NAIC 2023: Pokémon North America International Championships - Champions Revealed!

2023-07-03 20:45:00

The NAIC or Pokémon North America International Championships began on June 30 and we will tell you who the champions are, in the note.

El NAIC o Pokémon North America International Championshipsstarted this vFriday June 30 and the best trainers of the Trading Card Game, Video Game Competition and Pokémon Go competed in the last opportunity they had to collect points prior to the World Championship that will be in Yokohama, Japan between August 8 and 14, 2023. Also, it was possible to see the grand finale of Pokémon Unitewhere it was decided who has a direct step to the Worlds Championship. Between the competitions, approximately five thousand people were registered, but only a few achieved their goal.

In it heart of Columbus, Ohio, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, we were able to enjoy a weekend full of competitionswhere the players needed to get this season to 200 points in Latam, 250 in Europe and 300 in North America to qualify for the World Cup.

Letters or TCG for the NAIC

Both TCG and VGC are divided into three large groups, Juniors, Seniors and Masters, depending on the age of the competitors. Within the Juniors, the young New Zealander Drake Z managed to win champion against his rival Prince W from the United States after a resounding 2-0.

In the Seniors, Bodhi R, playing at home in the United States, managed to beat his compatriot Nathan F.

The Masters, the highest category in this competition, saw one of the shortest games in the history of the NAICwhere only two turns of the player were enough Cyrus Davis to win. After starting his second turn, he was able to evolve his Remoraid into Octillery and used his Rapid Stoke Swatch to find the Tower of Waters stadium card, this allows Rapid Strike cards to cost two less energy to remove from the battlefield. After this, he added an energy to his Shifu V that empowered his Hundred Furious Blows attack and managed to hit the enemy Arceus with 300 points, Iann Robb, her opponent, ran out of Pokémon to be able to add as an asset and thus, the native of Canada, was left with the championship.

Argentina has only 18 qualified for the Masters level in the TCG, while Juniors and Seniors were on the brink of qualifyingbut They could not achieve it by not arriving with the 200 points required for the 2023 World Cup.

VGC Scarlet and Violet

Video games were also present with the three categories that predominate so much in this series. The Juniors were dominated by the young Avery V, where she managed to beat her opponent Takumi 2-1 in the grand final and be crowned champion.

Congratulations to ???????? Avery V., your 2023 North America International Champion in the Juniors division! ???????? pic.twitter.com/kX1mLBjxXe— Victory Road (@VGCVictoryRoad) July 2, 2023

Followed by the Seniors, Owen achieved a 2-1 against his rival Justin, to be able to be crowned champion and go to the 2023 World Cup.

Congratulations to ???????? Owen M., your 2023 North America International Champion in the Seniors division! ???????? pic.twitter.com/tbMsbp6ECv— Victory Road (@VGCVictoryRoad) July 2, 2023

The great The Masters final was between the Spanish Alex Berna against the Indian Raghav Malaviya, where Alex managed to dominate the series 2-1 and be crowned the new champion.

Congratulations to ???????? Alex Gómez (@PokeAlex_), your 2023 North America International Champion! ????????

Alex’s previous achievements:
▶️ 2019 Worlds Top 8
▶️ 2018 EUIC Finalist
▶️ 2016 United Kingdom National Champion
▶️ 2016 Lyon Regional Champion pic.twitter.com/ZiwfY6MrgQ— Victory Road (@VGCVictoryRoad) July 2, 2023

Los Argentines What will we have in the 2023 World Cup? They are a Junior, two Seniors and three Masters.

Pokémon Go y Unite

For Pokémon Go, the champion managed to be Wdage after beating Reis2Occasion after reaching a fifth match and beating him 3-2With this, the player received a direct pass to the World Cup.

Meanwhile in Pokémon Unite, TTV managed to beat rival Luminosity in the fourth game, After a very tough and drowning game, they managed to get the last points to get the fourth game and take home the gold.