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[[File:Ever Grande Conference.png|220px|thumb|The setting for the competition]]
The '''Ever Grande Conference''' (Japanese: '''サイユウ大会''' ''Saiyū Tournament'') is the [[Hoenn League]] general [[Pokémon League Conference|championship competition]].

The conference is held in [[Ever Grande City]]. During the competition, {{pkmn|Trainer}}s are housed in dorm rooms in small villages.

The Ever Grande Conference happens over seven episodes: from ''[[AG125|Like a Meowth to a Flame]]'' to ''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''.

==Competition==
===Opening ceremonies===
Registration for the conference closes at 5 pm on the day before the opening ceremonies. Trainers are given a Food and Restaurant Guide for the venue upon registration. 

Like at the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]], the opening ceremonies consist of a torch lighting ceremony. Select Trainers run with the torch containing the flame of the {{pkmn2|Legendary}} {{p|Moltres}} and carry it to the top of the stadium, where it is used to light a much larger torch. The lighting of the large torch marks the official opening of the Ever Grande Conference.

===Rounds===
[[File:Ever Grande Conference Scoreboard.png|thumb|220px|The scoreboard for the Full Battles]]
====Preliminaries====
Each {{pkmn|Trainer}} participates in one preliminary battle. Only one {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} may be used during the battle and the winner advances to the qualifying rounds. The losing Trainers are eliminated from the competition.

====Qualifying rounds====
During the qualifying rounds, the Top 256 Trainers take part in three [[Double Battle]]s. If all three are won, the Trainer moves on to the finals.

====Final rounds====
The final rounds are a series of [[Full Battle]]s with the Top 32 Trainers participating in the standard sudden-death tournament style. After a Trainer's first three Pokémon are defeated, there is a short intermission during which there is a field change. The winner of the Ever Grande Conference is the Trainer that wins all of the final rounds, meaning they must win five Full Battles in a row.

==Known contestants==
[[File:Tyson Winning.png|220px|thumb|Tyson, the winner, with the Ever Grande Championship Trophy]]
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|-
! style="background:#{{hoenn color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Trainer|Trainer}}
! style="background:#{{hoenn color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Place
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{ho|Tyson}}
| [[AG131|Winner]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{Ash}}
| [[AG131|Top 8]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Morrison]]
| [[AG130|Top 16]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{ho|Katie}}
| [[AG129|Top 32]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Johnny]]
| [[AG128|Top 64]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Clark]]
| [[AG128|Top 64]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Dominick]]
| [[AG127|Top 256]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Gavin]]
| [[AG127|Top 256]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{OBP|Gilbert|AG126}}
| [[AG126|Preliminaries]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Vivica]]
| [[AG126|Preliminaries]]
|- 
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybl|5px}}" | {{OBP|Jump|AG126}}
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | [[AG126|Preliminaries]]
|}{{-}}

===Other participants===
Trainers here participated in the conference either before or after the conference {{Ash}} entered.
* {{jo|Harrison}} of [[Littleroot Town]]
* [[Paul]] of [[Veilstone City]]

==Trivia==
* With 256 Trainers in the qualifying rounds alone, this is the largest Pokémon League Conference to date.
* This is the only Pokémon League Conference where Ash's ranking doesn't change compared to the previous League he challenged, with his ranking being Top 8, just like in the [[Silver Conference]].

==See also==
* [[Hoenn Grand Festival]]
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[[Category:Pokémon competitions]]
[[Category:Regional Pokémon Leagues]]

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