BELLEVUE, Wash. — Nov. 18, 2025 — The 2026 Play! Pokémon competitive season is in full swing as competitors and spectators alike travel to São Paulo, Brazil, for the first International Championships of the season — and whether you’re attending in person or tuning in online, everyone can get in on the action.
Trainers will compete across three days of intense battles in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE, and Trainers at home can catch the official broadcast for digital giveaways in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (TCGL), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. Complete details and information on how to redeem these digital giveaways can be found here.[1]
All the action kicks off at 4:00 a.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 21, on Twitch and YouTube. A full overview can be found here, and a complete schedule is below:
Streaming Schedule: All Times Listed in PST [2]&[3]
Pokémon VGC Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon, YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Commentators: Gabby Snyder, Evan Latt, David Partington and Kosta Daidimos
Friday, Nov. 21: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 22: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23: 11:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG, YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Commentators: Pablo Meza, Juancho Saldana, Jesper Eriksen and Mike Ellis
Friday, Nov. 21: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 22: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23: 7:25 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO, YouTube.com/@Pokemon and tiktok.com/@pokemongo
Commentators: Nick Livezey, Stephanie Kristine, Chris Reisner and Leonard König
Friday, Nov. 21: 4:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 22: 4:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23: 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 and Sophia de Ipanema
Friday, Nov. 21: 4:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 22: 4:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23: 4:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Keep up to date with the latest news from the 2026 Pokémon Latin America International Championships here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program and how you can participate, be sure to visit Play.Pokemon.com.
[1] Codes for Pokémon TCGL and Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet can be redeemed in-game. Codes for Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE will be distributed via Twitch Drops, and details about redemption will be featured during the livestream. Terms apply to code use. Please tune in to the 2026 Pokémon Latin America International Championships 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.
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