Aug 9 - 11, 2013
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
2013 World Championships
Black & White - BW: Plasma Freeze
• The 2013 Pokémon World Championships took place outside of the US for its first time ever. It was a two-day event, 3 counting the LCQ. The main event consisted of 8 Rounds, followed by a Top Cut of 16 on Sunday. 209 players competed in the main event.
• Like the Worlds before it, this year included a Last Chance Qualifier. Jason Klaczynski made history in this year by not only winning his 3rd World Championship, but fought his way through the 2013 Last Chance Qualifier just to compete in Worlds, the first ever Masters division player to do so!
Invite Threshold
~ Players with a certain amount of Championship Points were invited to Worlds.
~ Players that placed Top 'X' at their countries' National Championship, (varied by country), earned an Invitation to Worlds.
~ Players that went undefeated in the LCQ earned an automatic Invitation to Worlds.
Prizing:
~ Prized out as scholarships.
• 1st Place
$10,000
• 2nd Place
$5,000
• Top 4
$3,500
• Top 8
$1,500
• Top 16
$1,000
(The Top 4 finishers received an automatic invitation to the 2014 World Championships.)
(The Top 4 finishers received 2 Booster Boxes from every set for an entire year.)
Legal Sets:
BW01 - BW80
BW95
Host:
Nick McCord
TCG Casters:
Josh Wittenkeller
Josue Rojano
Dylan Mayo
Prizing:
Host:
Nick McCord
TCG Casters:
Josh (JWittz) Wittenkeller
Josue Rojano
Dylan Mayo