Oct20

Play! Pokémon to return in 2022. Dates for Regional Championships, International Championships, and Special Events for the 2022 season announced.

PLAY_Pokemon_logo.pngThe Pokémon Company International have announced that Play! Pokémon Premier Events will be resuming in North America and Europe from March 2022. Dates for Regional and International Championships across North America and Europe were also announced. The Play! Pokémon 2022 Championship Series season, leading to the 2022 Pokémon World Championships planned to take place in London in August 2022, will include four different Pokémon products: the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon video games, Pokkén Tournament DX, and for the first time, Pokémon GO in partnership with Niantic.

The Pokémon North America and Europe International Championships events will feature high Championship Point payouts and hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes, spread among all the different tournaments in the 2022 Pokémon World Championships. Play! Pokémon Regional Championships and Special Events will also resume in North America and Europe in 2022.

Event dates and locations are as follows:

North America
Regional Championships and Special Events
  • March 18–20, 2022: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • March 25–27, 2022: Orlando, FL, USA
  • May 6–8, 2022: Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • May 20–22, 2022: Secaucus, NJ, USA
  • May 27–29, 2022: Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • June 17–19, 2022: Milwaukee, WI, USA
International Championships
  • June 24–26, 2022: Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, USA
Europe
Regional Championships and Special Events
  • March 26–27, 2022: Liverpool, UK
  • May 7–8, 2022: Bilbao, Spain (Special Event)
  • June 4–5, 2022: Milan, Italy (Special Event)
International Championships
  • April 22–24, 2022: Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
More details on the Pokémon GO Championship Series events were also announced. Trainers need to link their Pokémon GO account to a Trainer Club account and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID. This account link is different from the account-linking system used to log in to Pokémon GO. You'll be able to link your accounts for Pokémon GO Championship Series registration toward the end of 2021. Pokémon GO will be featured at select events, including Regional and International Championships. Top Pokémon GO players at these events will win an invitation to the 2022 Pokémon World Championships, and some will even earn a travel award to the World Championships, too. World Championships invites will be distributed at each qualifier as follows for each age division.

Regional Championships
  • 1st place: World Championships invite and travel award
  • 2nd place: World Championships invite
International Championships
  • 1st place: World Championships invite and travel award
  • 2nd place: World Championships invite and travel award
  • 3rd and 4th place: World Championships invite
Prize money is also awarded at each event.

Additional Regional Championships and Special Events may be announced later. Information about the resumption of Play! Pokémon Premier Events and Pokémon GO qualifiers in Latin America and Oceania will also be announced soon.
AllenWarrior Written by AllenWarrior