Results from the 2014 Pokémon World Championships

The biggest weekend in Pokémon is over and players are finally arriving home after an exciting weekend amongst the best trainers in the world. We hope you enjoyed the event — whether it was live or through the stream. Over the coming days we’ll have more from the World Championships, but for now, let’s review the results from the video game portion of the event!

In the Junior Division, Kota Yamamoto defeated London Swan to bring home Japan’s first World Championship title in any age division since his brother Shota’s win in the Junior Division in 2010. London also comes from a family of strong players as his brother, Cameron, reached the Top 4 of the Senior Division just last year.

Though all three age divisions had one American in the finals each, only the Senior Division finalist was able to take the title in the capital of his home nation as newcomer Nikolai Zielinski took the win over Scotland’s Mark McQuillan.

The finals that made the most headlines, as usual, was Sejun Park’s victory over Jeudy Azzarelli in the Masters Division. Sejun’s impeccable play and choice of often overlooked Pokémon like Pachirisu and Mega Gyarados caught the attention of trainers all over the world. Sejun is the first player to have won both the National and World Championships in the same year and the only one to have both titles in the Masters division.

Masters Division

1. [KR] Sejun Park (pokemontcg)
2. [US] Jeudy Azzarelli (SoulSurvivor)
3. [US] Collin Heier (TheBattleRoom)
4. [DE] Markus Liu (Henrique)
5. [JP] Ryosuke Kosuge (gebebo)
6. [ES] Miguel Marti de la Torre (Sekiam)
7. [UK] Lee Provost (Osirus)
8. [AU] Dayne O’Meara (Umberrific)

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Senior Division

1. [US] Nikolai Zielinski
2. [UK] Mark McQuillan (woopahking123)
3. [ES] Eric Rios (riopaser)
4. [US] Ian McLaughlin (Raikoo)
5. [UK] Sam Gilbert (Gilbert)
6. [ES] Alejandro Gomez (Pokealex1999)
7. [KR] Ju Young Hong
8. [JP] Kazutaka Yahiro

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Junior Division

1. [JP] Kota Yamamoto
2. [US] London Swan
3. [JP] Haruka Narita
4. [JP] Riku Miyoshi
5. [JP] Tomoya Miyashita
6. [JP] Ryusei Yasue
7. [US] Miranda Burrows
8. [US] Cory Connor

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