2026 Pokémon World Championships Results From San Francisco

2026 Pokémon World Championships Wrap Up in San Francisco

The 2026 Pokémon World Championships took place August 28-30 in San Francisco, California, bringing together competitors from around the world for the season-ending event of the 2026 Championship Series. The three-day championship featured top-level play across Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC), Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.

Play! Pokémon published the event results on August 30, 2026, after the final matches concluded. The closing ceremonies also revealed that the 2027 Pokémon World Championships will be held in Singapore.

Pokémon VGC Results

The Pokémon Video Game Championships tournament crowned age-division finishers across Junior, Senior, and Masters. The final standings reflected a strong international field, with players from Japan, the United States, Brazil, Europe, and other regions reaching the top eight in each division.

Junior Division Top 8

1. Kazuki Kage - JP
2. Kazutaka Hatahori - JP
3. Francisco Leite - BR
4. Izhaq Hoggui - FR
5. Sanghyeon Lee - KR
6. Anthony Beloni - BR
7. Rinako Tatsumi - JP
8. Oskar Biezaitis-Day - AU

Senior Division Top 8

1. Vikram Thiagarajan - UK
2. Carlos Verástegui - PE
3. Lucas de Carvalho Barbosa - BR
4. Esa Ishaque - CA
5. Leo Fontvieille - FR
6. Alberto Fabi - IT
7. Noah Alampay - PH
8. Luke Whittier - US

Masters Division Top 8

1. Takuma Yamazaki - JP
2. Hiroshi Onishi - JP
3. Zachary Weed - US
4. João Felipe Leite - BR
5. Antonio Sánchez - ES
6. Yuya Wakasugi - JP
7. Stefano Greppi - IT
8. Giovanni Pecitelli - IT

Pokémon TCG Results

The Pokémon Trading Card Game tournament also featured age-division standings, with players from Japan, the United States, Taiwan, Australia, and several other countries and regions filling the top eight in each bracket.

Pokémon TCG Top 8

1. Yuta Araki - JP
2. Luke Giffen - US
3. Bo-Sen Chang - TW
4. Michael Rubin - US
5. Reo Otake - JP
6. Aoi Matsuno - JP
7. Cedrik Balk - FI
8. Chihiro Goto - JP

The remaining age-division finishers included Jake Ng of AU, Cobey Huh of US, Jones Diaz of US, Prince Williams of US, Chau Chi Chung of HK, So Numata of JP, Lee Hanjun of KR, Conor Moore of US, Andrew Hedrick of US, Diego Cassiraga of AR, Brent Tonisson of AU, Henry Chao of US, Rune Heiremans of BE, Mateusz Łaszkiewicz of PL, Nathan Spry of AU, and others listed in the official standings.

Pokémon GO Results

The Pokémon GO competition produced a short final standings list, with eight placements recorded in the official results. Hiroki Yamauchi finished first, followed by Maxwell Ember in second place.

Pokémon GO Top Finishers

1. Hiroki Yamauchi - GGs489hiromaru - JP
2. Maxwell Ember - MEweedle - CH
3. Yoshihiro Umeda - NnnnnKonToNoooo - JP
4. Martin Galderisi - MartoGalde - AR
T-5. Jack Fearn - KingOWT - UK
T-5. David Bustos Nordgren - PvpDavid07 - SE
T-7. Jasper McAvity - CaspianPike - US
T-7. Aiden Hedderly - OutOfPoket - US

Pokémon UNITE Results

Pokémon UNITE closed out the championship with team standings that highlighted squads from Japan, Europe, Brazil, North America, and other regions. Zeta Division finished in first place after a run that included Shoya Wada, Kaito Nagao, Naoki Yamakawa, Yushi Kaneko, Yuto Tsuda, and Taichi Iida.

Pokémon UNITE Final Standings

1. Zeta Division - JP
2. KOMAÏ Toast - EU
3. Igzist - JP
4. Gremio Esports - BR
Top 8. T1 - KR
Top 8. REJECT - JP
Top 8. C,C,hayatobiha - JP
Top 8. Evil Geniuses - NA

The official results also listed the players on each team, including trainer names and regional designations, for the full Top 8 field.

Looking Ahead to the 2027 Pokémon World Championships

With the 2026 World Championships complete, attention now shifts to the 2027 Pokémon World Championships in Singapore. The location was announced during the closing ceremonies, along with additional news about the Pokémon TCG, Pokémon TCG Pocket, and more.

Players hoping to qualify for next year’s event can follow the changes being made for the new season as the road to Singapore begins.

The 2026 championship once again served as the season finale for competitive Pokémon, and the official results now stand as the record of this year’s world title winners across VGC, TCG, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.