PolymersUp1 day ago Category: Play! Pokémon & GO Championship Series This weekend will see the 2023 Play! Pokemon season kick off with three Regional Competitions in Baltimore, MD, Bilbao, Spain and Porto Alegre, Brazil!!! Over the last few weeks, the official schedule has seen a couple additions and changes, so please see below for the official Schedule for
Regionals, ICs & Special Events! North America Sept. 16 to 18, 2022 – Baltimore Convention Center – Baltimore, Maryland Sept 30 to Oct 2, 2022 - Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, Illinois Oct. 14 to 16, 2022 – Salt Palace Convention Center – Salt Lake City,
Utah Dec. 2 to 4, 2022 – The Enercare Centre – Toronto, Ontario Dec. 16 to 18, 2022 – Arlington Convention Center – Arlington, Texas Jan. 6 to 8, 2023 – San Diego Convention Center – San Diego, California Feb. 3 to 5, 2023 – Orange County Convention Center – Orlando, Florida Feb. 24 to 26, 2023 – Knoxville Convention Center – Knoxville,
Tennessee
March 10 to 12, 2023 – Vancouver Convention Center – Vancouver, British Columbia March 24 to 26, 2023 – Charlotte Convention Center – Charlotte, North Carolina March 31 to
Apr 2, 2022 - The Grand Wayne Convention Center - Fort Wayne, Indiana May 5
to 7, 2023 – Oregon Convention Center – Portland, Oregon May 19 to 21, 2023 – Connecticut Convention Center- Hartford, Connecticut June 2 to 4, 2023 – The Wisconsin Center – Milwaukee, Wisconsin Europe Sept. 17 to 18, 2022 – Bilbao Exhibition Centre – Bizkaia, Spain Oct. 22 to 23, 2022 – Lille Grand Palais – Lille, France Nov.
12 to 13, 2022 – Expo XXI – Warsaw, Poland Dec. 3 to 4, 2022 – ICS International Congress Center – Stuttgart, Germany Jan. 21 to 22, 2023 – ACC Liverpool – Liverpool, UK Feb. 25 to 26, 2023 – RuhrCongress Bochum – Bochum, Germany March 18 to 19, 2023 – Jaarbeurs – Utrecht, Netherlands* May 20 to 21, 2023 – MalmöMässan Exhibition & Congress Center –
Malmö, Sweden *Bilbao & Utrecht listed as a “Special Event” Latin America Sept. 17 to 18, 2022 – FIERGS Events Center – Porto Alegre, Brazil International Championships Locations TBA November 2022 – Latin America – Brazil February 2023 – Oceania – Australia April
2023 – Europe – U.K. June 2023 – North America – U.S. Pokémon World Championships Summer 2023 - Yokohama, Japan
| The 2023 Championship Series began with the London Open. It continued having VGC, TCG, GO and Pokémon UNITE in it, and featured the shift in VGC and TCG to the Pokémon Scarlet & Violet formats. As such, it lacked VGC competitions until January 2023 in order to make sure things were fair and players qualified only with the special rulesets from the new game
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Games Played
Regionals DetailsRegional Championships are set up across the world, mostly in North America, to provide small competitions beyond the Premier Challenges to allow for players to earn CP. There are a number of Regional competitions each year and they all follow the standard format. They often have side events for all players.
Name
| Location
| Country
| Date
| Games Included
| Streamed?
| London Open
| London, England
| United Kingdom
| August 19th - August 20th 2022
| Video Game Trading Card Game
| No
| Baltimore Regional Championships
| Baltimore, Maryland
| United States
| September 16th - 18th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Bilbao Special Event
| Bizkaia, Spain
| Spain
| September 17th - 18th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Porto Alegre Regional Championships
| Porto Alegre
| Brazil
| September 17th - 18th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Peoria Regional Championships
| Peoria, Illinois
| United States
| Seotember 29th - October 2nd
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Salt Lake City Regional Championships
| Salt Like City , Utah
| United States
| October 14th - 16th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Lille Regional Championships
| Lille, France
| France
| October 22nd - 23rd 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Warsaw Regional Championships
| Warsaw
| Poland
| November 12th - 13th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Toronto Regional Championships
| Toronto, Ontario
| Canada
| December 2nd - 4th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Stuttgart Regional Championships
| Stuttgart
| Germany
| December 3rd - 4th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Arlington Regional Championships
| Arlington, Texas
| United States
| December 16th - 18th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| San Diego Regional Championships
| San Diego, California
| United States
| January 6th - 8th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Liverpool Regional Championships
| Liverpool, England
| United Kingdom
| January 21st - 22nd 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Florida Regional Championships
| Orlando, Florida
| United States
| February 3rd - 5th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Knoxville Regional Championships
| Knoxville, Tennessee
| United States
| February 24th - 26th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Bochum Regional Championships
| Bochum
| Germany
| February 25th - 26th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Vancouver Regional Championships
| Vancouver, British Columbia
| United States
| March 10th - 12th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Utrecht Special Event
| Utrecht
| The Netherlands
| March 18th - 19th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Charlotte Regional Championships
| Charlotte, North Carolina
| United States
| March 24th - 26th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Fort Wayne Regional Championships
| Fort Wayne, Indiana
| United States
| March 31st - April 2nd 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Portland Regional Championships
| Portland, Oregan
| United States
| May 5th - 7th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Hartford Regional Championships
| Hartford, Connecticut
| United States
| May 19th - 21st 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Malmo Regional Championships
| Malmo
| Sweden
| May 20th - 21st 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Wisconsin Regional Championships
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| United States
| June 2nd - 4th 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
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Championship DetailsFollowing the removal of the National Championship Series, four special Championships are to be held. These will get special points akin to that of Nationals and high prize payouts.
Name
| Location
| Country
| Date
| Games Included
| Streamed?
| Latin America International Championships
| Sao Paulo
| Brazil
| November 25th - 27th 2022
| Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Oceania International Championships
| Australia
| Australia
| February 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| Europe International Championship
| United Kingdom
| United Kingdom
| April 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
| North America International Championships
| United States
| United States
| June 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO
| No
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Other Competitions DetailsDue to the main circuits being run by The Pokémon Company International, there are other competitions held by The Pokémon Company and Pokémon Korea in order for the local players to gain entry to the Pokémon World Championships
Name
| Location
| Country
| Date
| Games Included
| Streamed?
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UNITE Competitions DetailsWhile all the other games are featured within the Play! Pokémon Circuit, Pokémon UNITE has its own collection of qualifiers that are all run online and co-ordinated through the online website Click here for full details on the UNITE circuit
Name
| Date
| Competition Type
| Competition Style
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World Championships DetailsThe World Championships are where the best of the world come to participate and fight it off to become World Champion. Participation in the events is by invitation based on CP or invitation based on position in prior events, depending on the game.
Name
| Location
| Country
| Date
| Games Included
| Streamed?
| World Championships
| Yokohama, Japan
| Japan
| August 2023
| Video Game Trading Card Game Pokémon GO Pokémon UNITE
| No
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