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Published on August 11th, 2012 | by Firestorm

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Top 8 Pokémon Players in the World Face Off

Congratulations to the 8 players in each age division who have made the top cut in this year’s 2012 Pokémon Video Game World Championships! These 8 trainers will play in a best of three single elimination bracket to determine the 2012 Pokémon World Champion! GameSpot will be streaming a Top 8, Semi-Finals, and Finals Match live on Twitch TV. We’ve embedded their link above.

Masters

  1. [US] Ray Rizzo (Ray, 6-0)
  2. [ES] Abel Martin Sanz (Flash, 5-1)
  3. [KR] Sejun Park (5-1)
  4. [US] Matthew Coyle (EnFuego, 5-1)
  5. [US] Joe Pulkowski (sandman, 4-2)
  6. [US] Wolfe Glick (Wolfey, 4-2)
  7. [ES] Guillermo Castilla Diaz (Kasty, 4-2)
  8. [JP] Jumpei Yamamoto (4-2)

Full Masters Rankings

Seniors

  1. [US] Kamran Jahadi (Kamz, 6-0)
  2. [US] Gavin Michaels (kingofkongs, 5-1)
  3. [JP] Santa Ito (5-1)
  4. [US] Nitesh Manem (nachocheese999, 5-1)
  5. [US] Aaron Zheng (Cybertron, 4-2)
  6. [US] Henry Maxon (Snake, 4-2)
  7. [US] Toler Webb (Dim, 4-2)
  8. [ES] Jaime Martinez Alonso (repr4y, 4-2)

Full Seniors Rankings

Juniors

  1. [US] Abram Burrows (6-0)
  2. [US] Brian Hough (5-1)
  3. [US] Brendan Zheng (Babbytron, 5-1)
  4. [JP] Aiko Hiura (5-1)
  5. [JP] Kippei Takaki (5-1)
  6. [CA] Ayaan Nadeem (4-2)
  7. [FR] Nathan Aubern (4-2)
  8. [IT] Bianca Coluccelli (4-2)

Full Juniors Rankings


About the Author

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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