Ever Grande Conference
The Ever Grande Conference (Japanese: サイユウ大会 Saiyū Tournament) is the Hoenn League general championship competition.
The conference is held in Ever Grande City. During the competition, Trainers are housed in dorm rooms in small villages.
The Ever Grande Conference happens over seven episodes: from Like a Meowth to a Flame to 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 Legendary 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
Preliminaries
Each Trainer participates in one preliminary battle. Only one Pokémon 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 Battles. If all three are won, the Trainer moves on to the finals.
Final rounds
The final rounds are a series of Full Battles 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
| Trainer | Place |
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| Tyson | Winner |
| Ash | Top 8 |
| Morrison | Top 16 |
| Katie | Top 32 |
| Johnny | Top 64 |
| Clark | Top 64 |
| Dominick | Top 256 |
| Gavin | Top 256 |
| Gilbert | Preliminaries |
| Vivica | Preliminaries |
| Jump | Preliminaries |
Other participants
Trainers here participated in the conference either before or after the conference Ash entered.
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.
- This is the only conference that have Double Battles.
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 (BB) • Kalos • Alola • Galar • Paldea Areas of jurisdiction Pokémon League Reception Gate • Hall of Fame Palace of Victory • Cerulean Cave • Area Zero Others Admissions Exam • Pokémon Association PIA • World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament) | ||
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