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Meet the Winners of the 2024 Pokémon North America International Championships

These Pokémon players rose to the challenge in the latest event of the 2024 Championship Series season.

The Pokémon North America International Championships took place over three exciting match-filled days in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 7–9, 2024. As the final International Championships event of the season, the event featured heated competition across the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC), Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.

These are the top finishers for the Pokémon TCG by division:

	Juniors		Seniors		Masters
	195 players		232 players		2692 players
1	Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz	US	Nathan Osterkatz	US	Andrew Hedrick	US
2	Edison Chein	US	Daniel Magda	CZ	Stéphane Ivanoff	FR
3	Lyle Chu	US	Fergus Bell	AU	Keito Arai	JP
4	Victor Perry-Pribadi	US	Justin Templer	US	Kaiwen Cabbabe	AU
5	Theo Youn	US	Evan Pavelski	US	Sebastian Lashmet	US
6	Elijah Lu	US	Benny Billinger	CA	Henry Chao	US
7	Vicente Carrasco	CL	Luka Levain	FR	Natalie Millar	AU
8	Ezra Saenz	US	Carson Washer	US	Andrew Gantner	US

These are the top finishers for the Pokémon VGC by division:

	Juniors		Seniors		Masters
	50 players		62 players		922 players
1	Kevin Han	US	Joshua Robinson	US	Patrick Connors	US
2	Damon Zhu	NZ	Adam Colson	US	Aurélien Soula	FR
3	Leland Smith	US	Declan Solecki	US	Eduardo Cunha	PT
4	Kiara Nguyen	AU	Mattia Cognetta	IT	Yan Sym	BR
5	Ikaika Masuda	US	Christopher Han	US	Shiliang Tang	CN
6	Ryder Beirne	US	Cale Sandburg	US	Antonio Sánchez	ES
7	Marcus Schulz	US	Conner Pietrusinski	US	Justin Burns	US
8	Eduardo de Souza Mello	BR	Aidan Patterson	US	Henry Rich	AU

These are the top finishers for Pokémon GO:

	258 players
1	Aiden Hedderly	OutOfPoket	US
2	Carlos Rangel	Ashtonash	MX
3	Gabriel Fonseca	LNDsTSteinar	BR
4	Ilam Rojas Guerrero	Ilqm	US
T-5	Jeff Reimer	Auburnnnn	US
T-5	Ewerton Malvezzi	LNDsRargef	BR
T-7	Mayson Atkinson	MagicMayson	US
T-7	Andrew Taphorn	ShinyDialga45	US

These are the top finishers for Pokémon UNITE in the Final Stretch:

	24 teams
Placement	Team Name	Full Name	In-Game Name	UCS Region
1	Gee	Daniel Hernandez	BlackCH	North America
		Tyler Canale	Talion
		David Lederer	EggN00b
		Sean Tucker	slash
		Gerardo Flores	OGwastaken
		Xavier Hoffer	Zel0ot
2	Team YT	Leon Chong	Akeelo	North America
		Steve Tran	PikaDiff
		Richard Rosario	Chaotic
		Yongsheng Huang	Fwii
		Sam Tang	SoSadSam
		Nancy Lee	nvnci
3	DOL Kittens	Christopher Lopez	b*nzokajooie	North America
		Sonia Goloubev	s*by
		Ryan Zou	elmogirl2009
		Alex MacDonald	TheeeCHADttv
		Tre Pitts	aMuk
4	Ignorance	Paul Szewczyk	SoupChef2	North America
		James Klekar	Scrublenaut
		Dustin Easterling	BroteinShake
		Dylan Sagan	nayeon
		Steven Cruz	Gupiter
		Inder Gill	inder
T-5	Ni Hao	Chris Toole	ni・Victorin	North America
		Kirtan Patel	®竜・Kirtan
		Nithin Jonnalagadda	TTVbits
		Chase Moore	Duskrunner5
		Stanley Huang	Greninja2x
T-5	Supa Secret Team	Matthew Godfrey	AsMatt	North America
		Gemini Griffin	Supa
		Russel Staples	Russ
		Massimo Lachance	Tyedye
		Anthony Swearingen	Anon
		Jose Loubriel	Aldimos
T-7	Exile	Nicholas Onderak	neon	North America
		James Packard	oblivionEX
		Stephen Barger	pureEX
		Gannon Janssen	freakyEX
		Aaron Davis	sympEX
		Parker Wotring	kuusiEX
T-7	Brave Birders	Conner Satawidinata	Aschaツ	North America
		Vincent Tran	Vinny256
		Collin Satawidinata	Kolintang_YT
		Sean Ash	BB*RSG_Red
		Hai Hoang	楽勝owo
		Christian Ercolino	Snagz

New Orleans played host to the final International Championships of the 2024 season, but the competition is far from over! The 2024 Pokémon World Championships are set to take place in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Competitors from around the globe will compete for the title of World Champion in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Video Game Championships, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE. Keep checking in to Pokemon.com to learn more about the season’s capstone event.

Source: Pokemon.com

EXCLUSIVE PIKACHU PLUSH AND PARADISE RESORT PROMO CARD REVEALED FOR UPCOMING POKÉMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI

Winners of 2024 Pokémon North America International Championships crowned in New Orleans

BELLEVUE, Wash. — June 10, 2024 — The Pokémon Company International revealed new details Sunday about the 2024 Pokémon World Championships taking place August 16 to 18 at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center in Honolulu. Pokémon fans who attended the 2024 Pokémon North America International Championships in New Orleans over the weekend, and those who tuned in to the official Pokémon livestream of the event, witnessed the unveiling of the Worlds-exclusive Pikachu plush and Paradise Resort promo card. Both items will be included in the Welcome Kit for qualified Worlds competitors, while the Pikachu plush will be available only at the Pokémon Center pop-up store at the 2024 Pokémon World Championships.

The 2024 Pokémon NAIC gathered thousands of skilled Pokémon Trainers as they battled it out in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, and the Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE mobile games to qualify for the 2024 Pokémon World Championships. After three days of intense competition in New Orleans, the following top players were crowned 2024 Pokémon North America International Champions:

Pokémon Trading Card Game Junior Division:
1st place: Jose Cruz Galindo Resendiz [US]
2nd place: Edison Chein [US]
 
Pokémon TCG Senior Division:
1st place: Nathan Osterkatz [US]
2nd place: Daniel Magda [CZ]
 
Pokémon TCG Masters Division:
1st place: Andrew Hedrick [US]
2nd place: Stéphane Ivanoff [FR]
 
Pokémon Video Game Championship Junior Division:
1st place: Kevin Han [US]
2nd place: Damon Zhu [NZ]
 
Pokémon VGC Senior Division:
1st place: Joshua Robinson [US]
2nd place: Adam Colson [US]
 
Pokémon VGC Masters Division:
1st place: Patrick Connors [US]
2nd place: Aurélien Soula [FR]
 
Pokémon GO:
1st place: OutOfPoket [US]
2nd place: Ashtonash [MX]
 
Pokémon UNITE:
1st place: Orange Juicers [NA] 
2nd place: Nemesis [NA]
 
The 2024 Pokémon NAIC Fantasy Team Contest also took place this weekend, allowing fans to use their knowledge of the Pokémon TCG and Pokémon VGC to predict which cards and Pokémon would dominate the event. Winners of the Fantasy Team Contest will be announced later this week at fantasy.pokemon.com. However, the fun is far from over, as the Fantasy Team Contest will return with Pokémon TCG and Pokémon video game competitions for the 2024 Pokémon World Championships in Honolulu!
 
Information about the 2024 Pokémon World Championships can be found here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon.

Source: Pokemon.com and Play Pokémon!