| Event | 2023 World Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Yokohama, Japan |
| Date | 11–13 August 2023 |
| Attendance | 359 qualified players (336 in attendance) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set D |
| Format | Day 1 (309 qualified players): 7 Swiss rounds Open team lists Day 2 (114 qualified players): 7 Swiss rounds + top cut (all X-2 or better) single elimination Open team lists, Day 1 players can change teams |
| Organizers | The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) |
Check the official website of the World Championships for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-2 | | Shohei Kimura (ナンス) | $10,000 + 2024 Worlds |       |  | |
| 2 | 6-1 |  | Michael Kelsch (Michi) | $7,500 + 2024 Worlds |     |  |  Report |
| 3 | 5-2 | | Mao Harada (シズ) | $5,000 + 2024 Worlds | | | |
| 4 | 5-2 |  | Federico Camporesi (FedeCampoVGC) | $5,000 + 2024 Worlds |     |  | Report |
| 5 | 5-2 |  | Abdullah Mohayyuddin (sempra) | $3,000 |   |  | |
| 6 | 5-2 |  | Víctor Medina (Torviv) | $3,000 |  | | |
| 7 | 5-2 |  | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen (Nikolaj_H) | $3,000 | |  | |
| 8 | 5-2 |  | Mattie Morgan (Mattie) | $3,000 | |  | |
| 9 | 7-0 | | Luca Lussignoli (MOODY GIRL) | $1,500 | |  | |
| 10 | 6-1 | | Taro Okada (さなみ) | $1,500 | | | |
| 11 | 6-1 | | Marco Silva (marcofiero) | $1,500 |    | | |
| 12 | 6-1 | | Yosuke Takayanagi (やなぎ) | $1,500 |  |  | |
| 13 | 6-1 |  | Emilio Forbes (Emily) | $1,500 |  |  | |
| 14 | 6-1 | | Kaito Arii (ナーク) | $1,500 | | | |
| 15 | 6-1 | | Yuta Takahashi (ミラボレアス) | $1,500 |  |  | |
| 16 | 5-2 | | Kenji Miura (サファイア) | $1,500 |   |  | |
| 17 | 5-2 | | Neil Patel (Neil) | – | | | |
| 18 | 5-2 | | Nick Navarre (Nails) | – |   | | |
| 19 | 5-2 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | – |   |  | |
| 20 | 5-2 | | Àlex Gómez (PokeAlex) | – | | | |
| 21 | 5-2 |  | Anthony Liuzzo (Glum) | – | |  | Report |
| 22 | 5-2 | | Hirofumi Kimura (カ・エール) | – | |  | |
| 23 | 5-2 | | Leonardo Bonanomi (Leo) | – |  | | |
| 24 | 5-2 | | Scott Iwafuchi (Hawk 7) | – |  | | |
| 25 | 5-2 | | Zachary Thornberg (Zack) | – |   | | |
| 26 | 5-2 | | Kenji Yabata (ジョン) | – |    |  | |
Swiss rounds (Day 2)
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 4-3 | | Guillermo Castilla (KastyTp) | – | | | |
| 28 | 4-3 | | Maurice Uteg (Miku) | – | | | |
| 29 | 4-3 | | Aaron Brok (Aaron) | – | |  | |
| 30 | 4-3 |  | Alister Sandover (スカーレット) | – | |  | |
| 31 | 4-3 | | Nico Davide Cognetta (Desu) | – | |  | |
| 32 | 4-3 | | Kentaro Matsumoto (スカーレット) | – | | | |
| 33 | 4-3 | | Francesco Iozzia (Young Nova) | – | | | |
| 34 | 4-3 | | Kyle Livinghouse (Animus) | – | | | |
| 35 | 4-3 |  | Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | – | |  | |
| 36 | 4-3 | | Davide Carrer (Nirinbo) | – | |  | |
| 37 | 4-3 |  | Gabriel Agati (Ash) | – | | | |
| 38 | 4-3 |  | Sebastián Bisbal (Brutus) | – |  |  | |
| 39 | 4-3 | | Paul Chua (Paul) | – | | | |
| 40 | 4-3 | | Hodaka Hatakeyama (はっくす) | – |  |  | |
| 41 | 4-3 | | Juan Benítez (Palo) | – | | | |
| 42 | 4-3 | | Aurélien Soula (Sakura) | – | | | |
| 43 | 4-3 | | Flavio Del Pidio (Pado) | – |  | | |
| 44 | 4-3 | | Baris Akcos (>BillaVGC<) | – |  |  | |
| 45 | 4-3 | | Alberto Lara (Ellie) | – | | | |
| 46 | 4-3 |  | Taeseok Roe (산 남자) | – | | | |
| 47 | 4-3 |  | Taran Birdee (Taran) | – | | | |
| 48 | 4-3 |  | Melvin Keh (Sophia) | – | | | |
| 49 | 4-3 | | Renzo Navarro (NotRenzo) | – | | | |
| 50 | 4-3 | | Kengo Hirata (みなとともか) | – | | | |
| 51 | 4-3 | | Florian Henry (Shiyo) | – |  | | |
| 52 | 4-3 |  | Yang Da-wei (Wavvvy) | – |  | | |
| 53 | 4-3 | | Yuma Miyamoto (とり。) | – | |  | |
| 54 | 3-4 |  | Michael Navas (Jejemena <3) | – |     |  | |
| 55 | 3-4 | | Jiseok Lee (282) | – | |  | |
| 56 | 3-3 | | Ren Kotorii (オレンジ) | – | |  | |
| 57 | 3-4 | | Kanade Mizuguchi (バイオレット) | – | | | |
| 58 | 3-4 | | Eric Rios (AEsir) | – | | | |
| 59 | 3-4 | | Kai Yazawa (シャングリラ) | – | |  | |
| 60 | 3-4 |  | Joaquín Salerno (Mysticbox…) | – | | | |
| 61 | 3-4 |  | Wayne Yu (Wayne) | – |  |  | |
| 62 | 3-4 | | Yuya Tada (ヒフミ) | – | | | |
| 63 | 3-4 | | Yohei Yamane (りんご) | – | |  | |
| 64 | 3-3 | | Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez (Chino) | – | | | |
| 65 | 3-4 |  | Paul Ruiz (Ralf) | – |  | | |
| 66 | 3-4 | | Mizuki Sasaki (しらたま) | – | | | |
| 67 | 3-4 | | Simone Sanvito (☆Sanvy) | – | | | |
| 68 | 3-4 | | Nils Dunlop (Nils) | – | | | |
| 69 | 3-4 | | Nicholas Kan (Nick) | – |  | | |
| 70 | 3-4 | | Patrick Donegan (P Donz) | – |    |  | |
| 71 | 3-4 | | Nathan Rouby (Eltrys) | – |  | | |
| 72 | 3-4 | | Thomas Gravouille (Hari) | – |  |  | |
| 73 | 3-4 | | Jack Clarke (Jack) | – | | | |
| 74 | 3-4 | | Yuta Hiroki (ひろきんぐ) | – | |  | |
| 75 | 3-4 |  | Kurt Wonka (Lyon) | – | | | |
| 76 | 2-4 | | Chuppa Cross IV (Chuppa*Cross) | – | | | |
| 77 | 2-4 | | Hippolyte Bernard (☆AllySwitch☆) | – | |  | |
| 78 | 2-4 | | Justin Burns (Justin) | – | | | |
| 79 | 2-3 | | Marcus Dion (Father Dijon) | – | | | |
| 80 | 2-5 | | Javier Valdés (IRNemesis) | – |  | | |
| 81 | 2-5 |  | Jasdil Singh Deo (void) | – | | | |
| 82 | 2-3 |  | Panyawut Noijan (Rizaya) | – | | | |
| 83 | 2-5 | | Álex Soto (LenVGC) | – | | | |
| 84 | 2-3 | | Luka Trejgut (£) | – | | | |
| 85 | 2-5 | | Jeremy Parson (Zanzibar) | – | | | |
| 86 | 2-5 | | Yusuke Tsuganezawa (えぱ) | – |   |  | |
| 87 | 2-5 | | Estephan Valdebenito (Irina) | – | |  | |
| 88 | 2-5 | | Xiao Haotian (DayDay) | – | | | |
| 89 | 2-3 | | Satoru Mutsuno (まんぜう) | – | | | |
| 90 | 1-3 | | James Evans (James) | – | | | |
| 91 | 1-3 | | Yuma Suzuki (NEO) | – | | | |
| 92 | 1-3 |  | Enosh Shachar (Enosh) | – | | | |
| 93 | 1-3 | | Luca Ceribelli (Yume) | – | | | |
| 94 | 1-3 | | Galo Orbea (EcuaDude) | – | | | |
| 95 | 1-3 | | Giulio Tarlao (Giulio) | – | | | |
| 96 | 1-4 | | Rafa Busutil (PokeRaf) | – | | | |
| 97 | 1-3 | | Wan Aqil (nish) | – | | | |
| 98 | 1-4 | | Juan Salerno (Juanfi) | – | | | |
| 99 | 1-3 | | Selahattin Sturm (Sela) | – |  | | |
| 100 | 1-6 | | Jun Mikami (テル) | – | |  | |
| 101 | 1-4 | | Kazuya Kitasawa (ハルト) | – | | | |
| 102 | 1-3 | | Pan Si Ming (蓝宝石) | – |  | | |
| 103 | 1-3 | | Marco Marras (Noxill) | – | | | |
| 104 | 0-2 | | Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | – | | | |
| 105 | 0-3 | | Meaghan Rattle (Dan Kuso) | – | |  | |
| 106 | 0-4 | | Dorian Quiñonez (Dorian) | – | | | |
| 107 | 0-3 |  | Raghav Malaviya (ragi) | – | | | |
| 108 | 0-3 | | Hugo Nascimento (Labacedo) | – | | | |
| 109 | 0-3 |  | Kevin Salvetto (Lil Bo Peep) | – |  | | |
| 110 | 0-3 | | Sam Pandelis (♥Misaka♥) | – | | | |
| 111 | 0-4 | | Adam Cherfaoui (Shao) | – | | | |
| 112 | 0-3 |  | Francis Tai (Tyrant) | – | | | |
| 113 | 0-3 | | Ryoma Okamoto (まひる) | – | |  | |
Day 1 Swiss rounds
287 players participated on Day 1. These are the ones that advanced to Day 2 after the Day 1 Swiss rounds!
Senior division
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6-1 | | Tomoya O. | $10,000 + 2024 Worlds |   | ||
| 2 | 5-2 |  | Robbie S. | $7,500 + 2024 Worlds | | ||
| 3 | 5-2 | | Yuta O. | $5,000 + 2024 Worlds | | ||
| 4 | 5-2 | | Yuta K. | $5,000 + 2024 Worlds | | ||
| 5 | 6-1 | | Sali R. | $3,000 | | ||
| 6 | 5-2 | | Tomoya Z. | $3,000 | | ||
| 7 | 5-2 | | Aidan P. | $3,000 |  | ||
| 8 | 5-2 | | Teddy F. | $3,000 | |
Junior division
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5-2 | | Sora E. | $10,000 + 2024 Worlds | | ||
| 2 | 5-2 | | Kohei U. | $7,500 + 2024 Worlds | | ||
| 3 | 5-2 | | Pietro N. K. | $5,000 + 2024 Worlds | | ||
| 4 | 5-2 | | Wataru K. | $5,000 + 2024 Worlds | | ||
| 5 | 6-1 | | Shunsei K. | $3,000 | | ||
| 6 | 5-2 | | Minato K. | $3,000 | | ||
| 7 | 5-2 | | Kanata S. | $3,000 |  | ||
| 8 | 5-2 | | Leland S. | $3,000 | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on several platforms and in several languages, with Anna Prosser acting as host for the whole event.
- In English: streamed live on Twitch and YouTube, with Adam Dorricott, Rosemary Kelley, Scott Glaza, Lee Provost, Aaron Zheng, Lou Akcos-Cromie and Ray Rizzo as casters.
- In Japanese: streamed live on Niconico and YouTube, with Kosuke Hiraiwa, Shohei Taguchi, Refu and Hakushu Takeuchi as casters, and Manao Kagawa as interviewer.
- In Korean: streamed live on YouTube, with Dongmin Park, Yiseul Kwon, Yongnyeo Kim and Bino as casters.
- In Chinese: streamed live on YouTube, with Shinn and Wu Chen as casters.
The schedule for the streams is the following:
- Opening ceremony and Day 1: stream starts on 11 August 2023 at 00:00 UTC.
- Day 2, including top cut (except finals): stream starts on 12 August 2023 at 00:00 UTC.
- Finals: stream starts on 13 August 2023 at 00:00 UTC. VGC finals will come after Pokémon Go and Pokémon TCG, and they are estimated to start at around 05:00 UTC.
Streamed
Day 1
Day 2
Finals
Streamed
Take a look at the following matches. 
Day 1
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Arash Ommati | vs | Naoto Mizobuchi |
| R2 | Ashton Cox | vs | Yuya Tada |
| R3 | Baris Akcos | vs | Yuto Mizoi   |
| Caster battle | Aaron Zheng  | vs | Ray Rizzo |
| R4 | Simone Sanvito | vs | Camilo Liberona |
| R5 | Emilio Forbes | vs | Kentaro Matsumoto |
| R6 | Patrick Donegan | vs | Giovanni Costa |
| R7 | Wolfe Glick | vs | Tang Shiliang |
Day 2
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Emilio Forbes | vs | Eric Rios |
| R2 | Gabriel Agati | vs | Alister Sandover |
| R3 | Joseph Ugarte | vs | Kengo Hirata |
| R4 | Yosuke Takayanagi | vs | Michael Navas |
| R5 | Abdullah Mohayyuddin | vs | Mao Harada |
| R6 | Marco Silva | vs | Shohei Kimura |
| R7 | Paul Chua | vs | Kenji Yabata |
| Top 32 | Kenji Yabata | vs | Kaito Arii |
| Top 16 | Víctor Medina | vs | Taro Okada |
| Top 8 | Federico Camporesi | vs | Abdullah Mohayyuddin |
| Top 4 | Mao Harada | vs | Shohei Kimura |
Finals
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniors finals | Sora Ebisawa | vs | Kohei Ukai |
| Seniors finals | Tomoya Ogawa | vs | Robbie Schaaij |
| Masters finals | Michael Kelsch | vs | Shohei Kimura |
The event will be broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube, with Rosemary Kelley, Adam Dorricott, Lou Akcos-Cromie and Joe Brown as casters and Sierra Dawn Hunter managing interviews to match winners and invitees, such as 2022 NAIC champion James Evans, 2020 LAIC champion James Baek.
- Day 1: stream starts on 16 February at 21:45 UTC
- Day 2: stream starts on 17 February at 21:45 UTC
- Championship Sunday: stream starts on 18 February at 21:45 UTC with the TCG finals. VGC finals are expected on 19 February at around 03:00 UTC
Take a look at the following matches!
List of streamed matches (Day 1)
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Henry Rich  | vs | Gabriel Agati  |
| R2 | Kimo Nishimura  | vs | Meaghan Rattle |
| R3 | Ben Madigan  | vs | Gavin Michaels |
| R4 | Sam Pandelis  | vs | Peng Chongjun  |
| R5 | Marco Silva  | vs | Aurélien Soula |
| R6 |  Stefan Mott | vs | Alex Underhill |
| R7 | Joseph Ugarte | vs | Justin Burns |
| R8 | Collin Heier | vs | Eric Rios |
| R9 | Luke Curtale  | vs | Zackary Thornberg  |
List of streamed matches (Day 2)
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R10 | Yuki Zaninovich | vs | Gavin Michaels |
| R11 | Jesse Beard | vs | Yuya Tada  |
| R12 | Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez  | vs | Giulio Tarlao |
| Casters | Rosemary Kelley  | vs | Lou Akcos-Cromie  |
| R13 | Alberto Lara | vs | Sam Pandelis |
| R14 | Collin Heier | vs | Aurélien Soula |
| Top 8 | Thomas Gravouille | vs | Yuya Tada |
| Top 4a | Raghav Malaviya | vs | Alberto Lara |
| Top 4b | Yuya Tada | vs | Gavin Michaels |