Aug 21 - 23, 2015
Boston, MA USA
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston St• The 2015 Pokémon World Championships took place in Boston, Massachusetts for the first 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 7 Rounds, anyone with a record of 4-0-3, or 5 wins, moved on to Day 2.
• 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. Day 2 was also 7 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 was the first Worlds that didn't include a Last Chance Qualifier. Each World Championships from 2007 - 2014 had an LCQ.
• 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 2016 World Championships.)
Jonathan Indovino (ShadyPenguin)
Kyle (Pooka) Sucevich
Josh (JWittz) Wittenkeller
Kenny Wisdom
Josue Rojano
Players that earned the most amount of Championship Points during the 2015 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.)
Players that earned the most amount of Championship Points during the 2015 season received an automatic Day 2 invite.
Jonathan Indovino
Kyle (Pooka) Sucevich
Josh (JWittz) Wittenkeller
Kenny Wisdom
Josue Rojano