Lily of the Valley Conference

The Suzuran Conference (Japanese: スズラン大会 Suzuran Conference) is the Sinnoh League general championship competition.

The conference is held annually on Suzuran Island. Competing Trainers are housed in hotels in small villages similar to previous leagues.

Competition

Opening Ceremonies

Although they aren't shown in full detail, the opening ceremonies include a fireworks show and the lighting of the league torch.

The scoreboard for the Full Battles

Rounds

Screening Rounds

Although not shown, it is assumed that there are some sort of screening rounds as there were many trainers seen registering for the competition in DP182, but not seen in the actual battle round match-ups shown later in the episode, an example being Jeffrey.

Preliminaries rounds

The Top 64 trainers preceded onto the actual tournament. The first three rounds feature three on three matches. The first two rounds are held in the three small arenas of the venue, while the Top 16 matches are held in the main arena. The battles take place on either a Grass, Rock, Ice, or Water field. When all three Pokémon are unable to battle, the Trainer is knocked out of the tournament.

Final rounds

After shuffling the match-ups, the Top 8 Trainers then compete in the center arena in a series of full battles of six on six. When either Trainer has lost their six Pokémon, they are knocked out of the tournament.

Closing Ceremonies

Although they aren't shown in full detail, the closing ceremonies include a fireworks show, the league torch being extinguished, and Mr. Goodshow and Cynthia presenting the winner with the Winner's Trophy.

Trainers who have participated in the Suzuran Conference

Trivia

• It was shown multiple times that the use of legendary Pokémon is allowed in this tournament, which may be a reference to the change in rules in the 2010 Video Game World Championships. However, the real-life championship's rules does not necessarily allow all legendary Pokémon.
• This is the only conference in which Ash does not befriend a new rival either shortly before or during the tournament.

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