Pokemon World Championships, the biggest event for Pokémon this year has concluded this August 13, 2023, with many individuals taking the home World Champion title. Read on to learn about the final matches of each game and the results for each category.

2023 Pokémon World Championships Results

Pokémon Trading Card Game

In the Juniors Division of Pokémon TCG, Shao Tong Yen from Taiwan took home the World Champion title for his division, closing out the matches with a dominant 2-0 record. In the final game, he utilized multiple Energy Recyclers to saturate his deck with energy cards before using Kyogre's Aqua Storm to deal heavy damage to Gabriel Torres' benched Arceus and Umbreon, knocking them out and taking the win.

Meanwhile, the Seniors Division ended with Gabriel Fernandez from Brazil similarly dominating with a 2-0 score. He closed the final game by using Pumpkaboo's Pumpkin Pit ability to discard Path to the Peak, allowing his Lumineon V to pull Boss' Orders from his deck and potentially drag Sydney's Arceus V from his bench. With Gabriel taking multiple of Sydney's Pokémons quickly, his win was all but guaranteed.

Finally, the Masters Division was won by Vance Kelley from the US, defeating Tord Reklev from Norway, a veritable juggernaut in the scene who had won multiple International Championships throughout his career. The final match in their 3-game fight for the title ended after a grueling round that lasted almost half an hour. Tord initially pulls ahead by using Cresselia's Moonglow Reverse to move 2 damage counters from each of his Pokémon to Vance's Meloetta, knocking it out. However, Vance managed to take 2 prize cards on the very next turn by making good use of Power Tablet, Switch Cart, Boss' Orders, and his Mew V and V-Max to drag Tord's Zacian V into the active position and knock it out. Since time had already expired, the game ended immediately following that turn, giving Vance the win with 4 prize cards taken against Tord's 3.

Pokémon Video Game Championship

The final standoff between the Juniors Division's Sora Ebisawa and Kohei Ukai from Japan involves Sora's Amoongus and Urshifu and Kohei's Chien-Pao and Fluttermane. But while Chien-Pao and Fluttermane definitely had immense offensive pressure, the former had been put to sleep by Amoongus during the turn prior, and Fluttermane was at risk of getting hit by Urshifu's Sucker Punch. Despite starting the final turns with a health disadvantage, Sora Ebisawa eventually won convincingly by threatening Fluttermane with Urshifu and knocking out the sleeping Chien-Pao with Amoongus' Pollen Puff, netting a 2-0 score.

In the Seniors Division, Robbie Schaaij's Amoongus and Heatran face up against Tomoya Ogawa's Gastrodon and Hisuian Arcanine. The final match concluded in an exciting turn where Robbie's Heatran fails to knock out the opponent's Gastrodon using Heat Wave, and his Amoongus targets the Arcanine instead of Gastrodon. This put the latter in a prime position to knock out Amoongus with an Ice Beam, leaving Heatran alone to face three Pokémon. Sensing his imminent defeat, Robbie gracefully surrenders, giving Tomoya the Seniors Division Champion title.

Finally, in the Masters Division, the final match between Japan's Shohei Kimura and Denmark's Michael Kelsch ended in a dominating fashion, ending in a Japanese sweep in VGC. After Michael knocks out Shohei's Urshifu, the combination of Fluttermane's offensive pressure and Amoongus' supportive abilities ran through Michael's remaining three Pokémon, two of which had already been put to sleep thanks to Amoongus' Spore before those turns.

Pokémon GO

An intense back-and-forth between ItsAXN's Shadow Alolan Sandslash against xXRubixMasterXx's Azumarill set the stage for the final match of the Pokémon GO championship. After surviving a double-resisted Ice Beam from Azumarill, ItsAXN immediately threw out a very healthy Sableye. xXRubixMasterXx attempts to counter the switch-in by sending out his own Altaria. Still, Sableye uses its Return first to get the knock-out, cementing ItsAXN's victory as the 2023 Pokémon GO World Champion.

Pokémon UNITE

Luminosity proves that they're the team to beat in 2023's Pokémon World Championships for Pokémon UNITE, defeating the Philippine team OMO Abyssinian in a dominating display of 663-22 on the scoreboards in the final match. Their lineup of Zacian, Mew, Zoroark, Comfey, and Umbreon, as well as Luminosity's incredible skill, proved far too tall of a wall to scale for OMO Abyssinian's Talonflame, Blastoise, Inteleon, Eldegoss, and Trevenant.

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