The 2026 Pokémon Europe International Championships were won by 6x Regional Champion and 2023 Europe International Champion Paul Chua. The event ran from 13–15 January 2026, and featured a total of 1,455 trainers battling for an invite to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships.
This was the largest-scale tournament to use the Regulation Set F ruleset in the 2026 Championship Series, banning the use of powerful Restricted Special Pokémon such as Koraidon or Miraidon. The 2026 Championship Series concludes with the 2026 World Championships, scheduled to take place in San Francisco, California, from 28–30 August 2026, with the Video Game Championships (VGC) division held in the upcoming Pokémon Champions title.
The following list shows the Top 32 players; the teams they used, which you can click or tap to see more information, such as each Pokémon's moves or ability; and any rewards earned. This includes prize money in USD and invites to the 2026 World Championships. Any team or rental code shown below can be used in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's in-person events while Regulation Set F is running from 1 December 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Results
Top Cut
# | Rewards | Record | Trainer | Pokémon | |
1st | $15,000 | 2026 Worlds | 15–2 | Paul Chua | |
2nd | $10,000 | 2026 Worlds | 14–3 | Zachary Weed | |
Top 4 | $7,000 | 2026 Worlds | 13–3 | Francesco Pio Pero | |
13–3 | Roberto Parente | ||||
Top 8 | $5,000 | 13–2 | Nicholas Kan | ||
13–2 | Davide Fazio | ||||
12–3 | Frederik Nielsen | ||||
12–3 | Eric Rios | ||||
Top 16 | $3,000 | 12–2 | Giuseppe Musicco | ||
11–3 | Alex Gómez Berna | ||||
11–3 | Yvar Vlieger | ||||
11–3 | Andrea Pagano | ||||
11–3 | Ko Tsukide | ||||
11–3 | Sidy Badiane | ||||
11–3 | Luca Paz | ||||
11–3 | Shohei Kimura | ||||
Top 32
Top 32 | $2,000 | 11–2 | Yuto Kimura | |
10–3 | Manraj Singh Sidhu | |||
10–3 | Flavio Del Pidio | |||
10–3 | Jorge Tabuyo | |||
10–3 | Jonathan Marston | |||
10–3 | Masayoshi Kuroo | |||
10–3 | Brian Collins | |||
10–3 | Ragner Meinen | |||
10–3 | Fabian Kuhl | |||
10–3 | Justin Tang | |||
10–3 | Dan Taylor | |||
10–3 | Livio Sandberg | |||
10–3 | Alberto Cano García | |||
10–3 | Jordan Guy | |||
10–3 | Michael Kelsch | |||
10–3 | John Brotherston |
Yuto Kimura, who reached an impressive 17th place at this event, missed out on Top Cut despite their win-loss record (11–2) being identical to other players in Top Cut by the end of the Swiss Rounds, as well as their Swiss Round 13 match against Gabriel Agati being advertised as a "win-and-in", or a battle in which the winner moves on to the next stage of the competition, in this case being Top Cut. 2x Regional Semi-finalist Konnar Betts described the situation as "genuinely heartbreaking" and "borderline insane"; Aldrich Yan Sutandra, who reached Top 128 in the same event, stated that they "hope Yuto Kimura gets a compensation for this tournament."
Top Pokémon
# | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | | # | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | ||
#1 | Urshifu (Rapid Strike) | 49.3% | ▲ 52.4% | #7 | Rillaboom | 25.5% | ▼ 24.3% | |||
#2 | Incineroar | 47.6% | ▲ 52.9% | #8 | Ogerpon (Hearthflame) | 24.8% | ▲ 28.1% | |||
#3 | Flutter Mane | 44.7% | ▼ 44.3% | #9 | Amoonguss | 23.1% | ▲ 28.1% | |||
#4 | Raging Bolt | 32.3% | ▲ 32.4% | #10 | Ogerpon (Wellspring) | 22.2% | ▼ 21.9% | |||
#5 | Tornadus (Incarnate) | 31.8% | ▲ 34.8% | #11 | Chien-Pao | 21.9% | ▲ 22.9% | |||
#6 | Landorus (Incarnate) | 26.7% | ▲ 28.1% | #12 | Ursaluna | 18.0% | ▲ 24.8% | |||
Streamed Battles
Day 1
Swiss Round 1 | ||
Tim Edwards | 0–2 | Víctor Medina |
Swiss Round 2 | ||
Davide Carrer | 0–2 | Shoma Honami |
Swiss Round 3 | ||
Alex Gómez Berna | 2–0 | Federico Camporesi |
Swiss Round 4 | ||
Ashton Cox | 2–0 | Dyl Yeomans |
Swiss Round 5 | ||
Jonathan Marston | 2–1 | Michael Kelsch |
Swiss Round 6 | ||
Gabriel Llansó | 1–2 | Christopher Han |
Swiss Round 7 | ||
Alfredo Tamayo | 0–2 | Shohei Kimura |
Swiss Round 8 | ||
João Felipe Leite | 0–2 | Francesco Pio Pero |
Swiss Round 9 | ||
Giuseppe Musicco | 2–0 | Paul Chua |
Day 2
Swiss Round 10 | ||
Wolfe Glick | 0–2 | Giovanni Cischke |
Swiss Round 11 | ||
Giuseppe Musicco | 2–0 | Francesco Pio Pero |
Swiss Round 12 | ||
Flavio Del Pidio | 1–2 | Shohei Kimura |
Swiss Round 13 | ||
Gabriel Agati | 1–2 | Yuto Kimura |
Top 16 | ||
Frederik Nielsen | 2–1 | Ko Tsukide |
Top 8A | ||
Nicholas Kan | 0–2 | Francesco Pio Pero |
Top 8B | ||
Frederik Nielsen | 0–2 | Paul Chua |
Top 8C | ||
Zachary Weed | 2–1 | Davide Fazio |
Top 8D | ||
Eric Rios | 1–2 | Roberto Parente |
Top 4A | ||
Paul Chua | 2–0 | Francesco Pio Pero |
Top 4B | ||
Zachary Weed | 2–1 | Roberto Parente |
Finals
The finals of the 2026 Pokémon Europe International Championships takes place between 6x Regional Champion and 2023 Europe International Champion Paul Chua and 2026 Las Vegas Regional Finalist Zachary Weed. | Masters Division | |
Paul Chua | 2–0 | Zachary Weed |
The Senior Division finals of the 2026 Pokémon Europe International Championships takes place between 3x Regional Champion and 2026 Latin America International Finalist Charlie Kim and 3x Junior Regional Champion and 2x International Semi-finalist Leland Smith.
| Senior Division | |
Charlie Kim | 2–1 | Leland Smith |
The Junior Division finals of the 2026 Pokémon Europe International Championships takes place between 2x Regional Semi-finalist Zachary Thomas and 2025 Japan National Champion and 2025 Worlds Semi-finalist Hideo Uezu.
| Junior Division | |
Zachary Thomas | 0–2 | Hideo Uezu |
