The Great Continent Tournament

History
The Great Continent Tournament was set up by the league to bring the Regions of the Great Tournament Closer (Istoria, Hayko, Yakatho, Minami and Esto Regions).

Information
The Tournament is held on a small Island off the coast of the Minami Region called Summer Island.

Rounds
Preliminary Round Trial 1: Is a selection process of all regisered trainers in each region. Each are hand selected by High League Members and are then put onto othe tournament list. The trainsers are judged on past achievements the trainer has made in previous tournaments. This round cuts the number of participants from 10,000 to around 3000.

Preliminary Round Trial 2: All trainers selected through Trial 1 are put on a list and then are put through a second testing. They are to be encountered by League Judges who are intended to battle them, if the trainer is to defeat the League Judge they move on to the next round (trainers are not informed of what is happening just yet). This Round cuts the number of participants from around 3000 to around 1,000.

The Preliminary Round is held several weeks before the tournament. Trainers who pass the Preliminary Round are informed that they have qualified for the Tournament via Dragonite Mail before the tournament is to start.

Round 1 "The Battle Boats": This round is held while the participents are travelling to Summer Island. In Istoria Participents are to travel to Port Town and catch the boat SS Royal which will sail them to Summer Island. Trainers are given first class living conditions on their travels. Its not a holiday on the travel though, each participent has to enter a Battle Royale Match on the boat.

The Battle Royale matches are between 6 trainers each using 1 pokemon. They are battle each other at the same time, the last 2 trainers standing pass to the next round.

This Round drops the participent number down to 64.

Round 2 "The Duo Match": The Final 2 trainers standing are then teamed together. And are to have Tag Team Battles, against other participents. A team must win 2/2 battles to pass to the next round.

This Round Drops the number of Participents down to 16, these 16 get to battle at Summer Island.

By the end of round 2, the travel to Summer Island should be over alowing the main tournament to begin!

Round 3 "Battles Begin": The final matches are then to start. the final 16 Istorian trainers are mixed with the final trainers from Hayko, Yakatho, Minami and Esto bringing the total trainers up to 64 again (some cuts or additions are made to the number of participents to bring it to 64 if there is too many or not enough).