US Battle Road Events
Loosely inspired by the Battle Road events held in Japan from 2002 – 2008, the American Pokemon Organized Play (POP) system would launch an identically named series of tournaments called
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Chinese Pokemon TCG Elite 4 Finals Tournaments 2022
In the summer of 2022, Taiwan and Hong Kong would both host a tournament known as the “Pokemon TCG Elite 4 Finals” (寶可夢卡牌四天王決勝賽). These tournaments served as a national championships
Early Champion’s Leagues
The original Champion’s League tournaments were the penultimate competitive TCG championships from 2000 until 2008. They were exclusive invitation-only tournaments that represented the pinnacle of Pokemon TCG competitive play. Beginning
Eevee Evolution VMAX Events
In the summer of 2021, The Pokemon Company introduced 3 new alternate art promo versions of Flareon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon’s VMAX cards in Japan. With the popularity of Eevee and
Pokemon Battle Tour 09
In the summer of 2009, Pokemon launched an event called the Pokemon Battle Tour 09 (ポケモンバトルツアー09 in Japanese). This summer event was meant to engage players during the time until
Pokemon Battle Challenge
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Japan World Championship Representative Tournament 2009 – 2010
Continuing from the previous year’s national championships event, the World Championship Representative Tournament series (World Champion Series or “WCS” for short) resumed in the fall of 2009. This year, they
Japan World Championship Representative Tournament 2008 – 2009
In the fall of 2008, Japan’s organized play scene resumed its large-scale regional tournaments after the cancellation of Battle Road 2008. This new tournament circuit was aptly named the Japan
Battle Road 2008
Following the events of Battle Road 2007 and the Winter Challenge, Battle Road 2008 was the final tournament series under the Battle Road brand that had begun back with Battle
Winter Challenge 2007
After the events of Battle Road Spring & Summer 2007, a final series of winter regional tournaments was held around Japan from November 25, 2007 to January 20, 2008. This
Battle Road 2007
The Battle Road tournaments resumed in 2007, starting with Battle Road Spring 2007 on March 17, 2007. This tournament series featured both a spring and summer tournament similar to the
Super Trainer Showdown 2000
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