Pokémon League Conference

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.

Structure

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 Badges in order to be able to register for the competition.

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 during the entire 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 Full Battles, 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 single-elimination style. The winning Trainer, upon defeat of their opponent, is awarded a trophy.

Certain Leagues use various types of fields during Pokémon battles. While Conferences held at the Lily of the Valley and Vertress uses only a standard dirt battlefield; the Indigo, Silver, Ever Grande and Lumiose Conferences 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.

Only those who win the Pokémon League can officially challenge the Elite Four and Champion of that region.

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
 
Pop Goes The Sneasel
 
Johto Photo Finish
 
Jon Dickson
Harrison (Top 4)
Ash (Top 8)
Gary (Top 16)
Hoenn Ever Grande Conference  
Ever Grande City
 
Like a Meowth to a Flame
 
At the End of the Fray
 
Tyson
Ash (Top 8)
Morrison (Top 16)
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
 
XY125
 
XY131
 
Alain
Ash (Runner-up)
Sawyer (Top 4)
Tierno (Top 8)

In other languages

Language Title
  German Pokémon Liga Konferenz
  Italian Conferenza della Lega Pokémon
  Brazilian Portuguese Conferência da Liga Pokémon
Spanish   Latin America Conferencia de la liga Pokémon
  Spain Congreso de la liga Pokémon

See also


  The Pokémon League  
Participation
TrainerBattleGym Leaders
GymsBadgesReferee
Championship matches
Elite FourOrange League
Champion League
Pokémon League Conferences
IndigoSilverEver GrandeLily of the Valley
VertressLumioseManalo
Regional Pokémon Leagues
IndigoOrange*JohtoHoennSinnoh
UnovaKalosAlolaGalarPaldea
Areas of jurisdiction
Pokémon League Reception GateHall of Fame
Palace of VictoryCerulean Cave
Others
Pokémon AssociationPIA
World Coronation Series
(Masters Eight Tournament)


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