TheLumiose Conference (Japanese:カロスリーグ・ミアレ大会Kalos LeagueMiare Conference) is theKalos League generalchampionship competition. AllPokémon Trainers who have earned eightGymBadges from theKalosregion are eligible to enter the conference. It is held inLumiose City, but unlike most other Pokémon League Conferences, the competition is not held there annually, and its location was only revealedshortly before the competition, with the stadium still being under construction at the time of the announcement.

The tournament began inA League of His Own! and concluded inDown to the Fiery Finish!, with the closing ceremony being interrupted byTeam Flare, who attacked the city withZ2 and caused massive damage to it and the stadium.

InTaking Two For The Team!, the stadium served as the site ofAsh andDrasna'sWorld Coronation Series battle.

Competition

Opening ceremonies

Before the competition starts, a party is held where contestants can interact with one another.

In the opening ceremony, multipleFletchling are freed from a large-sizedPoké Ball whileDiantha, theKalos LeaguePokémon Champion, welcomes the competingTrainers and delivers an encouraging speech. She observes the entire competition along withProfessor Sycamore.

Malva, a member of theKalos Elite Four, works as a reporter and is shown interviewing participating Trainers and reporting what happens during the competition. She had adisguisedTeam Rocket working for her as her camera, sound, and lighting assistants for the broadcasts.

Rounds

Each battle is fought on a themed battlefield selected at random before the battle starts.

Preliminaries

The preliminary rounds consist of three-on-three matches with random match-ups decided by a computer. When all threePokémon on one side are deemedunable to battle by areferee, the Trainer is knocked out of the tournament. In the first round, the 64 competing Trainers are reduced to 32 Trainers. This continues with each round until there are only eight competitors left for the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals begin when only eight Trainers remain out of the 64 competing Trainers. The quarterfinals consist of three-on-three matches, identical to the match set up in the preliminary rounds. When all three Pokémon on one side are deemed unable to battle by a referee, the Trainer is eliminated. The four winning Trainers will move on to the semifinals.

Semifinals

The semifinals consist ofFull Battles. When three Pokémon on one side are deemed unable to battle, both Trainers take a short break while the battlefield is changed. When all six Pokémon on one side are deemed unable to battle by a referee, the Trainer is eliminated. The two winning Trainers will move on to face each other in the finals.

Finals

The finals consist of a Full Battle. When three Pokémon on one side are deemed unable to battle, both Trainers take a short break while the battlefield is changed. When all six Pokémon on one side are deemed unable to battle by a referee, the Trainer loses, and their opponent is declared the winner of the Lumiose Conference, earning the right to enterKalos'sChampion League.

Battlefields

• 
  Water and rock battlefield
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  Grass battlefield
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  Town battlefield
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  Wasteland battlefield
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  Forest battlefield

Known contestants

Trivia

• The Lumiose Conference was the first League Conference to use themed battlefields other than the traditional Water, Grass, Ice, and Rock fields.
  • Furthermore, the Lumiose Conference was the first League Conference where the stadium in which the competition takes place was still under construction at the time of its announcement.
• With the exception ofAsh, all named participants seen battling in the Lumiose Conference used at least one Pokémon capable ofMega Evolution.
• All three of thefirst partner Pokémon-exclusiveHyper Beam variants—Frenzy Plant,Blast Burn, andHydro Cannon—were seen during the conference.
• This is the onlyPokémon League Conference:
  • To be held in a city with aGym.
  • In which Ash places as the runner-up.
  • In which Ash's placement changes by two places from the previous League, as opposed to moving up or down by one or remaining the same. In this case, he went from Top 8 to runner-up.
• The Lumiose Conference's location may be a reference to the ending ofPokémon X and Y, where a parade is held inLumiose City after theplayer becomes theChampion.
• Trainers from theVertress Conference were shown on the scoreboard for the preliminary battles.
• This is the first League Conference to not feature a torch.
• The omnipresence of hexagonal shapes in the stadium is a reference to Kalos being based on France, often called "l'Hexagone" due to its hexagonal shape.
• Ash is the only known contestant shown to have used anon-fully evolved Pokémon in the Lumiose Conference.

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