2004 FIRA Women's European Championship

2004 FIRA European Championship Women 50px 2004 05 01 y–2004 05 08 y France 8 France England 12 2003 2005 The 2004 FIRA Women's European Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament. It 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 1 May – Castres FRA 24 ESP 5 1 May – Castelsarrasin SCO 32 SWE 0 2 May – Beaumont de Lomagne ENG 73 ITA 7 2 May – St-Jean-du-Falga IRE 7 WAL 24 5 May – St Orens FRA 25 SCO 6 5 May – Villefranche-de-Lauragais ENG 39 WAL 3 8 May – Toulouse FRA 8 ENG 6 8 May – Tournefeuille SCO 11 WAL 10 5 May – Balma IRE 14 ITA 5 5 May – Quint Fonsegrives ESP 31 SWE 5 8 May – Lalande Aucamville IRE 20 ESP 12 8 May – Midi-Pyrénées ITA 13 SWE 0 First round 2004-05-01 FRA 24–5 ESP Castres, France 2004-05-02 IRE 7–24 WAL St-Jean-du-Falga, France 2004-05-02 ENG 73–7 ITA Beaumont de Lomagne, France 2004-05-02 SCO 32–0 SWE Castelsarrasin, France Plate semi-finals 2004-05-05 IRE 14–5 ITA Balma, France 2004-05-05 ESP 31–5 SWE Quint Fonsegrives, France Semi-finals 2004-05-05 FRA 25–6 SCO St Orens 2004-05-05 ENG 39–3 WAL Villefranche-de-Lauragais, France 7th/8th 2004-05-08 ITA 13–0 SWE L'Union, Midi-Pyrénées, France Plate final 2004-05-08 IRE 20–12 ESP Lalande Aucamville, France 3rd/4th place 2004-05-08 SCO 11–10 WAL Tournefeuille, France Final 2004-05-08 FRA 8–6 ENG Stade des Minimes, Toulouse, France Pool B Final table main WDL Q Nation points 2 NLD NLD DEU DEU NOR NOR DNK DNK 3 0 0 249 3 2 0 1 114 30 1 0 2 8 150 0 0 3 8 196 #ccffcc A complete Results 2004-05-02 DEN 3–141 NED Grenade, France 2004-05-02 GER 67–0 NOR Grenade, France 2004-05-05 NED 78–0 NOR St Orens, France 2004-05-05 DEN 0–47 GER Villefranche-de-Lauragais, France 2004-05-08 GER 0–30 NED Lalande Aucamville, France 2004-05-08 DEN 5–8 NOR Tournefeuille, France See also Women's international rugby External links FIRA website 2004 Category:2004 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:Women's international rugby union competitions hosted by France Category:2003–04 in French rugby union Category:2003–04 in European women's rugby union rugby union Category:May 2004 sports events in France