2022 World Championships

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World Championships

The 2022 World Championships will be held in London, United Kingdom in 2022. It will be the seventeenth invitation-only championships for players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the twelfth for players of the Pokémon video games, and the fifth for players of Pokkén Tournament. This will be the second time the Pokémon World Championships are held outside of the United States, following the 2013 World Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Invitations for the Trading Card Game and the video game events will be awarded to players who accumulate enough Championship Points throughout the season. Invitations for Pokkén Tournament will be awarded to the top placements at three International Championships and players from Japan. There will also be Last Chance Qualifiers held for Pokkén Tournament.

The World Championships were initially intended to be held at ExCeL London from August 14 to 16, 2020, but were canceled along with the 2020 Play! Pokémon Championship Series as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, being moved to August 2021. The World Championships were subsequently moved to 2022.

A pop up Pokémon Center will be open during the 2020 World Championships.

Trading Card Game Championships

The Pokémon Trading Card Game will feature the 2019-20 Standard format, using all cards from Ultra Prism onward. Players will receive invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year, with the best of them receiving Day Two Invitations, or from the previous year's World Championships.

Junior Division

Haruki Miyamoto of Japan is the defending champion.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship match
1	Rikuto O
5	Misha S
4	Prince W
3	Tristan T
6	Marcelo R
7	Hatsuto K
2	Chung Y

Senior Division

Kaya Lichtleitner of Germany is the defending champion.

Master Division

Henry Brand of Australia is the defending champion.

Video Game Championships

Players will receive invitations from gaining enough Championship Points throughout the year, with the best of them receiving Day Two Invitations, or from the previous year's World Championships.

Matches will take place in Pokémon Sword and Shield and will all be Double Battles. All Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex except Mythical Pokémon and certain Legendary Pokémon, given they had a Galar symbol. Levels for all Pokémon were adjusted to level 50 and no duplicate Pokémon or items were allowed. Players were given seven minutes of Your Time, 45 seconds of Move Time, and 15 minutes of Game Time per game.

Junior Division

Pi Wu of Taiwan is the defending champion.

Senior Division

Ko Tsukide of Japan is the defending champion.

Master Division

Naoto Mizobuchi of Japan is the defending champion.

Pokkén Tournament Championships

Invitations will be given out to top placements at the Oceania, Europe, and North America International Championships. Two Senior and four Masters invites will be awarded at the Europe and North America Championships each, while the Oceania Championships will only award one Senior and two Masters invites. The remaining invitations will be split between Japanese players and players who made it through the Last Chance Qualifiers.

Pokkén Tournament DX will be used for the tournament, with every player required to use their own HORI Pokkén Tournament Pro Pad or HORI Pokkén Tournament DX Pro Pad.

Senior Division

Colin "Ashgreninja1" Jones of the United States is the defending champion in the Seniors Division.

Masters Division

Hiroki "Subutan" Ishida of Japan is the defending champion in the Masters Division.

Event Pokémon

Gigantamax Meowth Gift
#0854  Sinistea Antique Form Dynamax Level: 0 Level 50 Type: Ability: Cursed Body Held item: Moomoo Milk	ID: 220818 OT: WCS22 ＷＣＳ２２ Met: WCS 2022 (fateful encounter) Nature: Random Ribbon: Event Ribbon
Memento Dark Metronome Normal Aromatherapy Grass Celebrate Normal
Games Method Location Duration SwSh Local Communication ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom August 18 to 21, 2022
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.

References

Pokémon World Championships Pokémon Trading Card Game only 2004-2008; TCG and Video Games 2009-on 2004: Blaziken Tech • Magma Spirit • Rocky Beach • Team Rushdown 2005: Bright Aura • Dark Tyranitar • King of the West • Queendom 2006: B-L-S • Eeveelutions • Mewtrick • Suns & Moons 2007: Flyvees • Legendary Ascent • Rambolt • Swift Empoleon 2008: Bliss Control • Empotech • Intimidation • Psychic Lock 2009: Stallgon • Crowned Tiger • Queengar • Luxdrill 2010: LuxChomp of the Spirit • Happy Luck • Power Cottonweed • Boltevoir 2011: Megazone • Reshiphlosion • The Truth • Twinboar 2012: Pesadelo Prism • Terraki-Mewtwo • Eeltwo • CMT 2013: Anguille Sous Roche • American Gothic • Darkrai • Ultimate Team Plasma 2014: Plasma Power • Trevgor • Emerald King • Crazy Punch 2015: The Flying Hammer • Punches 'n' Bites • HonorStoise • Primal Groudon 2016: Black Dragon • Bebe Deck • Magical Symphony • Ninja Blitz 2017: Infinite Force • Golisodor • Ice Path FTW • Samurai Sniper 2018: Victory Map • Dragones y Sombras • Garbanette • Buzzroc 2019: Pikarom Judge • Fire Box • Mind Blown • Perfection 2022: ADP • The Shape of Mew • Cheryl Again • Ice Rider Palkia 2023: Mew's Revenge • Psychic Elegance • Colorless Lugia • Lost Box Kyogre 2024: Champions Jason Klaczynski • Jun Hasebe • Ray Rizzo

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.