Aug 19 - 21, 2016
San Fransisco, CA USA
2016 World Championships
XY (Base) - XY: Steam Siege
• The 2016 Pokémon World Championships returned to California for the fifth time ever. It was a three-day event, where anyone who met the Championship Point threshold was invited to play in Day 1 on Friday. Of which consisted of 8 Rounds, anyone with a record of 5-0-3, or 6 wins, moved on to Day 2. 476 Master division players competed in Day 1.
• Day 2 (Saturday) consisted of the above players that made it through a rough Day 1, as well as the Top X players from throughout the season, seperated by region, found below. 112 Master division players competed in Day 2. Day 2 was also 8 Rounds long, but resulting in a Top 8 Cut. All Top 8 and Top 4 matches were played out that night, saving each division's Grand Finals for Sunday.
• This event featured a pop-up Pokémon Center.
Championship Point Threshold
Prizing:
• 1st Place
$25,000
• 2nd Place
$15,000
• Top 4
$7,500
• Top 8
$5,000
• Top 16
$2,500
• Top 32
$1,500
(The Top 4 finishers received an automatic invitation to the 2017 World Championships.)
Legal Sets:
XY01 - XY116
XY121 - XY123
XY127 - XY156
XY176
Banned Card(s):
Host:
Anna Prosser
TCG Casters:
Kyle (Pooka) Sucevich
Josh (JWittz) Wittenkeller
Kyle Sabelhaus
Kenny Wisdom
Jeremy Jallen
Josue Rojano
Travel Stipends:
Players that earned the most amount of Championship Points during the 2016 season received a travel award to Worlds.
(Players under the age of 18 received $5,000 if Worlds was outside of their region, $2,500 if in their region.)
Automatic Day 2 Invites:
Players that earned the most amount of Championship Points during the 2016 season received an automatic Day 2 invite.
US & Canada Day 2 Invitees
- Ciaran Farah
- TJ Traquair
- Simon Luong
- Nick Robinson
- Kevin Baxter
- Azul Griego
- Aaron Tarbell
- Jeffrey Cheng
- Kian Amini
- Paul Johnston
- Frank Diaz
- Ross Cawthon
- Connor Finton
- Israel Sosa
- Jacob Lesage
- Brad Curcio
Europe Day 2 Invitees
- Simone Zucchelli
- Mehdi Hafi
- Luca C
- Tamao Cameron
- Martin Janouš
- Ondřej Škubal
- Lauri Hyttinen
- Gawein Wagner
- Robin Schulz
- Steffen Eriksen
- Stephan Nørregård
- Fatih A
- Martin Bělohlávek
- Patrick Landis
- Nicklas Danielsen
- Mees Brenninkmeijer
- Tobias Smutkowski
- Filipe Cardoso
- Charles Alexander
- Ryan Moorhouse
- Luca Schuster
- Günther Kirchhofer
Latin America Day 2 Invitees
- Diego Cassiraga
- Javier Gamboa
- Jonathan Lanciano
- Damian Riquel
- Pablo Meza
- Nicolas Galaz
- Gabriel Pino
- Bortoni
Oceania Day 2 Invitees
- Jordan Palmer
- Tito Santoso
- Yee Wei Chun
- Michael Kan
- Jit Min Lim
- Joey Ho
- Jonas Xavier
- Brent Tonisson
Prizing:
Host:
Anna Prosser
TCG Casters:
Kyle (Pooka) Sucevich
Josh (JWittz) Wittenkeller
Kyle Sabelhaus
Kenny Wisdom
Jeremy Jallen
Josue Rojano