The Pokémon Company has revealed more details regarding the 2024 Pokémon Championship Series. Read on below to learn more:
These Pokémon players rose to the challenge in the latest event of the 2024 Championship Series season.
The Pokémon North America International Championships took place over three exciting match-filled days in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 7–9, 2024. As the final International Championships event of the season, the event featured heated competition across the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC), Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.
These are the top finishers for the Pokémon TCG by division:
| Juniors | Seniors | Masters | ||||
| 195 players | 232 players | 2692 players | ||||
| 1 | Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz | US | Nathan Osterkatz | US | Andrew Hedrick | US |
| 2 | Edison Chein | US | Daniel Magda | CZ | Stéphane Ivanoff | FR |
| 3 | Lyle Chu | US | Fergus Bell | AU | Keito Arai | JP |
| 4 | Victor Perry-Pribadi | US | Justin Templer | US | Kaiwen Cabbabe | AU |
| 5 | Theo Youn | US | Evan Pavelski | US | Sebastian Lashmet | US |
| 6 | Elijah Lu | US | Benny Billinger | CA | Henry Chao | US |
| 7 | Vicente Carrasco | CL | Luka Levain | FR | Natalie Millar | AU |
| 8 | Ezra Saenz | US | Carson Washer | US | Andrew Gantner | US |
These are the top finishers for the Pokémon VGC by division:
| Juniors | Seniors | Masters | ||||
| 50 players | 62 players | 922 players | ||||
| 1 | Kevin Han | US | Joshua Robinson | US | Patrick Connors | US |
| 2 | Damon Zhu | NZ | Adam Colson | US | Aurélien Soula | FR |
| 3 | Leland Smith | US | Declan Solecki | US | Eduardo Cunha | PT |
| 4 | Kiara Nguyen | AU | Mattia Cognetta | IT | Yan Sym | BR |
| 5 | Ikaika Masuda | US | Christopher Han | US | Shiliang Tang | CN |
| 6 | Ryder Beirne | US | Cale Sandburg | US | Antonio Sánchez | ES |
| 7 | Marcus Schulz | US | Conner Pietrusinski | US | Justin Burns | US |
| 8 | Eduardo de Souza Mello | BR | Aidan Patterson | US | Henry Rich | AU |
These are the top finishers for Pokémon GO:
| 258 players | |||
| 1 | Aiden Hedderly | OutOfPoket | US |
| 2 | Carlos Rangel | Ashtonash | MX |
| 3 | Gabriel Fonseca | LNDsTSteinar | BR |
| 4 | Ilam Rojas Guerrero | Ilqm | US |
| T-5 | Jeff Reimer | Auburnnnn | US |
| T-5 | Ewerton Malvezzi | LNDsRargef | BR |
| T-7 | Mayson Atkinson | MagicMayson | US |
| T-7 | Andrew Taphorn | ShinyDialga45 | US |
These are the top finishers for Pokémon UNITE in the Final Stretch:
| 24 teams | ||||
| Placement | Team Name | Full Name | In-Game Name | UCS Region |
| 1 | Gee | Daniel Hernandez | BlackCH | North America |
| Tyler Canale | Talion | |||
| David Lederer | EggN00b | |||
| Sean Tucker | slash | |||
| Gerardo Flores | OGwastaken | |||
| Xavier Hoffer | Zel0ot | |||
| 2 | Team YT | Leon Chong | Akeelo | North America |
| Steve Tran | PikaDiff | |||
| Richard Rosario | Chaotic | |||
| Yongsheng Huang | Fwii | |||
| Sam Tang | SoSadSam | |||
| Nancy Lee | nvnci | |||
| 3 | DOL Kittens | Christopher Lopez | b*nzokajooie | North America |
| Sonia Goloubev | s*by | |||
| Ryan Zou | elmogirl2009 | |||
| Alex MacDonald | TheeeCHADttv | |||
| Tre Pitts | aMuk | |||
| 4 | Ignorance | Paul Szewczyk | SoupChef2 | North America |
| James Klekar | Scrublenaut | |||
| Dustin Easterling | BroteinShake | |||
| Dylan Sagan | nayeon | |||
| Steven Cruz | Gupiter | |||
| Inder Gill | inder | |||
| T-5 | Ni Hao | Chris Toole | ni・Victorin | North America |
| Kirtan Patel | ®竜・Kirtan | |||
| Nithin Jonnalagadda | TTVbits | |||
| Chase Moore | Duskrunner5 | |||
| Stanley Huang | Greninja2x | |||
| T-5 | Supa Secret Team | Matthew Godfrey | AsMatt | North America |
| Gemini Griffin | Supa | |||
| Russel Staples | Russ | |||
| Massimo Lachance | Tyedye | |||
| Anthony Swearingen | Anon | |||
| Jose Loubriel | Aldimos | |||
| T-7 | Exile | Nicholas Onderak | neon | North America |
| James Packard | oblivionEX | |||
| Stephen Barger | pureEX | |||
| Gannon Janssen | freakyEX | |||
| Aaron Davis | sympEX | |||
| Parker Wotring | kuusiEX | |||
| T-7 | Brave Birders | Conner Satawidinata | Aschaツ | North America |
| Vincent Tran | Vinny256 | |||
| Collin Satawidinata | Kolintang_YT | |||
| Sean Ash | BB*RSG_Red | |||
| Hai Hoang | 楽勝owo | |||
| Christian Ercolino | Snagz | |||
New Orleans played host to the final International Championships of the 2024 season, but the competition is far from over! The 2024 Pokémon World Championships are set to take place in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Competitors from around the globe will compete for the title of World Champion in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Video Game Championships, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE. Keep checking in to Pokemon.com to learn more about the season’s capstone event.
Source: Pokemon.com
Winners of 2024 Pokémon North America International Championships crowned in New Orleans
BELLEVUE, Wash. — June 10, 2024 — The Pokémon Company International revealed new details Sunday about the 2024 Pokémon World Championships taking place August 16 to 18 at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center in Honolulu. Pokémon fans who attended the 2024 Pokémon North America International Championships in New Orleans over the weekend, and those who tuned in to the official Pokémon livestream of the event, witnessed the unveiling of the Worlds-exclusive Pikachu plush and Paradise Resort promo card. Both items will be included in the Welcome Kit for qualified Worlds competitors, while the Pikachu plush will be available only at the Pokémon Center pop-up store at the 2024 Pokémon World Championships.
The 2024 Pokémon NAIC gathered thousands of skilled Pokémon Trainers as they battled it out in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, and the Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE mobile games to qualify for the 2024 Pokémon World Championships. After three days of intense competition in New Orleans, the following top players were crowned 2024 Pokémon North America International Champions:
Pokémon Trading Card Game Junior Division:
1st place: Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz [US]
2nd place: Edison Chein [US]
Pokémon TCG Senior Division:
1st place: Nathan Osterkatz [US]
2nd place: Daniel Magda [CZ]
Pokémon TCG Masters Division:
1st place: Andrew Hedrick [US]
2nd place: Stéphane Ivanoff [FR]
Pokémon Video Game Championship Junior Division:
1st place: Kevin Han [US]
2nd place: Damon Zhu [NZ]
Pokémon VGC Senior Division:
1st place: Joshua Robinson [US]
2nd place: Adam Colson [US]
Pokémon VGC Masters Division:
1st place: Patrick Connors [US]
2nd place: Aurélien Soula [FR]
Pokémon GO:
1st place: OutOfPoket [US]
2nd place: Ashtonash [MX]
Pokémon UNITE:
1st place: Orange Juicers [NA]
2nd place: Nemesis [NA]
The 2024 Pokémon NAIC Fantasy Team Contest also took place this weekend, allowing fans to use their knowledge of the Pokémon TCG and Pokémon VGC to predict which cards and Pokémon would dominate the event. Winners of the Fantasy Team Contest will be announced later this week at fantasy.pokemon.com. However, the fun is far from over, as the Fantasy Team Contest will return with Pokémon TCG and Pokémon video game competitions for the 2024 Pokémon World Championships in Honolulu!
Information about the 2024 Pokémon World Championships can be found here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon.
Source: Pokemon.com and Play Pokémon!
Source: Pokemon
