A Pokémon League is the top-level tournament of Pokémon Trainers who compete in Pokémon battles toward beating increasingly higher-ranked Trainers. To enter, one must collect eight badges, one from each Gym in their regional area or in the case of Alola, complete the island challenge. Also, they are only allowed to use six Pokémon at a time. In the games, a Trainer works toward the goal of eventually battling the top victors, called the "Elite Four" and the Pokémon Champion.
There are nine known regional Leagues under the Pokémon League: the Indigo League in Kanto and Johto, the Orange League in the Orange Archipelago, the Hoenn League in Hoenn, the Sinnoh League in Sinnoh, the Unova League in Unova, the Kalos League in Kalos, the Alola League in Alola and the Galar League in Galar.
In Galar, there are no Elite Four. Because of this, the Pokémon League only have the Champion Cup, where a Trainers only battle the rivals, three of the eight Gym Leaders, in the Semi-Finals and Finals receptively and battle the Champion in championship match.
In the anime, Trainers must participate in a Pokémon League Conference, where they battle one another in order to win.
Kanto[]
In the Kanto region, it is located in the Indigo Plateau pass the Victory Road (Kanto), which is slightly north-west of Viridian City.
Icon | Location | Elite Four | Champion | ||||
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Indigo Plateau | Lorelei |
Bruno |
Agatha |
Lance |
Blue |
Trace |
Johto[]
There is technically no Pokémon League in Johto. The Johto region shares Kanto's Pokémon League, which is based in the Indigo Plateau.
Icon | Location | Elite Four | Champion | ||||
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Indigo Plateau | Will |
Koga |
Bruno |
Karen |
Lance |
Hoenn[]
The Hoenn Pokémon League is found just beyond Ever Grande City. Standing between the player and the League is the Victory Road (Hoenn), like usual.
Icon | Location | Elite Four | Champion | ||||
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Ever Grande City | Sidney |
Phoebe |
Glacia |
Drake |
StevenRSORAS |
WallaceE |
Sinnoh[]
The Pokémon League (Sinnoh) is located to the north of Sunyshore City where players have to cross the water route and, as tradition, venture through the Victory Road (Sinnoh) to reach there. This League also marks the first time a Champion has been female.
Icon | Location | Elite Four | Champion | |||
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Sinnoh Pokémon League | Aaron |
Bertha |
Flint |
Lucian |
Cynthia |
Unova[]
In Black and White, the Pokémon League (Unova) is located northeast of Opelucid City, where players have to cross a land route and pass the Victory Road to arrive.
In Black and White Versions 2, the Pokémon League is situated eastwards of Humilau City; to arrive, the player must cross a land route briefly interrupted by the Giant Chasm and pass the Victory Road.
This marks the first time where the Elite Four (apart from the Champion) can be battled in any order, the Champion still cannot be battled until after Shauntal, Grimsley, Caitlin, and Marshal have been battled. The Champion in Black 2 and White 2, Iris, is the youngest Champion at around age 12.
Icon | Location | Elite Four | Champion | ||||
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Unova Pokémon League | Shauntal |
Grimsley |
Caitlin |
Marshal |
AlderBW |
IrisB2W2 |
Kalos[]
The Pokémon League (Kalos) region is located directly northwest of Snowbelle City. The player must go through Route 21, or Route 22, in order to reach the traditional Victory Road. Of course, the player must defeat all members of the Elite Four; Malva, Siebold, Wikstrom, and Drasna; in order to defeat the champion of Kalos, Diantha.
Icon | Location | Elite Four | Champion | |||
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Kalos Pokémon League | Wikstrom |
Malva |
Drasna |
Siebold |
Diantha |
Alola[]
The Pokémon League (Alola) is located on top of Mount Lanakila. In Sun and Moon, the final trainer to fight before becoming Alola's first champion is Kukui, while in the Ultras, the final trainer is Hau.
Icon | Location | Elite Four | Champion | ||||
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Alola Pokémon League | Hala/Molayne / |
Olivia |
Acerola |
Kahili |
Elio |
Selene |
Galar[]
The Pokémon League (Galar) is located at Wyndon Stadium. Galar's league actually goes as if it were an actual tournament, with there being multiple rounds and people getting eliminated.
Icon | Location | Semifinals | Interruption | Finals | Champion | |||
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Galar Pokémon League | Marnie |
Hop |
Bede |
Nessa |
Bea/Allister / |
Raihan |
Leon |
Orange Islands[]
Icon | Location | Head Leader |
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Orange Islands Pokémon League | Drake |
Trivia[]
- The Orange League is the only Pokémon League that doesn't appear in the games.
- It is also the first Pokémon League that Ash Ketchum won, and was the only one until Ash won the Manalo Conference.
Regional Pokémon Leagues | |
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Pokémon League Conferences |