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A Pokémon League Conference (Japanese: ポケモンリーグの大会 Pokémon League Tournament) is an anime-exclusive championship tournament that is hosted seemingly annually in several regions in the Pokémon world.

Ash vs. Paul in the Lily of the Valley Conference

Structure

The general structure of most League Conferences is similar: Pokémon Trainers must register for the region's Pokémon League, something which they can do at seemingly any Pokémon Center or with a Pokémon Professor, and then must win at least eight of the region's Gym Badges in order to be able to register for the competition. In addition to this method, the Indigo Plateau Conference is known to accept entrants who have passed the Pokémon League Admissions Exam or graduated from Pokémon Tech.

The tournament competition itself has an opening and closing ceremony. In some regions, there is a torch with the flame of Moltres or Ho-Oh that burns for the duration of the tournament, a reference to the real world's Olympic Games.

The day after the ceremonial torch has been lit, in some of the regional Leagues the qualifying rounds begin so as to weed out Trainers who have gotten the required eight Badges, but are not yet skilled enough to continue, and those who survive move on to the preliminary rounds. In other regional Leagues, instead, the preliminary rounds will begin right away, and will continue for several days until the top sixteen Trainers have been decided. At this point, there is a short break in the competition so that the Trainers and their Pokémon may rest, followed by the start of the final rounds.

In the final rounds, most, if not all, battles are usually Full Battles. All battles are conducted in the main stadium, and Trainers move up the tournament tree in single-elimination style. The winning contestant matchups are shuffled between rounds, as opposed to using traditional ladder seeding. The winning Trainer, upon defeat of their opponent, is awarded a trophy and earns the right to enter the Champion League to officially challenge the Elite Four and Champion of that region.

In Alola, due to the lack of Gyms in the region and the fact that its Pokémon League was only established recently, no specific conditions need to be met in order to enter its League Conference, and its winner was directly declared as the first-ever Champion of Alola. The newly-crowned Champion subsequently faced the League's founder, Professor Kukui (originally intended to appear as the Masked Royal), in an exhibition match.

Most Leagues use various types of fields during Pokémon battles. While the Vertress and Manalo Conferences uses only a standard dirt battlefield, every other Conference has held battles on various different battlefields, like icy, rocky, forested, grassy, and water to name a few. A standard rule for the Conferences with a myriad of battlefields, is that during the Full Battle stage in the tournament, once one side loses three Pokémon, there is a short break, during which a field change occurs.

In Galar, no League Conference is presented due to Pokémon Journeys: The Series focusing on the World Coronation Series. The Conference's place is instead taken by the Masters Eight Tournament, and the exact details of Galar's League structure are left vague, though Leon's introduction indicates them being similar to the games.

List of League Conferences

Region	Conference	Location	Starting episode	Final episode	Winner	Other notable contestants
Kanto	Indigo Plateau Conference	Indigo Plateau	All Fired Up!	Friends to the End	Unnamed	Ritchie (Top 8) Ash (Top 16) Gary (Top 32)
Johto	Silver Conference	Silver Town	A Claim to Flame!	Johto Photo Finish	Jon Dickson	Harrison (Top 4) Ash (Top 8) Gary (Top 16)
Hoenn	Ever Grande Conference	Ever Grande City	Saved by the Beldum	At the End of the Fray	Tyson	Ash (Top 8) Morrison (Top 16) Katie (Top 32)
Sinnoh	Lily of the Valley Conference	Lily of the Valley Island	An Old Family Blend!	The Semi-Final Frontier!	Tobias	Ash (Top 4) Paul (Top 8) Barry (Top 16)
Unova	Vertress Conference	Vertress City	Curtain Up, Unova League!	A Unova League Evolution!	Virgil	Cameron (Top 4) Ash (Top 8) Stephan (Top 16)
Kalos	Lumiose Conference	Lumiose City	A League of His Own!	Down to the Fiery Finish!	Alain	Ash (Runner-Up) Sawyer (Top 4) Tierno (Top 8)
Alola	Manalo Conference	Manalo Stadium	Battle Royal 151!	From Z to Shining Z!	Ash	Gladion (Runner-Up) Guzma (Top 4) Kiawe (Top 4)

In other languages

Language		Title
Finnish		Pokémon-liigaturnaus
German		Pokémon Liga Konferenz
Italian		Conferenza della Lega Pokémon
Norwegian		Pokémon League Turneringen
Brazilian Portuguese		Conferência da Liga Pokémon
Spanish	Latin America	Conferencia de la liga Pokémon
Spanish	Spain	Congreso de la liga Pokémon
Swedish		Pokémonligatävlingen

	The Pokémon League
	Participation Trainer • Battle • Gym Leaders Gyms • Badges • Referee Championship matches Elite Four • Orange League Champion League Pokémon League Conferences Indigo • Silver • Ever Grande • Lily of the Valley Vertress • Lumiose • Manalo	Regional Pokémon Leagues Indigo • Orange* • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh Unova • Kalos • Alola • Galar • Paldea Areas of jurisdiction Pokémon League Reception Gate • Hall of Fame Palace of Victory • Cerulean Cave Others Pokémon Association • PIA World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament)

Anime-exclusive Pokémon competitions

Multiregional	Grand Festival • Pokémon Baccer World Cup • Pokémon League Conference • PokéRinger • Wallace Cup World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament)
Kanto	Aura Guardian Festival • Beach Beauty and Pokémon Costume Contest • Big P Pokémon Race • Indigo Plateau Conference Kanto Grand Festival • Magikarp High Jump Competition • P1 Grand Prix • Pokémon Grand Eating Contest • Pokémon Orienteering Queen of the Princess Festival
Johto	Extreme Pokémon Race • Fire and Rescue Grand Prix • Grass Tournament • Mareep Festival • Pokémon Balloon Race Pokémon Beauty Contest • Rock and Tumble One-on-One Tauros Competition • Running of the Tauros Seaking Catching Competition • Silver Conference • Sumo Conference • Sunflora Festival • Tour de Alto Mare • Whirl Cup
Hoenn	Battle Frontier Flute Cup • Crossgate PokéRinger • Ever Grande Conference • Friendship Festival • Hoenn Grand Festival Marine Athletic Race • Trick House Contest
Sinnoh	Croagunk Festival • Festival Battle Challenge • Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition • Hearthome Collection Lily of the Valley Conference • Pokémon Dress-Up Contest • Pokémon Iceberg Race • Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament Pokémon Summer Academy • Pokémon Triathlon • Sinnoh Grand Festival • Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle • Squallville PokéRinger
Unova	Club Battle • Clubsplosion • Eindoak Harvest Festival • Pokémon Performance Competition • Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup Pokéstar Studios Film Competition • Subway Bosses' Stamp Rally • Vertress Conference • Wishing Bell Festival
Decolore	Marine Cup Tournament • Pokémon Sumo Tournament • Scalchop King Competition
Kalos	Lumiose Conference • Poké Puff Contest • Pokémon Showcase • Pokémon Sky Relay • Pokémon Summer Camp
Alola	Alola Bread Festival • Charjabug race • Manalo Conference‎‎ • Pokémon Catch Adventure Race • Pokémon Pancake Race Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament • Pokémon Sled Jump Games • Vikavolt race
Galar	All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge
Unknown	Pigton Town Tag Battle • Pokémon Catch Race

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.

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 [[File:Ash Paul Lily of the Valley Conference.png|thumb|300px|{{Ash}} vs. [[Paul]] in the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]]]]
-A '''Pokémon League Conference''' is a championship tournament that is hosted seemingly annually in several [[region]]s in the [[Pokémon anime|anime]].
+A '''Pokémon League Conference''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンリーグの大会''' ''Pokémon League Tournament'') is an {{pkmn|anime}}-exclusive championship tournament that is hosted seemingly annually in several [[region]]s in the [[Pokémon world]].
-The general structure of each league conference is similar: Trainers must register for the region's Pokémon League before they earn any of the region's Badges, something which they can do at seemingly any [[Pokémon Center]] or with a [[Pokémon Professor]], and then must win at least eight of the region's [[Badge]]s in order to be able to register for the competition.
+==Structure==
+The general structure of most League Conferences is similar: [[Pokémon Trainer]]s must register for the region's [[Pokémon League]], something which they can do at seemingly any [[Pokémon Center]] or with a [[Pokémon Professor]], and then must win at least eight of the region's [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s in order to be able to register for the competition. In addition to this method, the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] is known to accept entrants who have passed the [[Pokémon League Admissions Exam]] or graduated from [[Pokémon Tech]].
-The tournament competition itself has an opening and closing ceremony, as well as a torch with the flame of {{p|Moltres}} or {{p|Ho-Oh}} that burns during the entire tournament, a reference to the [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real world's]] [[wp:Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]. Each tournament competition so far has been seen to be presided over by [[Charles Goodshow]], the president of the [[Pokémon League]], an analogue of the [[wp:International Olympic Committee|International Olympic Committee]] president.
+The tournament competition itself has an opening and closing ceremony. In some regions, there is a torch with the flame of {{p|Moltres}} or {{p|Ho-Oh}} that burns for the duration of the tournament, a reference to the [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real world]]'s {{wp|Olympic Games}}.
-The day after the ceremonial torch has been lit, in some of the regional leagues the qualifying rounds begin so as to weed out Trainers who have gotten the required eight Badges, but are not yet skilled enough to continue, and those who survive move on to the preliminary rounds. In other regional leagues, instead, the preliminary rounds will begin right away, and will continue for several days until the top sixteen Trainers have been decided. At this point, there is a short break in the competition so that the Trainers and their Pokémon may rest, followed by the start of the final rounds.
+The day after the ceremonial torch has been lit, in some of the regional Leagues the qualifying rounds begin so as to weed out Trainers who have gotten the required eight Badges, but are not yet skilled enough to continue, and those who survive move on to the preliminary rounds. In other regional Leagues, instead, the preliminary rounds will begin right away, and will continue for several days until the top sixteen Trainers have been decided. At this point, there is a short break in the competition so that the Trainers and their Pokémon may rest, followed by the start of the final rounds.
-In the final rounds, most, if not all, battles are [[Full Battle]]s, with each Trainer competing with six Pokémon on each side. All battles are conducted in the main stadium, and Trainers move up the tournament tree in [[wp:single-elimination tournament|single-elimination]] style. The winning Trainer, upon defeat of their opponent, is awarded a trophy by Mr. Goodshow himself, and the following day the closing ceremonies begin.
+In the final rounds, most, if not all, battles are usually [[Full Battle]]s. All battles are conducted in the main stadium, and Trainers move up the tournament tree in {{wp|single-elimination tournament|single-elimination style}}. The winning contestant matchups are shuffled between rounds, as opposed to using traditional ladder seeding. The winning Trainer, upon defeat of their opponent, is awarded a trophy and earns the right to enter the {{DL|Pokémon League|Champion League}} to officially challenge the [[Elite Four]] and {{pkmn|Champion}} of that region.
-Only those who win the [[Pokémon League]] can officially battle the [[Elite Four]] of that region.
+In [[Alola]], due to the lack of Gyms in the region and the fact that its Pokémon League was only established recently, no specific conditions need to be met in order to enter its League Conference, and its winner was directly declared as the first-ever Champion of Alola. The newly-crowned Champion subsequently faced the League's founder, {{an|Professor Kukui}} (originally intended to appear as the Masked Royal), in an {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition match}}.
+Most Leagues use various types of fields during Pokémon battles. While the Vertress and Manalo Conferences uses only a standard dirt battlefield, every other Conference has held battles on various different battlefields, like icy, rocky, forested, grassy, and water to name a few. A standard rule for the Conferences with a myriad of battlefields, is that during the Full Battle stage in the tournament, once one side loses three Pokémon, there is a short break, during which a field change occurs.
+In [[Galar]], no League Conference is presented due to ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'' focusing on the [[World Coronation Series]]. The Conference's place is instead taken by the [[Masters Eight Tournament]], and the exact details of Galar's League structure are left vague, though {{an|Leon}}'s [[JN012|introduction]] indicates them being similar to the games.
 ==List of League Conferences==
-*[[Indigo Plateau Conference]] (Kanto)
+<div class="scrollbox">
-*[[Silver Conference]] (Johto)
+{| class="roundy" style="background:#{{diamond color}}; border:3px solid #{{diamond color dark}}; margin:auto; text-align:center"
-*[[Ever Grande Conference]] (Hoenn)
+! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Region
-*[[Lily of the Valley Conference]] (Sinnoh)
+! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Conference
-*[[Higaki Conference]] (Unova)
+! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Location
-{{League}}
+! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Starting episode
+! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Final episode
+! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Winner
+! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Other notable contestants
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+! style="background:#{{kanto color light}}" | {{color2|{{kanto color dark}}|Kanto}}
+| [[Indigo Plateau Conference]]
+| [[File:Indigo Stadium.png|x100px|Indigo Plateau]]<br>[[Indigo Plateau]]
+| [[File:EP074.png|x100px|All Fired Up!]]<br>''[[EP074|All Fired Up!]]''
+| [[File:EP080.png|x100px|Friends to the End]]<br>''[[EP080|Friends to the End]]''
+| [[File:Indigo Conference winner.png|x100px|Unknown winner]]<br>Unnamed
+| [[Ritchie]] (Top 8)<br>{{Ash}} (Top 16)<br>{{Gary}} (Top 32)
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+! style="background:#{{johto color light}}" | {{color2|{{johto color dark}}|Johto}}
+| [[Silver Conference]]
+| [[File:Silver Town Johto.png|x100px|Silver Town]]<br>{{jo|Silver Town}}
+| [[File:EP266.png|x100px|Pop Goes the Sneasel]]<br>''[[EP266|A Claim to Flame!]]''
+| [[File:EP272.png|x100px|Johto Photo Finish]]<br>''[[EP272|Johto Photo Finish]]''
+| [[File:Jon Dickson Winning.png|x105px|Jon Dickson]]<br>[[Jon Dickson]]
+| {{jo|Harrison}} (Top 4)<br>{{Ash}} (Top 8)<br>{{Gary}} (Top 16)
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+! style="background:#{{hoenn color light}}" | {{color2|{{hoenn color dark}}|Hoenn}}
+| [[Ever Grande Conference]]
+| [[File:Ever Grande Conference.png|x100px|Ever Grande City]]<br>[[Ever Grande City]]
+| [[File:AG126.png|x100px|Saved by the Beldum]]<br>''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]''
+| [[File:AG131.png|x100px|At the End of the Fray]]<br>''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''
+| [[File:Tyson Winning.png|x100px|Tyson]]<br>{{ho|Tyson}}
+| {{Ash}} (Top 8)<br>[[Morrison]] (Top 16)<br>{{ho|Katie}} (Top 32)
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+! style="background:#{{sinnoh color light}}" | {{color2|{{sinnoh color dark}}|Sinnoh}}
+| [[Lily of the Valley Conference]]
+| [[File:Lily of the Valley Stadium.png|x100px|Lily of the Valley Island]]<br>[[Lily of the Valley Island]]
+| [[File:DP182.png|x100px|An Old Family Blend!]]<br>''[[DP182|An Old Family Blend!]]''
+| [[File:DP189.png|x100px|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]<br>''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]''
+| [[File:Tobias Winning.png|x100px|Tobias]]<br>{{si|Tobias}}
+| {{Ash}} (Top 4)<br>[[Paul]] (Top 8)<br>{{an|Barry}} (Top 16)
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+! style="background:#{{unova color light}}" | {{color2|{{unova color dark}}|Unova}}
+| [[Vertress Conference]]
+| [[File:Vertress Conference Stadium.png|x100px|Vertress City]]<br>[[Vertress City]]
+| [[File:BW103.png|x100px|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]<br>''[[BW103|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]''
+| [[File:BW108.png|x100px|A Unova League Evolution!]]<br>''[[BW108|A Unova League Evolution!]]''
+| [[File:Virgil winning 2.png|x100px|Virgil]]<br>[[Virgil]]
+| {{un|Cameron}} (Top 4)<br>{{Ash}} (Top 8)<br>[[Stephan]] (Top 16)
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+! style="background:#{{kalos color light}};" |{{color2|{{kalos color dark}}|Kalos}}
+| [[Lumiose Conference]]
+| [[File:Lumiose Conference Stadium.png|x100px|Lumiose City]]<br>[[Lumiose City]]
+| [[File:XY125.png|x100px|A League of His Own!]]<br>''[[XY125|A League of His Own!]]''
+| [[File:XY131.png|x100px|Down to the Fiery Finish!]]<br>''[[XY131|Down to the Fiery Finish!]]''
+| [[File:Alain winning.png|x100px|Alain]]<br>[[Alain]]
+| {{Ash}} (Runner-Up)<br>[[Sawyer]] (Top 4)<br>{{an|Tierno}} (Top 8)
+|-
+! style="background:#{{alola color light}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" |{{color2|{{alola color dark}}|Alola}}
+| style="background:#FFF" | [[Manalo Conference]]
+| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:Manalo Stadium.png|x100px|Manalo Stadium]]<br>[[Manalo Stadium]]
+| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:SM129.png|x100px|Battle Royal 151!]]<br>''[[SM129|Battle Royal 151!]]''<!--PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE.-->
+| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:SM144.png|x100px]]<br>''[[SM144|From Z to Shining Z!]]''
+| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:Ash winning.png|x100px|Ash]]<br>{{Ash}}
+| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{an|Gladion}} (Runner-Up)<br>[[Guzma]] (Top 4)<br>{{an|Kiawe}} (Top 4)
+|}
+</div>
+==In other languages==
+{{langtable|color={{diamond color light}}|bordercolor={{diamond color}}
+|fi=Pokémon-liigaturnaus
+|de=Pokémon Liga Konferenz
+|it=Conferenza della Lega Pokémon
+|no=Pokémon League Turneringen
+|pt_br=Conferência da Liga Pokémon
+|es_eu=Congreso de la liga Pokémon
+|es_la=Conferencia de la liga Pokémon
+|sv=Pokémonligatävlingen
+}}
+==See also==
+* {{cat|Pokémon League episodes}}
+* {{cat|League Conference participants}}
+* [[Masters Eight Tournament]]
+{{League}}<br>
+{{anime competitions|diamond}}<br>
+{{Project Anime notice|no}}
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-[[Category:Anime]]
+[[Category:Multiregional competitions]]
-[[Category:Pokémon competitions]]
+[[Category:Pokémon League Conferences|*]]
-[[de:Pokémon Liga Konferenz]]
+[[it:Conferenza della Lega Pokémon]]
+[[zh:宝可梦联盟大会]]