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Meet the 2023 Pokémon World Championships Winners

The Pokémon World Championships took place over three exciting, match-filled days in Yokohama, Japan, from August 11–13, 2023. As the global capstone event of the 2023 Championship Series season, the event featured heated competition between players from across the world in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon video game, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE championships.

TCG winners

Pokémon TCG

Masters Division Champion: Vance Kelley

Masters Division Runner-Up: Tord Reklev

Senior Division Champion: Gabriel Fernandez

Senior Division Runner-Up: Sydney de Bruijn

Junior Division Champion: Shao Tong Yen

Junior Division Runner-Up: Gabriel Borges Torres

VGC winners

Pokémon VGC

Masters Division Champion: Shohei Kimura

Masters Division Runner-Up: Michael Kelsch

Senior Division Champion: Tomoya Ogawa

Senior Division Runner-Up: Robbie Schaaij

Junior Division Champion: Sora Ebisawa

Junior Division Runner-Up: Kohei Ukai

GO winners

Pokémon GO

Champion: ItsAXN

Runner-Up: xXRubixMasterXx

UNITE winners

Pokémon UNITE

Champion: Luminosity

Team Members: Elo, Overlord, Kyriaos, Slash, Rhinne

Runner-Up: OMO Abyssinian

Team Members: Luisss, Tempezt, Shua, Jrabsent, Miva