• The 2022 Pokémon World Championships took place outside of North America for the first time in history, in the beautiful United Kingdom. It was the first ever four-day event, where anyone who met the Championship Point threshold through the 2020 & 2022 seasons were invited to play in Day 1 on Thursday. Of which consisted of 8 Rounds, anyone with a record of 6 wins, or at least a 5-0-3 record, moved on to Day 2. (529 Master division players competed in Day 1.)

• Day 2 (Friday) 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 8 Rounds long, but resulting in a asymmetric Top Cut of what resulted in 9 players. (210 Master division players competed in Day 2.)

• This was the first World Championship to incorporate an asymmetric cut. Only 1 additional player finished with the same record as 8th place. Thus, on Saturday, 8th seed & 9th seed duked it out in an additional round to decide which of the two players would move on to Top 8 Cut.

• Day 3 (Saturday) consisted of the match above and all Top 8 & Top 4 matches. For the first time ever, Pokémon streamed all four Top 8 matches seperately, and both Top 4 matches. Each division's Finals was later played out and streamed on Championship Sunday.

• They also saved the TCG and upcoming video game reveals and announcments for the closing ceremony, rather than the opening ceremony like each year prior.

• This event also featured the "London Open" on Saturday, a large, sanctioned side event for players to get a head start to earn an invitation to the next year's World Championships.

• Also at the venue was a pop-up Pokémon Center like recent years. However, this year's Pokémon Center had a theme to it and was larger than ever, making it more of an experience rather than a simple store.

• This event also marked the first time that a seperate Japanese stream, with Japanese casters, was live and physically at the event, interviewing competitors after they were interviewed on the main stream. Found in the "Pics & Streams" section, here.