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The '''Vertress Conference''' (Japanese: ''' ヒガキ大会''' ''Higaki Conference'') is the [[Unova League]] general [[Pokémon League Conference|championship competition]].

The conference is held in [[Vertress City]]. Competing {{pkmn|Trainer}}s are housed in lodgings in small villages similar to previous Leagues. The conference took place from ''[[BW103|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]'' to ''[[BW108|A Unova League Evolution!]]'' in the {{pkmn|anime}}.

[[File:Vertress Conference Trainers.png|240px|right|thumb|The preliminary round match-ups]]

[[File:Vertress Conference Top 8.png|thumb|240px|right|The 8 Trainers qualified for the final rounds]]

[[File:Dino Pokémon 2.png|thumb|240px|right|The scoreboard for the Full Battles]]

The opening ceremony consists of [[Freddy O'Martian]] jumping down from a helicopter and [[Officer Jenny]] lighting the League torch.

The preliminary round consists of one-on-one battles. All the 128 competitors are randomly matched up by a computer. The 64 winning Trainers move on to the next round.

The first round consists of Single Battles with two Pokémon used by each Trainer. The 32 winning Trainers move on to the next round.

 

The second round consists of Single Battles with two Pokémon used by each Trainer. The 16 winning Trainers move on to the next round.

 

The third round consists of Single Battles with three Pokémon used by each Trainer. The 8 winning Trainers move on to the next round.

The final rounds are a series of [[Full Battle]]s with the Top 8 Trainers participating. The winner of the Vertress Conference is the Trainer that wins all of the final rounds.

==Trainers who have participated in the Vertress Conference==

[[File:Virgil Winning.png|240px|right|thumb|Virgil, the winner, with the Vertress Championship Trophy]]

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! style="background:#{{unova color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color2|{{unova color dark}}|Pokémon Trainer|Trainer}}

! style="background:#{{unova color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color|{{unova color dark}}|Place}}

| [[BW108|Runner-up]]

| [[Ash Ketchum]]

The [[You Challenge the Isshu League Too!]] in the [[Pokémon World Tournament]] is based on the Vertress Conference. This tournament was downloadable for the Japanese versions of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]] games from December 3, 2012 to January 31, 2013 and featured [[Trip]], [[Stephan]], {{un|Cameron}}, and [[Virgil]] as the opponents in the tournament.

* This is the only conference so far in which [[Charles Goodshow]] does not appear.

* This is the only conference since its debut that a {{p|Quilava}} does not appear battling in.

* This is the first league where Ash regresses in his league placement.

* This is currently the shortest league conference in the anime history, having only lasted six episodes.

* This is the only league which does not feature the [[Team Rocket trio]], due to them having returned to [[Kanto]].

* This is the only league in which Ash was not shown battling a female Trainer.

* This is the first league in which major [[Character of the day|characters of the day]] previously introduced have participated.

** In spite of this, Ash nor {{an|Iris|his}} {{an|Cilan|friends}} were seen interacting with any of them on-screen.

* This is the only conference that they don't have Rock,Ice,Water, and Grass fields.

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