Pokebattleathon 2000

Pokebattleathon 2000 (PBT 2000) was the 13th edition of the Pokebattleathon and it was held in Oslo Norway. The event comes to Norway after Jan-Ola's win of Pokebattleathon 1999 in Venice Italy. 33 nations confirmed including the debut of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro. However, Bosnia-Herzegovina withdrew from the contest due to financial problems and lack of trainers.

Contest
The contest was split into one semi final and one grand final. The bottom 10 nations that placed in 1999 and debuting nations were placed in the semi final. 13 nations competed in the semi final and 6 nations made it to the final. The final consisted of 26 nations.



Summary
The semi final consisted of 13 nations. The Netherlands was the winner of the night by eliminating 5 of the 7 nations. Netherlands eliminated Latvia, Slovenia, Hungary, Ireland and Malta. Cyprus eliminated Austria and Portugal eliminated Macedonia. The only nations to have all of their Pokemon able to battle was Netherlands, Cyprus and Croatia.

The Final consisted of 26 nations. The nations with the most eliminations were Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg with 5 eliminations respectively. The last place nation, Iceland, was eliminated in 50 seconds marking the 5 shortest time in battle in Pokebattlethon history. France had their worst placing in history in this edition with 19th place. This edition was also the 5th edition in the row where the United Kingdom placed in the top 5 placing 4th. In the end, the Netherlands achieved victory by eliminating Cyprus with her Meowstic using a thunderbolt against Milotic in the water field.

Fun Facts

 * This was the first edition where two semi finalists were in the top 2.
 * This edition saw the debut of Beedrill, Mr. Mime and Huntail and all three of these pokemon did not make it to the final.
 * This edition was the first edition that did not have a returning trainer.
 * Netherlands, Cyprus, Serbia and Montenegro and Portugal achieved their best result in this edition with 1st, 2nd, 25th and 8th respectively

Other Nations

 * Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed that they would not compete in the upcoming PokeBattlethon due to financial issues and lack of eligible trainers.
 * Monaco confirmed that they would not compete due to lack of interest.
 * Slovakia again decided not to compete due to lack of public interest.
 * Ukraine has shown interest but decided not to compete and continue to observe the contest. However, the contest was televised in Ukraine.