June 21 - 23, 2019
Columbus, Ohio
2019 North American International Championships
Sun & Moon - SM: Unbroken Bonds
• The 2019 North American International Championships returned to Columbus for a second year in a row. Day 1 consisted of 9 rounds (Best of 3), in which 1,122 players were seperated into two different pods. All players with 19 match points from each pod moved on to a combined Day 2. (112 players competed in Day 2) Day 2 consisted of 6 additional rounds of Swiss, resulting in a cut of Top 8. Top 8 & Top 4 matches were played out that night, saving each division's finals for Championship Sunday.
• This event featured the first-ever Pokémon Center at a North American event that was not a World Championship.
Prizing:
• 1st Place
$10,000
• 2nd Place
$5,000
• Top 4
$2,500
• Top 8
$1,500
• Top 16
$1,000
• Top 32
$750
• Top 64
$500
(Top 8 finishers all received a case of 6 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 16 finishers all received 4 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 32 finishers all received 2 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 64 finishers all received 1 Booster Box.)
Legal Sets:
Host:
Anna Prosser
TCG Casters:
Kyle Sabelhaus
Kyle Sucevich
Kenny Wisdom
Jeremy Jallen
Josue Rojano
Cora Georgiou
Travel Stipends:
Players that earned the most amount of Championship Points between a certain time received a travel award to NAIC.
(Top 4 Players received their Travel Stipend prior to NAIC.)
(Top 16 Players received their $1,000 Travel Stipend after NAIC, but only if they competed in the event.)
(Top 4 players under the age of 18 received $5,000 if IC was outside of their region, $2,500 if in their region.)
US & Canada Travel Awardees
- Jose Marrero
- Jimmy Pendarvis
- Rahul Reddy
- Caleb Gedemer
- Daniel Altavilla
- Azul Griego
- Zach Lesage
- Justin Bokhari
- Alex Schemanske
- Jon Eng
- Michael Pramawat
- Zak Krekeler
- Will Jenkins
- Evan Campbell
- Isaiah Williams
- Andrew Gray
Europe Travel Awardees
- Philipp Leciejewski
- Pedro Torres
- Alessandro Cremascoli
- Ondřej Škubal
- Steven Mao
- Stéphane Ivanoff
- Manuel Jorach
- Martin Janouš
- Adam Hawkins
- Philip Schulz
- Robin Schulz
- Phong Nguyen Hai
- Kim Pobega
- Bryan de Vries
- Patrik Holler
- Scot Symonds
Latin America Travel Awardees
- Gustavo Wada
- Pablo Meza
- Bastian Silva
- Benjamin Ferrel
- Alex Silva
- Fernando Castañeda
- William Azevedo
- João Pedro Medeiros
- Diego Cassiraga
- Nicolas Galaz
- Néstor Lazo
- Sebastian Lugo
- Eder Fernando Soto
- Jorge Salas
- Otavio Gouveia
- Fabrizio Silva
Oceania Travel Awardees
- Brent Tonisson
- Jit Min Lim
- Athavan Akilan
- Colin Tang
- Joel S
- Clifton Goh
- Mohamad Syahmi
- Luther Wong
- Melvyn Lee
- Henry Brand
- Jordan Palmer
- Christian Hasbani
- Jimmy Chen
- Kaiwen Cabbabe
- Natalie Millar
- Hariz Hamdan
Prizing:
Host:
Anna Prosser
TCG Casters:
Kyle Sucevich
Kyle Sabelhaus
Josue Rojano
Kenny Wisdom
Jeremy Jallen
Cora Georgiou