London, U.K. — June 10 — All roads lead to New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 13–15 as Pokémon Trainers from around the globe will arrive at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to battle it out to determine who will become the next North America International Champions!
Hopeful Trainers will have their skills tested as they compete in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon Video Game Championships (VGC), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE to qualify for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California, in August.
Fans at home can get in on all the action from the comfort of their own living rooms and enjoy every electrifying moment by tuning in to the livestream of the competition on Twitch or YouTube.
Trainers who tune in to the official broadcast on Twitch as well as on the channels of featured co-streamers can celebrate from home with digital giveaways in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE. Complete details and information on how to redeem these digital giveaways can be found here. 1
All the action kicks off at 2 p.m. British Summer Time on Twitch and YouTube, while a full overview can be found here, and a complete schedule is below:
Streaming Schedule: All Times Listed in BST2
Pokémon VGC Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Lou Akcoş-Cromie, Len Deuel, Rosemary Kelley, Jake Muller, Evan Latt, Scott Glaza and Joe Brown
Friday, June 13: 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Saturday, June 14: 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Sunday, June 15: 8:30 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Chip Richey, Kyle Sabelhaus, Shai Burton, Alex Dao, Shelbie Bou, Kyle Sucevich and Adam Watson
Friday, June 13: 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Saturday, June 14: 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Sunday, June 15: 5 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon GO Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonGO, YouTube.com/Pokemon
Commentators: Martijn Versteeg, Jim Lawson, Caleb Peng, Sophia Mei, Martin Galderisi and Steven Sanders
Friday, June 13: 2 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Saturday, June 14: 2 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Sunday, June 15: 3:30 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Pokémon UNITE Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonUNITE, YouTube.com/PokemonUNITE
Commentators: Jake “Spragels” Sprague, Kirk “Doobsnax” Dubé, Joshua “Zoinks” Hiebert, Evan “Wonderchef” Hashimoto, Kelly “Kelosaurus” Wilson and D’Andre “Dreiku” Alejandro
Friday, June 13: 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, June 14: 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: 2 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/Pokemon
Keep up to date with the latest news from the 2025 Pokémon North America International Championships here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Pokemon.com/uk/play-pokemon.
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About Pokémon
The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world. For more information, please visit www.pokemon.co.uk.
About Nintendo
Nintendo Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has created franchises that have become household names worldwide, including Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Metroid™, Pokémon™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™ and Splatoon™, through its integrated hardware and software products. Nintendo aims to deliver unique, intuitive entertainment experiences for everyone, manufacturing and marketing video game devices such as the Nintendo Switch™ family of systems, developing and operating applications for smart devices, and collaborating with partners on a range of other entertainment initiatives like visual content and theme parks. Nintendo has sold more than 5.4 billion video games and over 800 million hardware units globally. From the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System™ more than 30 years ago, through today and into the future, Nintendo’s continuing mission is to create unique entertainment that puts smiles on the faces of people all over the world. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany, serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in Europe. For more information about Nintendo of Europe, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo-europe.com/
About Niantic, Inc.
Niantic, Inc. builds real-world experiences that foster fun, exploration, discovery and social interaction. Originally incubated within Google, Niantic was founded by John Hanke, who previously helmed the Google Geo team (including Google Maps and Google Earth) after his start-up Keyhole was acquired by Google. The company’s real-world adventure game Ingress has been downloaded more than 14 million times and is played in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. For more information on Niantic, please visit www.nianticlabs.com
1 Codes for Pokémon TCG Live and Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet can be redeemed in-game. Codes for Pokémon GO will be distributed via Twitch Drops, and details about redemption will be featured in the livestream. Terms apply to code use. Please tune in to the 2025 NAIC broadcast for more information.
2 Schedule is approximate and subject to change.
3 All finals on Sunday will run subsequently; each final will not start until the previous final has finished, and thus start times for each match depend on the length of all prior matches that day.
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