The Pokémon Company is continuing to reveal new details regarding the 2025 Pokémon Championship Series. Read on below to learn more:
Full Streaming Schedule Announced Alongside Digital Giveaways
BELLEVUE, Wash. – June 6 – All roads lead to New Orleans, La. on June 13-15 as Pokémon Trainers from around the globe will arrive at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to battle it out to determine who will become the next North America International Champions!
Hopeful Trainers will have their skills tested as they compete in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE to qualify for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, Calif. in August.
For fans at home, they can get in on all the action from the comfort of their own living rooms and enjoy every electrifying moment of the competition by tuning in to the livestream of the competition on Twitch or YouTube.
Trainers who tune in to the official broadcast on Twitch and the channels of featured co-streamers can celebrate from home with digital giveaways in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (TCGL), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. Complete details and information on how to redeem these digital giveaways can be found here.[1]
All the action kicks off at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Twitch and YouTube, while a full overview can be found here, and a complete schedule is below:
Streaming Schedule: All Times Listed in PDT [2]&[3]
Pokémon VGC Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Lou Akcoş-Cromie, Len Deuel, Rosemary Kelley, Jake Muller, Evan Latt, Scott Glaza and Joe Brown
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 12:30 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Chip Richey, Kyle Sabelhaus, Shai Burton, Alex Dao, Shelbie Bou, Kyle Sucevich and Adam Watson
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 9:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Martijn Versteeg, Jim Lawson, Caleb Peng, Sophia Mei, Martin Galderisi and Steven Sanders
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 7:30 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon UNITE Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonUNITE, YouTube.com/PokemonUNITE
Commentators: Jake “Spragels” Sprague, Kirk “Doobsnax” Dubé, Joshua “Zoinks” Hiebert, Evan “Wonderchef” Hashimoto, Kelly “Kelosaurus” Wilson and D’Andre “Dreiku” Alejandro
Friday, June 13: 6:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 6:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 6:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Keep up to date with the latest news from the 2025 Pokémon North America International Championships here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon.
[1] Codes for Pokémon TCGL and Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet can be redeemed in-game . Codes for Pokémon GO will be distributed via Twitch Drops, and details about redemption will be featured in the live stream. Terms apply to code use. Please tune in to the 2025 NAIC broadcast for more information
[2] Schedule is approximate and subject to change.
[3] All finals on Sunday will run subsequently; each final will not start until the previous final has finished, and thus start times for each match depend on the length of all prior matches that day.
Source: Pokemon.com and The Pokémon Company
Source: Pokemon
