2004 FIRA Women's European Championship

2004 FIRA Women's European Championship
2004-05-01 - 2004-05-08
Host nation	France
No. of nations	8
Champions	France
Runner-up	England
Matches played	12

For the 2004 competition Pool A reverted to a single eight nation knockout, while Pool B was a round-robin. France repeated Netherlands feat of winning as hosts. The tournament took place at grounds in and around the Midi-Pyrénées region of France (near to Toulouse) between 30 April to 9 May.

Pool A

First round

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	2004-05-01	France	24-5	Spain	Castres, France	[94/61/15]

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	2004-05-02	Ireland	7-24	Wales	St-Jean-du-Falga, France	[59/83/9]

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	2004-05-02	England	73-7	Italy	Beaumont de Lomagne, France	[99/42/3]

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	2004-05-02	Scotland	32-0	Sweden	Castelsarrasin, France	[79/34/6]

Plate semi-finals

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	2004-05-05	Ireland	14-5	Italy	Balma, France	[60/43/4]

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	2004-05-05	Spain	31-5	Sweden	Quint Fonsegrives, France	[62/35/1]

Semi-finals

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	2004-05-05	France	25-6	Scotland	St Orens	[95/80/10]

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	2004-05-05	England	39-3	Wales	Villefranche-de-Lauragais, France	[100/84/20]

7th/8th

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	2004-05-08	Italy	13-0	Sweden	L'Union, Midi-Pyrénées, France	[43/36/3]

Plate final

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	2004-05-08	Ireland	20-12	Spain	Lalande Aucamville, France	[61/63/6]

3rd/4th place

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	2004-05-08	Scotland	11-10	Wales	Tournefeuille, France	[81/85/15]

Final

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	2004-05-08	France	8-6	England	Stade des Minimes, Toulouse, France	[96/101/17]

Pool B

Final Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	249	3	6
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	114	30	4
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	8	150	2
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	8	196	0

Results

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	2004-05-02	Denmark	3-141	Netherlands	Grenade, France	[3/60/2]

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	2004-05-02	Germany	67-0	Norway	Grenade, France	[39/3/2]

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	2004-05-05	Netherlands	78-0	Norway	St Orens, France	[61/4/1]

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	2004-05-05	Denmark	0-47	Germany	Villefranche-de-Lauragais, France	[4/40/1]

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	2004-05-08	Germany	0-30	Netherlands	Lalande Aucamville, France	[41/62/14]

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	2004-05-08	Denmark	5-8	Norway	Tournefeuille, France	[5/5/2]

External links

• FIRA website

See also

• Women's international rugby

Preceded by 2003 FIRA Women's European Championship	FIRA Women's European Championship 2004  France	Succeeded by 2005 FIRA Women's European Championship