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The First Pokémon Champion Tournament<ref>https://pokemon.fandom.com/ko/wiki/%EC%A0%9C1%ED%9A%8C_%ED%8F%AC%EC%BC%93%EB%AA%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0_%EC%B1%94%ED%94%BC%EC%98%A8%EC%A0%84</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20151105181707/http://ruliweb.daum.net/news/view/3238.daum</ref><ref>https://ja.namu.wiki/w/%ED%8F%AC%EC%BC%93%EB%AA%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0/%EB%8C%80%EC%A0%84/2%EC%84%B8%EB%8C%80#s-4.1</ref> was the first official competition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea South Korea]. It took place on Tuesday, July 29th 2003 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Weightlifting_Gymnasium Seoul’s Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium]. The tournament was organized by Mr. Ohara from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewon_C.I. Daewon C.I.], a comics company. One thousand players participated in the event. At the request of Nintendo of Japan, the first phase consisted of a quiz where players had to answer difficult questions related to Pokémon. All questions had two possible answers: true or false and only 64 players could advance to the next round. The second phase consisted on a series of 3 VS 3 battles; finally, the quarter finals, the semi-finals, the third place play-off and the final consisted | The First Pokémon Champion Tournament<ref>https://pokemon.fandom.com/ko/wiki/%EC%A0%9C1%ED%9A%8C_%ED%8F%AC%EC%BC%93%EB%AA%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0_%EC%B1%94%ED%94%BC%EC%98%A8%EC%A0%84</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20151105181707/http://ruliweb.daum.net/news/view/3238.daum</ref><ref>https://ja.namu.wiki/w/%ED%8F%AC%EC%BC%93%EB%AA%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0/%EB%8C%80%EC%A0%84/2%EC%84%B8%EB%8C%80#s-4.1</ref> was the first official competition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea South Korea]. It took place on Tuesday, July 29th 2003 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Weightlifting_Gymnasium Seoul’s Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium]. The tournament was organized by Mr. Ohara from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewon_C.I. Daewon C.I.], a comics company. One thousand players participated in the event. At the request of Nintendo of Japan, the first phase consisted of a quiz where players had to answer difficult questions related to Pokémon. All questions had two possible answers: true or false and only 64 players could advance to the next round. The second phase consisted on a series of 3 VS 3 battles; finally, the quarter finals, the semi-finals, the third place play-off and the final consisted on a series of [[Full Battle|6 VS 6]] battles. Battles were played on the Game Boy ([[Game Boy|normal]], [[Game Boy Color|Color]] or [[Game Boy Advance|Advance]]), except the quarter finals, the semi-finals and the final which were played on the [[Game Boy Player]]. The finals were also broadcast on a jumbotron so the crowd could watch them. | ||
Since the [[Gen I]] games, [[Pokémon Crystal]] and [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] were not released on South Korea, only Pokémon that could be obtained in [[Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|Pokémon Gold and Silver]] were allowed (with the exception of {{p|Mew}} and {{p|Celebi}}). Pokémon had to be between Levels 1 to 55 and there was no Level Sum Limit for the Pokémon that were chosen for the battle. All [[Held Item|Held Items]] were banned, also, in contrast with other competitions of its era, Sleep and Freeze Clauses were not enforced; if a player managed to Freeze and/or put to Sleep all of his opponent’s Pokémon, he won the match automatically; on another hand, each player could only use one of the following Pokémon per match: {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, {{p|Suicune}}, {{p|Lugia}} and {{p|Ho-Oh}}; finally, in the case a player’s Game Boy ran out of energy, he lost. | Since the [[Gen I]] games, [[Pokémon Crystal]] and [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] were not released on South Korea, only Pokémon that could be obtained in [[Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|Pokémon Gold and Silver]] were allowed (with the exception of {{p|Mew}} and {{p|Celebi}}). Pokémon had to be between Levels 1 to 55 and there was no Level Sum Limit for the Pokémon that were chosen for the battle. All [[Held Item|Held Items]] were banned, also, in contrast with other competitions of its era, Sleep and Freeze Clauses were not enforced; if a player managed to Freeze and/or put to Sleep all of his opponent’s Pokémon, he won the match automatically; on another hand, each player could only use one of the following Pokémon per match: {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, {{p|Suicune}}, {{p|Lugia}} and {{p|Ho-Oh}}; finally, in the case a player’s Game Boy ran out of energy, he lost. | ||
