Celebrate the 2022 Pokémon World Championships in Pokémon GO!

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August 11, 2022

Celebrate the 2022 Pokémon World Championships in Pokémon GO!

The Pokémon GO World Championships

Celebration event in Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO is headed to the 2022 Pokémon World Championships!

Crowning a World Champion!

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

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

Among other prizes, the Pokémon GO World Champion will receive an in-game World Champion 2022 outfit and pose!

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

Celebratory avatar items

Two new in-game avatar items will be available in commemoration of the 2022 Pokémon World Championships!

2022 Worlds Tee: Available globally via a code shared during the World Championships Stream. The code will also be distributed on official Pokémon GO social media channels shortly after. The code will be valid through August 22, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. UTC.
2022 Worlds Participant Tee: Available from the PokéStop located at the Pokémon GO Booth in the World Championships venue in London during the event.

A World Championships Celebration in Pokémon GO!

From 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

World Championships 2022 Pikachu makes its Pokémon GO debut in raids, Field Research, and Timed Research!

World Championships 2022 Pikachu

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

Event bonuses

Challengers with Pokémon teams inspired by the ones used by Trainers who won the Pokémon GO Regional Championships will appear at PokéStops.

The maximum number of GO Battle League sets you can play per day will be increased from five to 10, for a total of 50 battles per day.

3× Stardust from GO Battle League win rewards.

Timed Research

Timed Research will be available during the event. Complete the tasks to receive rewards, which include the following.

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 appear in raids.

One-Star Raids

World Championships 2022 Pikachu

Galarian Farfetch’d

Marill

Barboach

Timburr

Scraggy

Three-Star Raids

Primeape

Lickitung

Skarmory

Five-Star Raids

Zacian

Zamazenta

Mega Raids

Mega Slowbro

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

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

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

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

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

Trainer Battles: 15 power
Gyms and raids: 29 power

Featured Avatar Item

To celebrate the 2022 Pokémon World Championships’ Galar theme, the following Galar-inspired avatar items will be featured in the in-game shop.

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

Please be aware of your surroundings and follow guidelines from local health authorities when playing Pokémon GO. Upcoming events are subject to change. Be sure to follow us on social media, opt in to receiving push notifications, and subscribe to our emails to stay updated.

—The Pokémon GO team