London — April 8, 2024 — Yesterday, The Pokémon Company International shared further details about the 2024 Pokémon World Championships, which will be held in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, this summer. Pokémon fans who attended the 2024 Pokémon Europe International Championships (EUIC) in London over the weekend, and those who followed the action via the official Pokémon livestream, were delighted to find out that the 2024 Pokémon World Championships will take place from August 16 to 18, 2024, at the Hawai‘i Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The artwork created especially for the event was also revealed, showing off Pikachu and friends on a snorkeling adventure.
The 2024 Pokémon EUIC also saw thousands of skilled Pokémon Trainers battling it out in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. After three days of intense competition, the top players were crowned 2024 Pokémon Europe International Champions:
Trading Card Game Junior Division:
1st place: Yohann Cote [CA]
2nd place: Peter Shapkin [UK]
Trading Card Game Senior Division:
1st place: Gabriel Fernadez [BR]
2nd place: Benny Billinger [CA]
Trading Card Game Masters Division:
1st place: Tord Reklev [NO]
2nd place: Isaiah Bradner [US]
Video Game Junior Division:
1st place: Kevin Han [US]
2nd place: Ismael Hoggui [FR]
Video Game Senior Division:
1st place: Benjamin Polster [US]
2nd place: Teddy French [UK]
Video Game Masters Division:
1st place: Nils Dunlop [SE]
2nd place: Tim Edwards [US]
Pokémon GO:
1st place: Maxwell “MEweedle” Ember [CH]
2nd place: Alexander “Doonebug97” Doone [US]
Pokémon UNITE:
1st place: FUSION [LA-S]
- Erick Jean "Zynuz" Bartolo Cotrina
- Axel Xavier "Khea" Rivas Pérez
- Jose "Anemo" Arias
- Jeremy Wilman "Tempo" Rivas Nunura
- Jesús "Draken" Vásquez Antaccasa
2nd place: Ks [JP]
- Fujishiro "cocoatta" Arata
- Tejima “iamTomato” Genki
- Yamakawa “Rom” Naoki
- Kaneko “Vitoppo” Yuma
- Miyata “Noda wajiro” Daiki
For more information about the Pokémon Championship Series, including rules, tournament locations, dates, times, prizes and more, please visit the Play! Pokémon page.
Information about the 2024 Pokémon World Championships can be found here.
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About Pokémon
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About Nintendo
Nintendo Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has created franchises that have become household names worldwide, including Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Metroid™, Pokémon™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™ and Splatoon™, through its integrated hardware and software products. Nintendo aims to deliver unique, intuitive entertainment experiences for everyone, manufacturing and marketing video game devices such as the Nintendo Switch™ family of systems, developing and operating applications for smart devices, and collaborating with partners on a range of other entertainment initiatives like visual content and theme parks. Nintendo has sold more than 5.4 billion video games and over 800 million hardware units globally. From the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System™ more than 30 years ago, through today and into the future, Nintendo’s continuing mission is to create unique entertainment that puts smiles on the faces of people all over the world. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany, serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in Europe. For more information about Nintendo of Europe, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo-europe.com/
About Niantic, Inc.
Niantic, Inc. builds real-world experiences that foster fun, exploration, discovery and social interaction. Originally incubated within Google, Niantic was founded by John Hanke, who previously helmed the Google Geo team (including Google Maps and Google Earth) after his start-up Keyhole was acquired by Google. The company’s real-world adventure game Ingress has been downloaded more than 14 million times and is played in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. For more information on Niantic, please visit www.nianticlabs.com.
About TiMi Studios
TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a leading global video game development team headquartered in Shenzhen, China, with offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Chengdu, China. TiMi strives to create high-quality, high-fidelity and highly accessible games across a wide variety of genres. Founded in 2008, TiMi has developed a string of hit titles including Honor of Kings, Speed Drifters, CrossFire: Legends, Arena of Valor and most recently, Call of Duty: Mobile. To learn more about TiMi, follow us on Twitter @timistudios and Facebook @timistudiosofficial.