Tune in to watch exciting matches live from the prestigious Pokémon World Championships from August 24–26, 2018. With a combined prize pool of more than $500,000 on the line, you know you’ll see the best of the best competing! Expert commentators will help you follow along with the action, so you’ll have a good time whether you’re a tournament veteran or still a champ in the making.
Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon Video Game Championships (VGC) matches will be featured all three days of the competition, and the final matches of each tournament will take place sequentially on Sunday, starting at 7 a.m. PDT. Pokkén Tournament DX will start off with a Last Chance Qualifier on Friday, followed by the main World Championships bracket and finals on Saturday.
Main stage stream (alternating games): Twitch.tv/Pokemon
Pokémon TCG stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG
Pokémon VGC stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonVGC
Pokkén Tournament DX stream: Twitch.tv/PokkenTournament
The host is:
Anna Prosser-Robinson
The Pokémon TCG commentators are:
Cora Georgiou
Jeremy Jallen
Josue Rojano
Kyle Sabelhaus
Kyle Sucevich
Kenny Wisdom
The Pokémon VGC commentators are:
Jay Blake
Adam Dorricott
Scott Glaza
Duy Ha
Evan Latt
Gabby Snyder
Aaron Zheng
The Pokkén Tournament DX commentators are:
Michael “H2” Graf
Brendan “Burnside” Hansen
D’Ron “D1” Maingrette
Streaming Schedule
All times PDT.
Friday, August 24
All streams:
7 a.m.: Opening Ceremony
Main stream:
7:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.: Pokémon VGC Day 1 Swiss rounds
12:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.: Pokémon TCG Day 1 Swiss rounds
Pokémon TCG stream:
7:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Pokémon TCG Day 1 Swiss rounds
Pokémon VGC stream:
9:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Pokémon VGC Day 1 Swiss rounds
Pokkén Tournament DX stream:
7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Pokkén Tournament DX Last Chance Qualifier
Saturday, August 25
Main stream:
7 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Pokémon TCG Day 2 Swiss rounds
1 p.m.: The following events will be completed in order:
Pokkén Tournament DX Senior Division finals
Pokkén Tournament DX Masters Division finals
4:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: Pokémon VGC Top Cut matches
Pokémon TCG stream:
9:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.: Pokémon TCG Day 2 Swiss rounds
4:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.: Pokémon TCG Top Cut matches
Pokémon VGC stream:
7 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Pokémon VGC Day 2 Swiss rounds
2:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.: Pokémon VGC Top Cut matches
Pokkén Tournament DX stream:
7 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Pokkén Tournament DX main bracket begins
(Finals will take place on the main stream at 1 p.m.)
Sunday, August 26
Main stream:
7 a.m.: The following events will be completed in order:
TCG Junior Division finals
TCG Senior Division finals
TCG Masters Division finals
VGC Junior Division finals
VGC Senior Division finals
VGC Masters Division finals
Closing Ceremony
All times approximate and subject to change.