BELLEVUE, Wash. – Nov. 8, 2024 – Pokémon Trainers can tune in November 15–17 for the 2025 Latin America International Championships (LAIC) and watch as competitors gather to face off in São Palo, Brazil, in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE. Competitors in attendance have their eyes set on qualifying for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California.
Fans at home will be able to follow along live all weekend on Twitch and YouTube, and those watching the streams will be eligible for exclusive digital giveaways in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (TCGL), and Pokémon GO. Complete details can be found here.1
The action kicks off at 4:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Twitch and YouTube in English, and a full streaming schedule can be found below:
Streaming Schedule: All Times Listed in Pacific Standard Time (PST)2
Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Ethan Hegyi, Freya Pearce, Kyle Sabelhaus, Chip Richey
Friday, November 15: 4:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 16: 4:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 17: 7:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon VGC Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Evan Latt, Kosta Daidimos, Rosemary Kelley, Aaron Zheng
Friday, November 15: 4:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 16: 4:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 17: 10:30 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Amanda Lundberg, Steven Sanders, Fareed Anees, Martijn Versteeg
Friday, November 15: 4:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 16: 4:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 17: 5:30 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon UNITE Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonUNITE, YouTube.com/PokemonUNITE
Commentators: Jake “Spragels” Sprague, Kirk “Doobsnax” Dubé, Joshua “Zoinks” Hiebert, Sophia de Ipanema
Friday, November 15: 4:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 16: 4:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 17: 4:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Keep up to date with the latest news from the 2025 LAIC here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon.
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1 Codes for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live and Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet can be redeemed in-game. Codes for Pokémon GO will be distributed via Twitch Drops, and details about redemption will be featured in the live stream. Terms apply to code use. Please tune in to the LAIC broadcast for more information.
2 Schedule is approximate and subject to change.
3 All finals on Sunday will run subsequently; each final will not start until the previous final has finished, and thus start times for each match depend on the length of all prior matches that day.
About Pokémon
The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit www.pokemon.com.
About Nintendo
Nintendo Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has created franchises that have become household names worldwide, including Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Metroid™, Pokémon™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™ and Splatoon™, through its integrated hardware and software products. Nintendo aims to deliver unique, intuitive entertainment experiences for everyone, manufacturing and marketing video game devices such as the Nintendo Switch™ family of systems, developing and operating applications for smart devices, and collaborating with partners on a range of other entertainment initiatives like visual content and theme parks. Nintendo has sold more than 5.8 billion video games and over 850 million hardware units globally. From the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System™ more than 30 years ago, through today and into the future, Nintendo’s continuing mission is to create unique entertainment that puts smiles on the faces of people all over the world. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Americas. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo.com/.
About Niantic
Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map power spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a collaborative effort with The Pokémon Company, which has become a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.