| Event | 2022 World Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  London, United Kingdom |
| Date | 18–21 August 2022 |
| Attendance | 307 players |
| Videogame | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield |
| Season | 2022 Season – VGC Series 12 |
| Format | 8 Day 1 Swiss rounds + 7 Day 2 Swiss rounds + X-2 Top Cut |
Check out our preview articles on the participating players from North America, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Japan and the rest of Asia!
Teams and Results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7-0 |  | Eduardo Cunha (Edu) | 2023 D1 $10000 |       |  |
| 2 | 6-1 |  | Guillermo Castilla (KastyTP) | 2023 D1 $7500 |      |  |
| 3 | 6-1 |  | James Baek (SoulUnison) | 2023 D1 $5000 |    |  Report |
| 4 | 5-2 | | Paul Chua (Paul) | 2023 D1 $5000 |     |  |
| 5 | 5-2 | | Calvin Foster (calvonix) | $3000 |   | |
| 6 | 5-2 |  | Meaghan Rattle (Yosuke) | $3000 |   | |
| 7 | 5-2 |  | Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | $3000 | | |
| 8 | 5-2 |  | Naoto Mizobuchi (コケホドリ) | $3000 | | |
| 9 | 6-1 |  | Hippolyte Bernard (Redsilver) | $1500 |   |  Report |
| 10 | 6-1 | | Rinya Kobayashi (R) | $1500 | | |
| 11 | 6-1 |  | David Koutesh (Hamstermania) | $1500 |     | |
| 12 | 6-1 | | Roberto Parente (Roberto) | $1500 | | |
| 13 | 5-2 | | Eric Rios (Riopaser) | $1500 | |  |
| 14 | 5-2 | | Flavio Del Pidio (Pado) | $1500 |  | |
| 15 | 5-2 | | Daniele Spuntarelli (Zenzero) | $1500 | | |
| 16 | 5-2 | | Ko Tsukide (FRANXX) | $1500 | | |
| 17 | 5-2 | | Tatsuya Watanuki (スライム) | – |   |  |
| 18 | 5-2 | | Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) | – | | |
| 19 | 5-2 | | Adrien Hurley (Adrien) | – | | |
| 20 | 5-2 | | Yuma Kinugawa (ザUMA) | – | |  |
| 21 | 5-2 | | Shinichi Matsuda (El Niño) | – | |  |
| 22 | 5-2 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | – |  | |
| 23 | 5-2 | | Álex Soto (Nana) | – | | |
| 24 | 5-2 | | Nils Dunlop (Peakmeister) | – | | |
| 25 | 5-2 | | Brady Smith (bsmiffy) | – | | |
| 26 | 5-2 | | Motoki Agano (ぬけたろう) | – |   | |
Day 2 Swiss
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 4-3 | | Eisuke Nakayama (つばき) | – | | |
| 28 | 4-3 |  | Chaiyawat Traiwichcha (Nontaro) | – | | |
| 29 | 4-3 | | Tomoyuki Yoshimura (SNOW) | – | | |
| 30 | 4-3 |  | Markus Stadter (13Yoshi37) | – |  | |
| 31 | 4-3 | | Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | – | | |
| 32 | 4-3 | | Chuppa Cross (Chuppa*Cross) | – | | |
| 33 | 4-3 | | Yosuke Takayanagi (やなぎ) | – |  | |
| 34 | 4-3 | | Francesco Pardini (NayJay) | – |  | |
| 35 | 4-3 | | Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC) | – | | |
| 36 | 4-3 | | Luca Ceribelli (ceree) | – | | |
| 37 | 4-3 | | Joaquín Blanch (TheXich) | – | | |
| 38 | 4-3 | | Jeremy Rodrigues (Serapis) | – | | |
| 39 | 4-3 | | Sho Ito (シールド) | – |   | |
| 40 | 4-3 |  | Raghav Malaviya (mudhiman) | – | | |
| 41 | 4-3 | | James Evans (James) | – | | |
| 42 | 4-3 | | Alex DellaPasqua (Gilgamesh) | – |   | |
| 43 | 4-3 | | Naoya Takasago (ナツメ) | – | | |
| 44 | 4-3 |  | Chyr Wei (Megumi~) | – | | |
| 45 | 4-3 | | Kiwamu Endo (アナスタシア) | – | | |
| 46 | 4-3 |  | Gabriel Agati (Gabriel) | – |  | |
| 47 | 4-3 | | Kota Kawabe (まなかあお) | – |   | |
| 48 | 4-3 | | Andrea Cassinese (Andrea) | – | | |
| 49 | 4-3 | | Joji Kaieda (ソード) | – | | |
| 50 | 4-3 | | Taro Okada (ヒオリ) | – | | |
| 51 | 4-3 | | Wataru Arai (コウ) | – | | |
| 52 | 4-3 | | Henry Rich (Hobbit) | – | | |
| 53 | 4-3 |  | Jeongso Lee (상자) | – | | |
| 54 | 4-3 |  | Pan Si Ming (蓝宝石) | – | |  Report |
| 55 | 4-3 | | Ben Grissmer (chef) | – |   | |
| 56 | 4-3 | | Yusuke Shibano (463) | – | | |
| 57 | 3-4 | | Kentaro Matsumoto (ソード) | – | | |
| 58 | 3-4 | | Alex Gómez (PokeAlex) | – | | |
| 59 | 3-4 | | Yuya Tada (てんか) | – | | |
| 60 | 3-4 |  | Juan Salerno (AION Juanfi) | – |  | |
| 61 | 3-4 |  | Joonas Hakalahti (Daffel) | – |  | |
| 62 | 3-4 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | – | | |
| 63 | 3-4 | | Jirawiwat Thitasiri (Ji) | – | | |
| 64 | 3-4 | | Alessio Y. Boschetto (Emily) | – | | |
| 65 | 3-4 |  | Lukas Auer (SaltySylveon) | – | | |
| 66 | 3-4 | | Ashton Cox (Ash *) | – | | |
| 67 | 3-4 | | Go Hirabara (ゴウ) | – |  | |
| 68 | 3-4 |  | Peng Chongjun (Nocturne) | – | | |
| 69 | 3-4 | | Taran Birdee (Taran) | – | | |
| 70 | 3-4 | | Naoyuki Matsuhashi (ゼオン) | – | | |
| 71 | 3-4 | | Tatsuki Wakita (ブレード) | – | | |
| 72 | 3-4 | | Shoma Honami (ソード) | – |  | |
| 73 | 3-4 | | Wonseok Jung (레오♪) | – | | |
| 74 | 3-4 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | – | | |
| 75 | 3-4 |  | Heriberto Pacaje (ToyParadise) | – | | |
| 76 | 3-4 |  | Kevin Ngim (Kepp) | – | | |
| 77 | 3-4 | | Yuhi Kawaide (ルック) | – | | |
| 78 | 3-4 | | Zach Gray (Moone) | – | | |
| 79 | 3-4 | | Kotaro Nakagome (マイケル) | – |  | |
| 80 | 2-5 | | Kaoru Ueki (かおる) | – | | |
| 81 | 2-4 | | Sam Pandelis (Saya) | – |  | |
| 82 | 2-3 | | Oliver Eskolin (Owe) | – | | |
| 83 | 2-5 | | Iago Pardo (Chris) | – | | |
| 84 | 2-5 |  | Paul Ruiz (Ralfdude) | – | | |
| 85 | 2-4 |  | Nathan Ortiz (Kortex) | – | | |
| 86 | 2-5 | | Juan M. Santizo (Juanma) | – | | |
| 87 | 2-5 | | Thomas Gravouille (Hari) | – | | |
| 88 | 2-4 | | Nicolás del Campo (TG Sh4dowzon) | – | | |
| 89 | 2-3 | | Enzo Reci (illusion) | – |  | |
| 90 | 2-3 | | Kazuki Kobayashi (Yuary) | – | | |
| 91 | 2-5 | | Luke Iuele (Luke★) | – | | |
| 92 | 2-5 | | Hinata Kozuka (うぱー) | – | | |
| 93 | 2-5 | | Kohei Inomoto (コウヘイ) | – | | |
| 94 | 2-5 | | Kohei Fujita (コウ) | – | | |
| 95 | 2-5 |  | Patrick Elegado (Patrick) | – | | |
| 96 | 2-5 |  | Melvin Keh (Shaman) | – | | |
| 97 | 2-5 | | Javier Valdés (IRNemesisTV) | – | | |
| 98 | 1-3 | | Giovanni Piscitelli (Genius) | – | | |
| 99 | 1-4 | | Takuma Yamane (おみく) | – | | |
| 100 | 1-3 | | François-X. de Lageneste (FX) | – |  | |
| 101 | 1-6 | | Masahiro Onimaru (レオ) | – |  | |
| 102 | 1-3 | | James Katsaros (ChosenFuture) | – | | |
| 103 | 1-3 |  | Szymon Wojdat (Amy) | – | | |
| 104 | 1-3 | | Diego Ferreira (Diego) | – |   | |
| 105 | 1-5 | | Federico Isola (Alca) | – |  | |
| 106 | 1-4 | | Kiyoshiro Arai (じぇらーる) | – | | |
| 107 | 1-6 |  | Christos Giagozoglou (Chris) | – | | |
| 108 | 1-5 | | Joaquín Salerno (Mysticbox…) | – |   | |
| 109 | 1-6 | | Vicente Fuentes (Amanda-V) | – | | |
| 110 | 0-1 | | Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez (Chino) | – | No show | |
| 111 | 0-1 | | Jack Gilbert (Gimmick) | – | No show | |
| 112 | 0-4 | | Kaisei Ichikawa (そーかい) | – | | |
| 113 | 0-4 | | Tsubasa Kitaoka (トム) | – |  | |
| 114 | 0-7 | | Jack Clarke (Jack) | – | |
Day 1 teams
Day 1 is a qualifier to Day 2, and the requirement to advance is to obtain a result with 2 or fewer losses in the Swiss rounds. There are no formal standings, as players that reach the needed number of wins are automatically dropped from the tournament.
225 qualified players participated in Day 1, of which 32 advanced to Day 2.
| # | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-0 | | Raghav Malaviya (mudhiman) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-0 | | Chuppa Cross (Chuppa*Cross) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-0 | | Taro Okada (ヒオリ) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-0 | | Tsubasa Kitaoka (トム) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Álex Soto (Nana) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | David Koutesh (Hamstermania) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Eisuke Nakayama (つばき) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Jack Clarke (Jack) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Joonas Hakalahti (Daffel) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Kohei Inomoto (コウヘイ) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Luca Ceribelli (ceree) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-1 | | Yosuke Takayanagi (やなぎ) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Adrien Hurley (Adrien) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Ben Grissmer (chef) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Calvin Foster (calvonix) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Daniele Spuntarelli (Zenzero) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Federico Isola (Alca) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Francesco Pardini (NayJay) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Joji Kaieda (ソード) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Kazuki Kobayashi (Yuary) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Kiwamu Endo (でるびー) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Kotaro Nakagome (マイケル) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Naoyuki Matsuhashi (えりーぜ) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Nathan Ortiz (Kortex) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Shinichi Matsuda (El Niño) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Shoma Honami (ソード) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Tatsuki Wakita (ブレード) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Yusuke Shibano (ユウスケ) | Day 2 | | |
| 6-2 | | Yuya Tada (てんか) | Day 2 | |
Seniors Division
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-1 | | Yasuharu S. | 2023 D1 $10000 | | |
| 2 | 6-0 | | Nicholas K. | 2023 D1 $7500 | | |
| 3 | 5-1 |  | Kylan V. | 2023 D1 $5000 | | |
| 4 | 5-1 | | Yuma S. | 2023 D1 $5000 | | |
| 5 | 5-1 | | Aurélien S. | $3000 | | |
| 6 | 4-2 | | Hayato H. | $3000 | | |
| 7 | 4-2 | | Thomas D. | $3000 | | |
| 8 | 4-2 | | Ryosei I. | $3000 | |
Juniors Division
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4-2 | | Kosaku M. | 2023 D1 $10000 | | |
| 2 | 4-2 | | Kiara N. | 2023 D1 $7500 | | |
| 3 | 5-1 | | Mikoto I. | 2023 D1 $5000 | | |
| 4 | 5-1 | | Hatsuki F. | 2023 D1 $5000 | | |
| 5 | 5-1 | | Eiru M. | $3000 | | |
| 6 | 4-2 | | Sosuke U. | $3000 |  | |
| 7 | 4-2 |  | Annk I. R. | $3000 | | |
| 8 | 4-2 | | Alexander M. | $3000 |  |
Streaming
Some of the matches were broadcast live featuring Lee Provost, Labhaoisa Akcos-Cromie, Adam Dorricott, Rosemary Kelley, Joe Brown and Sierra Hunter as casters.
Take a look below at the following matches!
List of streamed matches (Day 1)
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Lauri Halonen | vs | Collin Heier |
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| R2 | Shoma Honami | vs | Aaron Traylor |
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| R3a | Oriol Plaza | vs | Hirofumi Kimura |
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| R3b | Dylan Salvanera | vs | Mattie Morgan |
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| R4 | Shohei Kimura | vs | Ben Grissmer |
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| R5 | Kohei Inomoto | vs | David Koutesh |
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| R6 | Ginjiro Shiraki | vs | Raghav Malaviya |
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| R7 | William Tansley | vs | Álex Soto |
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| R8 | Tatsuki Wakita | vs |  Aditya Subramanian |
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List of streamed matches (Day 2)
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Eric Rios | vs | Peng Chongjun |
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| R2 | Hinata Kozuka | vs | Thomas Gravouille |
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| R3a | Leonardo Bonanomi | vs | Go Hirabara |
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| R3b | Chuppa Cross | vs | Shohei Kimura |
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| R4 | Daniele Spuntarelli | vs | Eisuke Nakayama |
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| R5 | Roberto Parente | vs | Yosuke Takayanagi |
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| R6 | Joseph Ugarte | vs | Flavio Del Pidio |
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| R7 | Shohei Kimura | vs | Naoto Mizobuchi |
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List of streamed matches (Day 3)
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
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| Top cut | Tatsuya Watanuki | vs | Ko Tsukide |
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| Top 16 | Rinya Kobayashi | vs | Davide Carrer |
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| Top 8a | Eduardo Cunha | vs | Naoto Mizobuchi |
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| Top 8b | Calvin Foster | vs | Paul Chua |
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| Top 8c | Meaghan Rattle | vs | James Baek |
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| Top 8d | Davide Carrer | vs | Guillermo Castilla |
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| Top 4a | Eduardo Cunha | vs | Paul Chua |
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| Top 4b | James Baek | vs | Guillermo Castilla |
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List of streamed matches (Finals Day)
VGC matches start after the TCG Finals!
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
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| Juniors Finals | Kiara N. | vs | Kosaku M. |
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| Seniors Finals | Nicholas K. | vs | Yasuharu S. |
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| Masters Finals | Eduardo Cunha | vs | Guillermo Castilla |
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