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| ====Nintendo Cup '97==== | | ====Nintendo Cup '97==== |
| This was the first official Pokémon tournament ever, and started in 1997 a series of annual tournaments sponsored by Nintendo, taking place in various locations across Japan. These tournaments, which would later be referred to as Nintendo Cups in the Japanese version of the [[Pokémon Stadium series]], established the first set of rule variants that would pave the way for all future tournaments and Pokémon games.
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| ====Pokémon 2000 World Championship==== | | ====Pokémon 2000 World Championship==== |
| | Thunder for Down Under, a worldwide qualifier, took place later the same year in North America. In this tournament, players from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States all competed in regional championships, with the winners heading for the Pokémon 2000 World Championship, the first Pokémon World Championship, in Sydney, Australia. |
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| The '''Pokémon 2000 World Championship''' was the first ever World Championship of the Pokémon videogames in history, and it would be the blueprint on which later championships would evolve from. It was timely conducted during the initial Pokémon's craze of the late'90s-early'00s; in fact some European competitors like those of the United Kingdom had just received {{game|Yellow}} and went to the championship with the Pokémania fully reigning in their homelands. The '''Pokémon 2000 World Championship''' was also purposely conducted at the same time and place than the {{wp|2000 Summer Olympics}} held in Sydney, Australia, to give the event a more sport-like appeal (8 years would have to pass by until the two events would be done at the same time again), and so the Sydney University was used as the venue to hold the Championship's world stage. It was the only World Championship of Generation I. | | The championship was part of a 22-day event that started September 12 at Pokémon Park in Sydney University. The winner of the championship was Darryn Van Vuuren of the United Kingdom, followed by Edwin Krause of Germany in second, Sergio Garcia Maroto of Spain in third, and Ian Garvey of the United States in fourth. |
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| The championship would start with Regional tournaments, then the best players of there would go to play the National tournaments, and then the best players of there would go to play the World stage in Sydney, Australia.
| | In North America, the qualifying events took place at four {{wp|Wizards of the Coast}} stores, with 32 entrants for each store. |
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| ''Thunder for Down Under Contest – Pikachu's Search for America's Best Pokémon Master'', was the name of the United States' qualifier contest, taking place just a few months after the [[Pokémon 2000 Stadium Tour]]. However there was discomfort in American competitors around a perceived inferior organization compared to those of European countries like the United Kingdom. To win the trip to the World Championship, players competed in regional championships. The problem was that Nintendo only gave 4 places for these, they were: Garden City (NY), San Diego (CA), Fort Worth (TX) and Seattle (WA). That meant many people far away from theses places around USA would have difficulties to play there. Moreover, the qualifying events took place at the four {{wp|Wizards of the Coast}} stores in those cities, with just 32 entrants for each store. At the end, the champion of the USA Nationals was Ian Garvey, a.k.a. ''EeveeTrainer'' from Azure Heights, the top Pokémon competitive community of that era, comparable with Smogon nowadays.
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| Meanwhile, at the same time there were being conducted qualifiers for Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom, which together with those of the United States made a total of 8 involved countries, a figure that wouldn't be broken until 12 years later.
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| This championship had some quirks that wouldn't be repeated on later Video Game World Championships: for starters the Sidney segment was part of a 22-day event that started September 12, so the actual battles were conducted between September 20-22. All later Video Game World Championships would be scheduled for August, one month earlier than this. But the most striking one was that there weren't any ''Senior'' and ''Junior'' age divisions like those of later championships, all players competed in the same single division and so for example 5 years old children could play against teenagers. And last, there weren't any competitors from Japan, unlike future contests, just from USA and Europe.
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| At the end, the winner of the '''Pokémon 2000 World Championship''' was Darryn Van Vuuren of the United Kingdom, therefore converting himself in the first true Pokémon Master of all the world, and the best player in all the planet until the following World Championship came. Following him were Edwin Krause of Germany in second place, Sergio Garcia Maroto of Spain in third place, and the aforementioned Ian Garvey of the United States in fourth place.
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| That meant that this was the first time an USA player made it to the first 4 places, and also that the first player that ever reached 4° place in a World Championship, was from USA.
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| However, after this contest was finished, Nintendo surprisingly didn't made any more World Championships. There were not any Generation II championships, nor another Generation I one, and so people from competitive communities like the aforementioned Azure Heights that were expecting another competition on the following year (perhaps now with Generation II and [[Pokémon Stadium 2]]) were really dissapointed. There was much debate on the reasons why Nintendo wouldn't continue to make those events.
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| For 8 years, Nintendo wouldn't do another World Championship like this again, ocasionally organizing little promotional events like the 2001 ''Six Flags Pokémon Fun Fest'' (which involved giving Celebis as gifts) and other event-Pokémon offerings. It wouldn't be until the 2005 [[Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle]] that they would start testing waters, to see if such a World event would be viable again.
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| ====Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle==== | | ====Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle==== |
| | | A small competition called the [[Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle]] took place in 2005 to commemorate the international release of {{game|Emerald}}. Fourteen competitors were selected after a series of online quizzes, with a trip to {{OBP|PokéPark|theme park}} on the line. |
| After 5 years since the last tournament held on American soil, an interest on holding new Pokémon battling contests was growing strong, and so the Pokémon Company began to test waters again.
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| A small competition called the [[Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle]] took place in 2005 to commemorate the international release of {{game|Emerald}}. Fourteen competitors were selected after a series of online quizzes, with a trip to {{OBP|PokéPark|theme park}} on the line. | |
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| The tournament used the Single Battle format. Unlike other Generation III tournaments, all items were banned. | | The tournament used the Single Battle format. Unlike other Generation III tournaments, all items were banned. |
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| This contest would be very important because it was the first official competition of many American players that would compete years later in the Video Game World Championships.
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| Following the ''[[Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Brain Battle]]'', another North American tournament took place during the [[Pokémon 10th Anniversary Journey Across America|Journey Across America]] tour in 2006 commemorating Pokémon's 10th anniversary.
| | Another North American tournament took place during the [[Pokémon 10th Anniversary Journey Across America|Journey Across America]] tour in 2006. The rules were similar to the Pokémon Festa 2004 rules; however, only event Pokémon were banned. |
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| The rules were similar to the Pokémon Festa 2004 rules; however, only event Pokémon were banned. | |
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| Notably, this would be the first official tournament of would-be [[Smogon]] people.
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| | | In 2008, players from Japan and the United States competed against one another for the first time in the [[Pokémon Video Game Showdown 2008]]. The tournament took place in the in-game [[Double Cup]]. |
| This championship started a whole new era, for the first time in 8 years, Pokémon had officialy a global-level tournament again. 3 generations later, on Generation IV, the [[Pokémon Video Game Showdown 2008]] was conducted to restart the Pokémon competitive scene. Its world stage was going to be held on August 16 in the Hilton Walt Disney World Resort Hotel from Orlando, Florida.
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| The singularity of this event was that this was the first time players from Japan and the United States competed officialy against one another in a World Championship. Notably the only 2 countries that were meant to compete there, were Japan and the United States, so this was the Video Game World Championship with the least number of countries competing.
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| The [[Pokémon Video Game Showdown 2008]] took place in the in-game [[Double Cup]]. For the first time it implemented the '''Junior''' and '''Senior''' age divisions on Pokémon Video Game tournaments that were originally from the TCG tournaments, so younger players would have a fairer chance on competition.
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| The [[Pokémon Video Game Showdown 2008]] finished this way:
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| '''Senior:'''<br/>
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| 1°: Izuru Yoshimura (JAP)<br/>
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| 2°: Yasuhito Kajiwara (JAP)<br/>
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| 3°: Hideaki Shimizu (JAP)<br/>
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| 4°: Christopher Halordain-Tsai (USA)
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| Notably, this marked quite a few milestones:
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| * It was the first time an American player would make it to the podium (Knight Silvayne, from the '''Junior''' division).
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| * This meant that the first winner ever of the '''Junior''' division was from USA.
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| * This was the first time two American players reached the first four places (Knight Silvayne and Christopher Halordain-Tsai).
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| * This meant that the first player ever who reached 4° place in the '''Senior''' division was from USA.
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| ====Pokémon Video Game Championships 2009==== | | ====Pokémon Video Game Championships 2009==== |
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| In 2009, it was started the proper series named '''"Pokémon Video Game Championships"''', as this type of video game tournament was included in the yearly Pokémon World Championships, which previously only featured the TCG. | | In 2009, the Pokémon Video Game Championships were included in the yearly Pokémon World Championships, which previously only featured the TCG. In the [[2009 World Championships|Video Game World Championships for 2009]], players could only use {{game|Platinum}}, and the [[form differences|alternate forms]] introduced in Platinum were ineligible. The [[Double Cup]] rules were reinstated. |
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| The world stage was held on August 14 and 15 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, in San Diego, California.
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| The number of countries involved rose to 5: now the participants were the winners of the Nationals from France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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| One of the rules in the [[2009 World Championships|Video Game World Championships for 2009]] was that players could only use {{game|Platinum}} with quite a few conditions: the [[form differences|alternate forms]] (like those of Rotom and Giratina) introduced in Platinum were ineligible. This was due to European countries not receiving {{game|Platinum}} yet, in fact the rules of this tournament stated that European players could only use {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}. The [[Double Cup]] rules were reinstated.
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| The [[2009 World Championships]] finished this way:
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| 1°: Jeremiah Fan (USA)<br/>
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| 3°: Kamran Jahadi (USA)<br/>
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| 4°: Towa Takahashi (JAP)
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| '''Senior:'''<br/>
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| 1°: Kazuyuki Tsuji (JAP)<br/>
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| 2°: Tasuku Mano (JAP)<br/>
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| 3°: Steven Wasserloos (USA)<br/>
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| 4°: Grace Beck (USA)
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| Thus this marked more milestones:
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| * This was the first time that USA won 1° place on two consecutive championships ('''Junior''' divisions 2008 and 2009).
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| * This was the first time two USA players would make it into the same podium (Jeremiah Fan and Kamran Jahadi from '''Junior''' divisions).
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| * It was the first time an USA player would reach the '''Senior''' division podium (Steven Wasserloos).
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| * It was, along with Japan, the first time some country would win two consecutive championships on a division (USA with '''Juniors''', Japan with '''Seniors''').
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| * This was the first time USA put 3 players in the podium (Jeremiah Fan, Kamran Jahadi and Steven Wasserloos).
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| * This was the first time 4 USA players reached the first 4 places (Jeremiah Fan, Kamran Jahadi, Steven Wasserloos and Grace Beck).
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| * It was the first time an USA player would win the 3° place (in this case, two players made it).
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| | In 2010, powerful legendary Pokémon such as {{p|Mewtwo}} were allowed once again in the [[2010 World Championships]]. These Pokémon, referred to as '''special Pokémon''', were limited to two per team. Event-only Pokémon such as {{p|Mew}} were still banned. |
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| In 2010, the ''Pokémon Video Game Championship'' proved to have been sucessful by being launched a new edition on that year. This time the world stage was held between August 13-15 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Hotel, in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
| | The tournament used only {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, and the rules followed the [[GS Cup]] rule set found in [[Flat Battle]] mode. All Pokémon above level 50 were leveled down to 50, while Pokémon below level 50 will retain their levels. Also, Pokémon that evolve at levels above 50 like {{p|Dragonite}} and {{p|Tyranitar}} could compete. |
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| The total number of participant countries rose to 6: France, Germany, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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| The '''LCQ''' (''Last Chance Qualifier''), which was already implemented in the TCG tournaments, for the first time was implemented for the Video Games Championships. This allowed players another way of getting to play the World Championship, going round the Regional and National tournaments. However, qualifying chances were tighter, one lose and they would be eliminated. | |
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| Powerful legendary Pokémon such as {{p|Mewtwo}} were allowed once again in the [[2010 World Championships]]. These Pokémon, referred to as '''special Pokémon''', were allowed in the team with the condition that the players would be limited to have only up to two of them in a match. Event-only Pokémon such as {{p|Mew}} were still banned.
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| Like when the previous tournament was {{game|Platinum}} only, this tournament used only {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, and the rules followed the [[GS Cup]] rule set found in [[Flat Battle]] mode. All Pokémon above level 50 were leveled down to 50, while Pokémon below level 50 will retain their levels. Also, unlike previous tournaments, Pokémon that evolve at levels above 50 like {{p|Dragonite}} and {{p|Tyranitar}} could compete.
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| The World Championship finished this way:
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| 1°: Shota Yamamoto (JAP)<br/>
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| 3°: Ren Toriyama (JAP)<br/>
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| 4°: Kippei Takaki (JAP)
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| 1°: Ray Rizzo (USA)<br/>
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| 2°: Yasuki Tochigi (JAP)<br/>
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| 3°: Isao Yoshioka (JAP)<br/>
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| 4°: Wataru Onishi (JAP)
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| This marked '''a real milestone''' in the history of Pokémon: for the first time in history, an USA player won the main division of the Pokémon Video Game Championships, the '''Senior''' division, conquering on the way the Japanese adversity. This player was Ray Rizzo.
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| However, Japanese presence on the tournaments still was going strong, as the other 7 places on the first 4 places on each divisions were all Japanese players.
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| The [[2011 World Championships|2011 Video Game Championships]] became the venue for the first [[Generation V]] tournament. Its world stage was meant to be held between August 12-14 again like in 2009 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, in San Diego, California. | | The [[2011 World Championships|2011 Video Game Championships]] became the venue for the first [[Generation V]] tournament. As with the first tournaments of [[Generation III]] and [[Generation IV]], only Pokémon in the [[List of Pokémon by Unova Pokédex number|Unova Pokédex]] may be used. The tournament continued to use the Double Battle format, and due to a [[Sky Drop glitch|glitch]] {{m|Sky Drop}} was banned in this format. |
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| This edition a new feature from TCG tournaments was implemented: the '''Masters''' age division was added. From now on, competitors would play in '''Junior''' (which that year represented players born in 2000 or later), '''Senior''' (which that year represented players born between 1996 and 1999 included), or '''Masters''' (which that year represented players born in 1995 or earlier). This greatly expanded the number of participants the Video Game Championship could get, and relieved the pain for those that in previous tournaments had to line up for long hours and still didn't entered into the tournament because they were assigned a number that wasn't chosen. Notably, Ray Rizzo himself participated on the 2008 Showdown, '''but the following year he couldn't participate in the 2009 Video Game Championships''', because his number wasn't picked up.
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| Due to the natural disasters in that year in Japan, their National qualifier championships were cancelled, however, three Japanese players went anyway to participate in the world stage in San Diego, they were: Yasuki Tochigi (for the '''Masters''' division), Shota Yamamoto and Santa Ito (these last two for the '''Senior''' division). But they qualified because they were the 2010 '''Senior''' runner-up, the 2010 '''Junior''' champion, and the 2010 '''Junior''' runner-up, respectively.
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| And therefore the number of competitor countries that year rose to 8, equating the figure from 11 years earlier; these were the countries of: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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| 1°: Brian Hough (USA)<br/>
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| 3°: Brendan Zheng (USA)<br/>
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| 4°: Sarah Lakehal (FRA)
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| 1°: Kamran Jahadi (USA)<br/>
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| 2°: Sejun Park (KOR)<br/>
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| 3°: Enosh Shachar (USA)<br/>
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| 4°: Shota Yamamoto (JAP)
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| 1°: Ray Rizzo (USA)<br/>
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| 2°: Matteo Gini (ITA)<br/>
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| 3°: Matt Coyle (USA)<br/>
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| * The first player that ever won two consecutive times the main division's World Championship was from USA, Ray Rizzo, who won the 2010 '''Seniors''' and the 2011 '''Masters'''.
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| * Moreover, he was also the first player ever in Pokémon's history that won at least two consecutive times, no player won two consecutive times before in '''Junior''' nor in '''Senior'''.
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| * For the first time, an entire podium of USA players was achieved (Brian Hough, Ian McLaughlin and Brendan Zheng from the '''Junior''' division).
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| * The first player ever to achieve the 1° place in '''Masters''' division was from USA, Ray Rizzo.
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| * The first player ever to achieve the 3° place in '''Masters''' division was from USA, Matt Coyle.
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| * For the first time, there were USA players in all 3 podiums.
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| * It was the first time a total of 7 players from USA reached the podium (Brian Hough, Ian McLaughlin, Brendan Zheng, Kamran Jahadi, Enosh Shachar, Ray Rizzo and Matt Coyle) or, likewise, the first 4 places.
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| The [[2012 World Championships]] world stage was held between August 10-12 again like in 2010 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Hotel, in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
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| With the proper return of Japan and the introduction of long-ignored Canada, this edition managed to beat the figure of 8 countries from the original 2000 World Championship of 12 years earlier, gathering people from 9 National qualifiers; those from: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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| * Likewise, for the same reason it converted itself in the first three-year consecutive champion of any division.
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| * Also the only one who at least made it to the finals three-year consecutively.
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| * For the first time, both the champion and the runner-up of the main division's World Championship were from USA (Ray Rizzo and Wolfe Glick from '''Masters''' division).
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| * For the first time, all three champions from the three divisions were all from USA.
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| * It marked a record as 8 players from USA reached the 4 first places (Abram Burrows, Brian Hough, Brendan Zheng, Toler Webb, Henry Maxon, Ray Rizzo, Wolfe Glick and Joe Pulkowski from '''Masters''' division).
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| * For the first time, there were 3 USA players in the main division's first 4 places (Ray Rizzo, Wolfe Glick and Joe Pulkowski).
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| * As a reward from achieving the championship, the champions would be eternized by being introduced together with their teams in the {{game|Black 2 and White 2|s}}, and so the USA was first to ever achieve this reward, as the absolute group of 2012 champions were all American.
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