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We are now 2 months into the 24-25 competitive season and there is tons of things to report for the month of August. In total, there were 67 Championship events held across the country. Below is a breakdown of the challenges and cups held in each state for July.
State | League Challenges | League Cups | Total Events |
|---|---|---|---|
Victoria | 19 | 4 | 23 |
Queensland | 17 | 2 | 19 |
New South Wales | 9 | 3 | 12 |
South Australia | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Tasmania | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Western Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Australian Capitol Territory | 1 | 0 | 1 |
*Data is based on all results and information of scheduled events we have so far…these can change with new information.
August was quite an eventful month – both for competitive play and for newsworthy announcements. The 2024 World Championships took place in Honolulu, HI and we wrote about that here. For all of the news and updates from August check below.
Pokemon announced 2 of the 3 Regional Dates and Locations for Australia’s 2025 season. We are expecting a 3rd regional to be announced soon.
Pokemon announced 2 of the 3 Regional Dates and Locations for Australia’s 2025 season. We are expecting a 3rd regional to be announced soon.
In shocking fashion, Pokemon announced both the 2025 and 2026 Worlds locations as well as dates for each.
Stellar Crown pre-releases are happening across the country this weekend, with the new set to officially release on Sept 13th and be legal for tournament play 2 weeks after that on September 27th. The set contains 175 brand new cards. For info about the set check out our Stellar Crown pre-release and buying guide
We got our first look at the newest set releasing November 8th (TCG Live on November 7th). Surging Sparks will be one of the largest set releases in Pokemon history, with over 250 cards expected, including cards from the Japanese set Paradise Dragona and the soon to be released Japanese set Supercharged Breaker. The later set, which has a heavy focus on lightning-type Pokemon and support, also influenced the name of this set. Expect to see quite a few Dragon-type and Lightning-type Pokemon and support for those typings in this set!
Plus, we get a Terra Pikachu EX!!!!
We have been diligently collecting results from across the country in order to keep up with the standings of all 3 divisions across Australia. Pokemon.com has now published the official leaderboards for the 2024-25 Season and that should be your first source of truth for all information related to the standings in Oceania.
Moving forward we will be using these leaderboards to report on the standings each month. When the season ends only the Top 20 Masters, Top 10 Seniors and Top 10 Juniors (Excluding all automatic qualifiers) will be chosen to represent the Oceania region at the world championships.
Here is your current qualifiers, if the season were to end today:
| 1 | Sebastian Li | NZL | 260 |
| 2 | Jesse Lewis | AUS | 250 |
| 3 | Minoru Handa | AUS | 180 |
| 4 | Arnold Hepner | AUS | 170 |
| 5 | Wyatt L | AUS | 160 |
| 6 | Harry H | AUS | 150 |
| 7 | Nancy Lu | AUS | 110 |
| 8 | Charlie Lindh | AUS | 110 |
| 9 | Attila Roos | AUS | 102 |
| 10 | Harry B | AUS | 99 |
| 1 | Charlie A | AUS | 240 |
| 2 | Noah Lewis | AUS | 227 |
| 3 | Drake | NZL | 211 |
| 4 | Elijah Smart | AUS | 200 |
| 5 | Hikaru Handa | AUS | 200 |
| 6 | Winter Steinhardt | AUS | 155 |
| 7 | Kingsley Chen | AUS | 139 |
| 8 | Patrick Williams | AUS | 129 |
| 9 | Gustavo Goncalves | AUS | 110 |
| 10 | Ryan Flood | NZL | 110 |
| 1 | Angus Johnson | AUS | 230 |
| 2 | Nathan Spry | AUS | 178 |
| 3 | Alex G | NZL | 163 |
| 4 | Andi Cheung | AUS | 162 |
| 5 | Roman Addamo | AUS | 149 |
| 6 | Christian Hasbani | AUS | 148 |
| 7 | Ciaran Bradley | NZL | 147 |
| 8 | Joshua Smart | AUS | 143 |
| 9 | David Younan | AUS | 131 |
| 10 | Yu Xiang | NZL | 130 |
| 11 | Adam Paterson | NZL | 129 |
| 12 | Oliver H | AUS | 127 |
| 13 | Anton Piccio | AUS | 121 |
| 14 | Troy Fisher | AUS | 115 |
| 15 | Vincent Dong-Hsiang M | NZL | 113 |
| 16 | Matthew Bray | AUS | 112 |
| 17 | Corey O | AUS | 108 |
| 18 | Robert Seymour | AUS | 107 |
| 19 | Justin Hoy | AUS | 105 |
| 20 | Jeremy Lim | AUS | 99 |
It seems only fitting that the August Player Of The Month is James Goreing, who finished the 2024 World Championships in 6th place, making him the highest finisher in Oceania.
Congratulations to James on an outstanding Worlds finish!
