Pokémon League Conference: Difference between revisions

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The general structure of each League Conference is similar: {{pkmn|Trainer}}s 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.

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}}. Each tournament competition so far except the Vertress Conference has been seen to be presided over by [[Charles Goodshow]], the president of the Pokémon League, an analogue of the {{wp|International Olympic Committee}} president.

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.

Only those who win the Pokémon League can officially challenge the [[Elite Four]] and {{pkmn|Champion}} of that region.

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! style="background:#{{kanto color light}}; | {{color2|{{kanto color dark}}|Kanto}}

| [[Indigo Plateau]]

| [[File:EP074.png|150px|All Fired Up!]]<br>''[[EP074|All Fired Up!]]''

| [[File:EP080.png|150px|Friends to the End]]<br>''[[EP080|Friends to the End]]''

| Unknown

| Top 16

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! style="background:#{{johto color light}}; | {{color2|{{johto color dark}}|Johto}}

| {{jo|Silver Town}}, [[Mt. Silver]]

| [[File:EP265.png|150px|Pop Goes the Sneasel]]<br>''[[EP265|Pop Goes The Sneasel]]''

| [[File:EP272.png|150px|Johto Photo Finish]]<br>''[[EP272|Johto Photo Finish]]''

| [[Jon Dickson]]

| Top 8

|- style="background:#FFF;

! style="background:#{{hoenn color light}}; | {{color2|{{hoenn color dark}}|Hoenn}}

| [[Ever Grande City]]

| [[File:AG125.png|150px|Like a Meowth to a Flame]]<br>''[[AG125|Like a Meowth to a Flame]]''

| [[File:AG131.png|150px|At the End of the Fray]]<br>''[[EP272|At the End of the Fray]]''

| {{ho|Tyson}}

| Top 8

|- style="background:#FFF;

! style="background:#{{sinnoh color light}}; | {{color2|{{sinnoh color dark}}|Sinnoh}}

| [[Lily of the Valley Island]]

| [[File:DP182.png|150px|An Old Family Blend!]]<br>''[[DP182|An Old Family Blend!]]''

| [[File:DP189.png|150px|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]<br>''[[EP272|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]''

| [[Tobias]]

| Top 4

|- style="background:#FFF;

! style="background:#{{unova color light}}; | {{color2|{{unova color dark}}|Unova}}

| [[Vertress City]]

| [[File:BW103.png|150px|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]<br>''[[BW103|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]''

| [[File:BW108.png|150px|A Unova League Evolution!]]<br>''[[BW108|A Unova League Evolution!]]''

| [[Virgil]]

| Top 8

|- style="background:#FFF;

! style="background:#{{kalos color light}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" |{{color2|{{kalos color dark}}|Kalos}}

| [[Lumiose City]]

| [[File:XY125.png|150px]]<br>[[XY125]]

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| [[Alain]]/{{Ash}}

| Runner-up/Winner-->

| colspan=3 style="{{roundybr|5px}}" | TBD

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* [[Grand Festival]]

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