2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2
Higgins, without a tournament victory for over two years, whitewashed Dott 5–0 with breaks of 82, 81, 57, and 52, and said it was the "best [he had] felt for ages". Drago defeated Hunter 5–2 to reach the quarter-finals of a ranking events for the first time since 1998, in a low-quality match where Drago made one break over 50. Lee defeated Davis 5–3 in a four-hour match, and Higgins completed a second whitewash when he beat Dott 5–0, bringing his career record against Dott to 9–1. Maguire defeated Perry 5–4 to reach his first ranking quarter-final, and Hann beat Hamilton 5–1 to claim the final place in the next round.


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
In the quarter-finals Lee defeated O'Sullivan 5–4 in a match that lasted 3 hours and 32 minutes. O'Sullivan came from 2–3 down to lead 4–3 before Lee leveled the match. In the final frame O'Sullivan led 36–0, before Lee made a 46 break and fluked a snooker that enabled him to claim victory. O'Sullivan said his performance was very poor, while Lee said he was quietly confident. White defeated Robertson 5–3 to reach his third semi-final of the season.


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
White led 4–1 and was 56 points ahead in the sixth but missed a straightforward green, allowing Robertson to win on the black with a 67 break. Robertson took the next frame before a risky long pot in the eighth allowed White to win the match. White—who last won a ranking title 12 years ago prior at this event—said, "Everyone knows I've been in front so many times in the past and tossed it away so I was having nightmares out there".


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Drago quickly won the first four frames of his match against Hann, conceding the fifth, before completing a 5–1 victory, after which he said the crowd support helped him. Maguire caused an upset when he beat Higgins 5–3, a match that saw Maguire lose the first two frames before winning the next four. After the match Maguire he said he had "starting to think about winning it now".


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were best-of-11 frames. White reached his first final in four years when he defeated Drago 6–4. Leading 4–1 White made a break of 104 to win the sixth frame, before missing a straightforward red to allow his opponent to win the seventh with an 84 break.


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Drago won the next two in 15 minutes with breaks of 44 and 109—completing the latter in four minutes—before an 86 break gave White the victory, after which White said, "Playing Tony here, I got a taste of what players have against me at the Masters when the crowd are all on my side but they were fair and I enjoyed every minute of it."


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
In the other semi-final Maguire beat Lee 6–4 in an error-strewn match which lasted four hours. After winning the first two frames Maguire lost the next three, but "kept his cool" to seal the victory. Maguire said the match was a "battle" and that he was surprised at how badly his opponents had played in the tournament, while Lee said he "just blew up" and that, "When you’re as poor as that you get into such a state of mind that you can’t think straight".


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
The match was White's 23rd appearance in a final and his first since the 2000 British Open. In the best-of-17 final Maguire defeated White 9–3 to win his first ranking title at the age of 22, earning £48,000 in prize money. The victory, according to The Times, transformed Maguire from "talented underachiever into a world-ranking event winner"; according to BBC Sport his victory was a surprise.


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
In the afternoon session Maguire made two sizeable breaks and one of 137 to lead 3–0. He won the next frame and compiled a century in the fifth. The sixth frame was awarded to Maguire, when White violated the three-miss rule. Snookered in the jaws of a corner pocket, White twice attempted to hit the pack of five reds off a side cushion and missed. On his third attempt he adopted a slow roll to the pack and again missed. In the evening session, trailing 0–6, White won his first frame before the next four were shared, the last of which included a break of 125 by White. At 8–2 a break of 57 gave Maguire the victory.


2004 European Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
After his victory Maguire acknowledged the influence of Terry Griffiths who had been working with him on the mental side of the game: "He's been on the phone just telling me to keep calm and that I can do it if I believe in myself". Maguire said he always knew he was good enough to win a tournament and that he would aim for a top-16 finish for the season. White said, "Stephen outplayed me in safety, potting and position so he deserved to win" and, "He gave me a good bashing. I'm pleased for him because he's a nice lad but I'm disappointed because I didn't compete".


2004 European Open (snooker), Main draw
Numbers to the left of the players' names are the tournament seedings. Players in bold denote match winners.


2004 European Open (snooker), Final
Scores in bold denote winning frame scores and the winning participant.


2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship
The 2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the inaugural edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Debrecen, Hungary on 12 September. The Cezch Republic won the first edition of the Championship.


2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 1
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 2
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2004 European Parliament election
Elections to the European Parliament were held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. The European Parliamental parties could not be voted for, but elected national parties aggregated in European Parliamental parties after the elections.


2004 European Parliament election
Votes were counted as the polls closed, but results were not announced until 13 and 14 June so results from one country would not influence voters in another where polls were still open; however, the Netherlands, voting on Thursday 10, announced nearly complete provisional results as soon as they were counted, on the evening of its election day, a move heavily criticized by the European Commission.


2004 European Parliament election
342 million people were eligible to vote, the second-largest democratic electorate in the world after India. It was the biggest transnational direct election in history, and the 10 new member states elected MEPs for the first time. The new (6th) Parliament consisted of 732 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).


2004 European Parliament election
Results showed a general defeat of governing parties and an increase in representatives from eurosceptic parties. No majority was achieved. The balance of power in the Parliament remained the same (largest party EPP-ED, second largest PES) despite the 10 new member states.


2004 European Parliament election, Results by country
The national results as at 21 July 2004 are as follows:


2004 European Parliament election, Results by EU party (2004 estimated result)
Registered voters: 353,460,958  (est.) Votes cast: 154,317,718 (43.66%) (est.) Total seats: 732


2004 European Parliament election, Results by EU party (2004 estimated result)
1. The figures for the Nordic Green Left Alliance and the European Anticapitalist Left include only those members that are not full members of the Party of the European Left. 2 . See above.


2004 European Parliament election, Results by EU party (2007 national result)
The notional results by EU party as at 8 January 2007 are as follows:


2004 European Parliament election, Results by EU party (2007 national result)
Registered voters: 378,106,633  (est.) Votes cast: 168,317,718 (44.49%) (est.) Total seats: 785 (+53)


2004 European Parliament election, Results by EU party (2007 national result)
1. Roger Helmer was expelled from the EPP-ED group in 2005, but retains the whip of the British Conservative Party. 2 . The figures for the Nordic Green Left Alliance and the European Anticapitalist Left include only those members that are not full members of the Party of the European Left. 3 . See 2 above. 4 . The EUDemocrats, while having a preference for the IND/DEM group, is currently split between UEN and IND/DEM.5.


2004 European Parliament election, Results by EU party (2007 national result)
In addition to the majority of AIDE MEPs which sit in the IND/DEM group, AIDE also includes Non-Inscrit MEP, Jim Allister, as an individual member. 6. The figures for the European Christian Political Movement exclude a number of members who hold concurrent membership of the European Peoples Party. 7 . See 4 above.


2004 European Parliament election, New inclusion
Gibraltar participated as a result of the judgement in Matthews v. United Kingdom


2004 European Parliament election, Other elections
The elections coincided with legislative elections in Luxembourg and presidential elections in Lithuania. They also coincided with local and regional elections in England and Wales, Irish local elections, regional elections in Belgium, local or regional elections in most of Italy, and state parliament elections in the German state of Thuringia.


2004 European Parliament election in Aosta Valley
The European Parliament election of 2004 took place on 12–13 June 2004. The Valdostan Union was the most voted party in Aosta Valley.


2004 European Parliament election in Austria
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Austria was the election of MEP representing Austria constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June.


2004 European Parliament election in Austria
The parties of the left, the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the Greens, improved their share of the vote. The ruling conservative party, the Austrian People's Party, also improved its share, but this was at the expense of its coalition partner, the Austrian Freedom Party, whose vote dropped sharply. The anti-corruption campaigner Hans-Peter Martin polled strongly and his list won two seats.


2004 European Parliament election in Belgium
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 2004. The elections produced little overall change in the distribution of seats in the European Parliament among Belgium's many political parties. The two socialist parties improved their vote, while the Green parties lost ground. The Flemish nationalist party the Flemish Bloc (Vlaams Blok) registered the largest gains.


2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Cyprus was the election of MEPs representing Cyprus constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June.


2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus
This was the first time Cypriot voters had elected members of the European Parliament. They were election of the six deputies who would be representing the Republic of Cyprus at the European Parliament. The number of registered voters was 483,311 – out of which 503 were Turkish Cypriots and 2054 EU nationals – while the total number of people who voted was 350.387 or 72,50% of the registered voters. The number of polling stations was 1077, allocated to each polling district in the following manner: Nicosia 416, Limassol 323, Famagusta (Republic of Cyprus-administered area) 50, Larnaca 169 and Paphos 119.


2004 European Parliament election in Cyprus
The six seats were contested by 59 candidates, belonging to parties or party coalitions or running as individuals. The conservative Democratic Rally and the left-wing Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) achieved the largest shares of the vote.


2004 European Parliament election in Denmark
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Denmark was the election of MEP representing Denmark constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June. The opposition Social Democrats made major gains, mainly at the expense of Eurosceptic parties such as the June Movement.


2004 European Parliament election in Denmark, Results
Note - seats are allocated first by the D'Hondt method to Electoral coalitions, which were (A + F), (B + Q), (C + V), (J + N) with (O) by themselves; then subsequently between the parties in each coalition. Compared to straight allocation by party, The People's Movement Against the EU gained one seat at the expense of the Conservative People's Party.


2004 European Parliament election in Estonia
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Estonia was the election of MEP representing Estonia constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June.


2004 European Parliament election in Estonia
The election was conducted using the D'Hondt method with open list. The voter turnout in Estonia was one of the lowest of all member countries at only 26.8%. A similar trend was visible in most of the new member states that joined the EU in 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Estonia
The biggest winner was the Social Democratic Party, due to the popularity of their leading candidate Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who received the vast majority of the party's votes. The governing Res Publica Party and People's Union polled poorly. Ilves went on to become President of Estonia in October 2006, leaving his MEP seat to Katrin Saks.


2004 European Parliament election in Finland
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Finland was the election of MEP representing Finland constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June. Both the Finnish Social Democratic Party and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party and the Greens.


2004 European Parliament election in France
Elections to the European Parliament were held in France on 13 June 2004. The opposition Socialist Party made substantial gains, although this was mainly at the expense of minor parties. The governing Union for a Popular Movement and Union for French Democracy also made gains.


2004 European Parliament election in France, Seats
The elections were conducted in seven regional constituencies in metropolitan France, plus an eighth consisting of all overseas departments and territories. Allocation of seats was by proportional representation, with closed lists and no preferential voting, using the rule of the highest average, with a threshold of 5% of the votes in each.


2004 European Parliament election in France, Members elected
For a national list in alphabetical order, see List of members of the European Parliament for France, 2004–09


2004 European Parliament election in Germany
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Germany was the election of MEP representing Germany constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. The vote was held on 13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Germany
The elections saw a heavy defeat for the ruling Social Democratic Party, which polled its lowest share of the vote since World War II. More than half of this loss, however, went to other parties of the left, particularly the Greens. The votes of the opposition conservative parties, the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, also fell, though not as sharply as the SPD's. The liberal Free Democratic Party improved its vote and gained representation.


2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
Gibraltar's first participation in the elections to the European Parliament were held on 10 June 2004 as part of Europe-wide elections. Although part of the European Union, Gibraltar had never before voted in European Parliamentary elections, in part due to its small electorate of just over 20,000 which would cause Gibraltar to be over-represented by about 30 times if even a single seat were to be assigned.


2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
This disenfranchisement applied by the United Kingdom was successfully challenged before the European Court of Human Rights in 1999. As a result, from 2004 Gibraltar was included by the United Kingdom within the South West England region for electoral purposes.


2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
Spain took a complaint about Gibraltar participating in EU elections to the Court of Justice of the European Union, objecting to the enfranchisement of Commonwealth citizens and the creation of a combined electoral region, but its case was unsuccessful.


2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
None of the main Gibraltar political parties contested the election, so voters chose from United Kingdom party lists. However, Lyana Armstrong-Emery of the small Reform Party had a place on a joint list with the Green Party.


2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
The Conservative Party polled over two-thirds of the Gibraltar vote, with no other party exceeding 10% support. This was to a large part due to the perception that the Labour Government in Britain had "betrayed" Gibraltar by attempting to negotiate a constitutional settlement involving joint sovereignty with Spain. This arrangement was rejected overwhelmingly by Gibraltarians in the 2002 sovereignty referendum. The Conservatives were perceived as being unequivocal in their support for Gibraltar's continued British status. In addition both the leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard, and his deputy, Michael Ancram, flew in to rally support. Before the election the local Conservatives mounted a vigorous campaign.


2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar, Results
Turnout was 57.5% in Gibraltar, higher than the 37.6% for the electoral region as a whole.


2004 European Parliament election in Greece
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 13. The election system used in Greece was a party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party. The number of seats allocated to Greece was 24.


2004 European Parliament election in Greece, Results
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties. The traditional party, Popular Orthodox Rally contested the election for the first time and elected a Euro Member of Parliament.


2004 European Parliament election in Hungary
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Hungary was the election of MEP representing Hungary constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.


2004 European Parliament election in Hungary
The vote took place on 13 June. The ruling Hungarian Socialist Party was heavily defeated by the opposition conservative Hungarian Civic Union and other conservative parties.


2004 European Parliament election in Ireland
The 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2004 European Parliament election. The voting was held on Friday, 11 June 2004. The election coincided with the 2004 local elections. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.


2004 European Parliament election in Ireland
Since the 1999 European Parliament election Ireland's entitlement had fallen from 15 seats to 13 seats due to European Union expansion and some constituencies boundaries and names were changed.


2004 European Parliament election in Ireland, Results
The election was organised by city/county council area, the basis for the local elections being held simultaneously. Voters received different-coloured ballot papers for the European election, city/county council election, and a constitutional referendum, all of which went into the same ballot box and were separated by colour once the boxes arrived at the count centre for the city/county. Not all voters received all ballots as the franchises differ. The European ballots were all counted in one city/county, necessitating a second transportation of the separated ballots from the other city/county centres. For example, the East ballots were counted in Navan, County Meath.


2004 European Parliament election in Italy
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on 12 and 13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Italy
Italy's highly fragmented party system made it hard to identify an overall trend, but the results were generally seen as a defeat for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a victory for the centre-left opposition coalition identified with Romano Prodi, who was President of the European Commission until 2004, and was widely expected to re-enter Italian politics at the next election.


2004 European Parliament election in Italy
The common list of The Olive Tree, comprising mainly the Democrats of the Left and The Daisy became the largest list, with an important psychological effect. However, expectations for this list were originally somewhat larger, and Massimo D'Alema had proclaimed that "If the unity list reaches 33%, the government has to go".


2004 European Parliament election in Italy
While the Olive Tree's performance was not as phenomenal as it had hoped, the test indicated a somewhat reduced support for the centre-right coalition. However, in European elections, Italians tend to vote in a more candidate-oriented way, giving their vote more easily to a candidate outside their usual party; this generally reduces the significance of these elections.


2004 European Parliament election in Italy, Electoral system
The pure party-list proportional representation was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic since its foundation in 1946, so it had been adopted to elect the Italian representatives to the European Parliament too. Two levels were used: a national level to divide seats between parties, and a constituency level to distribute them between candidates. Italian regions were united in 5 constituencies, each electing a group of deputies. At national level, seats were divided between party lists using the largest remainder method with Hare quota. All seats gained by each party were automatically distributed to their local open lists and their most voted candidates.


2004 European Parliament election in Italy, Seats
Seats are allocated to party lists on a national basis using an electoral quota, with the residue given to the lists with the largest excess over whole quotas. An electoral quota is then calculated for each list and used to allocate seats to each list in each of the five electoral regions.


2004 European Parliament election in Latvia
The 2004 European Parliament election in Latvia was the election of MEPs representing Latvia constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 12 June.


2004 European Parliament election in Latvia
There were lists of candidates from 16 political parties. with a total of 1019 candidates. The voter turnout was 41.20%, with 574,674   voters casting votes. It was significantly lower than the usual turnout for Latvian parliamentary elections (which has been between 71% and 73% for previous three elections) but higher than the turnout in most of other countries which joined EU together with Latvia in 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Latvia
The election was conducted according to party-list proportional representation system, with at least 5% of votes necessary to gain seats in the parliament. Out of 16 parties, five won seats in the European parliament. Several parties narrowly missed the 5% threshold.


2004 European Parliament election in Latvia, Results
The elections were a major loss for the coalition government in power, as the three coalition parties together won only 14.2% of popular vote. Tautas Partija was the only coalition party to win a seat.


2004 European Parliament election in Latvia, Results
The winning party Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK had most votes in 22 of 26 counties and 5 of 7 cities. The exception was Southeast Latvia (Daugavpils, Krāslava and Rezekne districts and cities of Daugavpils and Rēzekne) which were won by the Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā party and Ludza district won by Socialist Party of Latvia, due to large percentage of ethnically Russian voters in this area.


2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Lithuania was the election of MEP representing Lithuania constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania, Results
The Labour Party received the most votes (30.16 per cent) and won in 55 municipalities. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania received 14.43 per cent of the votes and won in 1 municipality. The Homeland Union received 12.58 per cent of the votes and won in 1 municipality.


2004 European Parliament election in Lombardy
The European Parliament election of 2004 took place on 12–13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Lombardy
The Olive Tree was the most voted list in Lombardy with 26.3%, followed by Forza Italia (25.7%) and Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord (13.8%).


2004 European Parliament election in Lombardy, Results
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2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg
The 2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg was the election of MEP representing Luxembourg constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. It was held on 13 June 2004. The national parliamentary elections took place simultaneously.


2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg
The ruling Christian Social People's Party polled strongly, while the opposition Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party lost ground.


2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg, Results
The Luxembourg electoral system allows each voter to cast as many votes as there aremembers to be elected. These figures show the number of votes cast for each party, not the number of voters who cast them. Voting at European Parliament elections is obligatory (as is the case with all other kinds of elections in the country).


2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg, Results
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2004 European Parliament election in Malta
The 2004 European Parliament election in Malta was the election of MEP representing Malta constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 12 June 2004 and used Single Transferable Vote. The opposition Malta Labour Party polled strongly.


2004 European Parliament election in Piedmont
The European Parliament election of 2004 took place on 12–13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Piedmont
The Olive Tree was the most voted list in Piedmont with 29.0%, followed by Forza Italia (22.1%).


2004 European Parliament election in Poland
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Civic Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.


2004 European Parliament election in Poland
The radical populist Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Portugal was the election of MEPs representing Portugal for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. In Portugal the election was held on 13 June.


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
The Socialist Party (PS) was the big winner of the elections, achieving their best result in a European election ever. The party won 44.5% of the votes, an increase of 1.5%, and held on to the 12 seats won in 1999. However the Socialist victory, and the campaign overall, was overshadowed by the sudden death of the PS top candidate, António Sousa Franco. Sousa Franco died of a heart attack while campaigning in Matosinhos, just four days before election day. António Costa, number 2 on the list, became the Socialists' top candidate after Sousa Franco's death.


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
The Social Democrats (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested the election in a coalition called "Forward Portugal" (FP). The coalition had a very weak performance, winning just 33% of the votes, a big drop compared with the combined total of 39% the PSD+CDS had in 1999. The PSD lost two seats, while CDS–PP held on to their two seats.


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
The Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) dropped 1% and fell below 10% of the votes for the first time. CDU was still able to hold on to the two seats they had won in 1999. The Left Bloc (BE) gained a seat for the EU parliament for the first time, and saw its share of vote increase to almost 5%, an increase of more than 3% compared with 1999.


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
Turnout dropped compared with 1999, with 38.6% of voters casting a ballot.


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal, Electoral System
The voting method used for the election of European members of parliament, is proportional representation using the d'Hondt method, which is known to benefit the largest parties slightly. In the 2004 EU elections, Portugal had 24 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal, Parties and candidates
The major parties that partook in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal, National summary of votes and seats, Maps
Most voted political force by district. (Azores and Madeira not shown)


2004 European Parliament election in Portugal, National summary of votes and seats, Maps
Strongest party by municipality. Pink: PS; Darkblue: PSD-CDS; Red: CDU


2004 European Parliament election in Sardinia
The European Parliament election of 2004 took place on 12–13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Sardinia
The Olive Tree was the most voted list in Sardinia with 23.5%, followed by Forza Italia (21.9%).


2004 European Parliament election in Sicily
The European Parliament election of 2004 took place on 12–13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Sicily
The Olive Tree was the most voted list in Sicily with 28.6%, followed by Forza Italia (21.5%), National Alliance (14.5%) and the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (14.0%). Raffaele Lombardo, who was elected to the European Parliament for the Christian Democrats, left that party in 2005 to launch the Movement for Autonomy, which would have become a stable political force in the region.


2004 European Parliament election in Slovakia
The 2004 European Parliament election in Slovakia was the election of MEP representing Slovakia constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June. The turnout was lowest of any country in the European Union. Support evenly distributed among five parties.


2004 European Parliament election in Slovenia
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Slovenia was the election of MEP representing Slovenia constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June.


2004 European Parliament election in Slovenia
The biggest surprise was the victory of the New Slovenia – Christian People's Party over the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia and the defeat of the Slovene People's Party, which did not win a seat. The parties on the right of centre that form the opposition in the Slovenian national parliament won this election.


2004 European Parliament election in Spain
The 2004 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 13 June 2004, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 6th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice were up for election.


2004 European Parliament election in Spain
The election saw a close race between the centre-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had accessed power earlier in April in the wake of the 11M train bombings leading up to the 14 March general election, and the centre-left People's Party (PP), still reeling from its election defeat. It marked the only time the PSOE emerged as the largest party in a European Parliament election in Spain between 1989 and 2019. It also saw a considerable drop in turnout down to 45.1%, the lowest up until that point—a figure that would be outmatched by the turnout in the two subsequent European Parliament elections, 2009 (44.9%) and 2014 (43.8%).


2004 European Parliament election in Spain, Electoral system
The 54 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. However, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude.


2004 European Parliament election in Spain, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call.


2004 European Parliament election in Spain, Parties and candidates
In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2004 European Parliament election in Spain, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2004 European Parliament election in Spain, Parties and candidates
The abertzale left tried to run under the umbrella of the Herritarren Zerrenda list (Basque for "Citizens' List"). However, the Spanish Supreme Court annulled HZ lists and banned them from running on 22 May 2004, as it considered that the candidacy's promoters and half of its candidates had links with the outlawed Batasuna and with the ETA environment.


2004 European Parliament election in Spain, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.


2004 European Parliament election in Sweden
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Sweden was the election of MEP representing Sweden constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June. The ruling Social Democrats polled poorly, but virtually all the established parties lost ground to the eurosceptic June List.


2004 European Parliament election in Sweden, Results
The Insight Party, Struggle of the Union Citizens, International Integration Party, Vision Europe Party, International Integration Party, Republicans right and all the various lists of Bosse Persson had only one candidate on their lists. The Communist League had 4 candidates, but only got 2 votes.


2004 European Parliament election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The European Parliament election of 2004 took place on 12–13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The Olive Tree was the most voted list in Trentino, while the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) came first as usual in South Tyrol. However the SVP lost many votes to the Greens, which had their best result ever, and to the Union for South Tyrol (UfS).


2004 European Parliament election in Veneto
The European Parliament election of 2004 took place on 12–13 June 2004.


2004 European Parliament election in Veneto
The Olive Tree was the most voted list in Veneto with 26.7%, followed by Forza Italia (24.1%) and Liga Veneta–Lega Nord (14.1%).


2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Czech Republic was the election of members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing the Czech Republic for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.


2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
These were the first European elections after the country's EU accession and hence the first to be held in the Czech Republic. They took place on 11 and 12 June 2004. On a very low turnout, the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. The debacle of his party was one of the reasons for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. It was held on 10 June 2004. Fifteen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 27 seats. (down from 31).


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Combined lists
Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament. These combined lists are:


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Electoral alliances
The alliance between Christian Democratic Appeal and Christian Union-SGP cost the Christian Democratic Appeal a seat, which goes to Christian Union-SGP. Other alliances had no effect on the result.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Treaty of Nice
The exact number of seats allocated to each country is determined by the treaties, currently the Treaty of Nice, and is adjusted by the accession treaty of each new member. Hence no change to the seats occurs without ratification by all states. According to the treaties, the maximum number of members in the Parliament is 732. This why the seats for the Netherlands was reduced from 31 to 27


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results
According to the European Commission, the publication of national results prior to Sunday evening is considered illegal. However, all the municipalities in the Netherlands published the results on Thursday, giving the media the opportunity to give an almost complete national result, only missing votes cast abroad. The complete and official result were publicised according to the rules.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Turnout
The voter turnout was 39.26%, a lot higher than the turnout in 1999 (30.02%.) A total of 12,168,878 people were entitled to vote. Of these 4,777,121 did so.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Electoral quota
The electoral quota is the number of votes needed for one seat. It is the total valid number of votes divided by the number of seats. For this election it was 4,765,677 valid votes, divided by 27 seats. The electoral quota was established as: 176,506


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Electoral alliances
The results of the electoral alliances. Both parties of both alliances reached the electoral quota and are eligible for remainder seats.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Assigning full seats
Full seats are assigned by number of votes divided by the electoral quota. Electoral alliances are marked as a letter, instead of a number. Any seats left over are not yet assigned to a specific party.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Remainder seats
The remaining, or left over, seats are awarded sequentially to the lists with the highest average number of votes per seat. Only lists that reached the electoral quota are eligible.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Awarding seats within electoral alliances
To decide the seats per party for electoral alliances, the combination quota is first determined. Combination quota for electoral alliances are determined by the total number valid votes divided by the awarded seats. The party with the most votes left after the full seats are assigned gets the seat remaining.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Awarding seats within electoral alliances
List 1For list 1, there were 1,444,311 votes divided by 9 seats. The combination quota was established as: 160,479 votes


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Awarding seats within electoral alliances
List 2For list 2, there were 1,476,750 votes divided by 9 seats. The combination quota was established as: 164,083 votes


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Awarding seats within electoral alliances
List 3For list 3, there were 831,700 votes divided by 5 seats. The combination quota was established as: 166,340 votes


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Final results
The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistle blower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, European groups
The EPP-ED group lost 2 seats, making it just as big as the PES group. The ELDR becomes 3rd group after PES. After the elections ELDR and European Democratic Party (EDP) formed a new European Group named ALDE in the European parliament. The EDP did not have member party's in the Netherlands. Also the Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) group reforms itself with party's from Eastern-Europe. They rename their group to Independence/Democracy (ID). The Christian Union – Reformed Political Party is part of this new group.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Elected members
Below are all the elected members of European parliament. People with enough preference votes are in bold. The following MEP were officially announced by the Central Electoral Commission on 15 June 2004:21 members were elected by preference vote. Emine Bozkurt for the Labour Party was purely elected on his preference votes and would otherwise not made it into the European Parliament.


2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, MEPs period 2004–2009
Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2009–2014 as a result of this election.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
The 2004 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's part of the wider 2004 European Parliament election which was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union. The United Kingdom's part of this election was held on Thursday 10 June 2004. The election also coincided with the 2004 local elections and the London Assembly and mayoral elections. In total, 78 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
The Conservative Party and the Labour Party both polled poorly. The Conservatives experienced their second-lowest ever recorded vote share in a national election (even less than their 1832 nadir, although the party would do worse still in the 2014 and 2019 elections), and Labour their lowest since 1918. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) saw a large increase in support, increasing its number of MEPs from 3 to 12 and on popular vote pushed the Liberal Democrats, who themselves had increased their representation from 10 to 12 seats into fourth place. In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin beat the SDLP in the polls and took its first Northern Ireland seat.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Background, Electoral system
The United Kingdom elected 78 Members of the European Parliament using proportional representation. The United Kingdom was divided into twelve multi-member constituencies. The eleven of these regions which form Great Britain used a closed-list party list system method of proportional representation, calculated using the D'Hondt method. Northern Ireland used the Single Transferable Vote (STV). As a consequence of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, the number of seats allocated to the United Kingdom was fewer than in 1999.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Background, Electoral system
It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using postal-only voting in four areas: the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and East Midlandsregions.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Background, Regional seat allocations
A combination of the effects of the Treaty of Nice and the 2004 enlargement of the European Union meant that the number of seats allocated to the United Kingdom for the 2004 election was reduced from the 87 MEPs allocated for the 1999 election to 78 MEPs.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Background, Regional seat allocations
As a result of the successful challenge of Matthews v United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights in 1999 residents of Gibraltar, voted in the European Parliament election for the first time, as part of the South West England region.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Background, Regional seat allocations
1 Includes Gibraltar, the only British overseas territory which is part of the EU.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results
Turnout for all the regions was 37.6% on an electorate of 45,309,760. The Conservatives and Labour both polled poorly. The Conservatives, although getting a vote share 4.1% greater than Labour, experienced their lowest vote share in a national election since 1832. Labour's vote share was its lowest since 1918. Labour's decline in votes was regarded as being largely due to widespread public dissatisfaction about the Iraq War and, as with the Conservatives, the increased popularity of UKIP. UKIP saw a large increase in support, increasing its number of MEPs from 3 to 12, drawing level with the Liberal Democrats, who themselves had increased their representation from 10 to 12 seats. UKIP polled higher than the Liberal Democrats and pushing them into fourth place.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results
Turnout was lowest in Scotland, which did not hold local elections on the same day. In Scotland, Labour topped the poll, followed by the Scottish National Party (SNP). The Conservative Party's share of the vote declined by 2 percent, making it the region with the smallest swing against them.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results
Wales was the only region were Labour increased its share of the vote compared to 1999. The Conservatives managed to make gains pushing Plaid Cymru into third and whose share of the vote fell by 12 percentage points relative to 1999. Similarly UKIP narrowly beat the Liberal Democrats into fourth place. Wales was the region were the Green Party polled their lowest share of the vote.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, United Kingdom
†Loss/gain figures for seats are losses/gains versus the 1999 notional result, as the number of MEPs overall fell.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Great Britain
†Loss/gain figures for seats are losses/gains versus the 1999 notional result, as the number of MEPs overall fell.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Gibraltar
Gibraltar participated in the United Kingdom's election for the first time in 2004 as part of the South West England constituency. Gibraltar is a British overseas territory (BOT) and therefore is under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom but does not form part of it. Gibraltar is however part of the EU, the only BOT to be so. Following however, the result of the successful challenge of Matthews v United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights in 1999 residents of Gibraltar were given the right to vote in the European Parliament elections. The British government decided not to give Gibraltar its own seat due to its small electorate of just over 20,000 which would have meant with just one seat Gibraltar would have been over-represented by about 30 times the average.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Gibraltar
None of the main Gibraltar political parties contested the election, so voters chose from United Kingdom party lists. However, Lyana Armstrong-Emery of Gibraltar's Reform Party had a place on a joint list with the Green Party. In addition both the leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard, and his deputy, Michael Ancram, campaigned in Gibraltar.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Gibraltar
Turnout in Gibraltar was 57.5%, higher than the 37.6% for the South West England electoral region as a whole. The Conservative Party polled over two-thirds of the Gibraltar vote, with no other party exceeding 10% support.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Northern Ireland
Turnout in Northern Ireland was 51.2%. Sinn Féin beat the SDLP in the polls and took its first Northern Ireland seat. Sinn Féin also won a seat in the corresponding elections in the Republic of Ireland. Sinn Féin and the DUP increased their shares of the vote relative to the 1999 European Parliament elections, while the shares for both the SDLP and the UUP fell. This was also the final election in which a Unionist candidate topped the poll in Northern Ireland. Jim Allister of the DUP and Bairbre de Brún of Sinn Féin were elected in the first round while Jim Nicholson of the UUP was elected in the third stage, after the votes of the other candidates were reallocated.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Aftermath
Both Tony Blair and Michael Howard faced criticism for their results with then Secretary of State for Health John Reid calling the results "disappointing" for Labour and "disastrous" for the Conservatives.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Aftermath
Shortly after the election UKIP's Robert Kilroy-Silk, who was credited with raising the profile of the party during the election, was interviewed by Channel 4 television about leadership ambitions, Kilroy-Silk did not deny having ambitions to lead the party, but stressed that Roger Knapman would lead it into the next general election. However, the next day, on Breakfast with Frost, he criticised Knapman's leadership. After further disagreement with the leadership, Kilroy-Silk resigned the UKIP whip in the European Parliament on 27 October 2004. Initially, he remained a member, while seeking a bid for the party leadership. However, this was not successful and he resigned completely from UKIP on 20 January 2005, calling it a "joke". Two weeks later, he founded his own party, Veritas, taking a number of UKIP members, including both of the London Assembly members, with him.


2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Aftermath
UKIP formed a new European Parliament Group, Independence/Democracy which was co-chaired by Nigel Farage and Hanne Dahl.


2004 European Promotion Cup for Men
The 2004 European Promotion Cup for Men was the 9th edition of this tournament. It was hosted in Andorra, whose national team won its third tournament by defeating Luxembourg in the final.


2004 European Promotion Cup for Women
The 2004 European Promotion Cup for Women was the eighth edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for Women, today known as FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries. The tournament took place in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 26 to 31 July 2004. Iceland women's national basketball team won the tournament for the second time.


2004 European Promotion Cup for Women, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of five. The winners of each group advance to the final, the other teams will play their respective classification matches.


2004 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 20st Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from June 4 to 6, 2004.


2004 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
27 national teams participated in the championships. Medals were contested in two disciplines: team and individual all-round. Alina Kabaeva became for the fifth time in a row European champion in individual all-around and Russia – for the third time in a row European team champion. The winner of the medal tally was Russia with two gold and one bronze medals.


2004 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
It was the first major rhythmic gymnastics competition which was contested in Ukraine.


2004 European Road Championships
The 2004 European Road Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia between 6 August and 10 August 2004, regulated by the European Cycling Union. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under 23.


2004 European Seniors Tour
The 2004 European Seniors Tour was the 13th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour.


2004 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.


2004 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, click .


2004 European Seniors Tour, Leading money winners
There is a complete list on the official site .


2004 European Sevens Championship
The 2004 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It was the third edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).


2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The 8th European Short Course Swimming Championships was an international swimming meet organized by LEN, and held in Vienna, Austria, December 9–12, 2004. The meet featured teams from Europe, swimming in 38 short course events. It was held in Vienna's arena (Wiener Stadthalle), in a temporary pool.


2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Participating nations
36 nations had swimmers at the 2004 Short Course Europeans:


2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Performance awards
Best newcomers: Kateryna Zubkova (UKR) and Igor Borysik (UKR). (Both were voted by the media, and received a special prize of Euro 1500 each.)


2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Performance awards
Top performances: a total of 32,000 Euro was awarded to the overall top-7 male and female performances. The athletes sharing the prize money were:


2004 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2004 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 16 and 18 January 2004 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands.


2004 European Shotgun Championships
The 2004 European Shooting Championships was the 50th edition (included the of the European Shooting Championships), of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.


2004 European Speed Skating Championships
The 2004 European Speed Skating Championships were held at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 9 January until 11 January 2004. Mark Tuitert and  Anni Friesinger won the titles.


2004 European Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 16 are qualified)DNS = Did not startDQ = Disqualified


2004 European Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 16 are qualified)DNS = Did not startDQ = Disqualified* fall


2004 European Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 16 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 16 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2004 European Tour
The 2004 European Tour was the 33rd golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972.


2004 European Tour
Ernie Els won the Order of Merit, defending the title he won in 2003. Despite Els dominance of the European money-list, Vijay Singh was crowned European Tour Golfer of the Year, having won the PGA Championship and deposed Tiger Woods at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking.


2004 European Tour, Major tournaments
For a summary of the major tournaments and events of 2004, including the major championships and the World Golf Championships, see 2004 in golf.


2004 European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2004 European Tour schedule which was made up of 45 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships.


2004 European Tour, Schedule
Changes from 2003 included two new tournaments, the Open de Sevilla and The Heritage, and the loss of the Benson & Hedges International Open, the Trophée Lancôme and the Nordic Open. The HSBC World Match Play Championship also became an official money-list event for the first time with an increased field determined by qualification criteria, which also meant it regained world ranking status, and the Mallorca Classic became a full European Tour event having been a dual-ranking event in 2003.


2004 European Tour, Order of Merit
In 2004, the European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2004 were:


2004 European Touring Car Championship
The 2004 FIA European Touring Car Championship season was the last European Touring Car Championship season. For 2005, the European Championship would become the World Touring Car Championship, and a one-off European Touring Car Cup would be held.


2004 European Touring Car Championship
The season began at Monza on 28 March, and finished at Dubai after twenty races over ten meetings.


2004 European Touring Car Championship
The Drivers' Championship title was won by Andy Priaulx for BMW Team Great Britain, who tied on points with BMW Team Deutschland's Dirk Müller, although Priaulx earned the title due to his greater number of victories during the season. AutoDelta's Gabriele Tarquini was third.


2004 European Touring Car Championship
BMW won the Manufacturers Championship ahead of Alfa Romeo and SEAT. Tom Coronel won the Michelin Independents Trophy, while AutoDelta won the Michelin Teams Trophy.


2004 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2004 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Madrid, Spain from June 20 to June 27.


2004 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The 4th edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 92 fighters from across Europe competed at these championships.


2004 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2004 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine between 20-25 April 2004. It was the 83rd edition of the event.


2004 European Winter Throwing Challenge
The 2004 European Winter Throwing Challenge was held on 13 and 14 March at St. John Athletic Stadium in Marsa, Malta. It was the fourth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. The 2004 event was the last to use the challenge name, as subsequent editions were known as European Cup Winter Throwing events. A total of 147 athletes from 28 countries entered the competition.


2004 European Winter Throwing Challenge
The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition. Russia topped the points table in the women's and men's division of the team competition. With four medals, it shared the greatest medal haul alongside Germany, which was runner-up in the points table but was the only nation to have two winners from the eight events on offer.


2004 European Winter Throwing Challenge
The host nation, Malta, had only one athlete at the event – men's javelin thrower Jean Paul Callus. Callus broke the Maltese record with his opening throw, recording a new best mark of 59.93 m (196 ft 7 1⁄4 in) for his country. The weather was not conducive to high standard performances and Callus gave the sole record performance of the challenge.


2004 European Winter Throwing Challenge
Five athletes went on to take medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics: Eşref Apak was a bronze medallist, Vadims Vasiļevskis, Nadine Kleinert and Steffi Nerius took Olympic silver, and Natalya Sadova became the Olympic champion in women's discus. Despite going on to this success, among these only Vasiļevskis was a winner in the European Winter Throwing Challenge.


2004 European Women Sevens Championship
The 2004 European Women Sevens Championship – the second edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship. It took place between the 21 and 22 May 2004 at Limoges.


2004 European Women Sevens Championship
It was England who take home the first European Women's Sevens Championship after defeating Italy 38-7.


2004 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 25th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 29 April to 2 May 2004 in Amsterdam.


2004 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Seniors, Team
The team competition also served as qualification for the individual finals. The top eight placing teams are shown below; the other teams competing were Bulgaria, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Poland, Belarus, Slovakia, Finland, Austria, Norway, Lithuania, Hungary, Cyprus and Iceland.


2004 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2004 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Hungary from 9–19 December, it was won by Norway after beating Denmark 27–25 in the final match.


2004 European Women's Handball Championship, Venues
The 2004 European Championship was held in the following cities:


2004 European Women's Handball Championship, Ranking and Statistics, Final ranking
Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Kristine Lunde, Kari Mette Johansen, Isabel Blanco, Vigdis Hårsaker, Randi Gustad, Elisabeth Hilmo, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Gro Hammerseng, Katja Nyberg, Ragnhild Aamodt, Camilla Thorsen, Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, Gøril Snorroeggen, Kjersti Beck, Terese Pedersen and Katrine Lunde. Head Coach: Marit Breivik.


2004 European Women's Handball Championship squads
The following squads and players competed in the European Women's Handball Championship in 2006 in Hungary.


2004 European Wrestling Championships
The 2004 European Wrestling Championships were held in the men's freestyle in Ankara and men's Greco-Roman style, and the women's freestyle in Haparanda.


2004 Exeter City Council election
The 2004 Exeter City Council election took place on 10 June 2004, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.


2004 FA Community Shield
The 2004 Football Association Community Shield  (also known as The FA Community Shield in partnership with McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the reigning champions of the Premier League and the holders of the FA Cup. It was contested on 8 August 2004 by Arsenal, champions of the 2003–04 Premier League, and Manchester United, who beat Millwall in the final of the 2003–04 FA Cup. Watched by a crowd of 63,317 at the Millennium Stadium, Arsenal won the match 3–1.


2004 FA Community Shield
This was Manchester United's 23rd Community Shield appearance and Arsenal's 18th. Manchester United were without seven of their first-choice players for the game, which meant David Bellion and Eric Djemba-Djemba came into the starting 11. Cesc Fàbregas started alongside Gilberto Silva in midfield for Arsenal as captain Patrick Vieira was absent. After a goalless first half, Arsenal took the lead when Gilberto scored in the 50th minute. Striker Alan Smith equalised for Manchester United soon after, but José Antonio Reyes put Arsenal back in front after United's defenders failed to clear the ball. Mikaël Silvestre scored an own goal 11 minutes before the end that ensured Arsenal's victory.


2004 FA Community Shield
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was complimentary of his opponents afterwards and was pleased there were no new injuries to report. Opposing manager Arsène Wenger praised Fàbregas's performance and reiterated his desire to keep Vieira at Arsenal, after speculation regarding the player's impending transfer to Real Madrid.


2004 FA Community Shield, Background
Founded in 1908 as a successor to the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, the FA Community Shield began as a contest between the respective champions of the Football League and Southern League, although in 1913, it was played between an Amateurs XI and a Professionals XI. In 1921, it was played by the league champions of the top division and FA Cup winners for the first time. Wembley Stadium acted as the host of the Shield from 1974. Cardiff's Millennium Stadium was hosting the Shield for the fourth time; it took over as the venue for the event while Wembley Stadium underwent a six-year renovation between 2001 and 2006.


2004 FA Community Shield, Background
Arsenal qualified for the 2004 FA Community Shield as winners of the Premier League. They finished their league campaign without a single defeat and earned the nickname "The Invincibles", akin to the Preston North End team that went unbeaten in the inaugural Football League season. The other Community Shield place went to Manchester United who had defeated Millwall 3–0 in the 2004 FA Cup Final. This was the fifth meeting between the two clubs in the Community Shield; Arsenal had won three of those meetings to Manchester United's two.


2004 FA Community Shield, Background
Meetings between Manchester United and Arsenal were often eventful encounters, as both clubs vied for domestic honours. A goalless draw between the two clubs in September 2003, in which Ruud van Nistelrooy missed a penalty in stoppage time, resulted in an altercation between both teams. Several Arsenal players were charged and fined accordingly by The Football Association (FA) for instigating the brawl; the club was later fined £175,000, the largest ever given to a club by the FA.


2004 FA Community Shield, Pre-match
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said in his press conference: "The game will be competitive. Prestige comes into it, pride comes into it, so it is always competitive when we play Arsenal." He wanted to use the game as a means of preparing his team for their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round game against Dinamo București the following Wednesday. Ferguson was concerned about the state of his squad, with several first team players injured.


2004 FA Community Shield, Pre-match
He was irked that senior players Cristiano Ronaldo and Gabriel Heinze were absent, on duty for their respective national teams at the Summer Olympics: "Apparently, it's supposed to be for amateurs, and money earned is put in trust, but we will be paying their wages while they are away so I don't know what that's all about."


2004 FA Community Shield, Pre-match
When asked about Arsenal's unbeaten run and whether it would be repeated in English football, Ferguson replied:


2004 FA Community Shield, Pre-match
"That was a one-off. Arsenal accumulated most points last season so they won the title fairly enough, but they didn't display championship form. They had too many draws. I think they came to a point around January where they realised they could go through the season undefeated, and that was a great driving force for them, but they had to stay undefeated to compensate for the number of draws. It was still an incredible achievement, though."


2004 FA Community Shield, Pre-match
Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger responded by saying: "Everybody has the freedom to make a judgement. In the last 20 minutes of every game last season, we were never behind. That means we had already done the job before." He insisted the draws did not reflect on his team's negative tactics, but "because of other teams coming back into the game". On the issue of Patrick Vieira's anticipated move to Real Madrid, Wenger told reporters the player would remain at Arsenal.


2004 FA Community Shield, Pre-match
Wenger acknowledged his team were short on experience as a result of selling players and missing Vieira, Sol Campbell and Thierry Henry, who all were injured. He considered this to be a disadvantage, but argued "...the younger ones have to be given a chance. They all have to take some responsibility."


2004 FA Community Shield, Pre-match
Tickets for the game went on general sale on 28 July 2004. They were advertised on the FA website at a cost of between £15 and £40. Sir Geoff Hurst was named as the event's chief guest.


2004 FA Community Shield, Match, Team selection
For Arsenal, Thierry Henry was declared fit to start and played alongside Dennis Bergkamp up front. 17-year-old Cesc Fàbregas partnered Gilberto Silva in central midfield, with José Antonio Reyes and Jermaine Pennant providing width on either side. Manchester United were without seven of their first-team players, including Ruud van Nistelrooy, who required surgery on his hernia. Wes Brown and Louis Saha were also ruled out because of injury, so David Bellion and Eric Djemba-Djemba came into the first team.


2004 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Arsenal kicked off the match and within the first two minutes forced Manchester United defender Gary Neville to concede a throw-in. In the fifth minute, Manchester United won a free kick, but nothing came out of it as José Antonio Reyes blocked Paul Scholes's shot. Good play by Reyes and Henry fashioned a chance for Bergkamp in the ninth minute, but his strike was off target. Two minutes later a shot by Bergkamp from outside the box was saved by Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard.


2004 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Before Henry was about to take a corner for Arsenal in the 16th minute, a cigarette lighter was thrown at him from the section occupied by Manchester United supporters – this resulted in police making two arrests during the game. Quinton Fortune used his pace to get the better of Lauren, but his cross into the Arsenal penalty area was cleared by Pascal Cygan.


2004 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Arsenal continued to threaten – Henry's free kick prompted Howard to make a save and tip the ball over the crossbar, and Bergkamp came close to scoring in the 27th minute after clever play to lose his marker John O'Shea. The football continued to move from one end to the other, with Giggs and Reyes causing problems for their respective defences. In stoppage time at the end of the first half, Henry had his shot saved by Howard, while Scholes was similarly denied by Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.


2004 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Manchester United made a slight change before the second half commenced, with Neville and O'Shea switching positions, while Arsenal brought Robin van Persie on in place of Henry. Arsenal began the half more strongly – Reyes sprinted past the Manchester United defence and went past Howard in the 48th minute, but his shot hit the side-netting. A minute later Arsenal scored. Bergkamp's pass put Reyes clear to run down the right-hand side of the pitch. He squared the ball to Gilberto, who side-footed it into the empty goal net.


2004 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Manchester United responded by making three substitutions – Fortune, Giggs and Roy Keane off for Phil Neville, Diego Forlán and Darren Fletcher. Five minutes after going behind, Alan Smith equalised for Manchester United. A mistake in the Arsenal defence presented him with the chance to hit a half-volley; the ball dipped over Lehmann in goal. Arsenal retook the lead in the 59th minute – a disjointed move that ended with Reyes shooting the ball low in the bottom left hand corner. Phil Neville was shown the game's first yellow card in the 62nd minute, after fouling Reyes.


2004 FA Community Shield, Match, Summary
Van Persie's free kick a minute later was deflected for a corner, which came to nothing. Jérémie Aliadière who came on for Bergkamp sustained a knee injury and had to come off after only a few minutes on the field. He was replaced by Gaël Clichy, whose arrival according to journalist Henry Winter "…accelerated Arsenal's drive further, particularly down the left where he kept combining well with Ashley Cole." In the 72nd minute, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Cole were each shown a yellow card for clashing with one another. Arsenal scored their third goal of the match 11 minutes before the end. Cole carried the ball into United's penalty box and his attempted cross hit defender Mikaël Silvestre, who was helpless to prevent the ball going into his own net.


2004 FA Community Shield, Post-match and aftermath
Wenger clarified Vieira's future after the match: "My intention is clear: to keep him [… ] The challenge in front of us is hugely difficult and we need a complete focus. I'm not resigned to let the story go on. It has all to be sorted out before the season." He added that if Vieira chose to leave, the club could sufficiently replace him: "We've worked very hard in the last five years to get good young players in and you saw that today."


2004 FA Community Shield, Post-match and aftermath
Reyes, who was named man of the match, was frustrated at his missed chance early in the second half, but continued: "I set one up and then scored myself so I was much happier." Bergkamp was impressed with Fàbregas's performance in the match: "Normally at 17, you might be a bit unsure when you step out. But with players like Cesc, the way he has developed in one year is quite amazing."


2004 FA Community Shield, Post-match and aftermath
Ferguson congratulated Arsenal on their win and said of the game: "It was about trying to make sure everyone was fit for Wednesday. I think we have managed to do that. There are no new injuries so far. Hopefully by tomorrow morning it will be a definite." He believed it was important to substitute Giggs and Keane early in the second half in order for them to recuperate in time for the Dinamo București game. Scholes, however, "…needed a game, which is why I left him on that bit longer."


2004 FA Community Shield, Post-match and aftermath
Ferguson felt Manchester United's preparations to the new season were hampered because of the injuries: "It's got a lot to do with summer football. It's not down to the European Championship, but you do wonder why the Copa América can't be at the same time. That harmony is never quite right, from Africa to America to Europe. Something should be done about that." Giggs said Manchester United needed to take the positives out of the match and anticipated Arsenal as their main rivals in the league: "[They] know what to do and how to handle the pressure when it comes around."


2004 FA Community Shield, Post-match and aftermath
The two clubs next faced each other in a league fixture at Old Trafford on 23 October 2004, where Arsenal's unbeaten league run of 49 matches came to an end as Manchester United beat them 2–0.


2004 FA Cup Final
The 2004 FA Cup Final was the 123rd FA Cup Final and the fourth to be played at the Millennium Stadium, the Welsh national stadium in Cardiff, due to the ongoing reconstruction of the usual venue, London's Wembley Stadium. The match took place on 22 May 2004 and it was contested by Manchester United, who had finished third in the Premier League that season, and Millwall, who had finished 10th in the First Division.


2004 FA Cup Final
Manchester United secured a record 11th FA Cup victory with a headed goal from Cristiano Ronaldo and a brace from Ruud van Nistelrooy, which included a penalty kick. In contrast, it was Millwall's first appearance in a final of either the FA Cup or the Football League Cup. At the trophy presentation after the match, the Manchester United players wore shirts bearing the name and number of midfielder Jimmy Davis, who died in a road accident in August 2003.


2004 FA Cup Final
The match was refereed by Jeff Winter. Tony Green and Roger East were the assistant referees and Matt Messias was the fourth official.


2004 FA Cup Final, Background
Manchester United were appearing in their 16th FA Cup final and had won it on 10 of their previous 15 appearances. Two of these victories had yielded a League and FA Cup double (in 1994 and 1996) and in 1999 they had won the FA Cup as part of an unprecedented treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup wins.


2004 FA Cup Final, Background
For Millwall, 2004 was their first appearance in an FA Cup final, although they had reached the semi-finals on three prior occasions: 1900, 1903 and 1937. Their appearance in the 1937 semi-final was notable as Millwall were the first team in the old Third Division to reach that stage. They also became only the second team from outside the top flight of English football to reach the final since 1982, and the first team from outside the Premier League since its foundation in 1992. Millwall reached the 2004 decider without having met any club from the Premier League along the way.


2004 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
Due to the ongoing reconstruction of Wembley Stadium, the match was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for the fourth year in a row. The stadium was built in 1998 ahead of the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales, with a capacity of 72,500. While it was being built, the Wales national rugby union team played its home matches at the old Wembley Stadium, so after Wembley was torn down in 2000, the Millennium Stadium was selected to host the finals of the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League play-offs until at least 2003. Delays to the construction of the new Wembley meant that deal was later extended until 2006.


2004 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Referee
The referee for the final was Jeff Winter from Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, who was officiating in his last match as a professional referee, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 45. Winter's assistant referees were Roger East and Tony Green, while Matt Messias was the fourth official.


2004 FA Cup Final, Pre-match, Broadcasting
The match was broadcast live on television in the United Kingdom on both BBC One and Sky Sports 1. The BBC broadcast was presented by Gary Lineker, with Alan Hansen, Peter Schmeichel and Michael Owen in the studio, and commentary from John Motson in his 25th FA Cup Final as lead commentator. The BBC also provided live radio coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live, presented by Mark Pougatch, with commentary from Alan Green and Mike Ingham, and analysis from Jimmy Armfield and Steve Claridge.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Team selection
Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll appeared to have earned his place in the team for the FA Cup final after a run of good performances between the end of March and mid-April 2004, conceding just two goals in five games, including the semi-final win over Arsenal on 3 April. However, a 1–0 defeat away to Portsmouth on 17 April led to a recall for American goalkeeper Tim Howard for the last five games of the season. Although Howard conceded three goals in that time, he retained his place in the team for the cup final.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Team selection
Following the recurrence of a knee injury against Arsenal on 28 March, striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was only able to play in one match in April 2004 and was expected to miss the last two league games against Chelsea and Aston Villa to ensure his fitness for the final; however, he recovered in time to play and score in both games, guaranteeing his place up front against Millwall. One surprise selection saw Darren Fletcher named in central midfield alongside Roy Keane ahead of both Nicky Butt and Phil Neville.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Team selection
Millwall went into the final with doubts over the fitness of player-manager Dennis Wise (knee), captain Kevin Muscat (knee) and midfielder Paul Ifill (groin); Wise and Ifill recovered in time to play in the final, but Muscat was ruled out for the rest of the season. Bob Peeters, Andy Roberts, Tony Warner and Charley Hearn also missed the game through injury, while striker Danny Dichio was suspended. Because they were unable to play in the game, and with manager Wise in the starting line-up, Muscat and Warner led the Millwall team out for the national anthem before kick-off.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
The first chances of the match fell to Manchester United's Paul Scholes, who took a couple of long-range efforts at goal – one went just wide while another was tipped away by Millwall goalkeeper Andy Marshall. Scholes was presented with another opportunity on the six-yard line, when a rabona cross from Cristiano Ronaldo found him unmarked; the midfielder seemed as surprised by the cross as everyone else and completely missed the ball with his hooked shot.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Millwall's only chance of the first half came when Paul Ifill broke down the right-hand side of the pitch and arrowed in towards the penalty area, only to have his shot blocked.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
They looked to have survived the first half without conceding until a minute before the interval, when Roy Keane played in Gary Neville as the right-back moved into the penalty area and Neville chipped a cross back across the box; Millwall player-manager Dennis Wise waited for the ball to arrive, but in doing so, he allowed Ronaldo to steal in and head the ball past Marshall, to give United a 1–0 lead going into the break.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Manchester United went 2–0 up 20 minutes into the second half, when Ryan Giggs went on a run down the right wing into the Millwall box only to be brought down by David Livermore. Referee Jeff Winter awarded a penalty for the foul and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored with a powerful shot into the top-corner to the goalkeeper's right. United now held a comfortable advantage and Millwall struggled to find a way back into the match.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
United's defence kept Neil Harris and Tim Cahill at bay, and the Red Devils eventually scored a third when Giggs went on a run down the left and crossed for Van Nistelrooy to tap in from three yards out. There were suggestions that Van Nistelrooy was offside at the moment of Giggs' pass, but television replays showed his feet were grounded in an onside position.


2004 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Millwall had a chance near the end when substitute Mark McCammon almost found a way through United's defence, while Scholes had a late effort for the Reds, before Curtis Weston (aged 17 years and 119 days) replaced Wise to become the youngest player to appear in an FA Cup final, beating the record set by James F. M. Prinsep of Clapham Rovers, when he appeared in the 1879 FA Cup Final at the age of 17 years and 245 days. The match finished 3–0 to Manchester United, their 11th success in the FA Cup.


2004 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Manchester United were presented with the FA Cup by England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who selected Ruud van Nistelrooy as the man of the match. For the trophy presentation, the Manchester United squad changed into shirts bearing the name and squad number of Jimmy Davis, who died in a road accident while on loan to Watford in August 2003. Eriksson's selection of Van Nistelrooy as man of the match was met with criticism from some members of the media, with both the BBC and The Guardian naming Cristiano Ronaldo as the game's best player. Ronaldo received praise from both his manager Alex Ferguson and teammate Gary Neville after the game, as well as BBC pundit Alan Hansen and The Guardian's Andy Gray.


2004 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Dennis Wise claimed Ronaldo's goal at the end of the first half proved the turning point in the match, but he felt there were plenty of positives for his team to take from the game. It was Tim Cahill's last game for Millwall, as he signed for Everton in July 2004, and Nicky Butt's last game for Manchester United, as he signed for Newcastle United later that same month.


2004 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Since Manchester United had already qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League by virtue of their league position, Millwall qualified for the first round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. Club owner Theo Paphitis said the club had made around £2.5 million for making it to the FA Cup final, but that the club could stand to lose money if they failed to reach the group stage of the UEFA Cup.


2004 FA Summer Tournament
The 2004 FA Summer Tournament was a minor international football competition which took place in England from 30 May to 5 June 2004. Host nation England, Japan and Iceland all participated in the tournament. All matches took place at the City of Manchester Stadium, home of club Manchester City.


2004 FA Summer Tournament
This three nation mini tournament was arranged as the preparatory exercise for England just before UEFA Euro 2004 began. It featured England’s squad for that tournament which had been named on 17 May 2004. They won the tournament on goal difference from Japan, having been held to a draw by them but defeating Iceland via a greater margin.


2004 FA Trophy Final
The 2003–04 FA Trophy is the 34th season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Hednesford Town and Canvey Island on 23 May 2004 at Villa Park, Birmingham.


2004 FA Trophy Final
Hednesford Town won the match 3–2 to win the competition for the first time in their history.


2004 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2004 FA Women's Cup Final was the 34th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 11th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA) and was known as the FA Women's Cup Final in partnership with Nationwide for sponsorship reasons. The final was contested between Arsenal and Charlton Athletic on 4 May 2004.


2004 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 2004 was the 84th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or Carlsberg FAI Cup. It officially kicked off in late May, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face League of Ireland opposition in the second round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 eircom League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until October, with the final taking place on Sunday, October 24.


2004 FAI Cup, Second round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 25 July 2004.


2004 FAI Cup, Third round
Matches played on the week of Monday, 16 August 2004.


2004 FAI Cup Final
The 2004 FAI Cup Final was the deciding match of the 2004 FAI Cup. Defending champions Longford Town contested the final against Waterford United. The match was played at Lansdowne Road in Dublin. Longford won the match 2–1.


2004 FC Moscow season
The 2004 FC Moscow season was the club's 1st season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg. They finished the season in 9th place, and reached the Round of 32 in the Russian Cup, with the Round of 16 taking place in the 2005 season.


2004 FC Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Moscow season, Competitions, Russian Cup, 2004–05
The Round of 16 games took place during the 2004 season.


2004 FC Rubin Kazan season
The 2004 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 2nd season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in tenth position, were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the Second qualifying round by Rapid Wien and reached the Last 16 of the 2003–04 Russian Cup and Last 32 of the 2004–05 Russian Cup.


2004 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 3-4-3 formation.


2004 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2004 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2004 FC Spartak Moscow season
The 2004 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 13th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 8th position, and were knocked out of the 2004–05 Russian Cup by Metallurg Lipetsk at the Round of 32 stage. In Europe, Spartak where knockout of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup by Mallorca in the Third Round, whilst reaching the Third Round of the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup where they were knocked out by Villarreal.


2004 FC Spartak Moscow season, Season events
Prior to the start of the season, Yegor Titov was handed a 12-month ban from football for failing a drugs test after Russia's 0–0 against Wales on 15 November 2003.


2004 FC Spartak Moscow season, Season events
On 30 August, Nevio Scala was sacked as manager of Spartak, with Aleksandrs Starkovs appointed as his replacement.


2004 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
The 2004 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's tenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.


2004 FCSL season
The 2004 FCSL season was the inaugural season of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the southeastern United States region of central Florida. The league contained four franchises during its inaugural season, the Daytona Beach Barracudas, Orlando Shockers, Sanford River Rats, and Winter Park Diamond Dawgs.


2004 FCSL season
The Sanford River Rats won the league championship game after a double elimination playoff series to become the league's inaugural champions.


2004 FCSL season, All-Star game
The 2004 FCSL All-Star Day occurred on July 4 at Sanford's Memorial Stadium and consisted of a home run derby and all-star game between the Northern Division's Sanford River Rats and Daytona Beach Barracudas and the Southern Division's Orlando Shockers and Winter Park Diamond Dawgs. Orlando's Ron Baptiste won the Home Run Derby, and he and his Southern Division teammates won the All-Star Game 9-0. The All-Star Game MVP was awarded to Orlando's J.P. Castro.


2004 FH
2004 FH is a micro-asteroid and near-Earth object of the Aten group, approximately 30 meters in diameter, that passed just 43,000 km (27,000 mi) above the Earth's surface on 18 March 2004, at 22:08 UTC. It was the 11th closest approach to Earth recorded as of 21 November 2008. The asteroid was first observed on 16 March 2004, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico.


2004 FH, Orbit and classification
2004 FH is an Aten asteroid. It passed 43,000 km from the Earth on 18 March 2004. For comparison, geostationary satellites orbit Earth at 35,790 kilometers. Despite its small size, it is still the fourth largest asteroid detected coming closer to the Earth than the Moon.


2004 FH, Orbit and classification
Had this object hit Earth, it would probably have detonated high in the atmosphere. It might have produced a blast measured in hundreds of kilotons of TNT, but may not have produced any effect on the ground. It could also have been an Earth-grazing fireball if it had been much closer but not close enough to impact.


2004 FH, Orbit and classification
On 17 March 2044 the asteroid will pass no closer than 0.0116 AU (1,740,000 km; 1,080,000 mi) from the Earth. 2004 FH also has the distinction of having the lowest inclination of any known near-Earth asteroids.


2004 FH, Orbit and classification
Two weeks later another asteroid approached even closer, 2004 FU162, which was smaller, and a few years later 2009 DD45, which was closer in size passed by at similar distance.


2004 FH, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
In March 2004, two rotational lightcurves of 2004 FH were obtained from photometric observations by astronomers Petr Pravec, Stefano Sposetti and Raoul Behrend. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 0.0504 hours (3.02 minutes) with a brightness amplitude of 1.16 and 0.75 magnitude, respectively (U=3/2+).


2004 FH, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
This makes this object a fast rotator, currently among the Top 100 known to exist. The photometric observations also revealed, that 2004 FH is a tumbler with a non-principal axis rotation.


2004 FH, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
has been estimated to measure approximately 30 meters (100 feet) in diameter. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 24 meters based on an absolute magnitude of 25.7.