Pokémon League Conference
A Pokémon League Conference (Japanese: ポケモンリーグの大会 Pokémon League Tournament) is an anime-exclusive championship tournament that is hosted seemingly annually in several regions in the Pokémon world.
Structure
The general structure of each League Conference is similar: Trainers must register for the region's Pokémon League before they earn any of the region's Badges, 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 Badges in order to be able to register for the competition.
The tournament competition itself has an opening and closing ceremony. In some regions, there is a torch with the flame of Moltres or Ho-Oh that burns during the entire tournament, a reference to the real world's 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 Full Battles, with each Trainer competing with six Pokémon on each side. All battles are conducted in the main stadium, and Trainers move up the tournament tree in single-elimination style. The winning Trainer, upon defeat of their opponent, is awarded a trophy.
Only those who win the Pokémon League can officially challenge the Elite Four and Champion of that region.
List of League Conferences
| Region | Conference | Location | Starting episode | Final episode | Winner | Ash's placing |
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| Kanto | Indigo Plateau Conference |  Indigo Plateau |
 All Fired Up! |
 Friends to the End |
 Unnamed |
Top 16 |
| Johto | Silver Conference |  Silver Town |
 Pop Goes The Sneasel |
 Johto Photo Finish |
 Jon Dickson |
Top 8 |
| Hoenn | Ever Grande Conference |  Ever Grande City |
 Like a Meowth to a Flame |
 At the End of the Fray |
 Tyson |
Top 8 |
| Sinnoh | Lily of the Valley Conference |  Lily of the Valley Island |
 An Old Family Blend! |
 The Semi-Final Frontier! |
 Tobias |
Top 4 |
| Unova | Vertress Conference |  Vertress City |
 Curtain Up, Unova League! |
 A Unova League Evolution! |
 Virgil |
Top 8 |
| Kalos | Lumiose Conference |  Lumiose City |
 XY125 |
 XY131 |
TBD | |
In other languages
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See also
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The Pokémon League | 
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| Participation Trainer • Battle • Gym Leaders Gyms • Badges • Referee Championship matches Elite Four • Orange League Champion League Pokémon League Conferences Indigo • Silver • Ever Grande • Lily of the Valley Vertress • Lumiose • Manalo |
Regional Pokémon Leagues Indigo • Orange* • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh Unova • Kalos • Alola • Galar • Paldea Areas of jurisdiction Pokémon League Reception Gate • Hall of Fame Palace of Victory • Cerulean Cave Others Pokémon Association • PIA World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament) | ||
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