Meet the New Champions of the 2024 Pokémon World Championships

The 2024 Pokémon World Championships are over, and while we can say that we are a little sad, the emotions we experienced this weekend have balanced out and we are happy because we saw some interesting things, with matches that kept us on the edge of our seats at every moment. Now, finally, it is time to turn the page, but not before reminding you that the venue for next year’s championship has already been decided.

As you could see throughout the event, the world’s best competitive players came with the clear goal of proving that they were the best of the best in the world, that they were unique, and that they would fight for gold (or first place, rather) in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, Pokémon Go, Pokémon Trading Card Game, and of course, the popular Pokémon Unite, a title that requires perfect cooperation and team composition to come out on top.

Below is a list of the first place finishers in each contest:

Unity forms champions: the tight battle for first place in Pokémon Unite

Coordination is the key to MOBA video games, and don’t be fooled, not because Pokémon Unite is colorful and has cute costumes for the characters makes it any less serious, on the contrary, we believe that communication between team members is very important here, as the action on the map never stops, and balanced compositions are key.

Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and other regions are quite popular for understanding this type of game and adapting to the changes that the meta may suggest, and as a result we had one of the most exciting events of the Pokémon World Championships. The Pokémon Unite Final was played between two Asian teams, FENNEL from Japan and XoraTigersGaming from Korea, and it was such an exciting match that we even got a Penta from the Japanese player Pyi, with a Blaziken that made the whole team run through the lower lane.

Finally, FENNEL took the victory, leaving the top positions as follows:

Hong Kong takes first place in Pokémon Go

Of course, Pokémon Go could not be left out, especially with all of the talent that surrounded Hawaii during the Pokémon World Championships, and expectations were high for the Latin Americans, even if the result was a little early, Argentina managed to sneak into third place in this category thanks to the player MartoGalde, who unfortunately had some complications in the looser bracket that prevented him from continuing his dream of becoming the best in the world.

The final was a battle between Hong Kong and the Netherlands, with players Yekai0904 and Inadequance, the latter of whom eliminated the Argentinean. In the end, Yekai0904 took home the coveted first prize, making him the #1 Pokémon Go competitor thanks to his powerful Lickitung, which ended Giratina’s life points.

The first places were as follows:

Fernando Cifuentes, Pokémon Trading Card Game World Champion

There is a very popular saying that says not to question the methods, but the results, and that is exactly what Fernando Cifuentes, a Chilean player, did.

Throughout the championship, he was seen playing a rather peculiar deck that did not focus on offense, but rather on blocking his opponents’ actions to prevent them from evolving their Pokémon, winning prizes, or simply not accumulating enough Energy, and though it seemed like a complicated feat, he pulled it off as only he could.

Thanks to his Iron Thorn deck, Fernando Cifuentes defeated Japan’s Seinosuke Shiokawa in a best-of-three match, earning the match point in the third duel that would crown him the world’s best Pokémon Trading Card Game player.

The first places were as follows:

Italy Knocks Out Japan and Takes First Place in the VGC World Championship

The excitement continued, and of course, Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet could not be left out of the celebration. After some heart-pounding matches (basically from the quarterfinals on), the top spots were gradually decided, with Germany, South Korea, Italy, and Japan battling it out for the top spots in this competition. Unfortunately, Korea would be eliminated by the Italian player, while Germany would fall at the hands of Yuta Ishigaki, a player of Japanese origin.

Both competitors gave it their all, and the first places were as follows