We are just a week away from the Pokémon World Championships 2024 start in Hawaii. If the tournament has been played by Americans and Japanese in the past, Almost 900 players from Latin America will participate in this year’s edition. So, here we tell you who are the players from our region who will compete this year.
Starting with the VGC, This year we will see 31 players in the Juniors category, 26 in the Seniors category and 229 competing in Masters.. Nine of these are Argentines, including Juan and Joaquin Salerno and Sebastian Escalante. Likewise, 57 people from Brazil will be present, including Gabriel Agati, the best Brazilian in the VGC in recent years. Along with this, 71 competitors from Chile will also be present, including Javier Nain, number one in his country, and 34 worldwide. For its part, Mexico will have 46 representatives.
In addition to these three countries, Colombia and Panama are participating with eight players each, Costa Rica is taking 12, Ecuador will have seven participants, while Paraguay will be represented by nine people. Guatemala and Uruguay are taking five players, while El Salvador will have 15 participants. Peru is also positioned as a strong competitor, since 33 inhabitants of this country already have their place in this tournament, with Dorian Andre Quiñones Vallejos, third in the region and eighteenth in the world, and Renzo Navarro, fourth in Latin America and 21st in the world, being the strongest cards in this country.
Now, regarding other competencies, the representation of Pokémon UNITE The tournament will be made up of eight teams from Latin America. Peru’s team will be represented by Fusion, 3 Digits and Imperio. Mexico will be represented by E7 Janus, Rework Respawn and Anteiku. Lastly, Brazil will offer Legacy and DreamMax e-Sports.
Following this, we have Pokémon Gowhere 67 Latin players will participate in the Hawaii tournamentFour of them come from Argentina, where Marto Galde stands out, who managed to position himself as the fifth best player in the first Pokémon Go World Cup in 2022. Meanwhile, 17 players will represent Mexico, while 26 will do the same for Brazil. Chile will also have a strong presence, since it will bring 14 competitors. Finally, Colombia will have two players in the competition.
The last tournament of the event is TCG, where the representation of Latin America will be made up of 108 competitors will participate in the Juniors category, 89 will do the same in Seniors, and 299 will be present in the Masters section.Here, Mexico is positioned as the third country in the region with the most competitors, since 91 people will have the honor of representing our country.
Likewise, Argentina will have 24 participants in the three divisions. For its part, Brazil shows its passion for the collectible card game with its 120 playerswhere we find William Azevedo and Pedro Pertusi, who have the first and third place respectively in the region. Followed by Chile with 113 players.
Uruguay will have the pleasure of taking two players, while Paraguay will have three representatives, followed by El Salvador with four. Peru is not far behind, as it will have 25 competitors, among which Fabrizio Inga Silva stands out, first in his country, second in Latin America, and fourth in the world. Colombia will have 13 players, Colombia 11, and Costa Rica nine. Finally, Bolivia, Guatemala and Panama will only have one representative.
Thanks to the Pokémon World Championships format, many unranked players have the opportunity to participate in this tournament. However, this will change next year, so the competition may have less representation from Latin America in the future.
We remind you that the Pokémon World Championships will take place between August 16 and 18. As in previous years, we will have extensive coverage of this tournament and its surrounding events, so you should not miss all the content that we will publish on the site and on social networks. In related topics, learn more about the competitors of this event here. Likewise, the initials of Pokémon Legends: ZA.
Author’s Note:
It’s nice to see a high level of representation from Latin America in this type of competition. What’s most impressive is that they have all managed to get a ticket to Hawaii, and all they have is a dream of becoming the best, better than anyone else.
Via: Geek Culture
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