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The 2025 Pokémon International Championships Europe (EUIC) concluded in London today, with all the Pokémon EUIC winners now announced.
It was grand finals day at Excel London on Sunday February 23rd 2025, with $500,000 in prizing up for grabs, and it got underway with the Pokémon Unite finals in the morning.
Luminosity win Pokémon Unite EUIC final to qualify for 2025 World Championships
Luminosity defeated Peru 3-1 in this final, which had a vocal crowd despite such an early morning start. This meant Luminosity were crowned Pokémon Unite champions at EUIC 2025 (pictured above).
In doing so, the all-American roster have now qualified for the $500,000 World Championships, which will take place August 15th to 17th at Anaheim Convention Centre.
Go, P4T0, Go! P4T0M4N on top in Pokémon Go finals
Next up was the Pokémon Go finals, where Zzweilous (Germany), P4T0M4N (Spain) and kuifje00 (Belgium) had reached the top three.
Zzweilous began the Pokémon Go Winners Finals with a commanding 2-0 lead. But P4T0M4N came roaring back—winning three straight games to complete the reverse sweep.
Zzweilous then beat kuifje00 3-1 in the losers final to set up a rematch with P4T0M4N, where he won the first game 3-0.
However, P4T0M4N won the next game 3-1 to take the title in London:
The news comes after UK player MEweedle won the Go tournament at the 2024 Pokémon EUIC in London last year.
Extraordinary TCG Masters final sees two games conceded in two minutes
Japanese player Ryuki Okada won the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) Masters final with some crazy starts.
In game one, runner-up Natalie Millar of Australia conceded at around 70 seconds after cards were dealt and play began.
“Natalie is one of the top players in the game, that was just a very unfortunate thing,” UK caster Ross Gilbert said. “I’m in my ninth year doing this, I have never seen any game in any match end that quickly.”
In game two, she fought back, levelling the series 1-1 after about 17 minutes.
Then, in game three, Ryuki donked his opponent again, this time even quicker than before. Natalie conceded at around 43 seconds after cards were dealt and play began.
We are by no means TCG experts, so in terms of what the heck actually happened here, we’ll include this explanation kindly provided by XÆ A-12 on X: “Pechraunt moves to active by Latias. Pecharunt’s ability – if your opponent’s active Pokémon is poison, instead of one counter per checkup it’s five. Brute Bonnet makes the opp active pokemon poisoned. Radiant Sneasler ability adds three more counters. So during check up it’s eight counters which kos.
“It’s a cheese, in my opinion. If you’re wondering how he got there, Oranguru has an abilty to grab two tools if its in the active. Grabbed the Forest Seal Stone and Ancient Booster. Put the stone on Oranguru and with stone you can search any card. Searched for Precious Trolley, which allows you to place any basic down up to your bench space. Placed Latias, Brute Bonnet, Pecharunt and Radiant Sneasler. Placed the Ancient Booster on the Brute Bonnet for the ability to work.”
Natalie was involved in other special moments in the tournament, including this incredible win after passing!
UK player Oliver Cahill crowned TCG Junior champion at 2025 EUIC in London, as Gabriel Fernandez wins back-to-back titles
Brit Oliver Cahill defeated Andreas Ketels of Belgium in the TCG Junior finals 2-0.
This is the category for players aged 12 and under.
When Oliver was asked after the win what’s the first thing on his mind and what’s the first thing he’ll do, he answered: “Just celebrate with my family.
“I’d like to shoutout my friends, my locals and my family for helping me get to this point.”
And in the Senior TCG finals, for those aged 13 to 15, Brazilian player Gabriel Fernadez won again, after taking first place in the 2024 Pokémon EUIC event in London.
Gabriel beat American player Nathan Osterkatz 2-1 on Sunday in the 2025 Senior TCG grand final.
2025 VGC Pokémon EUIC winners listed
In the Junior Video Game Championships (VGC), German player Fabian Musikant won the final against France’s Ismael Hoggui.
In the Senior final, US player Ian Larson defeated French player Louis Fontvieille.
Then, in the Masters VGC final, to close proceedings, US player Wolfe Glick defeated Brit Dylan Yeomans.
And Wolfe gave a cocky winners speech:
Outside of the competitive matches, the EUIC finals at London today also featured activities for visitors, including a Pokémon scavenger hunt, ring toss, ‘who’s that Pokémon game’, giveaways, the Pokémon Center shop, photo opportunities, meet and greets, merch stalls and more.
You can see all the 2025 EUIC player standings on the Pokemon.com website.
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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.
