Worlds 2022: Day 1 Players Advancing

The following players achieved 18 or more Match Points to advance to Day 2 of the 2022 World Championships, joining the auto-qualified Day 2 players tomorrow. PokéStats is working on acquiring data on all archetypes used by these players. To see the complete standings including players who failed to qualify, and to see each player's opponents, you can consult this great webpage by @_JuHlien_. 

1. Huang Hui Yuan (TW)
2. Pui Lam Kee (HK), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX/Inteleon
3. Peter Lo (AU), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
4. Hsu Ching-Lun (TW)
5. Yerco Valencia (CL), Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon
6. Ryuichi Ezura (JP)
7. Mateusz Łaszkiewicz (PL)
8. Ryuki Okada (JP), Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX/Hisuian Decidueye V/Jolteon
9. Simon Trottier-Lacasse (CA), Mew VMAX
10. Raymond Long (CA)
11. Jack Culkin (GB), Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX/Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
12. Ross Cawthon (US), Radiant Charizard/Inteleon
13. Tu Cheng-Tai (TW)
14. Cobi Kawasaki (US), Inteleon Toolbox
15. Yong Siang Tan (SG)
16. Alex Hamilton (US)
17. Cristian Sarnataro (IT)
18. Chiao Lin-De (TW)
19. Shu Fujiwara (JP), Arceus VSTAR/Bibarel/Crobat VMAX
20. Dan Hugar (US)
21. Tomoya Sakurai (JP)
22. Arjan Nagel (NL)
23. Łukasz Mazurkiewicz (PL)
24. Syahmi Razak (MY)
25. Yuito Shigihara (JP)
26. Itsuki Nakano (JP)
27. Vance Kelley (US)
28. Chi Shing Lai (HK)
29. Noah Sakadjian (US)
30. Nixon Cedillos (US), Mew VMAX
31. Jamie Frankland (GB)
32. Takumi Takahashi (JP)
33. Emery Taylor (US), Mew VMAX
34. Patrick Landis (CH), Mew VMAX
35. Hsieh Bing Chen (TW)
36. Tsai Yung-Ta (TW)
37. Haruto Masubuchi (JP)
38. Lucas Calzà (IT), Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon
39. Andrew Estrada (CA), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
40. Shota Hinuma (JP)
41. Caleb Patton (US)
42. Thomas Forster (GB)
43. Takuma Taminaga (JP)
44. Chen I Hsuan (TW), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon
45. Calvin Connor (US)
46. Toyoaki Fujita (JP)
47. Yang Ning Hsu (TW), Mew VMAX
48. Claudio Ferla (BR)
49. Rui Sato (JP)
50. Hiroki Yano (JP)
51. Christian Fontenot (DK), Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX/Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
52. JW Kriewall (US)
53. Ryan Tan (GB), Mew VMAX
54. Masataka Hirano (JP)
55. Masahiro Iwamoto (JP)

FOLLOW LIVE: 2022 World Championships

It's finally here-- the 2022 Pokémon World Championships take place this Thursday-Sunday, August 18-21, in London. PokéStats will keep you updated on the metagame, the decks at top tables, and other key information from the event on this page. For more updates, be sure to follow our Twitter. 

Event schedule

• Thursday: opening ceremony; Day 1 Swiss - 539 Players (Masters), 105 Players (Seniors), 44 Players (Juniors)
• Friday: Day 2 Swiss (Day 2 auto-qualifiers plus qualified players from Day 1)
• Saturday: Top Cut; London Open
• Sunday: Grand Finals; closing ceremony

Links

• TCG stream
• Main stream
• RK9 Labs Pairings
• Day 1
• Live standings (all age divisions)

Decks

PokéStats deck reporting policy: Until the conclusion of the tournament, we will only report on archetypes and not detailed information about lists, barring notable techs that appear on stream. Although we do our best to maintain accurate sources at the event, do not accept a report as 100% accurate unless confirmed by the player themselves or reported by the official stream. 

• Ryan Antonucci - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Benjamin Behrens - Palkia VSTAR
• Mees Brenninkmeijer - Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank
• Lucas Calzà - Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon
• Ross Cawthon - Radiant Charizard/Inteleon
• Christian Chase - Mew VMAX
• Sam Chen - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Kevin Clemente - Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon/Radiant Charizard
• Alex Dao - Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank
• Cyrus Davis - Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank
• Demetris Eaton - Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon
• Andrew Estrada - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Connor Finton - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Zachary Fortier - Mew VMAX
• Aaron Friedman - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Ian Fukuda - Zebstrika/Radiant Charizard/Inteleon/Bibarel
• Alec Geissler - Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank
• Nick Hacquebord - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Grant Hays - Arceus VSTAR/Jolteon
• Riley Hulbert - Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX
• Drew Kennett - Lunatone/Solrock
• Vitor Lugon - Zebstrika/Radiant Charizard/Inteleon/Bibarel
• Phinn Lynch - Inteleon Toolbox
• Matias Matricardi - Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX/Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Nicholas Moffitt - Regigigas
• Dean Nezam - Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank
• Xander Pero - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Benji Pham - Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon
• Jake Santiago - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Philip Schulz - Vikavolt V/Melony 
• Tamao Takeda - Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank
• Emery Taylor - Mew VMAX
• Tobias Thesing - Arceus VSTAR Toolbox
• Joshua Vanoverschelde - Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank
• Rudy Wade - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Kai Yajima - Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
• Takuya Yoneda - Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon/Galarian Moltres

Stream matches

Round 6: Simon Trottier-Lacasse (CA, 5-0-0, Mew VMAX) 2-0 Ryuki Okada (JP, 5-0-0, Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX)

Round 5: Lucas Calzà (IT, 4-0-0, Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon) 1-2 Aidan Khus (US, 4-0-0, Arceus VSTAR/Inteleon/Galarian Bird Box)

Round 4: Kai Wainright (GB, 3-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR) 2-1 Hiroki Yano (JP, 3-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR)

Round 3 (match 2): Jack Culkin (GB, 2-0-0, Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX/Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR) 2-1 Emery Taylor (US, 2-0-0, Mew VMAX)

Round 3 (match 1): Tamao Takeda (GB, 2-0-0, Mewtwo V-UNION/Miltank) 0-1 Kai Yajima (JP, 2-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR)

Round 2: Ross Cawthon (US, 1-0-0, Inteleon Toolbox) 2-0 Mathieu Vidal (FR, 1-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR)

Round 1: Gregory Fortier (CA, 0-0-0, Mew VMAX) 2-1 Xander Pero (US, 0-0-0, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR)