Pokémon World Championships 2022

Pokémon World Championships in 2022 was a tie-in regional event in Pokémon GO for the real-world World Championships of Pokémon Championship Series organized by The Pokémon Company at ExCeL London Convention Center, London, England.

Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon were released with the start of the event:

These Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event: PS Pikachu

Selected Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event:

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Shadow Punch, Rock Wrecker, Aqua Tail, Meteor Mash or Incinerate, Trainers had to evolve Haunter, Rhydon, Magikarp, Metang or Fletchinder into Gengar, Rhyperior, Gyarados, Metagross or Talonflame respectively during the event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attacks.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.

Avatar items
These avatar items were released with the beginning of the event: Available globally via a code shared during the World Championships Stream. The code was valid through August 22, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. UTC:

In-person Event Features
As part of the annual Pokémon World Championships event, to celebrate the coming together of trainers for the Pokémon video games and Trading Card Game, a special event was held around the ExCeL, London that featured a regional through Field Research given at all the PokéStops within a 1 mile radius

Themed Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

Increased spawns of a Pokémon for 10 minutes after defeating raids

The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event:

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.

Avatar items
These avatar items were released with the beginning of the event: Pokémon GO World Champion exclusive:

Available from the PokéStop located at the Pokémon GO Booth in the World Championships venue in London during the event:

Collection Challenge
To complete the Collection Challenge, Trainer must catch all of the following Pokémon during the event.