Aug17
Pokémon World Championships 2024 Day 1 VGC Results
The first day of the Pokémon World Championships 2024 has concluded! Everything you need to know about the results of the streamed VGC matches and other players and off-camera games is featured right here within this article.
Trainers Moving On to Day 2
At the end of the 1st day, 3 players are going into tomorrow's battles with a perfect run of 8 wins and 0 losses. These trainers are Diego Ferreira, 2019 Worlds Finalist Hirofumi Kimura, and 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick. In fact, Wolfe Glick managed to finish Day 1 of Worlds by not only winning all 8 of the games he played, but all 16 of the rounds he played too.
The official World Championships stream also featured Hyuma Hara, Michael Kelsch, Sebastian Escalante, Nils Dunlop, Shohei Kimura, Marco Silva, Eric Rios, Alex Gomez Berna, Adam Cherfaoui, and Eduardo Cunha as players moving on to Day 2.
Streamed VGC Matches
The VGC stream for the Pokemon World Championships was opened by an incredible game between Adam Cherfaoui and 2023 World Champion Shohei Kimura. Both trainers brought their own Shadow Rider Calyrex as their Restricted Pokemon, with Cherfaoui running a Tera Fairy Draining Kiss set with a Covert Cloak to avoid pressure once it terastallizes from Pokemon like Incineroar using Fake Out, and Kimura running a Tera Dark Nasty Plot set holding a Life Orb. Kimura used Amoonguss' terrifying moveset featuring Spore and Rage Powder to help secure a win on the 1st round, but Cherfaoui managed to re-adjust and win the 2nd and 3rd rounds, winning the game and starting the 2024 World Championships on an emphatically good note.
The 2nd game featured a legendary matchup between Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng and 2014 World Champion Sejun Park, who has brought back the iconic pick of Pachirisu, the same Pokemon which helped Park to win the World Championships in 2014. Zheng has chosen Zamazenta Crowned Shield as his Restricted Legendary of choice, using a moveset of Body Press, Heavy Slam, Protect, and Wide Guard, notably deciding to forgo the move Iron Defense. On the other side, Park chose a Choice Specs Miraidon set, notably using three Electric-type Pokemon on his team, Miraidon, Pachirisu, and Iron Hands. After a series of remarkable moves, Aaron Zheng won the 1st and 2nd rounds, securing his win.
Game 3 was between 2022 EUIC Champion Eric Rios running Terapagos with Leftovers as his Restricted Legendary, and 2019 EUIC Champion Flavio Del Pidio running a familiar Calyrex Shadow Rider set with Life Orb and Nasty Plot. Pidio managed to secure a win on the first round with devastating hits from its Calyrex as well as his Rillaboom managing to knock out the opposing Raging Bolt in the final turn. As Rios' Urshifu Rapid Strike manages to knock out Pidio's own Urshifu, the latter is left with Incineroar and Rillaboom against all 4 of the opponents team, and he ultimately forfeits, moving on to the 3rd round. At the end of the 3rd round, Eric Rios' Urshifu and Ogerpon Hearthflame are left to face Flavio Del Pidio's Rillaboom, and the latter once again forfeits to give Eric Rios the win.
Game 4 featured Gabriel Agati and his Choice Specs Miraidon set against 2013 World Champion Arash Ommati and his Calyrex Ice Rider. The first round features a key knockout from Agati's Iron Hands using Wild Charge to defeat Ommati's Calyrex Ice Rider, and with Urshifu left standing on its own, Ommati forfeits the round. As Agati's Tera Stellar Urshifu misses a Sucker Punch in the 2nd round, it's forced to take an Aqua Jet from the opposing Urshifu and a Grassy Glide from Rillaboom, getting knocked out and leaving Miraidon alone on the field. Agati forfeits round 2, moving on to a 3rd round. Ommati is left with only his Calyrex Ice Rider on the field, tasked with taking down Agati's Urshifu and Miraidon. A Glacial Lance boosted by Calyrex's Chilling Neigh ability knocks out Urshifu, but Miraidon barely survives on 44 HP, knocking out Ommati's final Pokemon and securing a close win for Gabriel Agati.
Game 5 was between Dorian Quiñonez, winner of the 2024 Lima Special Event, running an unexpected Lunala set and Riley Factura running Miraidon. As the Lunala gets knocked out by Factura's Iron Crown, Quiñonez is left with Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, with the latter being notably weak to Factura's Miraidon. A super-effective Dragon Pulse knocks out Raging Bolt, and Quiñonez forfeits the first round. Despite having won the first round, Riley Factura is overwhelmed by the Lunala, and Quiñonez secures a win in the 2nd round, once again moving on to the 3rd round. Lunala is unable to survive an Electro Drift from Miraidon in the final round, and gets knocked out, giving Factura the advantage. Miraidon finishes the round with a Dragon Pulse knocking out the opposing Rillaboom, giving Riley Factura the win.
Game 6 featured Javier Señorena's Miraidon against 2019 Worlds Finalist Hirofumi Kimura's Calyrex Ice Rider. Notably, Señorena's team features the unexpected pick of Iron Leaves, which rarely makes an appearance in VGC. Despite its super-effective attacks against the Tera Poison Calyrex Ice Rider, Iron Leaves doesn't get too many opportunities to show its worth in the 1st round, and Hirofumi Kimura gets the first victory of the match. The Tera Normal Iron Leaves is able to secure a knock-out against the Calyrex Ice Rider, but with strong damage coming in from the opposing Flutter Mane and Raging Bolt, Hirofumi Kimura secures his win in the 2nd round, winning the game.
Game 7 was a game between Danijel Zitko and 2024 EUIC Champion Nils Dunlop, both players fighting for their 6th win to secure their place in Day 2. Zitko chose to bring Koraidon to the World Championships, and Dunlop is running Calyrex Ice Rider holding a Clear Amulet to avoid stat drops, namely from Pokemon with Intimidate, like Incineroar. The first round begins with the two Restricted Legendaries facing each other on the field. The terastallised Fire-type Calyrex Ice Rider manages to knock out both Koraidon and Flutter Mane, giving it two boosts to its Attack, but Danijel Zitko manages to claw back a victory thanks to the damage and speed from Choice Scarf Chi-Yu and Choice Specs Gholdengo. The second round is incredibly similar, with Koraidon knocking out Dunlop's Amoonguss, but Calyrex Ice Rider retaliating with knock-outs on the Koraidon and Flutter Mane. Nils Dunlop managed to capitalise on his lead this time, winning round 2. Zitko's opening two Pokemon has drastically changed in round 3, opening with Gholdengo and Chi-Yu. Despite the changes, Nils Dunlop manages to effectively utilise Calyrex Ice Rider under Trick Room to secure a win for the 3rd round and the entire game, securing his place in Day 2.
The final game of the day features Aaron Traylor and Kiran Singh, the winner of the 2024 Melbourne Regionals. Aaron Traylor is running a popular Choice Specs Miraidon set, and Kiran Singh is running a popular Clear Amulet Calyrex Ice Rider set. The 1st round opens with Iron Hands and Urshifu on Traylor's side facing down Singh's Clefairy and Iron Crown. A Tera Stellar boosted Surging Strikes from Urshifu knocks out Iron Crown, as Singh sends in Calyrex Ice Rider, terastallizing into the Normal type and knocking out the Urshifu in retaliation. Traylor sends out Miraidon, allowing the opposing Restricted Pokemon to face each other. With 2 boosts from Chilling Neigh after knocking out the opposing Iron Hands, nothing stops Kiran Singh from winning the first round with Calyrex Ice Rider. Singh opens with Clefairy and Calyrex Ice Rider against Traylor's Urshifu and Miraidon, with Miraidon terastallizing into the Fairy type to reduce damage from Glacial Lance and using Volt Switch to escape. Singh predicts this, and terastallizes his Clefairy into the Ground type and uses Follow Me to block Miraidon's Volt Switch, forcing it to take a hit from Calyrex Ice Rider's Glacial Lance, dealing over half of its health. Clefairy faints to a Surging Strikes, and Raging Bolt takes its place. Calyrex Ice Rider takes another knock-out against the opposing Urshifu thanks to a critical hit, and with an Attack boost from Chilling Neigh, Calyrex gets knocked out by a Foul Play from the opposing Farigiraf. With only a 1 HP Urshifu left on the field, Singh loses the 2nd round. A familiar opening takes place in the 3rd round, Urshifu and Miraidon facing down the Clefairy and Calyrex Ice Rider. Traylor takes a huge lead in the first turn, knocking out Clefairy with Electro Drift and dealing a decent amount of damage to Calyrex with Surging Strikes. Miraidon follows this up with a risky play using Electro Drift to knock out the opposing Calyrex. Singh's final Pokemon are Iron Crown and Raging Bolt, facing down all 4 of Traylor's Pokemon. Thunderclap from Raging Bolt knocks out Miraidon, and Psychic from Iron Crown knocks out Urshifu, and both players are suddenly down to their last 2 Pokemon. Traylor's final Pokemon are Farigiraf and Iron Hands. Kiran Singh locks in his terastallization with an Electric Tera Raging Bolt as Farigiraf opens with a Trick Room, giving an advantage to Traylor's team. Iron Hands knocks out Raging Bolt with a Low Kick boosted by Helping Hand, with Iron Crown using Protect, having to take down 2 Pokemon in the next turns. Understanding his defeat, Kiran Singh forfeits the final round, and Aaron Traylor wins.
To see even more legendary battles, make sure to tune in to Day 2 of the Pokemon World Championships!
Trainers Moving On to Day 2
At the end of the 1st day, 3 players are going into tomorrow's battles with a perfect run of 8 wins and 0 losses. These trainers are Diego Ferreira, 2019 Worlds Finalist Hirofumi Kimura, and 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick. In fact, Wolfe Glick managed to finish Day 1 of Worlds by not only winning all 8 of the games he played, but all 16 of the rounds he played too.
The official World Championships stream also featured Hyuma Hara, Michael Kelsch, Sebastian Escalante, Nils Dunlop, Shohei Kimura, Marco Silva, Eric Rios, Alex Gomez Berna, Adam Cherfaoui, and Eduardo Cunha as players moving on to Day 2.
Streamed VGC Matches
The VGC stream for the Pokemon World Championships was opened by an incredible game between Adam Cherfaoui and 2023 World Champion Shohei Kimura. Both trainers brought their own Shadow Rider Calyrex as their Restricted Pokemon, with Cherfaoui running a Tera Fairy Draining Kiss set with a Covert Cloak to avoid pressure once it terastallizes from Pokemon like Incineroar using Fake Out, and Kimura running a Tera Dark Nasty Plot set holding a Life Orb. Kimura used Amoonguss' terrifying moveset featuring Spore and Rage Powder to help secure a win on the 1st round, but Cherfaoui managed to re-adjust and win the 2nd and 3rd rounds, winning the game and starting the 2024 World Championships on an emphatically good note.
The 2nd game featured a legendary matchup between Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng and 2014 World Champion Sejun Park, who has brought back the iconic pick of Pachirisu, the same Pokemon which helped Park to win the World Championships in 2014. Zheng has chosen Zamazenta Crowned Shield as his Restricted Legendary of choice, using a moveset of Body Press, Heavy Slam, Protect, and Wide Guard, notably deciding to forgo the move Iron Defense. On the other side, Park chose a Choice Specs Miraidon set, notably using three Electric-type Pokemon on his team, Miraidon, Pachirisu, and Iron Hands. After a series of remarkable moves, Aaron Zheng won the 1st and 2nd rounds, securing his win.
Game 3 was between 2022 EUIC Champion Eric Rios running Terapagos with Leftovers as his Restricted Legendary, and 2019 EUIC Champion Flavio Del Pidio running a familiar Calyrex Shadow Rider set with Life Orb and Nasty Plot. Pidio managed to secure a win on the first round with devastating hits from its Calyrex as well as his Rillaboom managing to knock out the opposing Raging Bolt in the final turn. As Rios' Urshifu Rapid Strike manages to knock out Pidio's own Urshifu, the latter is left with Incineroar and Rillaboom against all 4 of the opponents team, and he ultimately forfeits, moving on to the 3rd round. At the end of the 3rd round, Eric Rios' Urshifu and Ogerpon Hearthflame are left to face Flavio Del Pidio's Rillaboom, and the latter once again forfeits to give Eric Rios the win.
Game 4 featured Gabriel Agati and his Choice Specs Miraidon set against 2013 World Champion Arash Ommati and his Calyrex Ice Rider. The first round features a key knockout from Agati's Iron Hands using Wild Charge to defeat Ommati's Calyrex Ice Rider, and with Urshifu left standing on its own, Ommati forfeits the round. As Agati's Tera Stellar Urshifu misses a Sucker Punch in the 2nd round, it's forced to take an Aqua Jet from the opposing Urshifu and a Grassy Glide from Rillaboom, getting knocked out and leaving Miraidon alone on the field. Agati forfeits round 2, moving on to a 3rd round. Ommati is left with only his Calyrex Ice Rider on the field, tasked with taking down Agati's Urshifu and Miraidon. A Glacial Lance boosted by Calyrex's Chilling Neigh ability knocks out Urshifu, but Miraidon barely survives on 44 HP, knocking out Ommati's final Pokemon and securing a close win for Gabriel Agati.
Game 5 was between Dorian Quiñonez, winner of the 2024 Lima Special Event, running an unexpected Lunala set and Riley Factura running Miraidon. As the Lunala gets knocked out by Factura's Iron Crown, Quiñonez is left with Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, with the latter being notably weak to Factura's Miraidon. A super-effective Dragon Pulse knocks out Raging Bolt, and Quiñonez forfeits the first round. Despite having won the first round, Riley Factura is overwhelmed by the Lunala, and Quiñonez secures a win in the 2nd round, once again moving on to the 3rd round. Lunala is unable to survive an Electro Drift from Miraidon in the final round, and gets knocked out, giving Factura the advantage. Miraidon finishes the round with a Dragon Pulse knocking out the opposing Rillaboom, giving Riley Factura the win.
Game 6 featured Javier Señorena's Miraidon against 2019 Worlds Finalist Hirofumi Kimura's Calyrex Ice Rider. Notably, Señorena's team features the unexpected pick of Iron Leaves, which rarely makes an appearance in VGC. Despite its super-effective attacks against the Tera Poison Calyrex Ice Rider, Iron Leaves doesn't get too many opportunities to show its worth in the 1st round, and Hirofumi Kimura gets the first victory of the match. The Tera Normal Iron Leaves is able to secure a knock-out against the Calyrex Ice Rider, but with strong damage coming in from the opposing Flutter Mane and Raging Bolt, Hirofumi Kimura secures his win in the 2nd round, winning the game.
Game 7 was a game between Danijel Zitko and 2024 EUIC Champion Nils Dunlop, both players fighting for their 6th win to secure their place in Day 2. Zitko chose to bring Koraidon to the World Championships, and Dunlop is running Calyrex Ice Rider holding a Clear Amulet to avoid stat drops, namely from Pokemon with Intimidate, like Incineroar. The first round begins with the two Restricted Legendaries facing each other on the field. The terastallised Fire-type Calyrex Ice Rider manages to knock out both Koraidon and Flutter Mane, giving it two boosts to its Attack, but Danijel Zitko manages to claw back a victory thanks to the damage and speed from Choice Scarf Chi-Yu and Choice Specs Gholdengo. The second round is incredibly similar, with Koraidon knocking out Dunlop's Amoonguss, but Calyrex Ice Rider retaliating with knock-outs on the Koraidon and Flutter Mane. Nils Dunlop managed to capitalise on his lead this time, winning round 2. Zitko's opening two Pokemon has drastically changed in round 3, opening with Gholdengo and Chi-Yu. Despite the changes, Nils Dunlop manages to effectively utilise Calyrex Ice Rider under Trick Room to secure a win for the 3rd round and the entire game, securing his place in Day 2.
The final game of the day features Aaron Traylor and Kiran Singh, the winner of the 2024 Melbourne Regionals. Aaron Traylor is running a popular Choice Specs Miraidon set, and Kiran Singh is running a popular Clear Amulet Calyrex Ice Rider set. The 1st round opens with Iron Hands and Urshifu on Traylor's side facing down Singh's Clefairy and Iron Crown. A Tera Stellar boosted Surging Strikes from Urshifu knocks out Iron Crown, as Singh sends in Calyrex Ice Rider, terastallizing into the Normal type and knocking out the Urshifu in retaliation. Traylor sends out Miraidon, allowing the opposing Restricted Pokemon to face each other. With 2 boosts from Chilling Neigh after knocking out the opposing Iron Hands, nothing stops Kiran Singh from winning the first round with Calyrex Ice Rider. Singh opens with Clefairy and Calyrex Ice Rider against Traylor's Urshifu and Miraidon, with Miraidon terastallizing into the Fairy type to reduce damage from Glacial Lance and using Volt Switch to escape. Singh predicts this, and terastallizes his Clefairy into the Ground type and uses Follow Me to block Miraidon's Volt Switch, forcing it to take a hit from Calyrex Ice Rider's Glacial Lance, dealing over half of its health. Clefairy faints to a Surging Strikes, and Raging Bolt takes its place. Calyrex Ice Rider takes another knock-out against the opposing Urshifu thanks to a critical hit, and with an Attack boost from Chilling Neigh, Calyrex gets knocked out by a Foul Play from the opposing Farigiraf. With only a 1 HP Urshifu left on the field, Singh loses the 2nd round. A familiar opening takes place in the 3rd round, Urshifu and Miraidon facing down the Clefairy and Calyrex Ice Rider. Traylor takes a huge lead in the first turn, knocking out Clefairy with Electro Drift and dealing a decent amount of damage to Calyrex with Surging Strikes. Miraidon follows this up with a risky play using Electro Drift to knock out the opposing Calyrex. Singh's final Pokemon are Iron Crown and Raging Bolt, facing down all 4 of Traylor's Pokemon. Thunderclap from Raging Bolt knocks out Miraidon, and Psychic from Iron Crown knocks out Urshifu, and both players are suddenly down to their last 2 Pokemon. Traylor's final Pokemon are Farigiraf and Iron Hands. Kiran Singh locks in his terastallization with an Electric Tera Raging Bolt as Farigiraf opens with a Trick Room, giving an advantage to Traylor's team. Iron Hands knocks out Raging Bolt with a Low Kick boosted by Helping Hand, with Iron Crown using Protect, having to take down 2 Pokemon in the next turns. Understanding his defeat, Kiran Singh forfeits the final round, and Aaron Traylor wins.
To see even more legendary battles, make sure to tune in to Day 2 of the Pokemon World Championships!
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