BELLEVUE, Wash. — Aug. 8, 2025 — Victory Road is nearly in sight for the thousands of Pokémon Trainers who will make their way to Anaheim, California, from Aug. 15-17, 2025, for their chance at becoming the next Pokémon World Champion, and whether you’re attending in person or from the comfort of your living room, everyone can get in on the action.
Trainers will compete across three days of intense competition in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE, and Trainers who tune in to the official broadcast on Twitch and the channels of featured co-streamers can celebrate from home with digital giveaways in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (TCG Live), 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 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Twitch and YouTube, while a full overview can be found here, and a complete schedule is below:
Streaming Schedule: All Times Listed in PDT [2]&[3]
Pokémon VGC Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon, YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Commentators: Rosemary Kelley, Scott Glaza, Aaron Zheng, Ben Kyriakou, Charlie Merriman, Lee Provost, Sierra Dawn and Gabby Snyder
Friday, August 15: 8:30 a.m. - 6:50 p.m.
Saturday, August 16: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 17: 4:20 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG, YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Commentators: Kyle Sabelhaus, Shelbie Bou, Kyle Sucevich, Ethan Hegyi, Freya Pearce, Mike Ellis and Joe Bernard
Friday, August 15: 8:30 a.m. - 8:10 p.m.
Saturday, August 16: 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 17: 11:50 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO, YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Commentators: Martijn Versteeg, Jim Lawson, Caleb Peng, Steven Sanders, Will Dunphey, Amanda Lundberg and Fareed Anees
Friday, August 15: 8:30 a.m. - 6:50 p.m.
Saturday, August 16: 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 17: 10:10 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, Evan “Wonderchef” Hashimoto, Kelly “Kelosaurus” Wilson, Danelie Purdue and Sophia de Ipanema
Friday, August 15: 8:30 a.m. - 6:50 p.m.
Saturday, August 16: 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 17: 9:00 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Keep up to date with the latest news from the 2025 Pokémon World Championships here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Play.Pokemon.com.
[1] Codes for Pokémon TCG Live 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 in the livestream. Terms apply to code use. Please tune in to the 2025 Pokémon World 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.