The Pokémon North America International Championships took place over three exciting, match-filled days in Columbus, Ohio, from June 30 to July 2, 2023. As the final International Championships event of the 2023 Championship Series season, the event featured heated competition across the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Video Game Championships, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.
These are the top finishers for the Pokémon Trading Card Game by age division:
Juniors | Seniors | Masters | ||||
185 players | 192 players | 1897 players | ||||
1 | Drake Zhu | NZ | Bodhi Robinson | US | Cyrus Davis | CA |
2 | Prince Williams | US | Nathan Forte | US | Ian Robb | US |
3 | William Stull | US | Ethan Yi | US | Calvin Connor | US |
4 | Victor Perry-Pribadi | US | João Requena | BR | Rowan Stavenow | CA |
5 | Omar Cortes | US | Drew Stephenson | UK | Victor Aung | US |
6 | Dylan Rible | US | Atomos Billings | US | Michael Catron | US |
7 | Tyler Liu | US | Michael Davidson | US | Christian LaBella | CA |
8 | Elijah Lu | US | Evan Pavelski | US | Justin Brothers | US |
These are the top finishers for the Pokémon Video Game Championships by age division:
Juniors | Seniors | Masters | ||||
40 players | 47 players | 768 players | ||||
1 | Avery Vehlewald | US | Owen Murphy | US | Alex Gómez Berna | ES |
2 | Takumi Matsuo | AU | Justin Miranda-Radbord | CA | Raghav Malaviya | US |
3 | Kevin Han | US | Teddy French | UK | Víctor Medina | ES |
4 | Owen Coffee | US | Eli Shinn | US | Joseph Ugarte | US |
5 | Federico Corino | IT | Robbie Schaaij | NL | Marco Hemantha Kaludura Silva | IT |
6 | Dorman Robbins IV | US | Hudson Qiu | US | Chuppa Cross IV | US |
7 | Pietro Nihal Kaludura Silva | IT | Joshua Robinson | US | Jeudy Azzarelli | US |
8 | Kira Fitzgerald | US | Oscar Princivalle | UK | Justin Knox | US |
These are the top finishers for Pokémon GO:
256 players | ||
1 | Andrew Ford | US |
2 | Chris Reisner | US |
3 | Alex Pantelidis | US |
4 | Joseph Carter | US |
T-5 | Ana Hoffman | US |
T-5 | Kyle Jeffs | CA |
T-7 | Jeffrey Miller | US |
T-7 | Teddy Harvey | US |
These are the top teams from the Pokémon UNITE Regional Finals tournament:
Placement | Team Name | Full Name | Country |
1 | TTV | Inder Gill | CA |
Vincent Alonso | US | ||
Alan De Mier | US | ||
Merek Kangas | CA | ||
Brayden Dodd | US | ||
2 | Luminosity | Sean Tucker | US |
William Byrnes III | US | ||
Kihyun Lee | US | ||
Angelo Huang | CA | ||
Amrit Rama | US | ||
3 | Amaterasu | Skyler Libkie | US |
Jacky Chan | CA | ||
Anthony Vazquez | US | ||
Leonardo Calle-Perez | US | ||
John Louis Del Rosario | CA | ||
4 | YT | YongSheng Huang | US |
Sam Tang | US | ||
Philip Ve | US | ||
Richard Rosario | US | ||
Steve Tran | CA | ||
T-5 | Rogue | Ronaldo Infante | US |
James Packard | US | ||
Anthony Barnwell | US | ||
Hashim El Kadri | CA | ||
Aaron Davis | US | ||
T-5 | Ginyu Force | Stephen Alvarado | US |
Uzair Ullah | US | ||
Andres Franco | US | ||
Ryan Tokeshi | US | ||
Katherine Kocher | US | ||
T-7 | Spinal | Gerardo Flores | US |
David Yoon | US | ||
Tre Pitts | US | ||
Daniel Hernandez | US | ||
Ram Bojja | US | ||
T-7 | Brave Birders | Collin Satawidinata | US |
Conner Satawidinata | US | ||
Hai Hoang | US | ||
Eduardo Rodriguez | US | ||
Paul Szewczyk | US |
North America played host to the final International Championships of the 2023 season, but the competition isn’t over yet! The 2023 Pokémon World Championships are set to take place in Yokohama, Japan, from August 11–13. Players from around the globe will compete for the title of World Champion in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Video Game Championships, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE. Learn more about the season’s capstone event at the Pokémon World Championships website.