Eurovision 2000/2001 Qualification Guide

Automatic Qualifiers for 45th Eurovision Song Contest (2000 Edition)

Country Reason why qualified
Sweden Won 44th ESC
United Kingdom Automatic (Big 4)
France Automatic (Big 4)
Spain Automatic (Big 4)
Germany Automatic (Big 4)
Country Reason why qualified
Latvia New entrant to contest
Russia Returning after relegation
FYROM Returning after relegation
Finland Returning after relegation
Switzerland Returning after relegation
Romania Returning after relegation

League table of non-automatic qualifiers

Psn Country Points Contests Average
1 Israel 346 3 115.3
2 Sweden 452 5 90.4
3 Ireland 445 5 89
4 Croatia 423 5 84.6
5 Malta 407 5 81.4
6 The Netherlands 304 4 76
7 Estonia 302 4 75.5
8 Norway 376 5 75.2
9 Denmark 188 3 62.67
10 Iceland 246 4 61.5
11 Cyprus 288 5 57.6
12 Austria 212 4 53
13 Turkey 245 5 49
14 Belgium 190 4 47.5
15 Slovenia 227 5 45.4
16 Greece 155 4 38.75
17 Bosnia & Herzegovina 135 4 33.75
18 Portugal 145 5 29
19 Poland 126 5 25.2
20 Hungary 46 3 15.33
21 Slovakia 27 2 13.5
22 Lithuania 13 1 13

Greece, Slovakia and Hungary declined to enter the 45th ESC, even though they had an automatic position through returning from relegation. Therefore, the top 14 countries in the above table all qualify.

Croatia’s penalty has been included!

Points required for qualification for the 46th contest (2001)

Please note, the points required given here are based on countries gaining the average needed to qualify for ESC 2000, and that score being the same for 2001. They are only a guide! Final qualifying scores may change after 13 May 2000.

Country Points required
Norway 10
Denmark 46
Cyprus 29
Austria 45
Turkey 14
FYROM 79
Finland 112
Switzerland 116
Romania 89
Russia 116
Latvia 48

All other countries will either qualify due to winning the 45th contest, qualifying as a ‘Big 4’ country, returning after non-participation in 2000, or by scoring more than the qualifying points needed, without picking up a single point in ESC 2000!

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