Pokémon World Championships 2011 -Winners Decided

From left to right:
Christopher Kan, David Cohen, and Gustavo Wada

The Pokémon World Championships ended this Sunday. How sentimental! We now have five new champions and one returning champion. Here are the names:


Trading Card Game World Champions


Masters Champion: David Cohen (US)
Masters Runner-Up: Ross Cawthon (US)


Seniors Champion: Christopher Kan (Australia)
Seniors Runner-Up: Marco Facchin (Italy)


Junior Champion: Gustavo Wada (Brazil)
Junior Runner-Up: Kohei Takanaka (Japan)

From left to right:
Kamran Jahadi, Ray Rizzo, and Sejun Park

Video Game World Champions


Masters Champion: Ray Rizzo (US) (Ray was the Seniors Champion in 2010)
Masters Runner-Up: Matteo Gini (Italy)


Seniors Champion: Kamran Jahadi (US)
Seniors Runner-Up: Sejun Park (South Korea)


Junior Champion: Brian Hough (US)
Junior Runner-Up: Ian McLaughlin (US)


The champions will be receiving invites to the 2012 World Championships, along with 1st place trophies, vacations, Pokémon merchandise and so on. So look out for familiar faces next year!