Celebrate the 2022 Pokémon World Championships in Pokémon GO!

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The Pokémon GO World Championships

Pokémon GO Celebration Event

Pokémon GO is headed to the 2022 Pokémon World Championships!

Crowning a World Champion!

The 2022 Pokémon World Championships take place August 18–21 in London, England at the ExCeL London events center!

The top qualifying Pokémon GO players from around the globe will compete to determine who among them will be the 2022 Pokémon GO World Champion!

Among other prizes, the Pokémon GO World Champion will also receive a World Champion 2022 Outfit and Pose!

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Tune in to watch live!

Tune in and watch all the action beginning at 9:00 a.m. UTC each day!

English Stream - Pokémon GO Twitch Channel
Japanese Stream:
- Day 1
- Day 2

Avatar Items to celebrate

Two new avatar items will be available in commemoration of the World Championships!

World Championships 2022 Tee: Available globally via a code obtained through the World Championships Stream. The code will also be distributed on official Pokémon GO social media channels shortly after.
World Championships 2022 Participant Tee: Available from PokéStops located at the World Championships venue in London during the event

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A World Championships Celebration in Pokémon GO!

Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time

Pokémon GO is celebrating the 2022 Pokémon World Championships and all things GO Battle League!

Pokémon debuts

The World Championships 2022 Pikachu makes its debut in Pokémon GO!

World Championships 2022 Pikachu

*If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!

Event Bonuses

Trainers with Pokémon teams inspired by the Regional Champions will be appearing at PokéStops

The maximum number of GO Battle League sets will be increased from five to 20 per day — for a total of 100 battles.

3× Stardust from GO Battle League win rewards

Timed Research

A Timed Research will be available during the event. Complete the tasks to receive rewards such as:

World Championships 2022 Pikachu

Elite Fast TM

Elite Charged TM

Wild encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

Nidoran♀

Mankey

Machop

Mudkip

Sableye

Meditite

Swablu

Spheal

Croagunk

Dewpider

If you’re lucky, you might encounter the following.

Scraggy

Galarian Stunfisk

*If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!

Raids

The following Pokémon will be appearing in raids.

One-Star Raids

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Galarian Farfetch'd

Marill

Barboach

Timburr

Scraggy

Three-Star Raids

Primeape

Lickitung

Skarmory

Five-Star Raids

Zacian

Zamazenta

Mega Raids

Mega Slowbro

Mega Raids

*If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!

Field Research task encounters

You can encounter the following Pokémon when you complete Field Research tasks!

Bulbasaur

World Championships 2022 Pikachu

Gastly

Rhyhorn

Magikarp

Chikorita

Mudkip

Galarian Zigzagoon

Beldum

Galarian Stunfisk

Fletchling

*If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!

Featured attacks

Rhyperior

Evolve Rhydon (Rhyhorn’s Evolution) during the event to get a Rhyperior that knows the Charged Attack Rock Wrecker.

Rock Wrecker

Alolan Sandslash

Evolve Alolan Sandshrew during the event or up to two hours afterward to get an Alolan Sandslash that knows the Fast Attack Shadow Claw.

Trainer Battles: 110 power
Gyms and raids: 110 power

Gengar

Evolve Haunter (Gastly’s Evolution) during the event to get a Gengar that knows the Charged Attack Shadow Punch.

Shadow Punch

Alolan Sandslash

Evolve Alolan Sandshrew during the event or up to two hours afterward to get an Alolan Sandslash that knows the Fast Attack Shadow Claw.

Trainer Battles: 40 power
Gyms and raids: 40 power

Gyarados

Evolve Magikarp during the event to get a Gyarados that knows the Charged Attack Aqua Tail.

Aqua Tail

Alolan Sandslash

Evolve Alolan Sandshrew during the event or up to two hours afterward to get an Alolan Sandslash that knows the Fast Attack Shadow Claw.

Trainer Battles: 50 power
Gyms and raids: 50 power

Metagross

Evolve Metang (Beldum’s Evolution) during the event to get a Metagross that knows the Charged Attack Meteor Mash.

Meteor Mash

Alolan Sandslash

Evolve Alolan Sandshrew during the event or up to two hours afterward to get an Alolan Sandslash that knows the Fast Attack Shadow Claw.

Trainer Battles: 100 power
Gyms and raids: 100 power

Talonflame

Evolve Fletchinder (Fletchling’s Evolution) during the event to get a Talonflame that knows the Fast Attack Incinerate.

Incinerate

Alolan Sandslash

Evolve Alolan Sandshrew during the event or up to two hours afterward to get an Alolan Sandslash that knows the Fast Attack Shadow Claw.

Trainer Battles: 15 power
Gyms and raids: 29 power

Featured Avatar Item Sale

In commemoration of the 2022 Pokémon World Championship’s Galar theming, the following Galar items will be on sale in the store at a discount:

Dragon-type Sport Top
Dragon-type Sport Shorts
Dark-type Sport Top
Dark-type Sport Shorts

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—The Pokémon GO team