| 2014 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Dates | August 13–15 |
| Administrator(s) | Play! Pokémon |
Tournament format(s) | Swiss rounds, knock-out finals |
| Venue(s) | Walter E. Washington Convention Center |
| Participants | 155 |
| Purse | US$5,000 in scholarships |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Se Jun Park (Masters) 
Nikolai Zielinski (Seniors)  Kota Yamamoto (Juniors) |
| Runner-up |
Jeudy Azzarelli (Masters)London Swan (Juniors) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 481 matches in 3 divisions |
| Attendance | 3,000 |
attendees of the 2014 World Championships
The 2014 Pokémon World Championships was the sixth annual e-Sport invitee tournament held by Play! Pokémon, a branch of The Pokémon Company who reunites the top Pokémon video game players from North America, Europe, South Africa, Australia, South Korea and Japan. The event took place in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Washington D.C. alongside the 2014 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championship who were in their eleventh edition.[1]
The tournament was streamed via Twitch for the first time in the tournament history and reached a viewership of more than 800,000.[2]
The defending Video Game champions were Arash Ommati from Italy (Masters Division), Hayden McTavish from the United States (Senior Division), and Brendan Zheng from the United States (Junior Division). The opening ceremony of the event was attended by Junichi Masuda, the video game designer for the Pokémon franchise and a member of the board of directors of Game Freak.
Qualification[]
The qualification process for the 2014 Pokémon World Championships was primarily based on Championship Points accumulated by players from official Play! Pokémon tournaments such as Premier Challenges, Regional Championships and National Championships. In addition, the top 4 players of the 2013 Pokémon World Championships in each division, and the top 4 players of a tournament known as the 'Last Chance Qualifier' will also receive an invitation to play in the World Championships.[3]
The invitations for the Masters Division of the tournament were distributed in the following manner:[4]
- Top 4 players from the 2013 Pokémon World Championships,
- Top 32 players from Europe with the most Championship Points,
- Top 16 players from North America with the most Championship Points,
- Top 4 players from Australia with the most Championship Points,
- Top 2 players from South Africa with the most Championship Points,
- Top 8 players from the Japan National Championships,
- Top 2 players from the South Korea National Championships, and
- Top 4 players from the Last Chance Qualifier, a tournament held the day before the World Championships in the same venue.
Most of the invitations doesn't include a fully paid trip to the tournament, in consequence several players can't attend the tournament.
Tournament[]
Players per country[]
- Masters Division [5]
| Country | Zone | # of Players |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
North America | 22 |
 Germany |
Europe | 10 |
 United Kingdom |
Europe | 7 |
| Japan |
Japan | 7 |
 Australia |
Australia | 4 |
 Italy |
Europe | 3 |
 Spain |
Europe | 2 |
| South Korea |
South Korea | 2 |
 South Africa |
South Africa | 1 |
 Canada |
North America | 1 |
 Ireland
|
Europe | 1 |
Results[]
Six rounds of Swiss was played by 60 players in the tournament, and each round was played with a set of best-of-three matches. The top 8 players after the Swiss rounds advances to the best-of-three Single Elimination matches.
The defending World Champion Arash Ommati and former three-times World Champion Ray Rizzo did not advance to the single elimination rounds.
- Masters Division [6]
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Final standings[]
| Place | Masters Division | Senior Division[7] | Junior Division[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Se Jun Park |
Nikolai Zielinski ||
| |
| 2nd |
Jeudy Azarelli || | ||
| 3rd |
Collin Heier || | ||
| 4th | Markus Liu |
Ian McLaughlin ||
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References[]
- ↑ "2014 World Championships Location - Pokemon.com". pokemon.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Six Pokémon Trainers Crowned World Champions at the 2014 Pokémon World Championships". Anime News Network.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "The Road to Worlds". pokemon.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "2014 Pokémon Video Game World Championships Invitees". pokemon.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Tournament Results". pokemon.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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