{"id":5548,"date":"2026-04-16T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/?p=5548&#038;lang=ja"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:45:30","slug":"wcs2026-02-20-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/en\/topics\/news\/wcs2026-02-20-01\/","title":{"rendered":"The qualifiers for WCS 2026 are back this year to determine the world&#8217;s number one Pok\u00e9mon UNITE team!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/WCS2026_\u65e5\u672c\u30fb\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u4e88\u9078KV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open Qualifiers for Pok\u00e9mon WCS 2026, held in San Francisco, USA, this August, will take place from April through June!<\/p>\n<p>Top-performing teams from each regional qualifier will secure their spot in the Pok\u00e9mon UNITE Division at WCS 2026. In Japan, the qualifying season will culminate in the &#8220;Pok\u00e9mon Japan Championships 2026: Pok\u00e9mon UNITE Division,&#8221; where the final 3 teams representing Japan will be decided.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that Travel Awards to Pok\u00e9mon WCS 2026 will be granted to all qualifying teams!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u30fbJapan\uff1a3 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbSouth Korea\uff1a2 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbIndia\uff1a1 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbTaiwan\/Hong Kong\uff1a1 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbPhilippines\uff1a1 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbMalaysia\/Singapore\uff1a1 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbIndonesia\uff1a2 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbThailand\uff1a1 Teams<br \/>\n\u30fbPUACL2026\uff1a2 Teams<\/p>\n<p>Details regarding tournament schedules and entry methods for each region will be announced at a later date via our official social media channels.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the Pok\u00e9mon World Championships (Pok\u00e9mon WCS)?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXP_WC26_Event_Art_No_Background_72DPI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"704\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon World Championships is the ultimate global competition for both Pok\u00e9mon video games and the Trading Card Game.<\/p>\n<p>The event features four major categories: the Video Game Championships (VGC), the Trading Card Game (TCG), Pok\u00e9mon GO, and Pok\u00e9mon UNITE. Every year, elite players who have battled their way through intense regional qualifiers gather from all over the world to compete for the prestigious title of World Champion.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, the heat of battle heads to San Francisco, USA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Qualifiers for Pok\u00e9mon WCS 2026, held in San Francisco, USA, this August, will take place from April through June! Top-performing teams from each regional qualifier will secure their spot in the Pok\u00e9mon UNITE Division at WCS 2026. In Japan, the qualifying season will culminate in the &#8220;Pok\u00e9mon Japan Championships 2026: Pok\u00e9mon UNITE Division,&#8221; where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/?p=4634&lang=ja","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-5548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-topics","category-news","tag-31","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5550,"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548\/revisions\/5550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pokemonunite.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}