World Championships Championships

VGC Rule Set: Usable Games Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Battle Type: Double Battle Pokémon Restrictions: National Pokédex. Pokémon Limits: Teams may have no more than two of the following Pokémon: Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde. Banned Pokémon: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Diancie, and Hoopa, Pokémon not captured or hatched in X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Banned Items: Soul Dew Clauses: No same Pokémon, No same item Players may only use Pokémon with items or moves obtained in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire Address: San Francisco Marriott Marquis 780 Mission Street San Francisco California 94103 USA Date: 19th - 21st August 2016

Details

The Pokémon World Championships are not open to all, but rather require participants to earn Championship Points through Internet Competitions, Premier Challenges, Regional Championships and National Championships in their location of residence. Based on this, the invitations go out as follows based on the amount of Championship Points earned through the season.

In addition to that the top players of each region also get a paid invite and a bye to go directly to Day 2. They are:
US & Canada: Top 8
Europe: Top 16
Latin America: Top 4
Asia Pacific: Top 4
Japanese & Korean players earn their invites through their own methods.

The day schedule is as follows. All matches are best-of-three.

Friday

Swiss Rounds. Any player with 2 or less losses at the end will progress to Saturday.

Saturday

Swiss Rounds for winners from Friday and players with a Day 2 invitation. It ends with a Top Cut for all players with no more than 2 losses and 0 ties.

Sunday

The Finals.