2004 FIRA Women's European Championship

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

2004 FIRA European Championship
Tournament details
Host France
Dates1 May 2004 (2004-05-01)
8 May 2004 (2004-05-08)
Teams8
Final positions
Champions France
Runner-up England
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
2003
2005

Pool A

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 May – Castres
 
 
  France24
 
5 May – St Orens
 
  Spain5
 
  France25
 
1 May – Castelsarrasin
 
  Scotland6
 
  Scotland32
 
8 May – Toulouse
 
  Sweden0
 
  France8
 
2 May – Beaumont de Lomagne
 
  England6
 
  England73
 
5 May – Villefranche-de-Lauragais
 
  Italy7
 
  England39
 
2 May – St-Jean-du-Falga
 
  Wales3 Third place
 
  Ireland7
 
8 May – Tournefeuille
 
  Wales24
 
  Scotland11
 
 
  Wales10
 
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 May – Balma
 
 
  Ireland14
 
8 May – Lalande Aucamville
 
  Italy5
 
  Ireland20
 
5 May – Quint Fonsegrives
 
  Spain12
 
  Spain31
 
 
  Sweden5
 
Third place
 
 
8 May – Midi-Pyrénées
 
 
  Italy13
 
 
  Sweden0

First round

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2004-05-01
France  24–5  Spain
Castres, France
2004-05-02
Ireland  7–24  Wales
St-Jean-du-Falga, France
2004-05-02
England  73–7  Italy
Beaumont de Lomagne, France
2004-05-02
Scotland  32–0  Sweden
Castelsarrasin, France

Plate semi-finals

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2004-05-05
Ireland  14–5  Italy
Balma, France
2004-05-05
Spain  31–5  Sweden
Quint Fonsegrives, France

Semi-finals

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2004-05-05
France  25–6  Scotland
St Orens

7th/8th

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2004-05-08
Italy  13–0  Sweden
L'Union, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Plate final

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2004-05-08
Ireland  20–12  Spain
Lalande Aucamville, France

3rd/4th place

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2004-05-08
Scotland  11–10  Wales
Tournefeuille, France

Final

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Pool B

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Final table

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Pos Nation Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 249 3 +246 6
2   Germany 3 2 0 1 114 30 +84 4
3   Norway 3 1 0 2 8 150 −142 2
4   Denmark 3 0 0 3 8 196 −188 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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2004-05-02
Denmark  3–141  Netherlands
Grenade, France
2004-05-02
Germany  67–0  Norway
Grenade, France
2004-05-05
Netherlands  78–0  Norway
St Orens, France
2004-05-08
Denmark  5–8  Norway
Tournefeuille, France

See also

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