The 2027 Pokémon World Championships will take place at Singapore EXPO from 13 to 15 August 2027. Tsunekazu Ishihara announced it at the close of the 2026 event in San Francisco, Pokémon reports. It will be only the fourth time Worlds is held outside the USA – after Vancouver in 2013, London in 2022 and Yokohama in 2023 – and the first time in Southeast Asia. No companion festival like San Francisco's PokémonXP has been announced for 2027.
For European players, the road to Singapore starts with the new season: the first Regional is in Frankfurt on 26 and 27 September, and seven European Regionals are on the calendar through May 2027. Pokémon UNITE is no longer part of the Championship Series from 2027.
In San Francisco, Dragapult defined the card game but did not win every division. Andrew Hedrick took the Masters title with Dragapult ex and Yuta A. won Juniors with Dragapult and Dusknoir – but Seniors went to Jake Ng with Alakazam and Dudunsparce, Limitless shows.