Tournament battling

In addition to official Pokemon League battling, unrelated professional tournaments exist as an alternative way of making money through pokemon battles. Several levels of tournament exist with the main levels being local, city, regional and global. In order to progress to the next tournament a trainer must finish in the top four of the current tournament.

Making money
As in Pokemon League battling, when a trainer loses a match they are required to give half of the money they are carrying to the victor. Prize money is also awarded to trainers competing in the tournament depending on what position they finish in. The amount of prize money increases with each tournament with large sums of money being available for entrants at regional or global tournaments. For this reason, some trainers prefer the high potential for profit present in tournament battling as opposed to Pokemon League battling.

Global Tournament
As well as being a large, international tournament the Global Tournament is a huge pokemon event with many stalls, television and radio coverage as well as introductions to other events such as contests, musicals and the Pokeathlon. Because of this many visitors are drawn in from around the globe and Global Tournament battles are some of the most highly anticipated and valuable pokemon battles in the world.

Famous competitors

 * Cynthia