Singapore will host the 2027 Pokémon World Championships, Tsunekazu Ishihara announced during the closing ceremonies for the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco. The reveal came at Chase Center, where the 2026 event was wrapping up and fans were hearing where the next championship would go.
For the people following Pokémon Worlds 2027, the announcement answers the biggest immediate question after this year’s finale: where the next gathering will be held. That matters because the championship is a major annual destination for competitors and fans who plan travel long before the matches begin, and now they can start aiming at Singapore instead of waiting for a host-city surprise later.
Ishihara, the president of The Pokémon Company International, made the announcement in front of an audience already focused on the handoff from one World Championships to the next. That timing gave the reveal extra weight. It was not a standalone statement. It was part of the closing moment of the 2026 event, which is when the franchise typically starts pointing toward the following year.
What remains unresolved is everything beyond the host city. The 2027 Pokémon World Championships have been set for Singapore, but the available details stop there. The dates have not been confirmed, and the announcement is being treated as a developing story because the full event package is still incomplete. Fans now know the destination. They do not yet know when to book around it.
That gap is the real next step. The location is no longer in question, and that alone gives Pokémon Worlds 2027 a fixed center of gravity. The calendar, the format details and the rest of the planning will have to follow.
