{"id":302,"date":"2016-03-08T20:17:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T20:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/?p=302"},"modified":"2016-03-08T20:17:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T20:17:35","slug":"2016-european-national-championships-are-announced-including-a-new-pokken-tournament-category-and-pokemon-players-prepare-to-train-on-tm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/03\/08\/2016-european-national-championships-are-announced-including-a-new-pokken-tournament-category-and-pokemon-players-prepare-to-train-on-tm\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 European National Championships are announced\u2014including a new Pokk\u00e9n Tournament category\u2014and Pok\u00e9mon players prepare to Train On.TM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Pok\u00e9mon celebrates 20 years of collecting, battling and trading, many dedicated Pok\u00e9mon Trainers across Europe are preparing for the 2016 European National Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Three cities will host the 2016 Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game and Video Game European National Championships:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7         14\u201315 May: Liverpool, UK (Exhibition Centre Liverpool)<br \/>\n\u00b7         21\u201322 May: Kassel, Germany (Kongress Palais Kassel)<br \/>\n\u00b7         11\u201312 June: Milan, Italy (Mediolanum Forum, Assago MI)<\/p>\n<p>As the most vibrant, diverse and committed fans travel from all parts of Europe to battle their way to become the very best, an all-new category has been added for 2016. Pokk\u00e9n Tournament  will be featured in the championships for the first time, giving challengers an extra chance to gain entry to the 2016 Pok\u00e9mon World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The top Pok\u00e9mon Trainers from Europe will be invited to play at the World Championships in San Francisco, California, on 19\u201321 August. The very best European competitors will also earn Travel Awards to cover the cost of flights and accommodations.<\/p>\n<p>The Pokk\u00e9n Tournament Championship Series will include events across Europe, and the top players will earn an invitation to the Pokk\u00e9n Tournament World Championships, part of the Pok\u00e9mon World Championships in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Players entering the Pokk\u00e9n Tournament Championship Series at the UK National Championships will compete in two age divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Pokk\u00e9n Tournament Championship Series trailer: <\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8nQKSk9HyDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Players in France will also have the chance to compete in a Pok\u00e9mon TCG National Championships tournament that will take place 14\u201315 May in Verberie, France.<\/p>\n<p>For rules on the new Pok\u00e9mon video game tournament format, age divisions and more, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/uk\/play-pokemon\/about\/tournaments-rules-and-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.pokemon.com\/uk\/play-pokemon\/about\/tournaments-rules-and-resources\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>For the full list of finalised Nationals events, check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/uk\/play-pokemon\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.pokemon.com\/uk\/play-pokemon\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>For more information on all the activity that will be happening in relation to the Pok\u00e9mon 20th celebration, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pokemon.co.uk\/20\" target=\"_blank\">www.pokemon.co.uk\/20<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Pok\u00e9mon celebrates 20 years of collecting, battling and trading, many dedicated Pok\u00e9mon Trainers across Europe are preparing for the 2016 European National Championships. Three cities will host the 2016 Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game and Video Game European National Championships: \u00b7 14\u201315 May: Liverpool, UK (Exhibition Centre Liverpool) \u00b7 21\u201322 May: Kassel, Germany (Kongress Palais &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/03\/08\/2016-european-national-championships-are-announced-including-a-new-pokken-tournament-category-and-pokemon-players-prepare-to-train-on-tm\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esports-news","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}