The 2025 Pokémon World Championships, the biggest annual competitive Pokémon event, has drawn to a close. Read on to learn more about this year’s World Champions!
2025 Pokémon World Championships Results
Pokémon Trading Card Game Championship (TCG)
The competition is separated into three different age groups, namely:
⚫︎ Juniors: Ages 12 and under
⚫︎ Seniors: 12 to 16 years old
⚫︎ Masters: 16 years old and up
Here are the standings and top 8 for each division in the table below:
| Rank | Juniors | Seniors | Masters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuya Okita | JP | Fuguan Liao | CN | Riley McKay | CA |
| 2 | Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz | US | Gabriel Fernandez | BR | Justin Newdorf | US |
| 3 | Haruki Okunishi | MY | Riku Nishihashi | JP | Shizuki Nakagawa | JP |
| 4 | Cedrik Balk | FI | Joseph Bjerg | UK | Junya Tanaka | JP |
| 5 | Mana Kato | JP | Kosei Matsumoto | JP | Öjvind Svinhufvud | FI |
| 6 | Minato Iida | JP | Eisu Yoshimoto | JP | Piper Lepine | US |
| 7 | Akito Hirabayashi | JP | Zachary Obertelli | GB | Marco Cifuentes | CL |
| 8 | Shimpei Yamaguchi | JP | Leonore Budka | DE | Mateusz Łaszkiewicz | PL |
Pokémon TCG Match Results
Juniors Division
Yuya Okita won the TCG Juniors Division finals match with a score of 2-0 against Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz, finalizing his win with a powerful move Bellowing Thunder to knockout the opposing Dragapult ex for 350 damage.
Okita only needed one more energy card in order to get the final knock out to close the match, which was he exactly drew off of Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz’s hand disruption with an Iono to 1 card from just having 1 prize card left, cementing his win as the Juniors Division champion.
Seniors Division
As a winning move, Fuguan Liao was able to draw into a Boss’s Order, the card he needed to secure the title, from Gabriel Fernandez’s hand disruption with Iono, which led to him gusting any of Gabriel’s ex Pokemon to close the game with a Topaz Bolt from his Pikachu ex and crowning him the 2025 Seniors Division’s World Champion.
It is also a momentous victory as Fuguan Liao is the first ever TCG Worlds Champion from Mainland China in the event’s history.
Masters Division
Masters Division World Champion Riley McKay swept the competition stage as he emerged victorious in two consecutive matches against Justin Newdorf by showing that he has access to a Lillie’s Clefairy ex which made all of Justin’s Dragon type Pokemon, including his Dragapult ex, weak to attacks from Psychic Pokemon.
Cornered into a wall at the end, Newdorf conceded to his opponent, giving McKay the opportunity to take the TCG Masters Division World Champion crown at a score of 2-0.
Pokemon Video Game Championship (VGC)
Similar to the Pokemon TCG, the VGC is also separated by age groups, and these are:
⚫︎ Juniors: Ages 12 and under
⚫︎ Seniors: 12 to 16 years old
⚫︎ Masters: 16 years old and up
Here are the standings and top 8 for each division in the table below:
| Rank | Juniors | Seniors | Masters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Whittier | US | Kevin Han | US | Giovanni Cischke | US |
| 2 | Sosuke Arinori | JP | Sian Lee | KR | James Evans | US |
| 3 | Hideo Uezu | JP | Vikram Thiagarajan | UK | Hirofumi Kimura | JP |
| 4 | Fabian Musikant | DE | Conner Pietrusinski | US | Montana Mott | US |
| 5 | Damon Zhu | NZ | Sota Tamemasa | JP | Ko Tsukide | JP |
| 6 | Ismael Hoggui | FR | Leland Smith | US | Michael Kelsch | DE |
| 7 | Zach Soldavin | US | Felipe Reyes Castro | CL | Mao Harada | JP |
| 8 | Shuntaro Okada | JP | Minwoo Kim | KR | Víctor Medina | ES |
Pokemon VGC Match Results
Juniors Division
On his first ever VGC season, Luke Whittier bagged the World Championship title in the Juniors Division after defeating Sousuke Arinori with his Calyrex and Miraidon, playing well to his strengths and taking down the last standing Walking Wake at the end.
Seniors Division
After taking down rival Sian Lee’s Zamazenta and Rillaboom with an incredible Double KO caused by his Calyrex’ Glacial Lance, Kevin Han takes the crown as this year’s VGC Senior Division Champion, continuing his winning streak from last year’s VGC Juniors Division, the first ever player to have back-to-back championship titles in two different age groups.
Masters Division
Giovanni's Flutter Mane suddenly Terastalizes to Stellar (Giovanni usually Terastalizes his own Brute Bonnet) and knocks out James' Brute Bonnet with a Moonblast; a big risk considering Brute Bonnet would have survived if it Terastalized to Water type and pressured Spore. Tera Stellar Flutter Mane knocking out Brute Bonnet, despite the risk of Brute Bonnet Terastalizing, managed to completely ease the pressure on Giovanni's field of the threat of Spore throughout Game 3.
After Incineroar fails to wake up after one turn of sleep, Chi Yu knocks both Koraidon and the still-sleeping Incineroar with Heat Wave after a Shadow Ball chip from Flutter Mane to Koraidon
Both Chi Yu and Fluttermane knocks out Calyrex Shadow-Rider. Giovanni wins
With that, Giovanni Cischke has won his first ever tournament win, an immense achievement to have it in the largest Pokémon competitive stage.
Pokémon UNITE World Championship Finals
Peru UNITE takes the 2025 World Championship crown with 3 wins against Japan-based ZETA DIVISION, ending the match strong with 467 points against ZETA’s 192. Peru UNITE’s winning team of Khea (Suicune), DrakenN (Crustle), Anemo (Scizor), Zynuz (Mew), and Tempo (Buzzwole) widened the point gap early on with their smooth plays and solid teamwork, making it difficult for ZETA DIVISION to catch up.
At the final two minutes of the deciding match, it looked as if ZETA DIVISION was about to eliminate Peru UNITE yet a timely UNITE move by Tempo’s Buzzwole turned the tables and gave his team the opportunity to take Rayquaza for themselves. With their massive advantage, Peru UNITE eventually became this year’s World Champion for Pokémon UNITE.
| Rank | Team | Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru UNITE | LA-S |
| 2 | ZETA DIVISION | JP |
| 3 | Luminosity Gaming | NA |
| 4 | Santos Laguna | LA-N |
| 5-8 | Team Ex | KR |
| CakeKaLok | AP-W (TH) | |
| Aegis Flames | BR | |
| Nouns Esports | EU |
Pokémon GO World Championship Finals
This year’s finals match was between India’s Beelzeboy versus Spain’s P4T0M4N. Tension and pressure was on the rise as both players gave their all, drawing at 2-2 before the finalizing match. Beelzeboy’s Moltres quickly whittled down the HP of P4T0M4N’s Lapras before turning it into a match between two Laprases.
However, P4T0M4N’s Lapras took a huge hit from the prior engagement, causing it to faint and forcing the Trainer to put in his Galarian Corsola, which was also in the red from earlier combat. As the final winning move, Beelzeboy’s Ice Beam eliminated the Corsola, and with no Protect Shields left, P4T0M4N’s Cradily took in the last few hits to its HP.
After five matches, Beelzeboy took the 2025 Pokémon GO World Championship title.
| Rank | Player | Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beelzeboy | IN |
| 2 | P4T0M4N | ES |
| 3 | LNDsRargef | BR |
| 4 | LNDsKourlash | BR |
| 5-6 | LyleJeffsIII | CA |
| Maxy1000000P | UK | |
| 7-8 | Firestar73 | US |
| MasterMihir295 | IN |
