2019 World Championships
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The 2019 Pokémon World Championships will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from August 16 to 19, 2019. It will be the sixteenth invitation-only championships for players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the eleventh for players of the Pokémon video games, and the fourth for players of Pokkén Tournament. The championships will feature a share of over $500,000 in prizes. It is the second time that Washington, D.C. will hold the competition, having previously held the 2014 World Championships.
Invitations for the Trading Card Game and the video game events were awarded to players who accumulated enough Championship Points throughout the season. Invitations for Pokkén Tournament were awarded to the top placements at three International Championships and players from Japan. There were also Last Chance Qualifiers held on Friday for Pokkén Tournament.
Trading Card Game Championships
The Pokémon Trading Card Game will feature the 2018-19 Standard format, using all cards from Sun & Moon onward. Players received invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year or from the previous year's World Championships.
Junior Division
Naohito Inoue of Japan is the defending champion.
Senior Division
Magnus Pedersen of Denmark is the defending champion.
Masters Division
Robin Schulz of Germany is the defending champion.
Video Game Championships
Matches will take place in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and will be all Double Battles. All Pokémon except Ash-Greninja and Mythical Pokémon are eligible, given they have an Alola symbol. As with the 2010 and 2016 World Championships, up to two special Pokémon can be used under the GS Cup format. All moves and held items are allowed. Levels for all Pokémon were adjusted to level 50 and no duplicate Pokémon or items were allowed. Players were given seven minutes of move selection time per game.
Junior Division
Wonn Lee of Japan is the defending champion.
Pi Wu of Taiwan became the new World champion.
Senior Division
James Evans of the United States is the defending champion.
Masters Division
Paul Ruiz of Ecuador is the defending champion.
Pokkén Tournament Championships
Invitations were given out to top placements at the Oceania, Europe, and North America International Championships. Two Senior and four Masters invites were awarded at the Europe and North America Championships each, while the Oceania Championships only awarded one Senior and two Masters invites. The remaining invitations were split between Japanese players and players who made it through the Last Chance Qualifiers.
Pokkén Tournament DX was used for the tournament, with every player required to use their own HORI Pokkén Tournament Pro Pad or HORI Pokkén Tournament DX Pro Pad. The tournament was double elimination and was the Team Battle format, with each match being best three out of five games.
Senior Division
Kato Yusuke of Japan was the defending champion in the Seniors Division and was runner-up for 2019. The previous year's runner-up, Colin "Ashgreninja1" Jones, defeated him to become Pokkén Tournament DX Senior Division Champion.
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Masters Division
Jacob "ThankSwalot" Waller of the United States was the defending champion in the Masters Division but was knocked out in Top 16. After finishing second in the Last Chance Qualifier, Subutan finished with no losses to become the new Pokkén Tournament DX Masters Division Champion.
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Pokémon GO Invitational Tournament
An invitational tournament for Pokémon GO was held on the first day of the World Championships. Six competitors and Game Freak's Junichi Masuda and Shigeki Morimoto competed in Trainer Battles against each other in a double elimination tournament. The Great League was utilized and each match was best three out of five games.
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Event Pokémon
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External links
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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. | 
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