Talibobo Believers won the Pokémon Unite final at the 2023 EUIC in London
Over the past weekend, Pokémon fans and players from around the globe gathered at ExCeL London as the 2023 Pokémon EUIC winners were crowned.
The UK played host to the 2023 Pokémon Europe International Championships, which featured a payout of Championship Points and thousands of dollars worth of prizes, spread between several games.
These titles included Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon Go, and for the first time at an International Championships event, Pokémon Unite (a game that is still my son’s favourite, two years after its release).
Chris Brown, Director, Global Esports & Events Producer at Pokémon, said the 2023 EUIC was the ‘largest ever’ Pokémon Championships event and the ‘best yet’:
Across three days of intense competition, trainers battled for high Championship Point payouts, used to determine Travel Awards to future International Championships events and invitations to this year’s Pokémon World Championships taking place in Yokohama, Japan, from August 11th to 13th 2023.
Pokémon Go players also battled for a chance to qualify for the 2023 Pokémon World Championships.
And there were a few UK finalists which played well against the 2023 Pokémon EUIC winners, listed below: Drew Stephenson (second place in the Trading Card Game Senior Division) and Andrew “Nesabethan” Medhurst (second place in Pokémon Go).
The news also comes after UK player Bruv finished runner-up at the $500,000 Pokémon Unite World Championship in London last year.
2023 Pokémon EUIC winners and runners-up listed in full
The 2023 Pokémon EUIC winners are as follows:
Trading Card Game Junior Division:
1st place: Remi Lorenz [US]
2nd place: Drake Zhu [NZ]
Trading Card Game Senior Division:
1st place: Rune Heiremans [BE]
2nd place: Drew Stephenson [UK]
Trading Card Game Masters Division:
1st place: Alex Schemanske [US]
2nd place: Tord Reklev [NO]
Video Game Junior Division:
1st place: Pietro Nihal Kaludura Silva [IT]
2nd place: Federico Corino [IT]
Video Game Senior Division:
1st place: Mattia Cognetta [IT]
2nd place: Kylan Van Severen [CA]
Video Game Masters Division:
1st place: Paul Chua [US]
2nd place: Gabriel Agati Madeira [BR]
Pokémon Go:
1st place: Thomas “TontonBatteuse” Martin [FR]
2nd place: Andrew “Nesabethan” Medhurst [UK]
Pokémon Unite:
1st place: Talibobo Believers
- Fabio “Zervas” Bügler
- Klaus “KlausVIII” Zanaj
- Adam “Megu爱” Frilay
- Conor “ToonSlim” McDermott
- Leo “Lunderu霧” Chiba
2nd place: Nouns Esports
- Marc “GyZ” Ceprian Martinez
- Hassan “Ghatlue” Al Abadi
- Alberto “ADESu” González Torralbo
- Anton “BruvHD” Levi
- Raoul “Sixsies六‘’ Monsanto
Winning decks and teams can be found at Pokemon.com/EventResults. For more information about the Pokémon Championship Series, including rules, tournament locations, dates, times, prizes, and more, visit pokemon.com/uk/play-pokemon
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.
