View source for 2004 FIRA Women's European Championship

{{Womens Rugby Tournament
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| women = yes
| datefrom = 2004-05-01
| dateto = 2004-05-08
| host = France
| jointhost1 = 
| jointhost2 = 
| nations = 8
| champion = France
| runnerup = England
| matches = 12
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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===
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 443|
date = 2004-05-01|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|FRA}}|
score = 24-5|
noaway ={{Ruw|ESP}}|
stadium = [[Castres]], [[France]] |
code = 94/61/15}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 444|
date = 2004-05-02|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|IRE}}|
score = 7-24|
noaway ={{Ruw|WAL}}|
stadium = [[St-Jean-du-Falga]], [[France]] |
code = 59/83/9}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 445|
date = 2004-05-02|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|ENG}}|
score = 73-7|
noaway ={{Ruw|ITA}}|
stadium = [[Beaumont de Lomagne]], [[France]] |
code = 99/42/3}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 446|
date = 2004-05-02|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|SCO}}|
score = 32-0|
noaway ={{Ruw|SWE}}|
stadium = [[Castelsarrasin]], [[France]] |
code = 79/34/6}}

====Plate semi-finals====
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 451|
date = 2004-05-05|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|IRE}}|
score = 14-5|
noaway ={{Ruw|ITA}}|
stadium = [[Balma]], [[France]] |
code = 60/43/4}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 452|
date = 2004-05-05|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|ESP}}|
score = 31-5|
noaway ={{Ruw|SWE}}|
stadium = [[Quint Fonsegrives]], [[France]] |
code = 62/35/1}}

====Semi-finals====
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 453 |
date = 2004-05-05|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|FRA}}|
score = 25-6|
noaway ={{Ruw|SCO}}|
stadium = [[St Orens]] |
code = 95/80/10}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 454|
date = 2004-05-05|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|ENG}}|
score = 39-3|
noaway ={{Ruw|WAL}}|
stadium = [[Villefranche-de-Lauragais]], [[France]] |
code = 100/84/20}}

====7th/8th====
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 455|
date = 2004-05-08|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|ITA}}|
score = 13-0|
noaway ={{Ruw|SWE}}|
stadium = L'Union, [[Midi-Pyrénées]], [[France]] |
code = 43/36/3}}

====Plate final====
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 456|
date = 2004-05-08|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|IRE}}|
score = 20-12|
noaway ={{Ruw|ESP}}|
stadium = [[Lalande Aucamville]], [[France]] |
code = 61/63/6}}

====3rd/4th place====
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 457|
date = 2004-05-08|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|SCO}}|
score = 11-10 |
noaway ={{Ruw|WAL}}|
stadium = [[Tournefeuille]], [[France]] |
code = 81/85/15}}

====Final====
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 458|
date = 2004-05-08|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|FRA}}|
score = 8-6 |
noaway ={{Ruw|ENG}}|
stadium = [[Stade des Minimes]], [[Toulouse]], [[France]] |
code = 96/101/17}}

==Pool B==

===Final Table===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Position
!rowspan=2 width="18%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=2 width="16%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table<br/>points
|-
!width="8%"| played 
!width="8%"| won 
!width="8%"| drawn 
!width="8%"| lost 
!width="8%"| for 
!width="8%"| against 
|-
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc  align=center
| 1 || align=left| '''{{Ruw|NLD}}'''	||3||3||0||0||249||  3||'''6'''
|-
| 2 || align=left| {{Ruw|DEU}}	||3||2||0||1||114|| 30||4
|-
| 3 || align=left| {{Ruw|NOR}}	||3||1||0||2||  8||150||2
|-
| 4 || align=left| {{Ruw|DNK}}	||3||0||0||3||  8||196||0
|}

===Results===
{{wrugbybox |
test# = 447|
date = 2004-05-02|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|DEN}}|
score = 3-141 |
noaway ={{Ruw|NED}}|
stadium = [[Grenade, Haute-Garonne|Grenade]], [[France]] |
code = 3/60/2}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 448|
date = 2004-05-02|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|GER}}|
score = 67-0 |
noaway ={{Ruw|NOR}}|
stadium = [[Grenade, Haute-Garonne|Grenade]], [[France]] |
code = 39/3/2}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 449|
date = 2004-05-05|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|NED}}|
score = 78-0 |
noaway ={{Ruw|NOR}}|
stadium = [[St Orens]], [[France]] |
code = 61/4/1}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 450|
date = 2004-05-05|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|DEN}}|
score = 0-47 |
noaway ={{Ruw|GER}}|
stadium = [[Villefranche-de-Lauragais]], [[France]] |
code = 4/40/1}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 459|
date = 2004-05-08|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|GER}}|
score = 0-30 |
noaway ={{Ruw|NED}}|
stadium = [[Lalande Aucamville]], [[France]] |
code = 41/62/14}}

{{wrugbybox |
test# = 460|
date = 2004-05-08|
nohome ={{Ruw-rt|DEN}}|
score = 5-8 |
noaway ={{Ruw|NOR}}|
stadium = [[Tournefeuille]], [[France]] |
code = 5/5/2}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081221030608/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/index.php FIRA website]

==See also==
*[[Women's international rugby]]

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[[Category:International women's rugby union competitions hosted by France]]
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