Results from the Pokémon 2013 United Kingdom National Championships
The final European National Championship of the 2013 season is sure to go down in history. With 364 Masters, it was possibly the largest video game National since the beginning of the Video Game Championships. 104 Seniors also rounded out the event ensuring both groups got a Top 16 cut. As the final live event of the European circuit, a lot was on the line and some of the game’s best were present to earn some Championship Points. Once the dust settles, we’ll have a full Championship Point update so players can see how much June’s International Challenge will play a part in their invite.
Additionally, some information was released during the competition that may change the game for those chasing that 2013 Pokémon World Championships invitation. We’re still waiting to see something published on the web, but some or all of the following may be done:
- Top 8 Masters at the UK National Championships will receive a travel award to Worlds
- Top 32 Masters in Europe ranked by Championship Points will receive an invitation to Worlds
We’ll need to wait for an official statement from The Pokémon Company International on this news. What doesn’t change is who the Top 16 were from this tournament:
Masters
- [GB] Ben Kyriakou (Kyriakou)
- [ES] Abel Sanz (Flash)
- [GB] Lee Provost (Osirus)
- [ES] Albert Bauere (Arbol Deku)
- [GB] Rachel Annend (SPEeevee)
- [GB] Daniel Nolan (Zog)
- [DE] Mattias Sucholdski (Lega)
- [GB] Ben Gould (Ben91293)
- [ES] Juan Sedillo Simo (Kotx)
- [GB] Solomon Richard-Croffie (Sol64)
- [US] Mike Suleski (OmegaDonut)
- [GB] Christopher Arthur (Koryo)
- [GB] Barry Anderson (Baz Anderson)
- [NL] Huib Buijssen (Lolnub)
- [GB] Jason Finch (Die2Distroy)
- [??] Thomas Richards
Seniors
- Edward T. (Plusle)
- Alex B. (Pokealex1999)
- Henry S. (PooFighter2013)
- Gabriele S.
- Benjamin M. (Naetoru)
- Mark M. (woopahking123)
- Rizapaser E.
- Morgan H.
- Marcus N.
- Troy W.
- Brandon I. (Toquill)
- Anican A. (Billabro)
- Michael W.
- Reece T. (ChicoMono)
- Manraj K.
- Harry C.
Congratulations go out to Kyriakou and Plusle on their wins as well as the rest of the Top 16 for a job well done!
Photo Credits: IAmMarti for the featured image. Havak and Billa for the Masters and Seniors results images.
About the Author
Firestorm is one of the co-founders of Nugget Bridge and the Community Manager for eSports Tournament Platform Battlefy. He has been playing Pokémon since 1999, competitively since 2007, and attending tournaments since 2010. He lives in Vancouver, Canada with a degree in Interactive Art & Technology + Communications. You can follow him on Twitter at @rushanshekar.
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Ha! SPEevee made 6th! I remember battling and talking with her on serebii way back in ’09-’10! Congrats sis!
I want congratulate to my friends Flash and Arbol Deku !!
Are the Senior results gonna be posted? I just wanna see my name here on the Top 16 😀
Congrats to everybody who made top 16 (and even those who didn’t). It’s awesome to see so many Nuggetbridgers in top cut.
I don’t have anywhere near enough information to do Seniors results right now unfortunately. If you and other Seniors could help me fill in the blanks here, that would be good. I made a External based off the Top 16 Billa sent me. I just need to know who won 4 of the Top 16 matches and 1 of the Top 8 matches. The rest I know because Alex and Edward are in Top 2. The picture was a little blurry so some of the names might be misspelled. Please correct me on those too.
Seniors
Benjamin M, Henry S, Rizapaser E and Morgan H win in t16
Edward T (me), Henry S and Alex B win in t8
Edward T and Alex B win in t4
I win in the final
Awesome thanks! Updated the article. And if anyone is listed but we don’t have a username attached, just let us know who you are. Congratulations again to everyone who got a trip and see you all in Vancouver!
If you decide to post results up:
Benjamin M = Naetoru
Brandon I = Toquill
Edward T = Plusle
Henry S = Poofighter2013
Reece T = ChicoMono
Rizapaser E = Eric19999 I think
Mark M = woopahking123
Alex B = PokeAlex1999
Poofighter2013 to win worlds
It will be a firestorm
Top 16 matches were:
Ben Kyriakou vs Thomas Richards: 2-1 to Kyriakou
Zog vs Koryo/Sol64 or Lolnub Zog wins
Ben G (Ben912) vs Arbol Deku. Ben912 wins 2-1
Juan S (Kotx) vs OmegaDonut(?) Juan S wins
Baz vs SPEeevee SPEeevee wins
Flash vs somebody who didn’t show up (lolnub/Koryo/Sol64)
Osirus vs Die2Distroy Osirus wins
Mattias S (Uxie) vs Koryo/lolnub/sol64
Top 8 was:
Ben Kyriakou vs Zog (ultimate showdown) Ben wins
Ben912 vs Kotx Kotx wins
Flash vs SPEeevee Flash wins
Osirus vs Uxie Osirus wins
Top 4:
Kyriakou vs Kotx Kyriakou wins
Flash vs Osirus Flash wins
Top 2
Kyriakou vs Flash Kyriakou wins
Can’t believe I went out so close to top 4… Still, a brilliant event for us Britains in general!
You’re wrong, Kyriakou’s top4 opponent was Albert.B (Arbol Deku)
My opponent wasn’t Juan S either, it was Uxie.
It was:
Zog vs Koryo
Flash vs Lolnub
Deku vs Sol
That should clear things up
My mistake, that was from what I could remember and who I was able to recognise. At least most of the details are there.
So i guess it’s possible to get a paid trip and still NOT get an invite to play in worlds?
yes, Bham’s top8 have a paid trip but potentially not an invite.
Uxie played OmegaDonut in T16 not Koryo/lolnub/sol64, and he’s registrated here as “Lega”
I don’t think it is going to be possible for 110 CP to be outside of top 32 – so I would say that everyone with a flight has a place secured.
Oh i forgot about the top32 thing lol.
Haha yes, I am going to end the season with more CP than some people who won a flight – so it’s a good job for them I suppose.
The only people who can get a free trip but miss the invite are players who get Top 4 at US Nationals but currently have less than 40 or so CP.
Actually, you need 111 prior cp to guarantee a worlds invite if you get top 4 at nats
He’s referring to the case where it’s likely they will miss the invite. While technically someone with 110 CP can get screwed, it’s not that big a problem since it’s so unlikely to happen. Third or fourth not being enough to get someone with less than 40 CP into the worlds is a big problem since it’s not that unlikely. There are a few players who have a chance to pull it off.
If you haven’t seen it: http://bit.ly/123mW4H
Pretty much a juniors and seniors montage but still very cool. Ben’s celebration at the end was top notch
Where am I…
Was there one of these for the other Nats?
The video was made by External, a UK-based games site, so I doubt that they made one for any of the other Nationals. The UK Nationals looks like it was the best advertised of any Nationals. Hope the media in North America do what the UK games media did.
German Nationals vid
I wonder why they dont make an special video for each age division paired with an article. Official recordongs would be nice too. They did something like that in 2011 iirc. An article for each division and every finals in the dedicated page pokemonvgc.com
This kind of things are not that expensive and give the competition a more serious aproach. They do that for lol with lolesports.