View source for Champion's League (Champion's League promo)

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{{TCGTrainerCardInfobox |
cardname=Champion's League |
jname=チャンピオンズリーグ |
jtrans=Champion's League |
image=ChampionLeague2005Promo.jpg |
caption=2005-2006 print<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]] |
reprints=2 |
reprint1=ChampionLeague2007Promo.jpg |
recaption1=2007 print<br>Illus. [[Ryo Ueda]] |
class=Stadium |
}}
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'''Champion's League''' (Japanese: '''チャンピオンズリーグ''' ''Champion's League'') is a {{TCG|Stadium card}}. It is one of the {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}.

==Card text==
{{TCGTrainerText |
class=Stadium |
rule=Old Stadium |
effect=Champion's League can only be used by Champion's Leaguers. As long as this card remains in play, each Champion's Leaguer may look at his or her opponent's hand. |
}}

==Release information==
This card was released as a promotional card in Japan. It was first awarded at the 2005 Champion's League tournament held on September 18 in Tokyo. The top four ranking players of each age division (Junior, Senior, and Master) were awarded this card. It was awarded again at the 2006 Champion's League tournament held between September 16-18 in Taipei, Taiwan to the top four ranking players of each age division. It was reprinted with different artwork by [[Ryo Ueda]] for the 2007 season on updated DP-on stock, in which Stadium cards became a separate class. The reprint also featured a gold foil "Pokémon Trading Card official card game tournament award" stamp below the card text. The card was awarded to the top ranking players in each age division in the Champion's League Spring 2007 tournament held on May 13, and to the top ranking players in each age division in the Champion's League Summer 2007 tournament held on September 9.
===Gallery===
{{TCGGallery |
type=Stadium |
image1=ChampionLeague2005Promo.jpg |
caption1=2005-2006 print<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]] |
image2=ChampionLeague2007Promo.jpg |
caption2=2007 print<br>Illus. [[Ryo Ueda]] |
}}

==Trivia==
Champions League tournaments were introduced in Japan in 2000 along with Battle Roads, serving as a climax to that portion of the season. The winners and other high ranking players from Battle Roads gained entry into the Champions League. From 2004, the Champions League operated in much the same way as the TCG National Championships in regions outside Japan, the top ranking players earning a place at the TCG [[World Championships]].<br>
The Champions League was held in Spring and Summer during 2000 and 2001, and once a year during Summer up until 2007, where there was both a Spring and Summer tournaments again, however, no card was awarded through the tournament until 2005. There was no Champions League held in 2008 due to the cancellation of the last three scheduled Battle Road tournaments as a result of a letter threat sent to the Pokémon Card Laboratory in April 2008. Champions League events were phased out in 2009 in favor of World Championship Qualifiers.

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[[Category:Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Illus. by Takumi Akabane]]
[[Category:Illus. by Ryo Ueda]]
[[Category:Holographic cards]]

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