"Unsportsmanlike Conduct" Sees Pokémon TCG Player Disqualified At World Championships

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His opponent went on to win the tournament.

Pokémon has always been promoted as a family-friendly series, and at the World Championships last weekend, a competitor in the Trading Card Game tournament was immediately disqualified after winning his quarter-final match.

This took place in the Masters bracket (the top division for players 16 years and older), with competitor Ian Robb thrown out of the tournament. According to an official statement shared with Comicbook.com, The Pokémon Company International issued Robb with a match loss for "unsportsmanlike conduct".

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