2004 Malawian general election, Campaign, National Assembly
Seven parties contested the elections as the Mgwirizano Coalition; the Republican Party, the People's Progressive Movement, the Movement for Genuine Democratic Change, the People's Transformation Party, the Malawi Forum for Unity and Development, the National Unity Party and the Malawi Democratic Party.


2004 Malawian general election, Results, National Assembly
Polling in six constituencies was delayed due to printing errors on the ballot papers.


2004 Malaysia Premier League
The 2004 Liga Premier (English: 2004 Premier League), also known as the Dunhill Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural season of the Liga Premier, the new second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.


2004 Malaysia Premier League
The season was held from 14 February and concluded in 14 August 2004.


2004 Malaysia Premier League
The Liga Premier champions for 2004 was MPPJ which beaten TM during the final with a score of 3-2. Both clubs were promoted to 2005 Liga Super.


2004 Malaysia Super League
The 2004 Liga Super (English: 2004 Super League) also known as the Dunhill Liga Super, based from the original format of the first season (1994/1995) and second season (1995/1996) of the Indonesian league premier division, is the inaugural season of the Liga Super, the new top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.


2004 Malaysia Super League
The season was held from 14 February and concluded in 14 August 2004. This league participated by 8 teams, six west teams and two east teams, Sabah and Sarawak. The original Indonesian format with the same name, first organized 10 years ago from November 1994 till July 1995, participated by 34 teams divided by 17 west teams and 17 east teams. The Liga Super champions for 2004 was Pahang.


2004 Malaysia Super League
Pahang dominated the season and ended up winning the title by a wide margin and this was down to their efforts in securing the services of the nation's top players prior to the start of the new season. Pahang's Indra Putra Mahayuddin was the season's top goalscorer with 15 goals. He held the record as the only local players which won the accolade until the end of 2009 season.


2004 Malaysia Super League
The highest scoring match of the season was Perlis 6–2 defeat of Kedah on 31 July 2004.


2004 Malaysia Super League
A plus point was the surprisingly strong finish of club side Public Bank. At this time, the Football Association of Malaysia were trying to promote clubs as the future of Malaysian football.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 21 March 2004 at the Sepang International Circuit. It was Race 2 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Michael Schumacher for Ferrari. This was also the first podium for future World Champion Jenson Button, who finished in 3rd place.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
With all drivers starting on dry tyres, the action started sooner than expected as on the parade lap Kimi Räikkönen spun but was able to retake his grid position. Mark Webber, starting from P2, made a woeful start and slid down the field to be 9th by the 1st lap. Fernando Alonso on the other hand, made a brilliant start from 19th (2nd last) and was up behind Webber in 10th after lap 1. Michael Schumacher led from the start while drivers behind jostled for position.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
By the second lap, rain started to fall and cars were starting to lose traction on the dry tyres. Jarno Trulli overtook Button but the Brit promptly took the place back again. Alonso barreled past Webber for eighth and closed in on the McLaren of David Coulthard. From the back to a points position within four laps was an outstanding performance from Alonso but it was the best he got all race. By this time Michael Schumacher had already built up quite an advantage, but this was quickly eroded by the hard-charging Juan Pablo Montoya. It was to prove to be just a brief shower as soon the precipitation passed and Schumacher was back on his way.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
Webber managed to get past Ralf but the Williams retaliated and got ahead again, puncturing the Jaguar's rear right tyre on his way. Takuma Sato spun into the gravel but recovered the BAR smartly and Webber had to pit for a tyre change. To add insult to injury he got a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane and finally compounded his misery by spinning out of the race a few laps later.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
A string of cars in the midfield were jostling for position, starting with Nick Heidfeld's Jordan in 11th, then Cristiano da Matta's Toyota, the second Jaguar of Christian Klien, Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella and da Matta's teammate Olivier Panis. In the first round of pit stops Heidfeld's fuel rig failed and he had to go out and back in again. He eventually pulled into the pits to retire with a gearbox problem.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
Trulli got ahead of Coulthard in the first stops and running order at the front, where not much was happening, was Michael, Montoya, Räikkönen. Montoya was falling away from the Ferrari in the second stint of the race but not letting him get too far ahead. Alonso took Coulthard for sixth but then the pair pitted for the second time and the McLaren got out ahead.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
Alonso swapped to a two-stop strategy but it gave him no advantage and he seemed resigned to staying behind Coulthard, while Trulli, who had been on quite an early charge, also seemed to lose momentum. Ralf's engine unexpectedly gave up midway through the race, the first failure for BMW for 17 races. Felipe Massa, who was having a pretty good race, got held up by a Minardi and did a bit of agitated hand waving as he went by.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
The gap between Michael and Montoya was holding at around four seconds and Button moved up to third, jumping Räikkönen in the second pit stops. Both of the Finn's stops seemed quite long and eventually he pulled off to the side of the track with a transmission failure. Disappointing for Räikkönen and McLaren as Kimi was showing good pace until then.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
Panis ducked into the pits only to find no crew ready for him and had to go straight back out. Then next lap he was back in again to serve a drive-through for speeding on his previous effort. Not a good day for Panis, or Toyota in general. Da Matta finished ninth after a fairly anonymous race.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
In the final laps the BAR crew froze as one of the cars pulled off with an engine failure but it was Sato rather than third placed Button. Bad luck for Sato but the relief that it wasn't his teammate was palpable. Barrichello was gaining ground on Button but with only a few laps to go, he was not in a position to challenge.


2004 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
Michael took the win with Montoya five seconds behind. BAR and Button were by far the happiest of the lot and the Englishman got the biggest cheer from the crowd as he lifted his first trophy on the third step of the podium.


2004 Malaysian general election
A general election was held on Sunday, 21 March 2004 for members of the 11th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 219 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. This is first election for Abdullah as Prime Minister since appointed for this position in 2003. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states of Malaysia (except Sarawak) on the same day as Sabah took the first time election was parallel with the rest of Peninsular Malaysia.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election results
The National Front gained a popular vote of 63.9%, but would have gained a higher vote had all seats been contested. Reports in the Malaysian media 23 March showed the Front winning 198 parliamentary seats to the combined opposition parties' 20 seats, with one independent. This is the largest majority that National Front has won since the 1978 elections.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election results
The dominant party in the National Front, the Prime Minister's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), won 109 seats, a gain of 32. UMNO's allies also gained seats. The Malaysian Chinese Association won 31 seats, a gain of two, and the Malaysian Indian Congress won nine seats, a gain of two.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election results
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) managed to retain only seven of its 27 seats. PAS ran on a platform promising an Islamic nation. The PAS opposition leader, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, lost his parliamentary seat.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election results
Another opposition party, the People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Nasional) lost four of its five seats. After five recounts the party's leader, Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (the wife of imprisoned former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim), retained her seat with a majority of 590 votes.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election results
The third opposition party, the Democratic Action Party, which was routed in the 1999 elections, improved its performance with the re-election of party chairman Lim Kit Siang at Ipoh Timor seat and his deputy, Karpal Singh at Bukit Gelugor seat while chairman Kerk Kim Hock lost his seat. The DAP won 12 seats and regained the official leadership of the opposition in the national parliament from PAS.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election results
Most candidates who campaigned on platforms of Islamic issues lost their seats. This is a significant turnaround since the last election where, generally, the more "Islamic" candidates had a greater chance of winning in the Malay heartland.


2004 Malaysian general election, Results, State Assemblies
Elections for the assemblies of all the Malaysian states except Sarawak were also held on 21 March. The National Front and its allies won majorities in all states except Kelantan where, despite earlier reports to the contrary, PAS retained control with a narrow majority of 24 seats to BN's 21 seats. The National Front regained control of the state of Terengganu, which it lost to PAS in 1999. The PAS opposition leader, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, who lost his parliamentary seat as mentioned earlier, managed to retain his state seat.


2004 Malaysian general election, Background
On 2 March, the 10th national parliament and all state assemblies in Malaysia (with the exception of Sarawak) were dissolved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong upon the advice of the Prime Minister. Sarawak's last state election was held in 2001, and elections for the state assembly are not due till 2006.


2004 Malaysian general election, Background
The election was held nine months earlier than required by the constitution. The constitution allows that parliament has a mandate of 5 years. Elections are required to be called three months after parliament is dissolved. The government had until the end of November 2004 to call elections.


2004 Malaysian general election, Background
Candidates nominated on 13 March, with the National Front winning 15 seats uncontested, and another two seats after the opposing candidates withdrew. The right to withdraw was only introduced as a new rule at these elections. Under this rule candidates are allowed a three-day period to withdraw following nomination day. Of the 17 parliamentary seats won uncontested, nine were in the state of Sabah, six in Sarawak and two in Johor.


2004 Malaysian general election, Background
PAS won a state assembly seat Senggarang in Johor for the first time, after the National Front candidate was disqualified because she was seconded by someone who was not a registered voter in the constituency which she wanted to contest. The requirement that the seconder be registered in the same constituency was only introduced in 2004. This seat was influenced by other opposition parties to gain many state seat in 2008 contest.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election irregularities
The elections were marred by discrepancies, which were admitted by the electoral authorities. The head of the Election Commission (Tan Sri Ab Rashid Ab Rahman) made the statement "I have been in this line for so long... it should not have happened at all. There must be reasons why this happened." He has served in the election commission for the last five elections, and has stated that he intends to resign if a report on the discrepancies implicates him in the foul-ups.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election irregularities
Among the discrepancies were wrongly printed ballots, registered voters being unable to vote and wide discrepancies in votes in various seats upon re-counting the ballots.


2004 Malaysian general election, Election irregularities
In the seat of Sungai Lembing in state of Pahang, the Keadilan symbol was printed wrongly on the ballot paper for PAS candidate Idris Ahmad. Illiterate voters tend to rely on familiar party symbols for voting purposes as they are unable to read the candidate's names on the ballot. Voting was suspended for 5 hours before resuming. Polling was re-held for the seat on 28 March.


2004 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2004 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 October 2004 at the Sepang International Circuit.


2004 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.


2004 Malaysian state elections
State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 21 March 2004 in all states except Sarawak. The elections took place alongside general elections, and saw Barisan Nasional and its allies won majorities in all states except Kelantan where, despite earlier reports to the contrary, Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) retained control with a narrow majority of 24 seats to BN's 21. The National Front regained control of the state of Terengganu, which it lost to the PAS in 1999.


2004 Maldives FA Cup
The 2004 Maldives FA Cup, was the 17th edition of the Maldives FA Cup.


2004 Malmö FF season
Malmö FF won its first league title since 1988, thanks to smart spending of the 9 million € transfer money of Zlatan Ibrahimović three years earlier. Afonso Alves was the bearing player in the team, having signed from Örgryte IS for an estimated 1.2 million €. The title was won in front of 27 343 ecstatic supporters at Malmö Stadion. Malmö beat IF Elfsborg 1-0 thanks to Jon Inge Høiland scoring on a rebound, following Niklas Skoog's miss.


2004 Malmö FF season
Following a 2-1 victory at IFK Göteborg in front of almost 40 000 spectators earlier that week, IFK gave Malmö a helping hand by drawing against Halmstads BK 1-1 away from home, which proved crucial in securing Malmö's title. The club competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and The UEFA Intertoto Cup for the 2004 season.


2004 Malmö FF season, Club, Other information
Updated to match played 19 OctoberSource: Malmö FF and Malmö Stadion


2004 Malta Open darts
2004 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2004.


2004 Malé League
The 2004 Malé League was the fourth season of the Malé League.


2004 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 10 June 2004.


2004 Manchester City Council election
Due to demographic changes in the Borough since its formation in 1973, and in common with most other English Councils in 2004, substantial boundary changes were implemented in time for these elections. Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole Council to be re-elected for the first time since 1973. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2008, the second-placed candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2007, and the third-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2006.


2004 Manchester City Council election
The three Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour". Turnout was dramatically improved at 34.3%, up by a third upon the previous election and much higher than the norm set in recent elections of low twenties. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, but with a majority reduced to the teens for the first time since the 1970s.


2004 Manchester City Council election, Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2004 Manchester City Council election, Ward results
Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidates per ward are in bold.


2004 Marbella Football Cup
The 2004 Marbella Football Cup was held in January 2004 in Marbella, Spain. Four teams participated in tournaments, two from Germany and one from China and the Netherlands. This tournaments was a predecessor of the current Marbella Cup tournament.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Australian Open series
Sharapova began her season at the Australian Open, as the 28th seed. She lost in the third round to Anastasia Myskina.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, European clay court season
Sharapova reached her first Major quarter-final at the French Open, defeating 2003 quarter-finalist Vera Zvonareva en route. She eventually lost in the quarter-finals to Paola Suárez.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Grass court season
Sharapova won her first title for the year in Birmingham, defeating Tatiana Golovin in the final in three sets. At Wimbledon, Sharapova was seeded 13th, meaning she could have faced a potential fourth round meeting against the French Open champion, Anastasia Myskina, who had defeated her in Australia earlier in the year. However, Sharapova was able to take advantage of Myskina's early exit to reach the quarter-finals, where she dropped her first set of the tournament to Ai Sugiyama, before winning in three sets. In the semi-finals, she faced 1999 champion Lindsay Davenport, trailing by a set and a break before making a comeback to prevail in three sets after the rain appeared to halt Davenport's momentum.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Grass court season
The final saw Sharapova face two-time defending champion Serena Williams, who had defeated her in Miami earlier in the year, in what was their first meeting. Williams entered the match as the favourite, but Sharapova would produce a stunning straight-sets victory to become the third-youngest woman (after Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) to triumph at Wimbledon. The victory was hailed by the media as "the most stunning upset in memory". By virtue of winning Wimbledon, Sharapova would enter the Top Ten for the first time in her career, and would remain there until January 2009, when she decided not to defend her 2008 Australian Open title due to a serious shoulder injury.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, US Open series
Sharapova entered the US Open as the seventh seed, but she was defeated in the third round by Mary Pierce.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Fall series
During the fall of the season Sharapova played and won consecutive titles at the hansol korea open and at the japan tennis championships thus extending her title tally to 4 .She also reached the final of the zurich open defeating venus williams en route but eventually lost to alicia molik in three tight sets.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, WTA Tour Championships
Sharapova qualified for the year-end WTA Tour Championships by virtue of her impressive season, which saw her capture four titles for the year to date. She was drawn in the Black Group along with Amélie Mauresmo, US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva. Sharapova won two of her three matches, the only loss coming to Mauresmo in her first match. Sharapova qualified for the semi-finals after finishing second in the group behind Mauresmo; thus, the semi-final saw her drawn against French Open champion and Red Group leader Anastasia Myskina, which she won in three sets.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, WTA Tour Championships
The final saw her up against Serena Williams for the third time in the year. After losing the first set, and trailing 0–4 in the final set, Sharapova defeated her for the second (and to date last) time this year, to become the second player in WTA Tour Championships history to win the title on her first attempt (Petra Kvitová would later achieve this feat in 2011, Dominika Cibulková in 2016 and Ashleigh Barty in 2019). She would finish the year ranked World No. 4, and be recognised by the WTA as the "Player of the Year" and "Most Improved Player of the Year". Additionally, she would earn $2,506,263 in prize money, the most by any player this year.


2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Sharapova in 2004, including walkovers (W/O) which the WTA does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.


2004 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 2004 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I –A college football during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Marshall competed as a member of the East Division of Mid-American Conference, and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. They were coached by Bob Pruett, who would retire from coaching at the end of the season.


2004 Maryland Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Maryland Democratic presidential primary took place on March 2, 2004 as part of the 2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries. The delegate allocation is proportional; candidates are awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received, open to registered Democrats only. Frontrunner John Kerry won the primary with former Senator John Edwards coming in a distant second.


2004 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 2004 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in 2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' 52nd season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Ralph Friedgen led the team for his fourth season as head coach. It was his first as a head coach without a bowl game appearance.


2004 Maryland Terrapins football team, 2005 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft.


2004 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary was held on March 2 in the U.S. state of Massachusetts as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Massachusetts Senate election
Elections to the 185th Massachusetts Senate were held on November 2, 2004. The Democrats picked up one former Republican seat. The 185th Massachusetts General Court began in January 2005, and consisted of 34 Democrats and 6 Republican State Senators.


2004 Massachusetts Senate election
The 2004 Massachusetts House election was held on the same date as the Senate election, as well as Federal and Congressional elections.


2004 Massachusetts Senate election, Complete list of Senate contests in 2004
Official results from  (PDF, 459k) on the Massachusetts Elections Division website


2004 Massachusetts Senate election, Primary Results
Official results from  (PDF, 424k) on the Massachusetts Elections Division website


2004 Masters (snooker)
The 2004 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held in February 2004. It was the 30th staging of the Masters tournament, one of three Triple Crown events on the Snooker Tour, the eighth of fifteen World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) events in the 2003/2004 season, and was held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, United Kingdom from 1 to 8 February 2004. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC.


2004 Masters (snooker)
Paul Hunter won the tournament, defeating 1995 winner and world number three Ronnie O'Sullivan by ten frames to nine (10–9), claiming the third Masters title of his career in four years. Hunter joined Cliff Thorburn and Stephen Hendry as the third player to win the Masters three or more times. In the semi-finals, Hunter defeated John Higgins 6–3 and O'Sullivan beat Jimmy White 6–4. O'Sullivan compiled a 138 break, the highest of the tournament, in the second frame of his semi-final match against White.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Background
The Masters was first held in 1975 at the West Centre Hotel with the sport's top ten ranking players invited to participate. It moved to the New London Theatre the following year, before it resided at the Wembley Conference Centre in 1979 where all editions of the tournament had been held going into the 2004 tournament. It is part of snooker's Triple Crown events alongside the World Snooker Championship and the UK Championship, but does not have official ranking status. The tournament was sponsored by Benson & Hedges until 2003 when the company was required to end its association with the Masters due to restrictions on tobacco advertising in the United Kingdom. Thus, the tournament went without sponsorship in 2004.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Background
The 2004 tournament was the eighth of fifteen World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) events in the 2003/2004 season, following the Welsh Open and preceding the third Challenge Tour event. Held in January, the Welsh Open was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Steve Davis by nine frames to eight (9–8) in the final. The defending Masters champion was Mark Williams, who defeated Stephen Hendry 10–4 in the previous year's final. The tournament had a prize fund of £400,000, and was broadcast on television by the BBC. For the 2004 tournament, a new trophy commissioned by the WPBSA and designed by crystal manufacturer Waterford Crystal was awarded to the Masters champion for the first time.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Format and wild-card matches
Mark Williams, the defending Masters champion and 2003 World Snooker Champion, was the number 1 seed. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against Neil Robertson (the winner of the qualifying event in the Welsh town of Prestatyn during December 2003), and Ding Junhui, who was the wild-card selection. All matches were played to the best of 11 frames, up until the final which was played to a maximum of 19 frames.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Format and wild-card matches
For the wild-card round, Robertson was drawn against world number 15 Jimmy White, the 1984 Masters champion. White won the match 6–2 by compiling six half-centuries and a match-best break of 83. World number 16 Joe Perry was assigned as Ding's opponent, the youngest player in the history of the Masters at age 16. Ding compiled breaks of 58 and 108, and Perry took frame four before the mid-session interval. A further break of 118 in the sixth frame, along with Perry potting the cue ball, enabled Ding to claim the final two frames and win the match 6–3.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
The first round of the competition, in which sixteen players took part, was played between 1 and 4 February 2004. In the first match, defending champion Mark Williams won against fellow Welshman and world number nine Matthew Stevens, 6–5. Stevens compiled breaks of 105 and 92, to take a 3–1 lead, but Williamsn went ahead 5–3 after winning four frames in a row. However, Stevens claimed the next two frames after fluking a red ball and potting the coloured balls, to force a final frame decider.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
Stevens was leading 48–0 in points when he missed a blue ball shot to the middle pocket, allowing Williams to win the match. Two-time Masters champion Paul Hunter faced David Gray in his first round match. The first frame was restarted after 17 minutes due to inactivity on the table; Hunter clinched the frame on a black ball after Gray incurred 10 penalty points while leading 66–1. Hunter extended his lead with a break of 51, but Gray responded with a 70 break.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
Hunter led 3–1 at the mid-session interval, but Gray reduced Hunter's advantage again, this time with a break of 67. Hunter won two of the next three frames to take the score to 5–3, and a break of 74 in the ninth frame gave him a 6–3 win, setting up a quarter-final encounter with Williams.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
World number three and 1995 Masters champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan, took a 6–0 whitewash over 1994 winner Alan McManus . During a match that lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes, McManus' highest break was just 44. O'Sullivan equalled that in the second frame and compiled a 75 break in the fourth. He took advantage of McManus missing two opportunities to pot the blue ball, claiming match victory and giving McManus his first Masters whitewash in his 13th appearance. John Higgins, world number four and 1999 Masters champion, defeated fellow Scotsman Graeme Dott 6–4.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
Playing with a new cue (having intentionally destroyed his old one at a motorway service station), Dott took the first frame with a clearance of 34. Higgins then compiled breaks of 70, 63, and 100, to lead 3–1 at the mid-session interval. However, Dott managed to level the scoreline after the next two frames, thanks to a poor positional shot from Higgins on a final blue ball, and they shared the next two frames bringing the score to 4–4. Higgins took the ninth frame, winning a safety battle over the pink, and he clinched frame 10 to advance to the quarter-finals. Higgins' victory continued Dott's streak of failing to win any matches at the Wembley Conference Centre.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
Ken Doherty compiled breaks of 89 and 81 to hold a 3–1 advantage over his opponent Steve Davis at the mid-session interval of their first round match. Davis denied Doherty an early victory in frame seven when he potted the last four coloured balls to snatch the frame; he also took the next frame to reduce his deficit to 3–5. However, a 33 break from Doherty ended the match 6–3 in his favour, after more than 3 and a half hours of play.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
Afterwards, Davis complained about cold air entering the venue, which dampened the cloth and caused the chalk to stick to the cue ball. Stephen Lee took the first frame of his match against Ding Junhui, who won the next three frames—with the help of an 84 break—for a 3–1 lead at the interval. Following Lee's fifth frame win, Ding compiled breaks of 81, 83, and 89, to go 5–2 ahead, but Lee responded to claim frame eight on a re-spotted black ball, before taking the ninth with a clearance of 54. Lee also took the tenth frame to force a final frame decider; he then made a break of 85 in the last frame to claim a 6–5 victory, booking his place in the quarter-finals.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
Jimmy White defeated six-time Masters champion Stephen Hendry 6–4, in a match disrupted by noise from an over-enthusiastic partisan crowd that referee Colin Brinded had attempted to control. White won the first frame with a 54 break, but a fluke on a red ball in the second gave Hendry the impetus to win the next two frames with breaks of 97 and 75. White took the fourth frame to equalise the scoreline, until Hendry made his 632nd career century break (102) to win the fifth.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
White then made a clearance of 40, after Hendry missed a shot on the pink ball to a middle pocket in frame six, and White took the lead. A 36 clearance and a 51 break won him the match, his first against Hendry at the Wembley Conference Centre in seven attempts. After the match, White apologised to Hendry for the crowd's disrespectful behaviour; a female spectator had been ejected and escorted out of the arena by security after she ignored repeated warnings over disrupting the match. White also voiced a complaint about the playing conditions, and the WPBSA conducted a meticulous investigation of the table's mechanics on 4 February, to correct any imperfections prior to the start of the quarter-finals.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
In the last of the first round matches, Quinten Hann responded to an early century break from his opponent Peter Ebdon to take a 2–1 lead, but a playing error, in which Hann potted the cue ball from a screwback on the pink ball, allowed Ebdon to level the scoreline with a break of 55. They shared the next two frames, but Hann conceded the seventh after missing the final red ball, despite trailing by only 21 points in the frame. Edbon forged ahead, claiming the next two frames to win the match 6–3.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
At the post-match press conference, Hann put the decline in his performance down to hunger, which had lowered his concentration after the mid-session interval, "This wasn't the first time it's happened. I enjoy playing Peter but the game did drag on. I got some chocolate at the end but it was too little too late."


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals took place on 5 and 6 February 2004. Hunter took an early lead of 3–1 in the first quarter-final, but Williams then won four of the next five frames, with breaks of 66, 77, 52 and 101, to move 5–4 ahead. Williams looked set to win the match in frame ten with a 51–12 lead, but a strong ricochet off the top right-hand corner pocket sent the cue ball down the table and Hunter made a 65 clearance to force a final frame decider.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Hunter built a 63–16 lead, and despite a missed long-range red ball that provided Williams with a failed opportunity to pot a long-range yellow in the bottom right-hand pocket, won the match for his third career victory over Williams. Higgins won the 34-minute opening frame of his quarter-final match against Lee, who then compiled a half-century break of 51 in the second frame, before ending the next with a black ball shot on a 36 run.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The match levelled at 4–4 and Higgins won the next two frames (with a 71 break in the ninth) to end it 6–4 and advance to the semi-finals. Higgins criticised the table conditions afterwards: "The table was atrocious. We played with a light white, and the cushions were bouncing all over the place. Neither of us played well, but the conditions didn't help."


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
O'Sullivan defeated Doherty 6–3 in the third quarter-final. Doherty began well by winning the first frame but O'Sullivan went unchallenged in the next three frames to score 260 points, including breaks of 43, 87 and 75, to lead 3–1 going into the mid-session interval. They shared frames five and six; Doherty won frame seven after O'Sullivan was snookered on the final red, and O'Sullivan took the next frame on the pink ball.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Although Doherty scored a break of 61 in the ninth frame, he could not sustain his form and O'Sullivan claimed victory on the black ball from a 38 clearance. The last quarter-final saw Ebdon compete against White, in front of a calmer crowd. White made century breaks of 118 and 101 in the first and fifth frames, followed by another by Ebdon in the sixth, and the score went level at 3–3.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Ebdon won the next frame to briefly take the lead, but White won frames eight and nine, and with Ebdon unable to respond, White won the match 6–4 with a break of 45 in the tenth frame. He entered the semi-finals of the Masters at the Wembley Conference Centre for the tenth time in his career.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Both of the semi-finals were played on 7 February 2004. Hunter opened proceedings with a break of 96 in the first frame of his semi-final match against Higgins, but his lead was short-lived as Higgins responded by compiling a 110 break in the second frame and winning frames three and four to enter the mid-session interval 3–1 ahead. Higgins took the fifth frame on the blue ball and Hunter won the sixth with a break of 68.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Higgins clinched the 27-minute-long seventh frame on a re-spotted black ball, but his chances of victory were over when Hunter claimed the next two frames to win the match 6–3, following a safety shot exchange on the final pink ball. Higgins again voiced criticism of the table's playing conditions after the match, "It was torture out there. We were playing with a light white, and the cushions were an absolute joke. I just couldn't get hold of the cue ball, and we shouldn't have to play on that. The table was a disgrace. Top players are not used to it. I've asked for something to be done. It's a sad day for snooker when no one listens to the players." Cloth manufacturer Milliken & Company concluded that the table conditions were "perfect as they could be" for the cloth.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
O'Sullivan faced White in the second semi-final match later that evening. White won the opening frame and O'Sullivan produced the tournament's highest break (a 138 clearance) in the second frame to level the score. He then took frame three after an early foul from White on a black ball, but the two players were equal at the mid-session interval, after which play became disjointed and the two remained tied after the eighth frame.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
A break of 56 from O'Sullivan, and a shot from his opponent that left a red ball over a corner pocket, allowed him to win 6–4 and set up an encounter with Hunter in the final. Following the semi-final, O'Sullivan stated his belief that he was benefiting from a different approach and attitude, "There is no point in being attacking and being careless at the same time and I was enjoying the struggle out there. It was a psychological battle I was having with myself.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
It was a chance for me to see how deep I could go and deal with things and be at one with myself." White admitted his past mental and physical effort during the Masters wore him out, "I am sad because I didn't feel right at all and if I had been playing anywhere near the way I have, I might have won."


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
The best-of-19 frames final match took place over two sessions on 8 February 2004. Hunter defeated O'Sullivan to lift his third Masters title in four years (having previously won the 2001 and 2002 tournaments). In doing so, he joined Cliff Thorburn and Stephen Hendry as one of only three players to win the Masters tournament three or more times. The victory earned Hunter £100,000, while O'Sullivan received £50,000 and an extra £10,000 for compiling the tournament's highest break (138).


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
The correspondent for The Scotsman noted that the match was hailed as "one of the highest-quality matches witnessed in snooker", and Brian Burside of The Independent recorded that Hunter had "scored the most remarkable win in the history of the Masters". The match was broadcast on BBC Two, with an average television audience of 3.4 million, up by 900,000 over the 2003 final, with a peak audience of 5 million viewers.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
O'Sullivan took advantage of Hunter's aggressive playing style to win the first two frames with breaks of 56 and 80; Hunter responded with a 117 break to clinch the third. O'Sullivan then moved ahead 6–1 within 42 minutes, with further breaks of 86, 87, 84, and 79, while Hunter potted a solitary ball during this period. However, Hunter concluded the 100-minute afternoon session with a 127 break to go 2–6 behind. In the first frame of the evening session, O'Sullivan overcame playing errors to take the ninth frame with a late break of 34.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
Hunter clinched the next four frames to take the score to 7–6 with breaks of 102 and 82 and executing successful long-range pots. O'Sullivan missed pottable red balls on scores of 28–0 and 59–16 but Hunter also faltered and O'Sullivan won the 14th frame. In the 15th, O'Sullivan missed a red ball shot along the top cushion and Hunter made a 109 break to again reduce the deficit to one frame.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
O'Sullivan restored his two-frame advantage in the next frame but Hunter compiled his fifth match century in the 17th, with a 110 clearance and a small clearance of 58; the 31-minute 18th frame took the match to a final frame decider. Hunter won the match and the tournament following a protracted safety exchange.


2004 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
After his victory, Hunter praised O'Sullivan's performance in the first session and said of his own achievement: "I played really well all day. Even though I was 6–2 behind [after the first session] I'd made two centuries and I knew I was playing well. I was 6–2 down a few years ago against Fergal and I just stuck in there and that is what I did again and it went my way." O'Sullivan was philosophical about his defeat and said he was pleased for Hunter and his family, adding: "I was a little disappointed, but it is only a game of snooker. Someone has to win and someone has to lose and this time it was my turn to lose."


2004 Masters (snooker), Results, Wild-card round
Numbers given in brackets after players names show the 15th and 16th seeds in the competition. Players in bold indicate match winners.


2004 Masters (snooker), Results, Main draw
Numbers to the left of players' names show the remainder of the seeds in the tournament. Players in bold denote match winners.


2004 Masters (snooker), Results, Final
Scores in bold are the winning frame scores and the winning player. Breaks over 50 are indicated in brackets.


2004 Masters (snooker), Century breaks
The 2004 Masters featured a total of 19 century breaks made by 9 different players over the course of the competition. O'Sullivan made the highest break of a 138 in the second frame of his semi-final match with White.


2004 Masters Tournament
The 2004 Masters Tournament was the 68th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Phil Mickelson, 33, won his first major championship with a birdie on the final hole to win by one stroke over runner-up Ernie Els. The purse was $6.0 million and the winner's share was $1.17 million.


2004 Masters Tournament
This was the 50th consecutive and final Masters appearance for four-time champion Arnold Palmer.


2004 Masters Tournament, Playoff alteration
Prior to this Masters, the sudden-death playoff was changed to begin on the 18th hole and alternate with the 10th hole. This new starting point was first used the following year in 2005. When the playoff format was changed to sudden-death for 1976, it began at the 10th hole, then went to the 11th, and was first used in 1979. Prior to 1976, playoffs at Augusta were full 18-hole rounds on Monday, and the last was won by Billy Casper in 1970. The exception was the first playoff in 1935, which was 36 holes.


2004 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (14,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (10), Mark O'Meara (10), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (10,12,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,11,14,15,16,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,12,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller


2004 Masters Tournament, Field
Jonathan Byrd, Ángel Cabrera, K. J. Choi (14,16,17), Tim Clark (12), Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Phil Mickelson (14,16,17), Scott Verplank (14,16,17)


2004 Masters Tournament, Field
Freddie Jacobson (16,17), Stephen Leaney (16,17), Kenny Perry (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Justin Rose


2004 Masters Tournament, Field
Robert Allenby (16,17), Stuart Appleby (15,16,17), Briny Baird, Stewart Cink (17), Chris DiMarco (16,17), Bob Estes (16), Brad Faxon (16,17), Steve Flesch (17), Fred Funk (16,17), Jay Haas (16,17), Tim Herron (16), Charles Howell III (16,17), Jonathan Kaye (15,16,17), Jerry Kelly (16,17), Justin Leonard (16,17), J. L. Lewis, Shigeki Maruyama (16,17), Rocco Mediate (16,17), Tim Petrovic, Chris Riley (16,17), John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Kirk Triplett (17), Bob Tway (16,17)


2004 Masters Tournament, Field
Michael Campbell, Paul Casey (17), Darren Clarke (17), Sergio García (17), Pádraig Harrington (17), Toshimitsu Izawa, Peter Lonard (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Ian Poulter (17), Phillip Price, Eduardo Romero


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, First round
23-year-old Englishman Justin Rose posted a five-under 67 to lead after the first round. Americans Chris DiMarco and Jay Haas shot 69 (−3) and two-time U.S. Open champion Ernie Els was among a group tied for fourth with 70 (−2). Among the seven players tied at 71 (−1) was two-time Masters champion, José María Olazábal. Phil Mickelson shot an even-par 72, and three-time Masters champion Tiger Woods shot a 75 (+3). The winner of the previous major (2003 PGA Championship), Shaun Micheel, was at even-par 72. Play was suspended for roughly two hours due to rain, so 18 players completed their opening round on Friday morning.


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Second round
First round leader Rose put together another good round (71) to take the 36-hole lead at 138 (−6). Olazábal shot a 69 to close within two strokes of the lead in a tie for second with Alex Čejka, who shot 70.


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Second round
Mickelson, trying to remove the best player never to win a major championship label, moved into a share of fourth with a 69, alongside K. J. Choi. Davis Love III was one of two to shoot the round of the day with a 67 (−5), which moved him into a tie for sixth with Els, DiMarco, Charles Howell III, and 1992 champion Fred Couples. Most notables made the cut at 148 (+4), but among those failing to advance were defending champion Mike Weir and Ben Curtis, the 2003 Open Champion.


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Second round
Amateurs: Snedeker (+4), Wittenberg (+4), Smith (+6), Flanagan (+8), Wolstenholme (+9).


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Third round
Mickelson moved from fourth to a share of the 54-hole lead with a three-under 69, while the top three golfers after round two collapsed. Rose shot an 81, Olazábal a 79, and Čejka a 78. This collective meltdown by the top three allowed Mickelson and DiMarco to rise to the top. DiMarco finished tied for the 54-hole lead with a four-under 68. Paul Casey put together a 68 as well to move within two strokes of the co-leaders at the end of the day. Els continued his steady play with a one-under 71 to move into a three-way tie for fourth. Kirk Triplett and Freddie Jacobson put themselves in contention at seventh and eighth, respectively.


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Final round, Summary
In one of the most exciting back nines in Masters history, Mickelson dueled Els to claim his first major championship. Mickelson shot a final round 69, sealed with an 18-foot (5 m) birdie on the 18th green to win by a stroke. Playing two groups ahead of Mickelson, Els started the day at −3 and posted a 67 (−5). As Mickelson approached the final hole, Els' total of 280 (−8) appeared enough to at least get him into a playoff. Els stumbled out of the gate with two bogeys in his first five holes, but quickly regained his form.


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Final round, Summary
He collected two eagles on his round, at the par-5 8th and 13th holes. Els also connected on a birdie at the 15th to get him to −8. Seeing his first major possibly slip away with a 38 (+2) on his front nine, Mickelson had to match Els' fire on the back nine, and shot a bogey-free 31, with birdies on five of the final seven holes. Mickelson birdied the par-3 12th and par-5 13th. He briefly tied Els with his third consecutive birdie at the par-4 14th, then had a disappointing par on the par-5 15th.


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Final round, Summary
At the par-3 16th, Mickelson put his tee shot 20 feet (6 m) above the pin and holed the dramatic putt to tie for the lead. He remained tied heading to the final tee, and when his approach shot landed on the green, a winning putt was before him. As Mickelson sunk the putt, he jumped for joy as he won his first major title.


2004 Masters Tournament, Round-by-round results, Final round, Summary
K. J. Choi finished third, which was his best major finish, with a final round 69 to total 282 (−6). Sergio García shot the round of the tournament with a 66 (−6) to tie for fourth with two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer. Four major champions, including two former Masters champions (Vijay Singh,  Couples, Love, and Nick Price) were in the group who finished tied for sixth at 286 (−2). Woods' streak of not winning a major extended to seven with a disappointing 290 (+2), the same score tallied by first and second round leader Rose.


2004 Masters of Formula 3
The 2004 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the fourteenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 8 August 2004. It was won by Alexandre Prémat, for ASM Formule 3.


2004 Maui Invitational Tournament
The 2004 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 21st time, from November 22 to November 24, 2004. The tournament began in 1984, and was part of the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii and was won by the North Carolina Tar Heels. It was UNC's second Maui title and the second for head coach Roy Williams, who led the Kansas Jayhawks to the 1996 title.


2004 Mayo County Council election
An election to Mayo County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from seven electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an all-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the future home of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder (then the Seattle SuperSonics). The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2004. The game was the 27th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
Proceeds from the 2004 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC®) of Oklahoma and its Ronald McDonald House® program.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2004 game
The game was telecast live by ESPN. In the game's first appearance in the state of Oklahoma, the 14,424 in attendance were treated to a high scoring affair which featured seven NBA first round draft picks.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2004 game
The East broke out to an early lead with their impressive inside-outside game. Five East Team players scored in double figures, led by J.R. Smith’s (Denver Nuggets) game high 25 points. J.R. excited the crowd on numerous occasions with his high flying dunks and long distance jumpers. The East also saw a solid contribution from Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic), who amassed 19 points and eight rebounds. J.R. and Dwight shared the John R. Wooden Most Valuable Player Award. The East controlled the second half of the game, en route to their 126-96 victory.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2004 game
Other key contributors for the East included, power forward Al Jefferson (Boston Celtics), who recorded 16 points and 11rebounds, and swingman Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies), who put up 10 points and four assists. Point guard Sebastian Telfair (Boston Celtics), dished out a game high 11 assists and Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics), had 14 points and four assists.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2004 game
The West Team had several outstanding players who shared the spotlight. DeMarcus Nelson led the West with 22 points and five rebounds. High school teammates from Detroit, Joe Crawford (Kentucky) and Malik Hairston (Oregon) contributed 15 and 11 pointsrespectively, while 6’11 center and first round draft pick Robert Swift (Oklahoma City Thunder) added 10 points and fiverebounds.


2004 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, All-American Week, Schedule
The Powerade JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in two crowd-entertaining ways. The slam dunk contest was first held in 1987, and a 3-point shooting challenge was added in 1989.


2004 Meath County Council election
An election to Meath County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 78th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
This was Ballivor's first year in this grade since 2002, after just 1 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 2003. .


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Wolfe Tones were promoted after claiming the 2003 Meath Junior Football Championship title, their first year in the intermediate grade since being relegated in the 1980s and only their 2nd ever period as an intermediate club, and in 2004, Wolfe Tones claimed their 1st ever Intermediate championship title when they defeated Duleek 2-10 to 1-12 .


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Curraha were relegated after 3 years as an Intermediate club.


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2003 championship season.


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The 4 top finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the quarter finals. The 2 teams that finish last in their groups will play in a relegation play off.


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out stage, Relegation play off
The two bottom finishers from the group stage qualify for the relegation final.


2004 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out stage, Finals
The teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and one group winner. The teams in the semi finals are two group winners and the quarter final winners.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 2004 Meath Senior Football Championship was the 112th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship
Blackhall Gaels were the defending champions after they defeated Simonstown Gaels in the previous years final.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship
Navan O'Mahonys were promoted after claiming the 2003 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their second Intermediate win.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship
On 10 October 2004, Skryne claimed their 12th Senior Championship title when they defeated Simonstown Gaels 1-9 to 0-7. John Quinn raised the Keegan Cup for Skryne while Mick O'Dowd claimed the 'Man of the Match' award.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship
Gaeil Colmcille were relegated after 18 years in the senior grade.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2003 championship season.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group stage
There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The 4 top finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the quarter finals. The 2 teams that finish last in their groups will play in a relegation play off.


2004 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stage, Relegation Play Off
In Group B, 2 teams finished on equal points. To decide who would play Gaeil Colmcille (Bottom Group A) in the Relegation Final, a Preliminary Relegation Play Off was played between Summerhill and Dunderry.


2004 Meistriliiga
2004 Meistriliiga was the 14th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their third title.


2004 Meistriliiga, Season overview
Levadia Tallinn won their third title with a six-point advantage over the runners-up TVMK Tallinn. Tammeka Tartu and Tervis Pärnu won promotion to the Meistriliiga as the Esiliiga champions and third placed team respectively, the runners-up Levadia Tallinn II were ineligible for promotion. Expansion of the league to ten teams from eight, for the upcoming season, also ensured that even the last placed Lootus Alutaguse had a chance to stay in the top flight, but were defeated by Esiliiga's fourth team Dünamo Tallinn, winning the away leg 2-1, but then losing at home 0-4 a week later. Tervis Pärnu were later denied the Meistriliiga license, sealing an unlikely promotion for the fifth-placed FC Kuressaare.


2004 Meistriliiga, League table, Relegation play-off
Tallinna Dünamo won 5-2 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2005 Meistriliiga. Alutaguse Lootus were relegated to the 2005 Esiliiga.


2004 Meistriliiga, Results
Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.


2004 Melbourne Cup
The 2004 Melbourne Cup was the 144th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 2 November 2004 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.


2004 Melbourne Cup
It was won by Makybe Diva at the age of six, trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by Glen Boss.


2004 Melbourne Cup, Field
This is a list of horses which ran in the 2004 Melbourne Cup.


2004 Melbourne Storm season
The 2004 Melbourne Storm season was the 7th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2004 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 6th out of 15 teams.


2004 Melbourne Storm season
Inconsistency plagued Storm in Craig Bellamy’s second season in charge, but the team won four games in a row during the middle part of the year to move into the top four. They could not maintain their run though, eventually finishing sixth. Once again Storm won its first final, a 31-14 triumph over the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium before bowing out to the Bulldogs for the second straight season the following week. John Ribot departed the club early in the 2004 season with Frank Stanton stepping in as acting CEO for the next 12 months.


2004 Melbourne Storm season, Season Summary, Jerseys
Melbourne's jerseys were unchanged from the designs implemented by Canterbury of New Zealand in 2003. The home jersey design was still unchanged from the 2001-02 jersey, but for a white collar replacing the gold. The club's clash colours were again a mostly white design with a purple chevron and gold thunderbolts, worn with navy shorts.


2004 Melbourne Storm season, Representative honours
This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2004.


2004 Melbourne Storm season, Statistics
This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2004 NRL season.


2004 Melbourne Storm season, Feeder Team
Melbourne Storm reserve players again travelled to Brisbane each week to play with Queensland Cup team Norths Devils. Coached for a second season by Gary Greinke, Norths returned to the finals, finishing second in the regular season behind eventual premiers Burleigh Bears. However, the Devils were bundled out of the finals in straight sets.


2004 Melbourne Storm season, Feeder Team
During the season, Greg Inglis made his first grade debut as a 17-year-old, scoring two tries. Inglis would play six Queensland Cup games for the season, scoring eight tries, also representing Queensland in underage representative games.


2004 Memorial Cup
The 2004 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2004 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons)  occurred May 15–23 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia. It was the 86th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the Kelowna Rockets as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Guelph Storm, Gatineau Olympiques and the Medicine Hat Tigers respectively.


2004 Memorial Cup
The Kelowna Rockets would be the eventual winners, and would become only the fourth host team to win without winning their league as well. (The first time was in 1983, when the  Portland Winter Hawks won it, the second was in 1993 when the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds won it, and the third was in 1999 when the Ottawa 67's won it.) Kelowna defeated the Olympiques who made their second straight Memorial Cup final, but as with 2003, the 'Piques came up short. Kelowna also participated in the 2003 tournament as WHL champions but did not advance to the final, and would participate as WHL champions in the 2005 Memorial Cup as well.


2004 Memorial Cup, Winning team
Michal Blanar, Troy Bodie, Mike Card, Blake Comeau, Ryan Constant, Kyle Cumiskey, Darren Deschamps, Simon Ferguson, Randall Gelech, Josh Gorges, Kelly Guard, Joel Henituik, Brent Howarth, Justin Keller, D. J. King, Josh Lepp, Joni Lindlof, Tyler Mosienko, Mark Olafson, Cam Paddock, Brett Palin, Chris Ray, Kevin Reinholt, Tyler Spurgeon, Stephen Sunderman, Stewart Thiessen, Patrik Valcak, Nolan Waker, Shea Weber, Derek Yeomans. Coach: Marc Habscheid


2004 Memphis Tigers football team
The 2004 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.


2004 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 2004 Harris British Open Championships was held at the Albert Hall, Nottingham from 31 October – 6 November 2004. David Palmer retained his title defeating Amr Shabana in the final.


2004 Men's European Volleyball League
The 2004 Men's European Volleyball League was the first edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The Final Four was held in Opava, Czech Republic from 10 to 11 July 2004.


2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was the fourth edition of the Men's Field hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament. It was held at Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain from 2 until 13 March 2004. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round-robin tournament in two groups of six. The top six or seven teams qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.


2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 26th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lahore, Pakistan from December 4–12, 2004.


2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires
Below is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):


2004 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters
The 2004 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the tenth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 18 to 20 June 2004, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.


2004 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Competition Format
The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Pakistan, South Korea, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.


2004 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2004 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 36 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 6 goals per match.


2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy
The 2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy was the second edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held in Amsterdam from 26 June to 4 July 2004, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.


2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy
Germany won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Netherlands 5–4 in the final.


2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy
The tournament was held in conjunction with the Women's RaboTrophy.


2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy, Competition format
The four teams competed in a pool stage, played in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the remaining teams played off for third place.


2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:


2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 45 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.


2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was the 68th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2005 competition.


2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group B
Belarus and  Slovenia were promoted to the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Belgium0and  South Korea were demoted to Division II.


2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division II, Group B
China and  Lithuania were promoted to Division I while  Luxembourg and  South Africa were demoted to Division III.


2004 Men's Pan American Cup
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2004 Men's Pan American Cup
The 2004 Men's Pan American Cup was the second edition of the Men's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial men's international field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was held between 12 and 23 May 2004 in London, Ontario, Canada. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2006 World Cup to be held in Mönchengladbach, Germany. The winner would qualify directly while the runner-up would have the chance to obtain one of five berths at the World Cup Qualifier in Changzhou, China.


2004 Men's Pan American Cup
Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating Canada 2–1 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2006 World Cup.


2004 Men's Pan American Cup, Umpires
Below are the 13 umpires appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation:


2004 Men's Softball World Championship
The 2004 ISF Men's World Championship was an international softball tournament. The final was held in Christchurch, New Zealand on 2 September 2004. It was the 11th time the World Championship took place. Fifteen nations competed, including defending champions New Zealand.


2004 Men's Softball World Championship
In the end, New Zealand won their third consecutive World Cup, over a win against runner-up Canada.


2004 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2004 Men's Floorball Championships were the fifth men's Floorball World Championships. It was held in May 2004 in Switzerland, and won by Sweden.


2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division
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2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division
The 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division took place over April 21 to 25, 2004 in Leganés, Spain.


2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division
The 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships were the first men's floorball championships that required a C-Division. Up until 2004, all teams played in just two divisions.


2004 Men's World Floorball Championships C-Division
A Georgian team was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but withdrew due to problems obtaining visas from Spanish authorities.


2004 Men's World Open Squash Championship
The 2004 Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Doha in Qatar from 28 November to 3 December 2004. Thierry Lincou won his first World Open title, defeating Lee Beachill in the final.


2004 Mercedes Cup
The 2004 Mercedes Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2004 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from July 12 through July 18, 2004. Guillermo Cañas won the singles title.


2004 Mercedes Cup, Finals, Singles
Guillermo Cañas defeated  Gastón Gaudio 5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–3


2004 Mercedes Cup, Finals, Doubles
Jiří Novák /  Radek Štěpánek defeated  Simon Aspelin /  Todd Perry 6–2, 6–4


2004 Mercedes Cup – Doubles
Tomáš Cibulec and Pavel Vízner were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Cibulec teamed up with Petr Pála and lost in the first round to Guillermo Cañas and Feliciano López, while Vízner teamed up with Jared Palmer and lost in the first round to Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry.


2004 Mercedes Cup – Doubles
Jiří Novák and Radek Štěpánek won the title by defeating Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2004 Mercedes Cup – Singles
Guillermo Coria was the defending champion, but did not participate.


2004 Mercedes Cup – Singles
Guillermo Cañas won the title, defeating Gastón Gaudio 5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup
The 2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup was the 2004 edition of the Los Angeles Open men's tennis tournament. The tournament was held from July 12, 2004 through July 18, 2004 and total prize money awarded was $380,000. The event was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour and of the 2004 US Open Series. Unseeded Tommy Haas won the singles title and the accompanying $52,000 first-prize money.


2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Wayne Arthurs /  Paul Hanley 6–3, 7–6(8–6)


2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles
Jan-Michael Gambill and Travis Parrott were the defending champions, but Gambill did not participate this year. Parrott partnered Robby Ginepri, losing in the first round.


2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6–3, 7–6(8–6), against Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley.


2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Singles
Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year.


2004 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Singles
Tommy Haas won the tournament, beating Nicolas Kiefer in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4.


2004 Meteor Awards
The 2004 Meteor Music Awards were held on Monday 1 March 2004, hosted by comedian Dara Ó Briain. It was the fourth edition of Ireland's national music awards. At the ceremony Damien Dempsey was presented with two awards, Best Folk/ Traditional Act and Best Irish Country/Roots Artist. Samantha Mumba made an appearance in a revealing see-through dress, Colin Farrell was pictured with both Bono and Chris Pontius whilst Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith posed with Sharon Corr after both collected awards.


2004 Meteor Awards
Performers included Lionel Richie, Katie Melua, Counting Crows, The Corrs, Sugababes, Westlife, Hothouse Flowers, The Frames, The Dubliners, Snow Patrol, Paddy Casey and Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club. Award presenters included Dominic West, Bic Runga and Alex Zane, actors George McMahon and Patrick Bergin, No Frontiers presenter Kathryn Thomas alongside Kerry McFadden, Miss World Rosanna Davison, Keith Duffy, Niall Quinn, Deirdre O'Kane, Denis Hickie, Joe Elliott and Hector Ó hEochagáin. The event was broadcast on RTÉ Two on Wednesday 3 March at 21:00.


2004 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 27–29, 2004. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. Le Moyne won their third tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2004 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.


2004 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Brian Hansen was named Most Valuable Player. Hansen was a catcher for Le Moyne.


2004 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 30th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines, from December 25, 2004 to January 5, 2005.


2004 Metro Manila Film Festival
Vilma Santos, Christopher de Leon and their movie, Mano Po III: My Love topped the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival. Santos and de Leon won the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively for their roles in Mano Po III: My Love, which was also awarded the Festival's Best Picture. The Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards went to Dennis Trillo for Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita and Rebecca Lusterio for Panaghoy sa Suba.


2004 Metro Manila Film Festival
Cesar Montano's Panaghoy sa Suba also received six other awards including the prestigious Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards, Best Director for Montano, and the Second Best Picture among others.


2004 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 Mexican Figure Skating Championships took place in Guadalajara. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior level. The results were used to choose the Mexican teams to the 2004 World Championships and the 2004 Four Continents Championships.


2004 Mexican elections
A number of local elections took place in Mexico during 2004:


2004 Miami Dolphins season
The 2004 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 39th overall, and 35th as a member of the National Football League. The Dolphins were unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 10–6, instead only going 4–12 after starting the season 0–6. The team was adversely affected by the premature retirement of their star running back, Ricky Williams, and the trade of holdout defensive end Adewale Ogunleye for wide receiver Marty Booker, as well as career ending injuries to fullback Rob Konrad and defensive tackle Tim Bowens. With this season record below .500 the team would have their first losing season since 1988. To make matters worse, two of their games were postponed due to Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Jeanne.


2004 Miami Dolphins season
Despite the disappointing season, the Dolphins, at 2–11 were able to upset the defending Super Bowl champion 12–1 New England Patriots, a memorable game of the Dolphins-Patriots rivalry known as "The Night That Courage Wore Orange", and handed the Patriots their second loss of the season. During Week 6, their match with the Buffalo Bills is the only time in the NFL since 1968 that the last two winless teams have met each other.


2004 Miami Dolphins season, Schedule, "The Night That Courage Wore Orange"
On December 20, the 2–11 Dolphins upset the 12–1 defending Super Bowl champion Patriots on Monday Night Football by a score of 29–28. Late in the game, A. J. Feeley threw a game-winning touchdown to Derrius Thompson on 4th down and 10. Bleacher Report writer Thomas Galicia nicknamed the game "The Night That Courage Wore Orange".


2004 Miami Dolphins season, Schedule, Images
Miami at the Jets in the 2004 season, week 8


2004 Miami Hurricanes baseball team
The 2004 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Jim Morris in his eleventh season at Miami.


2004 Miami Hurricanes baseball team
The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they finished tied for fifth after recording an opening round win against LSU and losses to eventual champion Cal State Fullerton and South Carolina.


2004 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 2004 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 79th season of football and 1st as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by fourth-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall and 5–3 in the ACC to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they defeated Florida, 27–10.


2004 Miami RedHawks football team
The 2004 Miami RedHawks football team represented the Miami University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio and competed as members of the Mid-American Conference. The team was coached by head coach Terry Hoeppner, who resigned after the season to become the head coach at Indiana.


2004 Michigan Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2004 Michigan Democratic presidential caucuses were held on February 7, 2004, as part of the 2004 United States Democratic presidential primaries. Frontrunner John Kerry won the caucuses in a landslide victory.


2004 Michigan House of Representatives election
The 2004 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2004, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 3, 2004.


2004 Michigan Proposal 2
Michigan Proposal 04-2 of 2004, is an amendment to the Michigan Constitution that made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 59% of the voters. The amendment faced multiple legal challenges and was finally overturned in Obergefell v. Hodges by the U.S. Supreme Court.


2004 Michigan Proposal 2, Contents
To secure and preserve the benefits of marriage for our society and for future generations of children, the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.


2004 Michigan Proposal 2, Aftermath
In May 2008, the Michigan Supreme Court held that the amendment bans not only same-sex marriage and civil unions, but also public employee domestic partnership benefits such as health insurance. However, the ruling had little effect since most public employers relaxed their eligibility criteria to not run afoul of the amendment. On June 28, 2013, U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state from enforcing its law banning local governments and school districts from offering health benefits to their employees' domestic partners.


2004 Michigan Proposal 2, Aftermath
He wrote: "It is hard to argue with a straight face that the primary purpose—indeed, perhaps the sole purpose—of the statute is other than to deny health benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees. But that can never be a legitimate governmental purpose". He rejected the state's arguments that "fiscal responsibility" was the law's rationale.


2004 Michigan Proposal 2, Aftermath
On March 21, 2014, a federal judge ruled that Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and did not stay the ruling, although the ruling was later suspended.


2004 Michigan Proposal 2, Aftermath
On November 6, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned the lower court in DeBoer v. Snyder declaring that:


2004 Michigan Proposal 2, Aftermath
When the courts do not let the people resolve new social issues like this one, they perpetuate the idea that the heroes inthese change events are judges and lawyers. Better in this instance, we think, to allow change through the customary political processes, in which the people, gay and straight alike, become the heroes of their own stories by meeting each other not as adversaries in a court system but as fellow citizens seeking to resolve a new social issue in a fair-minded way. For these reasons, we reverse.


2004 Michigan Proposal 2, Aftermath
On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to the same-sex marriage cases arising out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Oral arguments were held on April 28, 2015 and a ruling was made on June 26, 2015 allowing same-sex marriage in every state.


2004 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 2004 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans were led by second-year head coach John L. Smith.


2004 Michigan State Spartans football team, 2005 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft.


2004 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 2004 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The team finished the season with an overall record 9–3 and a mark of 7–1 in Big Ten Conference play, winning its second consecutive conference title. Michigan concluded to the season with a loss to Texas in the Rose Bowl.


2004 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
Braylon Edwards surpassed Anthony Carter's 22-year-old career conference record of 37 touchdown receptions by totaling 39, which continues to be the conference record. He tied the NCAA record with three 1000-receiving yard seasons.


2004 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
Mike Hart was the Big Ten rushing individual statistical champion (151.8 yards per conference games and 121.2 yards per game). Braylon Edwards was the Big Ten receiving statistical champion for all games with 8.1 receptions per contest, but Purdue's Taylor Stubblefield won the title for conference games. Edwards swept the yardage titles with 110.8 per game and 108.9 per conference game.


2004 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
Hart set the current school record for single-season 200-yard games (3), surpassing five predecessors with 2 each. Braylon Edwards set numerous school records: single-season receptions (97), surpassing Marquise Walker's 86 from 2001; single-season receiving yards (1330), surpassing Walker's 1143; career receptions (252), surpassing Walker's 176; career yards (3541) surpassing Anthony Carter's 3076 set in 1982; career touchdown receptions (39), surpassing Carter's 37; consecutive games with a reception (38), surpassing Walker's 32; consecutive 100-yard reception games (4 tying his own record from the prior year), surpassing Desmond Howard, Carter and Marcus Knight who all had 3 in various seasons. Only consecutive 100-yard games has been surpassed (by Mario Manningham in 2007). Chad Henne tied Elvis Grbac's 1991 single-season record of 25 touchdown passes.


2004 Michigan Wolverines football team, Awards and honors
The individuals in the sections below earned recognition for meritorious performances.


2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2004. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the sixteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed Kent State won their fifth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the seventh year of the six team tournament.


2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Ryan Ford and Andy Sonnanstine were named co-Most Valuable Players. Ford played for Eastern Michigan while Sonnanstine was a pitcher for Kent State.


2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on April 29 and ended on May 2, 2004 at Cracker Jack Stadium, on the campus of in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It was a seven-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament, as they had done each year since 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The teams were seeded one through seven based on conference winning percentage only, with the top seed receiving a single bye while the second seed played the seventh seed, third seed played the sixth, and so on for first round matchups. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games.


2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Outstanding Performer
Jon Roberts was named Tournament Outstanding Performer. Roberts was an outfielder for Bethune-Cookman.


2004 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 2004 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Middle Tennessee entered the 2004 season coming off a losing 4–8 record (4–3 SBC) in 2003. The team's head coach was Andy McCollum. The Blue Raiders played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium and compete in the Sun Belt Conference.


2004 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
The 23rd Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces was the 2004 version of the Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces. It took place on March 21 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.


2004 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces, Heat details
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2004 Milan Indoor
The 2004 Indesit ATP Milan Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the PalaLido in Milan, Italy and was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and took place from 9 February through 15 February 2004. Unseeded Antony Dupuis won the singles title.


2004 Milan Indoor, Finals, Doubles
Jared Palmer /  Pavel Vízner defeated  Daniele Bracciali /  Giorgio Galimberti 6–4, 6–4


2004 Milan–San Remo
The 2004 Milan–San Remo cycling race was the 95th edition of the monument classic Milan–San Remo and was won for the first time by Spaniard Óscar Freire of Rabobank. It was held on 20 March 2004 over 294 kilometres. Four times winner Erik Zabel lifted his arms to celebrate too soon and Freire won by 3 centimeters by a bike throw at the line.


2004 Milton Keynes Council election
The 2004 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 Milton Keynes Council election, Election result
The results saw no change in the political composition, with the Liberal Democrats remaining in control of the council. The closest result came in Middleton ward, with the Liberal Democrats holding the seat by 2 votes after 8 recounts. Overall turnout in the election was 37%, an increase of 10% on the 2003 election.


2004 Milwaukee Brewers season
The Milwaukee Brewers' 2004 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the National League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses.


2004 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2004.


2004 Milwaukee mayoral election
The 2004 Milwaukee mayoral election was held on Tuesday, April 6, 2004, to elect the mayor for Milwaukee. Tom Barrett defeated incumbent acting mayor Marvin Pratt. This election coincided with other municipal elections.


2004 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2004 Minnesota Democratic caucuses were held on March 2 in the U.S. state of Minnesota as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was Glen Mason. It played its home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis Minnesota.


2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Previous season
2003 was the seventh season under head coach Glen Mason. He led the team to a 10–3 record and an appearance in the Sun Bowl. It was the first time since 1905 the Gophers had won 10 games in a season.


2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Polls
The 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was not ranked in either the final Coaches' Poll or AP Poll.


2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election
The 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 2004, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 84th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 2004.


2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 4, 2005.


2004 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2004 WNBA season was the sixth for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx qualified for their second consecutive playoff berth, but lost in the opening round to eventual champion Seattle Storm.


2004 Minnesota Lynx season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft
Based on the Lynx's 2003 record, they would pick 7th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Lynx picked Helen Darling.


2004 Minnesota Twins season
The 2004 Minnesota Twins season was the 104th season in the franchise's history and its 44th season in the Twin Cities. The Twins were managed by Ron Gardenhire and played in the Metrodome.


2004 Minnesota Twins season
The Twins finished with a 92-70 record and won the American League Central division. They advanced to the American League Division Series, but they lost the series to the New York Yankees in four games. It was the second year in a row in which the Yankees eliminated the Twins in the ALDS.


2004 Minnesota Twins season
Twins pitcher Johan Santana won the 2004 Cy Young Award on a unanimous vote.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Spring training
The Twins posted a 20–10 record in spring training, the best of any major league team in 2004. This includes split-squad games but not ties or exhibition games.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Offense
For a playoff team, the offense was not strong. This was partly due to injuries and starters absent from the lineup. Lew Ford surprised many by batting .299 in his first full year in the major leagues. Free agent acquisition José Offerman saw a majority of time in the designated hitter spot, but hit only .256 with two home runs. Shannon Stewart did hit .304, but injuries limited him to 378 at bats. In 107 at bats, Mauer was able to hit .307. In his absence, catcher Henry Blanco hit only .206. First baseman Doug Mientkiewicz's hitting continued to decline, as he hit .246 with five home runs before being dealt to the Boston Red Sox.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Offense
Nine players hit ten or more home runs. When the Twins hit their record 225 homers in 1963, only eight players reached double figures.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching
Brad Radke was the opening day starter, but he was soon overshadowed by Johan Santana's Cy Young year. Radke, Santana, and Carlos Silva anchored the starting rotation. Unfortunately, Kyle Lohse had a bad year that saw his ERA balloon to 5.34, while the fifth spot in the rotation was nebulous. (41-year-old Terry Mulholland made 15 starts, while Seth Greisinger made nine.)


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching
The Twins set their club record of 32 consecutive scoreless innings in June, which included back-to-back-to-back shutouts by Radke, Santana and Lohse.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching
In the bullpen, Joe Nathan blew everyone away during his first year as a closer at any level, earning 44 saves with a 1.62 ERA. Juan Rincón and J. C. Romero continued playing as excellent set-up men, while the rest of the bullpen was weaker. Romero set a Twins record by going 36 innings over 32 appearances without allowing a run to score.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching
Santana finished the year with thirteen straight wins without a loss, then went 1-0 with a no-decision in the American League Division Series. He set the Twins record with 265 strikeouts this season.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Defense
Blanco and Mauer (when he played) were solid catchers, both with .991 fielding percentages. Mientkiewicz was a one-time Gold Glove winner, but his successor Justin Morneau surprised people with his .995 fielding percentage. Luis Rivas was dependable at second base, while Cristian Guzmán could turn exceptional plays at shortstop. (It was the routine ones that fooled him.) Corey Koskie was defensively average, while the outfield quartet of Hunter, Jacque Jones, Shannon Stewart and Ford were solid – especially Hunter, who won a Gold Glove.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Post Season
The Twins entered and exited the postseason nearly the same as the previous season, losing to the Yankees, 3 games to 1 in the Division Series. The Twins won the first game by a score of 2-0, with starting pitcher Johan Santana getting the win. However, the Twins lost the next three games, with the Yankees taking the series 3 games to 1. Game 1 of this series represents the Twins most recent postseason victory.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Post Season
Game 2 began a 18 game postseason losing streak for the team, tied with the 1975-79 Chicago Blackhawks for the longest such losing streak in North American sports history. The Twins’ streak is still currently active. The Yankees would go on to be upset by the Boston Red Sox on their way to breaking the curse.


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Minnesota Vikings season
The 2004 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 44th in the National Football League. The Vikings finished the 2004 season going 3–7 over the final 10 weeks, just like they did in 2003; however, they made the playoffs with an overall 8–8 record. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper amassed MVP-level statistics, throwing for 4,717 passing yards (leading the NFL), 39 passing touchdowns (a franchise record) and 5,123 total yards (an NFL record).