Tune In to the 2025 Pokémon World Championships, Live from Anaheim, Calif. Aug. 15-17 on Twitch and YouTube

London, U.K. – Aug. 11, 2025 – Victory Road is nearly in sight for the thousands of Pokémon Trainers who will make their way to Anaheim, California from Aug. 15-17 for their chance at becoming the next Pokémon World Champion, and whether you’re attending in person or from the comfort of your living room, everyone can get in on the action.
 
Trainers will compete across three days of intense competition in the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE, and Trainers who tune in to the official broadcast on Twitch and 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 Pocket, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (TCGL), 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 4:30 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 BST ^[2]&[3]
 
Pokémon VGC Stream: Twitch.tv/Pokemon, YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Commentators: Rosemary Kelley, Scott Glaza, Aaron Zheng, Ben Kyriakou, Charlie Merriman, Lee Provost, Sierra Dawn and Gabby Snyder
 
Friday, August 15: 4:30 p.m. – Saturday, August 16: 2:50 a.m.
Saturday, August 16: 4:30 p.m. – Sunday, August 17: 2:00 a.m.
Monday, August 18: 00:20 a.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
 
Pokémon TCG Stream: Twitch.tv/PokemonTCG, YouTube.com/@Pokemon
Commentators: Kyle Sabelhaus, Shelbie Bou​, Kyle Sucevich, ​Ethan Hegyi, ​Freya Pearce, Mike Ellis and​ Joe Bernard
 
Friday, August 15: 4:30 p.m. – Saturday, August 16: 4:10 a.m.
Saturday, August 16: 4:30 p.m. – Sunday, August 17: 3:00 a.m.
Sunday, August 17: 7:50 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, ​Steven Sanders, Will Dunphey, ​Amanda Lundberg and​ Fareed Anees
 
Friday, August 15: 4:30 p.m. – Saturday, August 16: 2:50 a.m.
Saturday, August 16: 4:30 p.m. – Sunday, August 17: 3:00 a.m.
Sunday, August 17: 6:10 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, ​Danelie Purdue and Sophia de Ipanema

Friday, August 15: 4:30 p.m. – Saturday, August 16: 2:50 a.m.
Saturday, August 16: 4:30 p.m. – Sunday, August 17: 2:30 a.m.
Sunday, August 17: 5:00 p.m. on Twitch.tv/Pokemon and YouTube.com/@Pokemon
 
Keep up to date with the latest news from the 2025 Pokémon World Championships here, and to find out more about the Play! Pokémon program, be sure to visit Play.Pokemon.com.
 
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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 been providing a wide range of entertainment products and experiences since its founding in 1889, beginning with the manufacture and sale of Hanafuda playing cards. Since the 1983 release of the Family Computer (Famicom) system in Japan, and continuing through Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s focus has been the development, manufacturing, and sale of its gaming systems and software. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 5.9 billion video games and over 860 million hardware units globally, and has created franchises such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Pokémon™, Metroid™, Kirby™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™, and Splatoon™. Nintendo strives to expand the number of people who have access to its characters and worlds. Its continuing mission is to put smiles on the faces of everyone it touches with unique entertainment experiences, centered on its integrated video game hardware and software products. 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.com/eu.

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 TCGL and Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet can be redeemed in-game. Codes for Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE will be distributed via Twitch Drops, and details about redemption will be featured in the live stream. Terms apply to code use. Please tune in to the 2025 Pokémon World Championships 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.