# 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.

## Pool A
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 May – Castres | 1 May – Castres | | | |
| France | 24 | | | |
| France | 24 | 5 May – St Orens | 5 May – St Orens | | |
| Spain | 5 | 5 May – St Orens | 5 May – St Orens | |
| Spain | 5 | France | 25 | |
| 1 May – Castelsarrasin | 1 May – Castelsarrasin | | France | 25 | |
| 1 May – Castelsarrasin | 1 May – Castelsarrasin | Scotland | 6 | |
| Scotland | 32 | Scotland | 6 | |
| Scotland | 32 | | | | 8 May – Toulouse | 8 May – Toulouse |
| Sweden | 0 | | | | 8 May – Toulouse | 8 May – Toulouse |
| Sweden | 0 | | | | France | 8 |
| 2 May – Beaumont de Lomagne | 2 May – Beaumont de Lomagne | | | | | France | 8 |
| 2 May – Beaumont de Lomagne | 2 May – Beaumont de Lomagne | | | | England | 6 |
| England | 73 | | | | England | 6 |
| England | 73 | 5 May – Villefranche-de-Lauragais | 5 May – Villefranche-de-Lauragais | | | |
| Italy | 7 | 5 May – Villefranche-de-Lauragais | 5 May – Villefranche-de-Lauragais | | | |
| Italy | 7 | England | 39 | | | |
| 2 May – St-Jean-du-Falga | 2 May – St-Jean-du-Falga | | England | 39 | | | |
| 2 May – St-Jean-du-Falga | 2 May – St-Jean-du-Falga | Wales | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ireland | 7 | Wales | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ireland | 7 | | | | 8 May – Tournefeuille | 8 May – Tournefeuille |
| Wales | 24 | | | | 8 May – Tournefeuille | 8 May – Tournefeuille |
| Wales | 24 | | | | Scotland | 11 |
| | | | | | Wales | 10 |
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 May – Balma | 5 May – Balma |
| Ireland | 14 |
| Ireland | 14 | 8 May – Lalande Aucamville | 8 May – Lalande Aucamville |
| Italy | 5 | 8 May – Lalande Aucamville | 8 May – Lalande Aucamville |
| Italy | 5 | Ireland | 20 |
| 5 May – Quint Fonsegrives | 5 May – Quint Fonsegrives | | Ireland | 20 |
| 5 May – Quint Fonsegrives | 5 May – Quint Fonsegrives | Spain | 12 |
| Spain | 31 | Spain | 12 |
| Sweden | 5 | | |
| Sweden | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 8 May – Midi-Pyrénées | 8 May – Midi-Pyrénées |
| | | Italy | 13 |
| | | Sweden | 0 |

### First round

* 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

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

#### Semi-finals

* 2004-05-05
| France | 25–6 | Scotland |
* St Orens
* 2004-05-05
| England | 39–3 | Wales |
* Villefranche-de-Lauragais, France

#### 7th/8th

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

#### Plate final

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

#### 3rd/4th place

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

#### Final

* 2004-05-08
| France | 8–6 | England |
* Stade des Minimes, Toulouse, France

## Pool B
### Final table

| 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 |

### Results

* 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
* 2004-05-05
| Denmark | 0–47 | Germany |
* Villefranche-de-Lauragais, France
* 2004-05-08
| Germany | 0–30 | Netherlands |
* Lalande Aucamville, France
* 2004-05-08
| Denmark | 5–8 | Norway |
* Tournefeuille, France