Pokebattleathon 2004

Pokebattleathon 2004 (PBT 2004) was the 17th edition of the Pokebattleathon hosted in Munich,Germany. The event comes to Germany after Daniel Schafter was victorious of Pokebattleathon 2003 in Seville, Spain. 39 nations confirmed including the return of Italy after two years, Malta after 4 years, Austria after a one year hiatus and Slovakia after six years.

Contest
The contest was split into two semi finals with 17 nations in Semi Final 1 and 16 nations in Semi Final 2. The top 10 from each semi final will join the top 6 nations from the previous edition. This is the first edition that 26 nations will be in the final.



Other Nations

 * Georgian broadcaster confirmed that they were not yet ready to debut in the competition.
 * RTL HOD Lens Flaggart stated that Luxembourg will not return to the competition in the near future. Luxembourg will however broadcast the competition.
 * On the deadline for confirmations, Serbia and Montenegro were not in the list of competing countries. Thus, they will not return.