UK Pokémon Unite player Anton ‘Bruv’ Levi put in a stellar performance at the Pokémon Unite World Championship in London last weekend, reaching the final.
He finished second in the $500,000 tournament with his team Nouns Esports, losing to Blvkhvnd in the grand final.
Nouns took home $75,000 while first-place Blvkhvnd received $100,000.
The Pokémon Unite Championship Series is an esports tournament for the Nintendo Switch MOBA game Pokémon Unite, which launched in July 2021 and culminated at the World Championship. It was part of the wider 2022 Pokémon World Championships, which took place at London’s Excel venue.
Bruv said he had an amazing time and felt many emotions from the experience.
Bruv said on Twitter: “Just have to say I had an amazing time this year at Worlds, with it being so close to my home. Playing and meeting with everyone was just such a great experience, much love to everyone in the Unite scene.”
Nouns Esports finished second in Group D before going on an impressive lower-bracket run to reach the grand final.
Other tournaments at the 2022 Pokémon World Championships included Pokémon Sword and Shield (won by Portuguese player EmbC), Pokémon TCG (Trading Card Game, won by Czech Republic player Ondrej Skubal), Pokémon Go (won by German player DancingRob) and Pokkén Tournament DX (won by US player Shadowcat).
Irish player LurganRocket also came fourth in the Pokémon Go tournament.
The 2022 Pokémon World Championships is the latest physical esports event in the UK to be held since the Covid pandemic.
We’ve had Insomnia Gaming Festivals, Epic.LANs, the Rocket League London Major and more as events look to return to the UK esports calendar.
Thanks to CasterGems for the intel with this article
Further reading: Pokémon Unite – thoughts from a 4-year-old and his 35-year-old dad: Is this the perfect entry-point MOBA?
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
