2013 Pokémon World Champions Decided

After three years, we finally have a new Pokémon Video Game World Champion in the Masters division. With Ray Rizzo (Ray) missing cut for the first time at a World Championships, the stage was set for a new player to step into his long-worn shoes. In his country’s second appearance at a World Championships, Arash Ommati (Mean) finished what Matteo Gini (Matty) started and defeated Ryosuke Kosuge (gebebo) to take home Europe’s first World Championship win. Congratulations to both players as well as everyone who made the Top 8!

1. [IT] Arash Ommati (Mean)
2. [JP] Ryosuke Kosuge (gebebo)
3. [US] Aaron Zheng (Cybertron)
4. [GB] Benjamin Gould (Ben91293)
5. [KR] Sejun Park (antonio6)
6. [US] Enosh Shachar (Human)
7. [IT] Luigi Lo Giudice
8. [DE] Matthias Heldmodt (Tyvr)

The Seniors Division saw an all-American finals with Hayden McTavish (Enigne) taking the win over Ben Hickey (Darkpenguin67) after qualifying through the Last Chance Qualifier the day before — the first World Champion to do so since Kamran Jahadi (Kamz) two years prior. Great job this weekend Hayden and good work to all of those in the Top 8.

1. [US] Hayden McTavish (Enigne)
2. [US] Ben Hickey (Darkpenguin67)
3. [US] Cameron Swan (Drizzleboy)
4. [US] Brian Hough
5. [DE] Markus Liu (Henrique)
6. [GB] Mark McQuillan (woopahking123)
7. [ES] Alejandro Gomez (Pokealex1999)
8. [US] Pal Chua (pwny person)

Juniors saw a finals showdown we haven’t seen in three years with a US vs Japan match featuring Brendan Zheng (Babbytron) against Fuko Nakamichi. Brendan was no stranger to the World Championships top cut and decided to graduate from the division in style with a victory. He was the only player from North America in a Top 10 that saw himself, Melisa Akcos (Billasis) of Germany, and all eight of the qualified Japanese players. Fine work by those in the Top 8.

1. [US] Brendan Zheng (Babbytron)
2. [JP] Fuko Nakamichi
3. [JP] Ryusei Yasue
4. [JP] Haruka Narita
5. [JP] Seigo Nakamura
6. [JP] Kota Nakamura
7. [DE] Melisa Akcos (Billasis)
8. [JP] Izumi Motoe

First and Second place finishers have earned an invite and fully paid trip to the 2014 Pokémon World Championships. The champions also win a $3500 scholarship prize with the runner-ups taking home $1500. The Top 8 will also receive various Pokémon merchandise and some Championship Points for the next season. Congratulations to everyone who played in this year’s Pokémon World Championships and we hope to see you during next year’s circuit!

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