{"id":3712,"date":"2020-03-31T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/pokemon-world-championships-2020-london-cancelled-coronavirus"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:59:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:59:35","slug":"pokemon-world-championships-2020-london-cancelled-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-world-championships-2020-london-cancelled-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon World Championships 2020 in London cancelled due to Coronavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-europe-championships-cancelled-coronavirus\">cancellation of previous Pok&eacute;mon tournaments<\/a>, it&rsquo;s now been announced the remainder of the official competitive season has been suspended until further notice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_568418\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_612686\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_379389\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>In a post on their official website, the Pok&eacute;mon Company announced the 2020 North America International Championships, scheduled for 26th June, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/london-pokemon-center-return-2020-pokemon-world-championships\">Pok&eacute;mon World Championships<\/a> on 14th August in London have been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the cancellation of these pinnacle events, the 2020 Play! Pok&eacute;mon Championship Series is suspended and all sanctioned Play! Pok&eacute;mon events including League, Club, Prerelease, League Challenge, League Cup, Premier Challenge and Midseason Showdown are cancelled until further notice,&rdquo; the statement reads.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/playpokemon\/status\/1245004467889557507\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1585671643948716266=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1585673419143467626=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The 2020 Play! Pok&eacute;mon Championship Series has been suspended. More details here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/epaVEeCUwP\">https:\/\/t.co\/epaVEeCUwP<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ggR1nRV5FP\">pic.twitter.com\/ggR1nRV5FP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Play Pok&eacute;mon (@playpokemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/playpokemon\/status\/1245004467889557507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Championship points earned so far this season will instead carry over to the 2021 Championship Series, with the World Championships set to take place in London next year instead.<\/p>\n<p>While it&rsquo;s undoubtedly disappointing news, it&rsquo;s expected at this point &#8211; especially considering how these events draw in international crowds.<\/p>\n<p>For now, we&rsquo;ll simply have to keep ourselves busy with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-sword-shield-gigantamax-moves-expansion-pass\">upcoming expansions to Pok&eacute;mon Sword and Shield<\/a> &#8211; with the first set to arrive in June.<\/p>\n<p>If you fancy some competitive&nbsp;Pok&eacute;mon however, an online tournament called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-champions-cup-schedule-how-to-watch\">The Champions Cup<\/a> has been organised by the community to fill the void, which takes place across 4-5th April.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the cancellation of previous Pok&eacute;mon tournaments, it&rsquo;s now been announced the remainder of the official competitive season has been suspended until further notice. 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