Pokémon Premier Events are returning in early 2022. Compete
for prizes, travel awards, and glory with four different ways to play: the
Pokémon TCG, Pokémon video games, Pokkén Tournament DX, and, for
the first time, Pokémon GO. As already announced, some players will age up to
new age divisions for the 2022 season. All players who earned points in the
2020 season, which was canceled in March 2020, will have their points
transferred to the 2022 season.
Players attending Pokémon tournaments will be required to
comply with Pokémon’s COVID-19 policies, which mandate that all participants be
vaccinated. More info about the Play! Pokémon COVID-19 policies can be found
here. Information is subject to change based on shifting governmental health
mandates, and participants should check with organizers for the most up-to-date
information. Some events may require masks and social distancing in addition to
vaccination.
Prize and Championship Point schedules for each event series
for the 2022 season will mostly mirror what was already established for the
2020 season.
Since 2022 is a shorter season than usual, players will only
be able to earn travel awards for the 2022 North American Championships based
on points earned during the period from when the Championship Points events
begin again through April 24, 2022. Though the European Championships are
taking place in April 2022, there will be no travel awards for the event
because travel awards and stipends were provided to all players who qualified
for the 2020 European Championships, which were subsequently canceled.
Pokkén Tournament DX returns to Worlds in 2022.
Players who already earned a travel award from the Oceania Championship will
have that award honored for the 2022 World Championship. Additional awards are
available in the Senior and Masters divisions at the European and North
American International Championship.
More details about the 2022 Play! Pokémon season will be announced soon.
Pokémon GO
For the first time, Pokémon GO players can take part in Play!
Pokémon events with the very first official Pokémon GO Championship Series,
held in partnership with Niantic. Qualifier events for the 2022 Pokémon GO
World Championships will be held around the world at some Regional and
International Championships. Players who place highly at these events can earn
prize money as well as an invitation to compete at Worlds in London in August.
To register for Pokémon GO Championship Series events, you
must be your home region’s age of digital consent or older. Also, you need to
have linked your Pokémon GO account to a Trainer Club account, have a Player
ID, and have opted in to the Play! Terms of Use. The ability to create an
account link will be available in late 2021, and registration for the first
events will open in January.
Additionally, as previously announced, access to early
registration will be granted to Pokémon GO players who perform well in the GO
Battle League. For the first batch of events, players must achieve Legend Rank
in Season 9 in order to qualify. Details for later events will be added once
information about the corresponding GO Battle League season is announced.
Tournaments for Pokémon GO will operate Senior and Masters
age divisions and run the Great League format. For specific format details,
stay tuned for the rules document that will be available soon. To ensure an
even playing field, participants at most Qualifiers will be required to log in to
their Pokémon GO account and battle using smart devices provided onsite. If this
is not the case for a specific event, the organizer of that event will
announce that separately. Specific details on provided devices will be included
in the upcoming rules document.
Battle hard, Trainers!
Source: Pokemon
