The Pokémon Oceania International Championships took place over three exciting, match-filled days in Melbourne, Australia, on February 17–19, 2023. As the second International Championships event of the 2023 Championship Series season, the event featured heated competition across the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Video Game Championship, and Pokémon GO. It was the first VGC International Championships event to feature the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games for Nintendo Switch, making it a notable event in Pokémon competitive play history.
These are the top finishers for the Pokémon Trading Card Game by age division:
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Juniors |
Seniors |
Masters |
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67 players |
66 players |
528 players |
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1 |
Remi Lorenz |
US |
Polaris Altares |
US |
Azul Garcia Greigo |
US |
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2 |
Robert Moore Matise |
US |
Yuichi Matsuo |
AU |
Regan Retzloff |
US |
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3 |
Drake Zhu |
NZ |
Neo Erlandsson |
US |
Owyn Kamerman |
NL |
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4 |
Kingsley Cheng |
AU |
Bodhi Ribonson |
US |
Rahul Reddy |
US |
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5 |
Luke Bennett |
AU |
Chawinnut Neamkasipong |
TH |
Raz Wolpe |
IL |
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6 |
Ricky Yang |
AU |
Marley Sylvester Skyum |
DK |
Pedro Eugenio Torres |
ES |
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7 |
Jan Jakubowski |
PL |
Benny Billinger |
CA |
Yerco Valencia |
CL |
|
8 |
Manik Satharasinghe |
AU |
Ryan Anderson |
AU |
Grant Shen |
US |
These are the top finishers for the Pokémon Video Game Championship by age division:
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Juniors |
Seniors |
Masters |
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16 players |
27 players |
282 players |
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1 |
Kiara Nguyen |
AU |
Benjamin Bussert |
US |
Gavin Michaels |
US |
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2 |
Takumi Matsuo |
AU |
Tin Tin Nguyen |
NZ |
Alberto Lara |
US |
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3 |
Adrian Hui |
AU |
Ivan Prieto Lorente |
ES |
Yuya Tada |
JP |
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4 |
Toby Bennett |
AU |
James Gilbert |
AU |
Raghav Malaviya |
US |
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5 |
Charlie Williams |
AU |
Oliver Ramsay |
AU |
Collin Heier |
US |
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6 |
Amelia Pattison |
AU |
Eli Shinn |
US |
Alfredo Chang-Gonzalez |
AU |
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7 |
Luke Zaph |
AU |
Alexander Vega Krol |
DE |
Chuppa Cross IV |
US |
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8 |
Noelle Bussert |
US |
Jai Katyal |
AU |
Thomas Gravouille |
FR |
These are the top finishers for Pokémon GO:
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79 players |
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1 |
Jacob Coluccio |
AU |
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2 |
Michael D'Agostino |
AU |
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3 |
Vishal Naidu |
AU |
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4 |
Steven Tran |
AU |
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5 |
Edbert To |
AU |
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6 |
Andrew Boden |
AU |
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T-7 |
Egon Cardenas |
AU |
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T-7 |
Alex Anderson |
AU |
The next International Championships event will be the Pokémon Europe International Championships, taking place in London, England, on April 14–16, 2023. Check back soon for details about the event, and follow the action when it begins on Twitch.tv/Pokemon.
