London, UK — April 18, 2023 — Over the weekend, Pokémon fans and players from around the globe gathered at ExCeL London in London, England, for the 2023 Pokémon Europe International Championships. The competition featured a payout of Championship Points and thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes, spread between the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon GO, and for the first time at an International Championships, Pokémon UNITE.
Across three days of intense competition, Trainers taking part in Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon video game, and Pokémon UNITE tournaments battled for high Championship Point payouts, used to determine Travel Awards to future International Championships events and invitations to this year’s Pokémon World Championships taking place in Yokohama, Japan, from August 11–13. Pokémon GO players also battled for a chance to qualify for the 2023 Pokémon World Championships.
The 2023 Pokémon Europe International Champions are:
Trading Card Game Junior Division:
1st place: Remi Lorenz [US]
2nd place: Drake Zhu [NZ]
Trading Card Game Senior Division:
1st place: Rune Heiremans [BE]
2nd place: Drew Stephenson [UK]
Trading Card Game Masters Division:
1st place: Alex Schemanske [US]
2nd place: Tord Reklev [NO]
Video Game Junior Division:
1st place: Pietro Nihal Kaludura Silva [IT]
2nd place: Federico Corino [IT]
Video Game Senior Division:
1st place: Mattia Cognetta [IT]
2nd place: Kylan Van Severen [CA]
Video Game Masters Division:
1st place: Paul Chua [US]
2nd place: Gabriel Agati Madeira [BR]
Pokémon GO:
1st place: Thomas “TontonBatteuse” Martin [FR]
2nd place: Andrew “Nesabethan” Medhurst [UK]
Pokémon UNITE:
1st place: Talibobo Believers
- Fabio “Zervas” Bügler
- Klaus “KlausVIII” Zanaj
- Adam “Megu爱” Frilay
- Conor “ToonSlim” McDermott
- Leo “Lunderu霧” Chiba
- Marc “GyZ” Ceprian Martinez
- Hassan “Ghatlue” Al Abadi
- Alberto “ADESu” González Torralbo
- Anton “BruvHD” Levi
- Raoul "Sixsies六‘’ Monsanto
For more information about the Pokémon Championship Series, including rules, tournament locations, dates, times, prizes, and more, please visit www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/
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About Pokémon
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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 5.4 billion video games and over 800 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, Inc.
Niantic, Inc. builds real-world experiences that foster fun, exploration, discovery and social interaction. Originally incubated within Google, Niantic was founded by John Hanke, who previously helmed the Google Geo team (including Google Maps and Google Earth) after his start-up Keyhole was acquired by Google. The company’s real-world adventure game Ingress has been downloaded more than 14 million times and is played in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. For more information on Niantic, please visit www.nianticlabs.com.
About TiMi Studios
TiMi Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a leading global video game development team headquartered in Shenzhen, China, with offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Chengdu, China. TiMi strives to create high-quality, high-fidelity and highly accessible games across a wide variety of genres. Founded in 2008, TiMi has developed a string of hit titles including Honor of Kings, Speed Drifters, CrossFire: Legends, Arena of Valor and most recently, Call of Duty: Mobile. To learn more about TiMi, follow us on Twitter @timistudios and Facebook @timistudiosofficial.