It's finally here-- the 2022 Pokémon World Championships take place this Thursday-Sunday, August 18-21, in London. PokéStats will keep you updated on the metagame, the decks at top tables, and other key information from the event on this page. For more updates, be sure to follow our Twitter.
Event schedule
- Thursday: opening ceremony; Day 1 Swiss - 539 Players (Masters), 105 Players (Seniors), 44 Players (Juniors)
- Friday: Day 2 Swiss (Day 2 auto-qualifiers plus qualified players from Day 1) - 210 Players (Masters), 134 Players (Seniors), 107 Players (Juniors)
- Saturday: Top Cut; London Open
- Sunday: Grand Finals; closing ceremony
Links
- TCG stream
- Main stream
- RK9 Labs Pairings
- Live standings (all age divisions)
Decks
PokéStats deck reporting policy: Until the conclusion of the tournament, we will only report on archetypes and not detailed information about lists, barring notable techs that appear on stream. Although we do our best to maintain accurate sources at the event, do not accept a report as 100% accurate unless confirmed by the player themselves or reported by the official stream.
- Nico Alabas - Vikavolt V/Inteleon/Ludicolo
- Justin Bokhari - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Isaiah Bradner - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Henry Brand - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Kaiwen Cabbabe - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Diego Cassiraga - Arceus VSTAR/Gyarados VMAX
- Ross Cawthon - Radiant Charizard/Inteleon Toolbox
- André Chiasson - Mew VMAX
- Zachary Cooper - Radiant Charizard/Inteleon Toolbox
- James Cox - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Jon Eng - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Jesper Eriksen - Vikavolt V/Inteleon/Ludicolo
- Azul Garcia Griego - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX
- Caleb Gedemer - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX
- Mehdi Hafi - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Jolteon VIV
- Christian Hasbani - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Shintaro Ito - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Stéphane Ivanoff - Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR
- Brennan Kamerman - Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX
- Owyn Kamerman - Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Crobat VMAX
- JW Kriewall - Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Hisuian Decidueye V
- Zach Lesage - Mew VMAX
- Logan Madden - Mew VMAX
- Grant Manley - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX
- Natalie Millar - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Pablo Meza - Regigigas Toolbox
- Jack Old - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Mew Turbo
- Frank Percic - Lunatone/Solrock
- Rahul Reddy - Regigigas Toolbox
- Tord Reklev - Vikavolt V/Inteleon/Ludicolo
- Ian Robb - Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX
- Alex Schemanske - Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Crobat VMAX
- Gabriel Smart - Mew VMAX
- Brent Tonisson - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Pedro Eugenio Torres - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Jolteon VIV
- Gustavo Wada - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
- Sander Wojcik - Stonjourner VMAX
- Bert Wolters - Radiant Charizard/Inteleon Toolbox
- João Pedro Medeiros Zambrano - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
Stream matches
Round 8: Caleb Patton (US, 5-1-1, Mew VMAX) 0-2 Kaiwen Cabbabe (AU, 5-1-1, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon)
Round 7: Christian LaBella (CA, 5-1-0, Arceus VSTAR/Duraludon VMAX) 1-1 Ross Cawthon (US, 5-1-0, Radiant Charizard/Inteleon Toolbox)
Round 6: Ryota Ishiyama (JP, 5-0-0, Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Jolteon) 2-0 Andrew Estrada (CA, 5-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon)
Round 5: Pablo Meza (MX, 3-0-1, Regigigas Toolbox) 1-1 Isaiah Bradner (US, 3-0-1, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon)
Round 4: Cobi Kawasaki (US, 3-0-0, Radiant Charizard/Inteleon Toolbox) 0-2 James Cox (NL, 3-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon)
Round 3B: Azul Garcia Griego (US, 2-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX) 1-1 Miloslav Posledni (CZ, 2-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Jolteon VIV)
Round 3A: Huang Hui Yuan (TW, 2-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon) 0-2 Takuto Itagaki (JP, 2-0-0, Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX)
Round 2: Tord Reklev (NO, 1-0-0, Vikavolt V/Inteleon/Ludicolo) 1-2 Jose Marrero (US, 1-0-0, Arceus VSTAR/Charizard VMAX)
Round 1: Wayne Tan Wei Ping (SG, 0-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX/Inteleon) 1-1 Henry Brand (AU, 0-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon)
