The Pokémon World Championships 2023 has reached its culmination after three days of exciting matches, and found champions in each division.

The global culmination of the Pokémon Championship Series 2023 season, who came out on top?

The culmination of the last 12 months of Pokémon competition this season is finally complete, with The Pokémon World Championships 2023 pitting the best players from around the world on August 11-13, 2023 across four different Pokémon game categories.

Including VGC Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Pokémon TCG, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE, The Pokémon World Championships 2023 was held directly in Japan for the first time. Taking place in Yokohama, each competition has its own prize pool, with UNITE being the largest at $500K.

Now, The Pokémon World Championships 2023 has come to an end with a whole new lineup of champions. Here's the full list of champions per division:

Pokemon TCG:

• Masters Division Champion: Vance Kelley (USA)
• Masters Division Runner-Up: Tord Reklev (Norway)
• Senior Division Champion: Gabriel Fernandez (Brazil)
• Senior Division Runner-Up: Sydney de Bruijn (Netherland)
• Junior Division Champion: Shao Tong Yen (Taiwan)
• Junior Division Runner-Up: Gabriel Borges Torres (Brazil)

Pokemon VCG: 

• Masters Division Champion: Shohei Kimura (Japan)
• Masters Division Runner-Up: Michael Kelsch (Germany)
• Senior Division Champion: Tomoya Ogawa (Japan)
• Senior Division Runner-Up: Robbie Schaaij (Netherland)
• Junior Division Champion: Sora Ebisawa (Japan)
• Junior Division Runner-Up: Kohei Ukai (Japan)

Pokemon GO: 

• Champion: ItsAXN (USA)
• Runner-Up: xXRubixMasterXx (USA)

Pokemon Unite: 

• Champion: Luminosity (USA)

Roster: Elo, Overlord, Kyriaos, Slash, Rhinne

• Runner-Up: OMO Abyssinian (Team Philippines)

Roster: Luisss, Tempezt, Shua, Jrabsent, Miva

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These are the champions of The Pokémon World Championships 2023. Congratulations to Pokemon Unite Philippines team OMO Abyssinian for being the only Southeast Asian team to claim the title in this tournament!