Silver Conference
The Johto League Silver Conference Victory Tournament, better known as simply the Silver Conference (Japanese: シロガネ大会 Shirogane Conference) is the Johto League general championship competition.
The conference is held once a year in Silver Town, located at the base of Mt. Silver.
Tradition
Opening ceremony
The Silver Conference begins with the the passing of the ceremonial torch lit with Ho-oh's Sacred Flame. The opening ceremony is so important to the conference that the competition could not be held without it.
The legend
According to legend, the site of the Silver Conference was once the setting for a great war. People fought hard and left the area a war-ravaged place. Both the land and the Pokémon in the area suffered from the humans' hostility and carelessness. Ho-oh appeared and used its Sacred Flame to burn life back into the place. Ho-oh returned things to normal, but one tree continued to burn, serving as a reminder of the event. The fire from that tree was taken and placed in a shrine on Mt. Silver.
Competition
Rounds
The Silver Conference competition is divided into three parts: qualifying rounds, preliminary rounds, and the final rounds. Each part is governed by a different set of rules.
Qualifying rounds
At Silver Hall, registered trainers battle a general selection round. Most lower skilled trainers are weeded out in this round of sudden death, one-on-one battles. The top 48 trainers move on the preliminaries.
Preliminary rounds
A point system is employed in the prelimaries. Every trainer battles every other trainer in the same class for battlepoints. Battlepoints are awarded depending on the outcomes of a series of battles in which trainers can use three Pokémon each. Trainers receive three points for every win, one point for every draw, and no points for every loss.
The 16 trainers with the highest numbers of battlepoints will move on to the finals. There is one day with no Pokémon battles between the preliminary rounds and the finals.
Final rounds
The final battles are held in the Johto League stadium with rotating fields for each battle.
Each trainer fights a sudden death full battle. Winning trainers move from the final sixteen to the final eight to the final four to the final two, and the tournament is over when the winning trainer defeats his or her opponent in the final match.
Trainers who have participated in the Silver Conference
The following trainers have competed in the final rounds of the Silver Conference:
- Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town (Final Eight)
- Gary Oak of Pallet Town (Final Sixteen)
- Harrison of Littleroot Town (Final Four)
Silver Conference winning trainers
The following trainers have won the Silver Conference, presumably becoming League Champions:
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