||||||||
7 | Nao Kawamura | JP | 10 | Yuka Furusawa** | JP | ||||||||||||
10 | Yuka Furusawa** | JP | 10 | Yuka Furusawa** | JP | ||||||||||||
15 | Henry Chao | US | 15 | Henry Chao | US | ||||||||||||
2 | Gustavo Wada | BR |
Senior Division
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (Best of Three) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Aaron Lin Feng Choong* | AU | |||||||||||||||
16 | Edmund Kuras | US | 16 | Edmund Kuras | US | ||||||||||||
9 | Ann-Marie Thompson | US | 9 | Ann-Marie Thompson | US | ||||||||||||
8 | Ojvind Svinhufvud | FI | 9 | Ann-Marie Thompson | US | ||||||||||||
5 | Michael Diaz* | US | 13 | Mychael Bryan** | US | ||||||||||||
12 | Andrew Krekeler | US | 5 | Michael Diaz* | US | ||||||||||||
13 | Mychael Bryan** | US | 13 | Mychael Bryan | US | ||||||||||||
4 | Karri Makela* | FI | 13 | Mychael Bryan** (1) | US | ||||||||||||
3 | Jacob Lesage* | CA | 3 | Jacob Lesage* (2) | CA | ||||||||||||
14 | Ty Wheeler | US | 3 | Jacob Lesage* | CA | ||||||||||||
11 | Toya Nishimaki | JP | 11 | Toya Nishimaki | JP | ||||||||||||
6 | Takuto Itagaki | JP | 3 | Jacob Lesage* | CA | ||||||||||||
7 | David Hovland Jensen* | NO | 15 | Hiroki Yano* | JP | ||||||||||||
10 | Michael Bergerac | US | 7 | David Hovland Jensen* | NO | ||||||||||||
15 | Hiroki Yano* | JP | 15 | Hiroki Yano* | JP | ||||||||||||
2 | Brandon Jones | US |
Master Division
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (Best of Three) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Yuta Komatsuda | JP | |||||||||||||||
14 | Morten Gundesen | DM | 1 | Yuta Komatsuda | JP | ||||||||||||
10 | Gordon Coates | CA | 7 | Sami Sekkoum | UK | ||||||||||||
7 | Sami Sekkoum | UK | 1 | Yuta Komatsuda | JP | ||||||||||||
4 | Miguel Garcia* | CH | 4 | Miguel Garcia* | CH | ||||||||||||
15 | Colin Stromberg | US | 4 | Miguel Garcia* | CH | ||||||||||||
12 | Tomi Sjoblom | FI | 8 | Wai Kit Lam | HK | ||||||||||||
8 | Wai Kit Lam | HK | 1 | Yuta Komatsuda (2) | JP | ||||||||||||
9 | Con Le* | US | 2 | Michael Pramawat (1) | US | ||||||||||||
2 | Michael Pramawat | US | 2 | Michael Pramawat | US | ||||||||||||
16 | Takuya Yoneda | JP | 5 | Yasmin Kiss | DE | ||||||||||||
5 | Yasmin Kiss | DE | 2 | Michael Pramawat | US | ||||||||||||
6 | Curtis Lyon | CA | 3 | Frank Diaz** | US | ||||||||||||
11 | Yee Wei Chun* | MY | 6 | Curtis Lyon | CA | ||||||||||||
13 | Tsugyoshi Yamato** | JP | 3 | Frank Diaz** | US | ||||||||||||
3 | Frank Diaz** | US |
Legend:
- * indicates a player to be a National Champion.
- ** indicates a player who has entered the main draw via the Last Chance Qualifier.
- (#) indicates the number of games won in the best-of-three match final.
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