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[[File:Ash Paul Lily of the Valley Conference.png|thumb|300px|{{Ash}} vs. [[Paul]] in the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]]]]
A '''Pokémon League Conference''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンリーグの大会''' ''Pokémon League Tournament'') is an {{pkmn|anime}}-exclusive championship tournament that is hosted seemingly annually in several [[region]]s in the [[Pokémon world]].

==Structure==
The general structure of most League Conferences is similar: [[Pokémon Trainer]]s must register for the region's [[Pokémon League]], 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 [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s in order to be able to register for the competition. In addition to this method, the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]] is known to accept entrants who have passed the [[Pokémon League Admissions Exam]] or graduated from [[Pokémon Tech]].

The tournament competition itself has an opening and closing ceremony. In some regions, there is a torch with the flame of {{p|Moltres}} or {{p|Ho-Oh}} that burns for the duration of the tournament, a reference to the [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real world]]'s {{wp|Olympic Games}}.

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 usually [[Full Battle]]s. 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 contestant matchups are shuffled between rounds, as opposed to using traditional ladder seeding. The winning Trainer, upon defeat of their opponent, is awarded a trophy and earns the right to enter the {{DL|Pokémon League|Champion League}} to officially challenge the [[Elite Four]] and {{pkmn|Champion}} of that region.

In [[Alola]], due to the lack of Gyms in the region and the fact that its Pokémon League was only recently established, no specific conditions need to be met in order to enter its League Conference, and its winner was directly declared as the first-ever Champion of Alola. The newly-crowned Champion subsequently faced the League's founder, {{an|Professor Kukui}} (originally intended to appear as the Masked Royal), in an {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition match}}.

Most Leagues use various types of fields during Pokémon battles. While the Vertress and Manalo Conferences uses only a standard dirt battlefield, every other Conference has held battles on various different battlefields, like icy, rocky, forested, grassy, and water to name a few. A standard rule for the Conferences with a myriad of battlefields, is that during the Full Battle stage in the tournament, once one side loses three Pokémon, there is a short break, during which a field change occurs.

==List of League Conferences==
{| class="roundy" style="background:#{{diamond color}}; border:3px solid #{{diamond color dark}}; margin:auto; text-align:center"
! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Region
! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Conference
! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Location
! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Starting episode
! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Final episode
! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}" | Winner
! style="background:#{{diamond color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Other notable contestants
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="background:#{{kanto color light}}" | {{color2|{{kanto color dark}}|Kanto}}
| [[Indigo Plateau Conference]]
| [[File:Indigo Stadium.png|x100px|Indigo Plateau]]<br>[[Indigo Plateau]]
| [[File:EP074.png|x100px|All Fired Up!]]<br>''[[EP074|All Fired Up!]]''
| [[File:EP080.png|x100px|Friends to the End]]<br>''[[EP080|Friends to the End]]''
| [[File:Indigo Conference winner.png|x100px|Unknown winner]]<br>Unnamed
| [[Ritchie]] (Top 8)<br>{{Ash}} (Top 16)<br>{{Gary}} (Top 32)
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="background:#{{johto color light}}" | {{color2|{{johto color dark}}|Johto}}
| [[Silver Conference]]
| [[File:Silver Town Johto.png|x100px|Silver Town]]<br>{{jo|Silver Town}}
| [[File:EP266.png|x100px|Pop Goes the Sneasel]]<br>''[[EP266|A Claim to Flame!]]''
| [[File:EP272.png|x100px|Johto Photo Finish]]<br>''[[EP272|Johto Photo Finish]]''
| [[File:Jon Dickson Winning.png|x105px|Jon Dickson]]<br>[[Jon Dickson]]
| {{jo|Harrison}} (Top 4)<br>{{Ash}} (Top 8)<br>{{Gary}} (Top 16)
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="background:#{{hoenn color light}}" | {{color2|{{hoenn color dark}}|Hoenn}}
| [[Ever Grande Conference]]
| [[File:Ever Grande Conference.png|x100px|Ever Grande City]]<br>[[Ever Grande City]]
| [[File:AG126.png|x100px|Saved by the Beldum]]<br>''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]''
| [[File:AG131.png|x100px|At the End of the Fray]]<br>''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''
| [[File:Tyson Winning.png|x100px|Tyson]]<br>{{ho|Tyson}}
| {{Ash}} (Top 8)<br>[[Morrison]] (Top 16)<br>{{ho|Katie}} (Top 32)
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="background:#{{sinnoh color light}}" | {{color2|{{sinnoh color dark}}|Sinnoh}}
| [[Lily of the Valley Conference]]
| [[File:Lily of the Valley Stadium.png|x100px|Lily of the Valley Island]]<br>[[Lily of the Valley Island]]
| [[File:DP182.png|x100px|An Old Family Blend!]]<br>''[[DP182|An Old Family Blend!]]''
| [[File:DP189.png|x100px|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]<br>''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]''
| [[File:Tobias Winning.png|x100px|Tobias]]<br>{{si|Tobias}}
| {{Ash}} (Top 4)<br>[[Paul]] (Top 8)<br>{{an|Barry}} (Top 16)
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="background:#{{unova color light}}" | {{color2|{{unova color dark}}|Unova}}
| [[Vertress Conference]]
| [[File:Vertress Conference Stadium.png|x100px|Vertress City]]<br>[[Vertress City]]
| [[File:BW103.png|x100px|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]<br>''[[BW103|Curtain Up, Unova League!]]''
| [[File:BW108.png|x100px|A Unova League Evolution!]]<br>''[[BW108|A Unova League Evolution!]]''
| [[File:Virgil winning 2.png|x100px|Virgil]]<br>[[Virgil]]
| {{un|Cameron}} (Top 4)<br>{{Ash}} (Top 8)<br>[[Stephan]] (Top 16)
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="background:#{{kalos color light}};" |{{color2|{{kalos color dark}}|Kalos}}
| [[Lumiose Conference]]
| [[File:Lumiose Conference Stadium.png|x100px|Lumiose City]]<br>[[Lumiose City]]
| [[File:XY125.png|x100px|A League of His Own!]]<br>''[[XY125|A League of His Own!]]''
| [[File:XY131.png|x100px|Down to the Fiery Finish!]]<br>''[[XY131|Down to the Fiery Finish!]]''
| [[File:Alain winning.png|x100px|Alain]]<br>[[Alain]]
| {{Ash}} (Runner-up)<br>[[Sawyer]] (Top 4)<br>{{an|Tierno}} (Top 8)
|-
! style="background:#{{alola color light}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" |{{color2|{{alola color dark}}|Alola}}
| style="background:#FFF" | [[Manalo Conference]]
| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:Manalo Stadium.png|x100px|Manalo Stadium]]<br>[[Manalo Stadium]]
| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:SM128.png|x100px|League Offenders and Defenders!]]<br>''[[SM128|League Offenders and Defenders!]]''
| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:SM144.png|x100px]]<br>''[[SM144|From Z to Shining Z!]]''
| style="background:#FFF" | [[File:Ash winning.png|x100px|Ash]]<br>{{Ash}}
| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{an|Gladion}} (Runner-up)<br>[[Guzma]] (Top 4)<br>{{an|Kiawe}} (Top 4)
|}

==In other languages==
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|pt_br=Conferência da Liga Pokémon
|es_eu=Congreso de la liga Pokémon
|es_la=Conferencia de la liga Pokémon
|sv=Pokémonligatävlingen
}}

==See also==
* {{cat|Pokémon League episodes}}

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