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2022 Pokémon Video Game (VGC) World Championships
From Liquipedia Pokémon Wiki
2022 Pokémon World Championships - VGC
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Play! Pokémon
Game version:
Sword & Shield
Game mode:
1vs1
Type:
Offline
Location:
LondonFormat:
Prize Pool:
$51,500 USD
Start Date:
2022-08-19
End Date:
2022-08-21
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Players
Number of players:
32
Chronology
The 2022 Pokémon Video Game World Championships was the twelfth video game World Championship event organized by Play! Pokémon. The event was held at the ExCeL London Convention Center in London, United Kingdom.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentator/Analysts:
Xeminan (Joe Brown)- Nekkra (Rosemary Kelley)
- LouLouThePikachu (Labhaoisa Cromie)
- Osirus (Lee Provost)
Sierra Dawn (Sierra Hunter)- Dozzalon (Adam Dorricott)
- Synre (Scott Glaza)
- Cybertron (Aaron Zheng)
Format[edit]
- Day 1
- Swiss format
- All players with 2 or fewer losses advances to Swiss Main Event
- Swiss Main Event
- Swiss format
- All players with 2 or fewer losses advances to Playoffs
- Playoffs
- Bo3 Single Elimination
Players invited to Day 2[edit]
- Players recieved invitation to the tournament based on their championship points
- Travel Expenses provided
Top 8
Top 16
Top 8
Top 8
- No Travel Expenses
- 9-12th
- 17th-24th
- 9-12th
- 9-12th
JP, 
KR and 
APAC awarded both Day 1/2 based on their own formats
Invites from previous worlds will compete on Day 1
- Unless they qualified for Day 2 based on CPs
Prize Pool[edit]
$51,500 USD ) are spread among the teams and players as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $10,000 |  TBD | |
 2nd | $7,500 | TBD | |
 3rd-4th | $5,000 | TBD | |
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| 5th-8th | $3,000 | TBD | |
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| 9th-16th | $1,500 | TBD | |
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| 17th-32nd | - | TBD | |
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Results[edit]
Swiss Round[edit]
| # | Name | Matches | Opponent's Win % | Player's Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 2 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 3 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 4 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 5 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 6 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 7 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 8 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 9 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 10 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 11 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 12 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 13 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 14 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 15 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 16 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| # | Name | Matches | Opponent's Win % | Player's Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 18 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 19 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 20 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 21 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 22 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 23 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 24 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 25 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 26 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 27 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 28 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 29 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 30 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 31 | TBD | - - | - | - |
| 32 | TBD | - - | - | - |
Playoffs[edit]
Round 1
Round 1
R1
Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Finals
Q.-Finals
QF
Semi-Finals
Semi-Finals
S.-Finals
SF
Final
Final
F
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
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August 21, 2022
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August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022