Pokebattleathon 2003

Pokebattleathon 2003 (PBT 2003) was the 16th edition of the Pokebattleathon and it was held in Seville Spain. The event comes to Spain after Muerta was victorious of Pokebattleathon 2002 in Moscow Russia. 35 nations confirmed including the debut of Moldova and the return of Hungary after two year absence. Serbia-Montenegro and Luxembourg withdrew from PBT 2003.

Contest
The contest was split into two semi finals of 15 and the top 10 qualify for the final going to the 5 nation from 2002.



Other Nations

 * Austria confirmed again that they will not compete in the PBT 2003 due to financial restraints.
 * On August 20th, Italy confirmed that they would not be in PBT 2003 due to lack of interest.
 * Luxembourg withdrew due to financial woes and lack of interested trainers.
 * Malta has shown no interest in returning to PBT.
 * On July 29th, Monaco confirmed that they would not compete in PBT 2003 due to lack of interest.
 * Serbia and Montenegro withdrew due to internal management problems.
 * Slovakia again decided not to compete due to lack of interest.