Ever Grande Conference

The Ever Grande Conference (Japanese: ホウエンリーグ・サイユウ大会 Hoenn League Saiyu Conference) is the Hoenn League general championship competition. All Pokémon Trainers who have earned eight Gym Badges from the Hoenn region are eligible to enter.

The setting for the competition

It is held annually in Ever Grande City. Competing Trainers are housed in dorm rooms in small villages. In Eight Ain't Enough, Sebastian informed Ash about the tournament, which took place from Saved by the Beldum to At the End of the Fray.

Competition

Opening ceremonies

Registration for the conference closes at 5 pm on the day before the opening ceremonies. Trainers are given a food and restaurant guide for the venue upon registration. Charles Goodshow, President of the League Competition Committee, oversees the opening ceremony.

Like at the Indigo Plateau Conference, the opening ceremonies consist of a torch lighting ceremony. Select Trainers run with the torch containing the flame of the Legendary Moltres and carry it to the top of the stadium, where it is used to light a much larger torch. The lighting of the large torch marks the official opening of the Ever Grande Conference.

Rounds

 
The scoreboard for the Full Battles

Preliminaries

Each Trainer participates in one preliminary battle. Only one Pokémon may be used during the battle and the winner advances to the qualifying rounds. The losing Trainers are eliminated from the competition.

Qualifying rounds

During the qualifying rounds, the Top 256 Trainers take part in three Double Battles. If all three are won, the Trainer moves on to the finals.

Final rounds

The final rounds are a series of Full Battles with the Top 32 Trainers participating in the standard sudden-death tournament style. The theme of the battlefield is randomly chosen before each match from four different possibilities: rock, water, grass, and ice. After a Trainer's first three Pokémon are defeated, there is a short intermission during which there is a field change.

The winner of the Ever Grande Conference is the Trainer that wins all of the final rounds, meaning they must win five Full Battles in a row. When a winner has been decided, that winner is awarded a gold trophy from Mr. Goodshow.

Battlefields

Known contestants

 
Tyson, the winner, with the Ever Grande Championship Trophy
Trainer Place
Tyson Winner
Ash Top 8
Morrison Top 16
Katie Top 32
Johnny Top 64
Clark Top 64
Dominick Top 256
Gavin Top 256
Gilbert Preliminaries
Vivica Preliminaries
Jump Preliminaries


Other participants

Trainers here participated in the conference either before or after the conference Ash participated in.

In the manga

 
Ever Grande Conference in Ash & Pikachu

Ash & Pikachu

The Ever Grande Conference was featured in Start Of The Pokémon League!!, adapting Ash's battle against Morrison.

Trivia

  • With 256 Trainers known to be participating in the qualifying rounds alone, this is the largest Pokémon League Conference to date.
  • This is the first League Conference:
  • This is the League Conference where Ash had the most Full Battles, with a total of three against Katie, Morrison, and Tyson.
  • This is the only League Conference:
    • That featured Double Battles.
    • That did not feature three-on-three battles.
    • Where Ash's ranking does not change compared to the previous League he challenged, with his ranking being Top 8, same as the Silver Conference.

In other languages

Language Title
  German Hoenn-Meisterschaft
  Italian Campionati di Hoenn
  Brazilian Portuguese Conferência de Ever Grande
  Spanish Campeonato de la Liga Hoenn


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IndigoSilverEver GrandeLily of the Valley
VertressLumioseManalo
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UnovaKalosAlolaGalarPaldea
Areas of jurisdiction
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Palace of VictoryCerulean Cave
Others
Pokémon AssociationPIA
World Coronation Series
(Masters Eight Tournament)


Anime-exclusive Pokémon competitions
Multiregional Grand FestivalPokémon Baccer World CupPokémon League ConferencePokéRingerWallace Cup
World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament)
Kanto Aura Guardian FestivalBeach Beauty and Pokémon Costume ContestBig P Pokémon RaceIndigo Plateau Conference
Kanto Grand FestivalMagikarp High Jump CompetitionP1 Grand PrixPokémon Grand Eating ContestPokémon Orienteering
Queen of the Princess Festival
Johto Extreme Pokémon RaceFire and Rescue Grand PrixGrass TournamentMareep FestivalPokémon Balloon Race
Pokémon Beauty ContestRock and Tumble One-on-One Tauros CompetitionRunning of the Tauros
Seaking Catching CompetitionSilver ConferenceSumo ConferenceSunflora FestivalTour de Alto MareWhirl Cup
Hoenn Battle Frontier Flute CupCrossgate PokéRingerEver Grande ConferenceFriendship FestivalHoenn Grand Festival
Marine Athletic RaceTrick House Contest
Sinnoh Croagunk FestivalFestival Battle ChallengeHearthome City Tag Battle CompetitionHearthome Collection
Lily of the Valley ConferencePokémon Dress-Up ContestPokémon Iceberg RacePokémon Ping Pong Tournament
Pokémon Summer AcademyPokémon TriathlonSinnoh Grand FestivalSinnoh Pokémon HustleSquallville PokéRinger
Unova Club BattleClubsplosionEindoak Harvest FestivalPokémon Performance CompetitionPokémon World Tournament Junior Cup
Pokéstar Studios Film CompetitionSubway Bosses' Stamp RallyVertress ConferenceWishing Bell Festival
Decolore Marine Cup TournamentPokémon Sumo TournamentScalchop King Competition
Kalos Lumiose ConferencePoké Puff ContestPokémon ShowcasePokémon Sky RelayPokémon Summer Camp
Alola Alola Bread FestivalCharjabug raceManalo Conference‎‎Pokémon Catch Adventure RacePokémon Pancake Race
Pokémon Ping-Pong tournamentPokémon Sled Jump GamesVikavolt race
Galar All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge
Unknown Pigton Town Tag BattlePokémon Catch Race


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