2023 Pokemon World Championships: Day 2 Players & Decks

 Below are the players who have achieved 18 match points to advance to Day 2 of the World Championship. For those new to the Worlds structure, once you make it to 18 points (6 wins) out of 8 rounds you are automatically qualified for Day 2 therefore do not need to compete in any more rounds. Their day 1 decks are being updated as we receive them. All the players noted below will be joined by those who have a Day 2 invite tomorrow (12th August) for a new day of swiss into a top 8 cut.

Note that any deck information we receive from sources on site should not be considered final until confirmed by the players themselves.

You can also view decks as they're being added on PokeStats Live

• Grant Hays (6-1-1), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Benedetta Todaro (6-1-1), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
  
• Javier Chelmes (6-1-1), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Luke Burke (6-1-1), Lost Zone Box (Kyogre) (list)
• Akira Sato (6-1-1), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Yusuke Yamazaki (6-1-1), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Simon Luong (6-1-1), Chien Pao ex/Baxcalibur (list)
• Julian Luvara (6-1-1), Turbo Lost Zone Box (list)
• Shochi Saito (5-0-3), Lost Zone Box (Kyogre) (list)
• Shinnosuke Sato (5-0-3), Lost Zone Box (Kyogre) (list)
• Daichi Shimada (5-0-3), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Pang Kai Hing (5-0-3), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Mike Fouchet (6-2-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Shinji Mori (5-0-3), Gardevoir ex (list)
• Ryoto Kobayashi (5-0-3), Chien Pao ex/Baxcalibur (Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR) (list)
• Alex Hamiltion (6-2-0), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Jared Woitalla (5-0-3), Gardevoir ex (list)
• Riccardo Maganza (6-2-0), Gardevoir ex (list)
• Bolly Olfon (5-0-3), Inteleon VMAX (list)
• Thanthawat Chujitngamsuwong (6-2-0), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR (list)
• Cameron Shenoy (5-0-3), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Sen Caubergh (6-2-0), Turbo Lost Zone Toolbox (list)
• Simone Canziani (5-0-3), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Vance Kelley (6-2-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Tim Franklin (5-0-3), Turbo Lost Zone Toolbox (list)
• Bastian Silva (6-2-0), Chien Pao ex/Baxcalibur (Arceus VSTAR) (list)
• Ryuya Tamaki (6-2-0), Miraidon ex/Flaaffy (list)
• Karl Peters (6-2-0), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Gabor Van Meenen (6-2-0), Miraidon ex/Regieleki VMAX (list)
• Yuto Kondo (6-2-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Su Chia-Hsing (6-2-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Francesco Pasquale Caterino (6-2-0), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Konsta Kallama (6-2-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Cyrus Davis (6-2-0), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR (list)
• Brandon Salazar (6-2-0), Inteleon VMAX/Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (list)
• Lucus Matheus (6-2-0), Gardevoir ex (list)
• Kazuki Kumegawa (6-2-0), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Andrew Mahone (6-2-0), Miraidon ex/Flaaffy (list)
• Michael Pramawat (6-2-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Moeen Mungalee (6-2-0), Gardevoir ex (list)
• Vincent Marcus Munk (6-2-0), Chien Pao ex/Baxcalibur (Arceus VSTAR) (list)
• Karel Maertens (6-2-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Mads Jensen (6-2-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (list)
• Takuya Shomura (6-2-0), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Christan Graziano (6-2-0), Inteleon VMAX/Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (list)
• Jack Moore (6-2-0), Lost Zone Box (Kyogre) (list)
• Anthony Bruno (6-2-0), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Trevore Read (6-2-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Damian Fernandez Urroz (6-2-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Lucas Thiele (6-2-0), Lost Zone Box (Kyogre) (list)
• Aaron Friedman (6-2-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Namhyeok Koo (6-2-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Murilo Mercadante (6-2-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Krittamet Santivivattanapong (6-2-0), Inteleon VMAX/Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (list)
• Christan LaBella (6-1-0), Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR (list)
• Nathan Ginsburg (6-1-0), Lost Zone Box (Kyogre) (list)
• Michael Dellenbach (6-1-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Lasse Puisto (6-1-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Alex Krekeler (6-1-0), Inteleon VMAX/Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (list)
• Shinya Kumagai (6-1-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Nathan Stratford (6-1-0), Arceus VSTAR/Hisuian Goodra VSTAR (list)
• Taichi Saito (6-1-0), Lost Zone Toolbox/Radiant Charizard (list)
• Sam Chen (6-1-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Yuta Mori (6-1-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Victor Manuel Garcia Montes (6-1-0), Gardevoir ex (list)
• Brennan Kamerman (6-1-0), Lost Zone Toolbox (Kyogre) (list)
• Masataka Hirano (6-1-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Jory Koot (6-1-0), Chien Pao ex/Baxcalibur (Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR) (list)
• Isaiah Bradner (6-1-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Jonatan Arellano (6-1-0), Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) (list)
• Akari Yamamoto (6-1-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Yuta Sudo (6-1-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)
• Rafli Attar Ricco (6-0-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Jeremy Evans (6-0-0), Lugia VSTAR/Archeops (Single Strike) (list)
• Juan Andree (6-0-0), Gardevoir ex (list)
• Xander Pero (6-0-0), Mew VMAX/Meloetta (list)

December 2022 Champions League Kyoto stream results

🖉 Tate Whitesell | @twhitesell42

PokéStats will provide some coverage of this weekend's Champions League tournament in Kyoto, Japan. These tournaments are roughly equivalent in scope to Regional Championships in the rest of the world, but they feature best-of-one 25-minute rounds. Per sources, nearly 3000 players are in attendance at this event in the Masters division alone (we are still collecting exact attendance numbers). Players are split into two pods and play nine Swiss rounds. All players with a 7-2 record or better advance to a combined Day 2. There are no ties. 

Thanks to Josh Fernando for assistance with Japanese tournament knowledge. 

Stream link

Stream match results

With multiple stream tables available, frequently multiple matches are shown on stream each round. 

Day 2

Final

• Yuta Tagami (12-2) Regi Box def. Minato Watanabe (12-2) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - watch here

Top 4

• Minato Watanabe (12-2) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops def. Yuta Nakamura (12-2) Eternatus VMAX/Galarian Weezing - watch here

Top 8

• Yuta Tagami (12-2) Regi Box def. Junnosuke Tanaka (12-2) Mew VMAX - watch here

Top 16

• Hyuga Takagi (12-2) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops def. Kohei Otsuki (13-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops/Galarian Weezing - watch here

Round 5

• Ryuichi Kato (11-2) Eternatus VMAX/Galarian Weezing def. Taisuke Miyasaka (11-2) Lost Zone Toolbox/Amazing Rare Raikou/Amazing Rare Rayquaza - watch here
• Yukiya Matsumoto (11-2) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops def. Yoshinori Takahashi (11-2) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops/Blissey V - watch here

Round 4

• Haruki Miwa (10-2) Lost Zone Toolbox/Zygarde/Kyogre def. Rena Hayashi (10-2) Mew VMAX - watch here
• Naoto Fujimoto (10-2) Radiant Charizard/Inteleon def. Kazuki Chikada (10-2) Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon - watch here

Round 3

• Kouhei Otsuki (10-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops/Galarian Weezing def. Yuto Umemura (10-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - watch here
• Taisuke (10-1) Blissey V/Miltank def. Takao Yui Miyasaka (11-0) Eternatus VMAX/Galarian Weezing - watch here

Round 2

• Ryuhei Nakagawa (8-2) Lost Zone Box/Hisuian Goodra VSTAR def. Haruka Ando (8-2) Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Tapu Koko VMAX - watch here
• Yuto Umemura (9-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops def. Kazuki Kumegawa (9-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - watch here

Round 1

• Josaku Uchiyama (7-2) Kyurem VMAX/Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR def. Kohei Kurata (7-2) Galarian Weezing/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Aerodactyl VSTAR - watch here
• Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (7-2) Lost Zone Box/Zamazenta/Kyogre def. Itsuki Yoshida (7-2) Regi Box - watch here

Day 1

Round 9

• Yuuki Shiina (6-2) Mewtwo V-Union/Snorlax Control def. Lisa Takeuchi (6-2) Mew VMAX - watch here

Round 8

• Taisuke Miyasaka (7-0) Eternatus VMAX/Galarian Weezing def. Hiroki Kanno (7-0) Lost Zone Box/Zamazenta/Raikou V - watch here

Round 7

• Norio Ishida (5-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops def. Ryoto Kobayashi (5-1) Vikavolt V/Regieleki VMAX - watch here

Round 6

• Kazuma Matsumoto (5-0) Zoroark Box def. Hiroshi Hamaoka (5-0) Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX - watch here
• Shintaro Ito (4-1) Durlaudon VMAX/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Radiant Eternatus/Comfey def. Ryota Iwata (4-1) Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX - watch here

Round 5

• Mayu Oishi (4-0) Arceus VSTAR/Duraludon VMAX vs Akane Fukagawa (4-0) Lost Zone Toolbox/Amazing Rare Raikou - watch here
• Chihiro Abe (4-0) Mew VMAX def. Hajime Kato (4-0) Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon - watch here

Round 4

• Hiroki Takahashi (3-0) Galarian Slowking VMAX/Galarian Weezing def. Kyohei Murasawa (3-0) Lost Zone Box/Zamazenta/Raikou V - watch here
• Ikeda Naoto (3-0) Inteleon Frosmoth Box def. Hiromatsu Takuya (3-0) Lost Zone Box/Zamazenta - watch here

Round 3

• Ryogo Matsumaru (0-2) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops def. Nagata Hiromu (0-2) Regi Box - watch here
• Kitou Itsuku (2-0) Lost Zone Box/Amazing Rare Zacian/Snorlax def. Kitaura Hayato (2-0) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - watch here
• Soujiro Oki (1-1) Lost Zone Box/Hisuian Goodra VSTAR def. Ryo Ichitsuka (1-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - watch here

Round 2

• Morimoto Daisaku (1-0) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops def. Okisou Jiro (1-0) Hisuian Goodra VSTAR/Comfey - watch here
• Yuuki Saito (0-1) Galarian Weezing/Inteleon def. Ryogo Matsumaru (0-1) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - watch here

Round 1

• Yuuki Usui (0-0) Zoroark Toolbox def. Ryogo Matsumaru (0-0) Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - watch here
• Soujiro Oki (0-0) Hisuian Goodra VSTAR/Comfey def. Aoshi Numata (0-0) Regi Box - watch here

LIVE COVERAGE: 2021 Champions League Aichi

After over a year without physical tournaments, PokéStats returns to live physical event coverage! Keep checking in here and on our Twitter to see the results of today's Champions League tournament in Aichi, Japan. You can watch the stream on YouTube or watch Mellow Magikarp, Rahul Reddy or Trainer Chip co-stream on Twitch.

Event info

• The event consists of nine Swiss rounds with a Top 16 single-elimination cut. All rounds are best-of-one. 
• The current Japanese format is similar to our Team Up-on format, but because of differences in Japanese sets, some commonly used Standard cards such as Jirachi, Tapu Koko Prism Star, Absol, and Incineroar-GX have rotated, and some cards we do not have yet (such as Blaziken VMAX) are legal. 

Round results

The deck in bold was the winner of the game. 

Finals

• Inteleon VMAX vs Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Welder Toolbox

Top 4

• Inteleon VMAX vs Victini VMAX

Top 8

• Eternatus VMAX vs Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Welder Toolbox

Top 16

• Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX vs Inteleon VMAX/Frosmoth

Round 9

• Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX/Dragapult VMAX vs Mad Party with Crushing Hammer

Round 8

• Lickitung UNM vs Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX/Dragapult VMAX

Round 7

• Victini VMAX vs Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX/Zacian V
• Eternatus VMAX vs Centiskorch VMAX

Round 6

• Victini VMAX vs Victini VMAX
• Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Victini VMAX vs Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX

Round 5

• Victini VMAX vs Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX/Zacian V
• Centiskorch VMAX vs Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Dark Toolbox with Galarian Moltres V

Round 4

• Victini VMAX vs Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX/Zacian V
• Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Rillaboom Toolbox vs Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Welder Toolbox

Round 3 - 

• Dragapult VMAX/Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX/Octillery vs Victini VMAX
• Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX/Zacian V vs Welder Toolbox

Round 2

• Victini VMAX vs Victini VMAX

Round 1

• Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Welder vs Pikachu & Zekrom-GX
• Mewtwo & Mew-GX/Welder vs Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX

Card reveals

Translations: Toine Lay and Franco Takahashi 

Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX

[C][C] 10+

This attack does 30 more damage for each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. 

[W][W] 10+

You may discard up to 2 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 120 more damage for each Energy discarded in this way.

 Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX

Ability

Once during your turn, you may attach a [P] Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, draw 2 cards. 

[C][C][C] 10+

This attack does 30 more damage for each [P] Energy you have in play. 

Cresselia

[P] 

Search your deck for a [P] Energy and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon, then shuffle your deck. If it is your first turn, you may search for 3 [P] Energy and attach them instead. 

[P][P] 30+

If you have more than 5 Energy in play, this attack does 90 more damage. 

Melony

Supporter

Attach a [W] Energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon-V, then draw 3 cards. 

Fog Crystal

Item

Search your deck for 1 Basic [P] Pokemon or 1 [P] Energy, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. 

Path to the Peak

Stadium

Each Pokémon with a Rule Box in play has no Abilities.

Old Cemetery

Stadium

Whenever each player attaches an Energy card from their hand to 1 of their Pokémon, except for [P] Pokémon, place 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. 

"Back in Black": 2017 Yokohama Regionals results (Top 8 decklists and analysis)

First we got Stellar Guidance + X Ball;
now it's Diving Draw + Circle Circuit.

PokéStats is back with more results and analysis from Japan's tournament setting. The latest tournament in that land of XY-on was held in Yokohama this past weekend; the new Shining Legends set was legal for play.

The most-used card from the new set was, without a doubt, Zoroark-GX. The combination of Empoleon DEX's Diving Draw and Raichu XY's Circle Circuit found a home in an astonishing 15 of the Top 16 decks and all 8 of the Top 8 decks, whether as a 1-1 support line or as a 4-3 main-attacker line. The Shadow Fox was paired most frequently with either Night March or Lycanroc-GX GRI, although the winning list was a less conventional Toolbox deck featuring some other new and unusual cards.

Below I'll give the Top 8 lists and address a few points of each list that I believe are noteworthy. At the end of the article I'll look at how previous Japanese powerhouses translated to success in the rest of the world, and predict what effect Zoroark-GX might have on the meta outside Japan.

Top 8 breakdown:
4 Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX GRI (2 with Flareon, 1 with Alolan Muk)
3 Night March/Zoroark-GX (1 with Milotic)
1 Zoroark-GX Toolbox

Translated article about first-place deck

Click through to see the lists and analysis: 

Champions League Chiba Top 8 decks

The latest Japanese "Regional" took place on the weekend of May 20-21. PokeStats previously reported on the Osaka Regionals back in April, and I'll be doing the same thing for May's Chiba Regionals: providing the event's top decks, then, in a day or two, coming back and analyzing those decks and providing lists for them. An insight into the Japanese metagame is always interesting, even though they play the BLW-on format: we get to see some innovative deck ideas that give us ideas for new ways to use cards, as well as ideas for dealing with these crazy Japanese lists should we run into them at Worlds or Internationals.

Champions League Chiba was a bit unique in that there were actually two tournaments, and each tournament was split into an A group and a B group. So, here are the Top 8's for all four groups!

Tournament 1, Group A

1. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
2. Garbodor GRI/Eeveelutions
3. Seismitoad-EX/Decidueye-GX/Alolan Ninetales-GX
4. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
5. Garbodor GRI/Big Basics
6. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
7. M Rayquaza/Metal
8. Vespiquen/Zoroark/Eeveelutions

Tournament 1, Group B

1. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
2. Turbo Dark
3. Vikavolt/Tapus 
4. Raichu/Lycanroc-GX GRI
5. Turbo Dark
6. Night March/Vespiquen
7. M Rayquaza/Metal
8. Vespiquen/Lycanroc-GX GRI

Tournament 2, Group A

1. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
2. Greninja BREAK
3. DeciPlume/Alolan Ninetales-GX
4. Lycanroc-GX
5. Lycanroc-GX
6. Turbo Dark
7. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
8. Seismitoad-EX/Decidueye-GX

Tournament 2, Group B

1. Garbodor GRI/Raichu
2. M Rayquaza/Metal
3. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
4. Volcanion/Turtonator-GX
5. Alolan Ninetales-GX/Garbodor BPT
6. Raichu/Lycanroc-GX GRI
7. Lycanroc-GX
8. Vikavolt/Tapus

UPDATE 5/29/16: Here is the meta share graph for the above results. 

Osaka Regionals: A Look at the Japanese Meta! (Top 16 Decklists!)

Osaka Regionals - technically the Osaka 2017 Champions League - were held in Japan recently in Japan's, um, interesting format, which consists of XY through some future Sun and Moon set (SM1+ or something). Basically, cards like Drampa-GX, Sylveon-GX, Choice Band, and Sudowoodo are legal in Japan right now - but so are things like Seismitoad-EX and Battle Compressor that we only see in Expanded. '

Source: http://www.pokemon-card.com/info/2017/20170224_000634.html

Why am I bringing this up now? As we near the May 3 release of Guardians Rising, I think it'd be interesting to look at the Japanese meta and see how some of the new cards may impact the rest of the world. Obviously the decks in this post aren't that useful for crafting decklists outside of Japan, considering the wacky format, but they will let the rest of us see how cards like Drampa and Sylveon are being used, giving us insight into their competitive potential over a month before they're legal overseas. 

There's also the added benefit of having a little knowledge of those crazy Japanese decks should you run into a player from Japan at an Internationals or even the World Championships. 

So without further ado, here was the Top 16 (Masters Division) from Osaka: 

1. M Rayquaza/Metal
2. Yveltal-EX/Garbodor/Tauros-GX/Drampa-GX
3. Umbreon-GX/Zoroark BREAK/Eeveelutions
4. M Gardevoir STS/Dimension Valley/Max Potion
5. Sylveon-GX/Disruption
6. Espeon-GX/Vespiquen
7. Yveltal-EX/Tauros-GX/Drampa-GX/Alolan Muk
8. Drampa-GX/Garbodor
9. Volcanion
10. Lunala-GX/Gengar-EX/Wobbuffet
11. Sylveon-GX/Vileplume/Eeveelutions
12. Seismitoad-EX/Decidueye-GX
13. Zoroark BREAK Toolbox
14. Seismitoad-EX/Decidueye-GX
15. Sylveon-GX Toolbox/Disruption
16. Seismitoad-EX/Decidueye

The big takeaways from this Top 16 seem to be:

•  Toad/Decidueye was hyped and is a strong contender but ultimately failed to make Top 8
• the Japanese meta favors "Toolbox" decks with a variety of tech cards and strategies
• Sylveon-GX is a strong meta force
• Drampa-GX is a worthy tech in many decks but can also work on its own

I'll look at some of these concepts in more detail later. For now, let's dive into those decklists. Because some of them are just ridiculous. I'll take some notes on all the Top 8 lists; for the rest, I'll just present the lists. One man can only do so much work.

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