2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The 2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 31 May 2004 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Huddersfield Town and Mansfield Town to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division to Football League One (the renamed Second Division). The top three teams of the 2003–04 Third Division season, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City and Torquay United, gained automatic promotion to League One, while those placed from fourth to seventh place in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2004–05 season in Football League One. Huddersfield and Mansfield defeated Lincoln City and Northampton Town, respectively, in the semi-finals.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The final kicked off around 3 p.m. in front of a crowd of 37,298 and was refereed by Mark Clattenburg. Both sides had chances to score in regular time and in the final minute of the match, Colin Larkin put the ball into the Huddersfield net but the goal was disallowed as the ball had gone out of play during the build-up. The match was goalless after 90 minutes, sending it into extra time.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Tony Carss went close for Huddersfield in the first period of additional time while Laurent D'Jaffo and Wayne Corden missed chances for Mansfield, but with no score after 120 minutes, a penalty shootout was required to decide the outcome of the match. Huddersfield scored their first three penalties while Mansfield converted one, and Lee Fowler scored Huddersfield's fourth penalty to secure a 4–1 victory for his side and promotion to the Championship.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Huddersfield's next season saw them finish in ninth place in Football League One, three positions and one point below the play-offs. Mansfield ended their following season in thirteenth position in Football League Two (the renamed Third Division).


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Huddersfield Town finished the regular 2003–04 season in fourth place in the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system, one position ahead of Mansfield Town. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to the Second Division and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Huddersfield Town finished level on points with Torquay United (who were promoted in third place with superior goal difference), seven behind Hull City (who were promoted in second) and eleven behind league winners Doncaster Rovers. Huddersfield missed out on automatic promotion on the final day of the regular season when they drew with Cheltenham Town, allowing Torquay to secure third place, after they beat Southend United.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Mansfield Town faced Northampton Town in their play-off semi-final with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Sixfields in Northampton on 16 May 2004. The home side dominated the first half but Mansfield took the lead five minutes before half-time when Rhys Day scored with a header from a Liam Lawrence cross. Midway through the second half, Junior Mendes doubled the lead from close range after the Northampton goalkeeper Lee Harper failed to keep hold of Tom Curtis' shot.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
In the final minute of the match, Northampton were reduced to ten men when Ashley Westwood was sent off for a foul on Colin Larkin, and the match ended 2–0. The second leg took place four days later at Field Mill in Mansfield. Ten minutes before half-time, Mansfield went ahead after Marc Richards scored with a volley from a Paul Trollope pass. Chris Hargreaves then scored with a header from a Martin Smith free kick to make it 2–0 at half time, levelling the tie on aggregate.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Thirty seconds into the second half, Smith made it 3–0 after Trollope capitalised on a misplaced pass from Wayne Corden. Northampton levelled the tie on aggregate when Curtis scored from a rebound. Regular time finished with the aggregate score 3–3 and the game went into extra time, but with no change to the scoreline, a penalty shootout was required to decide the tie. Both sides scored their first three penalties before Northampton's Éric Sabin saw his spotkick saved by Kevin Pilkington, the Mansfield goalkeeper. All the remaining penalties were scored so Mansfield won 5–4 to progress to the final.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Huddersfield Town's opposition for their semi-final were Lincoln City and the first leg was held at Sincil Bank in Lincoln on 15 May 2004. Iffy Onuora put the visiting side ahead after five minutes with a close-range header from a Rob Edwards corner. In the 51st minute, Lincoln equalised: a long throw-in from Kevin Ellison eventually found Simon Yeo whose volley was saved by Paul Rachubka but the rebound was scored by Gary Fletcher.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Huddersfield regained the lead through David Mirfin: Andy Holdsworth's corner was headed goalward by Andy Booth and saved by Alan Marriott but the ball fell to Mirfin who scored from a tight angle, ending the match 2–1 to Huddersfield. The second leg was played four days later at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. Richard Butcher scored in the 38th minute after a defensive mix-up between Rachubka and Efe Sodje to give Lincoln a 1–0 lead before Mark Bailey doubled the lead with a shot from the edge of the Huddersfield penalty area. In the 60th minute, Lincoln's Jamie McCombe fouled Booth to concede a penalty which Danny Schofield converted. Late in the match, Edwards scored from the edge of the Lincoln box to make it 2–2 and give Huddersfield a 4–3 aggregate victory.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
This was Huddersfield's fourth appearance in the play-offs and their second final, having won the 1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final 2–1 against Bristol Rovers at Wembley Stadium. They had been relegated to the Third Division the previous season and were aiming for an immediate return. Mansfield were playing in their first play-off final, having been knocked out in the semi-finals on one prior occasion, in 1995. They had also been relegated to the Third Division the preceding season.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
In the two matches between the sides during the regular season, the first ended in a 3–3 at Field Mill in November 2003 while the return game saw Mansfield win 3–1 at Sixfields the following May. Lawrence was Mansfield's top scorer with 22 goals in the regular season (19 in the league and 3 in the FA Cup) followed by Mendes on 12 (11 in the League and 1 in the FA Cup). Jon Stead, who had joined Blackburn Rovers in January 2004, led the scoring for Huddersfield with 18 goals (16 in the league and 2 in the League Cup) followed by Booth on 14 (13 in the league and 1 in the League Cup).


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was Mark Clattenburg. Huddersfield were considered favourites to win the match according to the Racing Post. Mansfield adopted a 4–4–2 formation while Huddersfield played as a 3–5–2.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 31 May 2004 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in front of a crowd of 37,298. Six minutes into the game, Booth headed a cross from Anthony Lloyd narrowly wide of the Mansfield goal before Lawrence shot wide. Mansfield's Bobby Hassell also struck the ball wide of the Huddersfield goal. Midway through the first half, the Mansfield goalkeeper Pilkington saved from Schofield. A strike from Lawrence then went high over the Mansfield crossbar before Pawel Abbott's shot from close range was caught by Pilkington. Just before half time, Adam Eaton's shot was wide of the Huddersfield goal.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Neither side made any changes to their personnel during the interval and nine minutes into the second half, Schofield had a chance to score after a jinking run but was tackled by Eaton. As the half progressed, fouls crept into the game with both Eaton and Sodje booked for poor challenges. Booth's header was then saved before Lloyd's mis-hit shot found Schofield whose strike was blocked by Curtis. In the 76th minute Corden's cross from the left wing found substitute Larkin who missed the ball with an attempted header.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Booth then sent a chip wide of Mansfield's goal after making a break. Corden's last-minute shot from long range was saved by Rachubka before Larkin's goal was disallowed after Laurent D'Jaffo's cross to him was adjudged to have gone out, and regular time ended goalless, sending the match into extra time.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
In the 94th minute, Tony Carss sent a curling shot from around 25 yards (23 m) just wide of the Mansfield goal before both D'Jaffo and Corden missed opportunities to score at the other end of the pitch. With the game still without a goal at the conclusion of the additional period of play, a penalty shootout was required to determine the result. Huddersfield's Edwards took the first penalty and scored before Corden's shot was saved. Schofield then made it 2–0 and Lawrence missed Mansfield's second penalty. Carss converted Huddersfield's third spot kick before Neil MacKenzie scored for Mansfield to make it 3–1. Lee Fowler scored Huddersfield's fourth penalty to secure a 4–1 victory for his side and promotion to the Second Division.


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
Peter Jackson, the Huddersfield manager, reflected on his side's success despite recent financial struggles as a year prior the club had gone into administration: "I'm absolutely thrilled to bits with what we've achieved this year ... Nine months ago, when only eight players turn up, you think you've got a difficult job." He paid tribute to his counterpart, Keith Curle, saying "We are all delighted but we have to feel sorry for Keith Curle and his team because it is a terrible way to lose." Curle was downbeat: "More than cruel. That hurts."


2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
Huddersfield's next season saw them finish in ninth place in Football League One (the renamed Second Division), three positions and one point below the play-offs. Mansfield ended their following season in thirteenth position in Football League Two (the renamed Third Division).


2004 Football League Trophy Final
The 2004 Football League Trophy Final was the 21st final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One, Two and The Conference, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 21 March 2004. The match was contested between Blackpool and Southend United. Blackpool won the match 2–0 with goals from John Murphy and Danny Coid.


2004 Football League play-offs
The Football League play-offs for the 2003–04 season were held in May 2004, with the finals taking place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The play-off semi-finals will be played over two legs and will be contested by the teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals will go through to the finals, with the winner of the matches gaining promotion for the following season.


2004 Football League play-offs, Background
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.


2004 Football League play-offs, Background
In the First Division, Sunderland, who are aiming to return to the top flight after relegation last season, finished 7 points behind second placed West Bromwich Albion, who in turn finished 8 points behind champions Norwich City, who returned to the Premier League for the first time since 1995. West Ham United who are also along with Sunderland aiming to return to the top flight after relegation last season, finished in fourth place in the table. Ipswich Town who are looking for a place back in the top flight at the second attempt, finished in fifth place. Crystal Palace finished level on points with Ipswich Town and were looking for a place back in the Premiership for the first time since 1998.


2004 Football League play-offs, First Division, Semi-finals
Sunderland 4–4 Crystal Palace on aggregate. Crystal Palace won 5–4 on penalties.


2004 Football League play-offs, Second Division, Semi-finals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Swindon Town on aggregate. Brighton & Hove Albion won 4–3 on penalties.


2004 Football League play-offs, Third Division, Semi-finals
Mansfield Town 3–3 Northampton Town on aggregate. Mansfield Town won 5–4 on penalties.


2004 Ford 400
The 2004 Ford 400 was an NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on November 21, 2004 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 36th and final race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Greg Biffle won the race and Kurt Busch  won the championship, both driving for Roush Racing. This was the last race without Kyle Busch until the 2015 Daytona 500.


2004 Ford 400, Background
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the Championship Cup Series.


2004 Ford 400, Background
Since 2002, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsors all three of the season-ending races; the races have the names Ford 400, Ford 300 and Ford 200, respectively, and the weekend is marketed as Ford Championship Weekend.


2004 Ford 400, Qualifying
Qualifying took place on November 19, 2004. During Casey Mears' warmup lap, Mears would lose the back end of his car in the middle of Turns 3-4, slamming the back end into the wall and destroying the car. Mears would not be able to complete a lap in qualifying, so the #41 team took a provisional because the team was in the Top 35 in owner's points. However, they would have to start in the back because they had to bring in a backup car. The #93 of Geoff Bodine would also not run qualifying laps, this time due to unspecified reasons and would withdraw from the event.


2004 Ford 400, Race recap
This race was known as the deciding race of the 2004 Nextel Cup champion in the first ever Chase for the Nextel Cup, in which five drivers were still mathematically alive for the championship including the points leader, Kurt Busch with an 18-point margin ahead of Jimmie Johnson, who earned the most wins in 2004, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and veteran Mark Martin. Those five chasers are separated by an 82-point margin from first to fifth for the final race.


2004 Ford 400, Race recap
At the start of lap 1, Hermie Sadler got turned sideways while Mike Bliss was spun around but Johnson survived the wreck in the following caution. On lap 93, championship leader Kurt Busch lost a tire when he entered pit road, he lost the championship lead to Jeff Gordon, though Busch took back the points lead. With 3 laps to go, race leader Ryan Newman made some contact and lost the right side of the tire, the caution was out and set a Green-white-checker finish at Homestead.


2004 Ford 400, Race recap
At the restart, Greg Biffle held off the hard charging Hendrick teams of Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon for the race lead and took the checkered flag to win the Ford 400, while Johnson and Gordon finished 2nd and 3rd. Kurt Busch won the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship by just 8 points over Johnson with a 5th-place finish after starting on the Pole and leading the opening 4 laps, the closest margin in Cup history until the 2011 season, won by Tony Stewart. Stewart and Carl Edwards were tied following the 2011 season's last race, the Cup going to Stewart by virtue of more wins on the season, 5 to 1 respectively.


2004 Fordham Rams football team
The 2004 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham finished fifth in the Patriot League.


2004 Fordham Rams football team
In their first year under head coach Ed Foley, the Rams compiled a 5–6 record. Jared Amatuzzo, NaQuinton Gainous, Edward Gordon and Tad Kornegay were the team captains.


2004 Fordham Rams football team
Despite their losing record, the Rams outscored opponents 288 to 270. Their 2–4 conference record placed fifth out of seven in the Patriot League standings.


2004 Fordham Rams football team
Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.


2004 Formula 3 Euro Series
The 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the second championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win.


2004 Formula 3 Euro Series, Season standings, Drivers' standings
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2004 Formula 3 Euro Series, Season standings, Drivers' standings
1 Note: Eric Salignon's pole position for race 1 at Pau was initially withdrawn due to a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change after an accident in race 1. Salignon's team successfully claimed force majeure and the pole was reinstated, but the bonus point was not awarded.


2004 Formula 3 Euro Series, Season standings, Rookie Cup
Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.


2004 Formula 3 Sudamericana season
The 2004 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 15th Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 24 April 2004, at  Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília and ended on 19 December at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo. Brazilian driver Alexandre Sarnes Negrão won the title.


2004 Formula BMW ADAC season
The 2004 Formula BMW ADAC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.2 litre Formula BMW single seat race cars. The 2004 season was the seventh Formula BMW ADAC season organized by BMW Motorsport and ADAC. The season began at Hockenheimring on 17 April and finished at the same place on 3 October, after twenty races.


2004 Formula BMW ADAC season
Sebastian Vettel won 18 of 20 races, on his way to championship title.


2004 Formula BMW ADAC season, 2004 Schedule
The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at nine rounds, with additional round at the European Grand Prix on 29–30 May.


2004 Formula BMW ADAC season, Standings
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2004 Formula BMW Asia season
The 2004 Formula BMW Asia season was won by Marchy Lee of Hong Kong, driving for Team Meritus. Lee finished the season on 250 points, followed by BMW Junior driver, 24-year-old You Kyong-Ouk and Rookie Cup winner Mehdi Bennani), both on 124 points. Lee receive an extra prize in recognition of his extraordinary achievements – a three-day test with the Team Rosberg Formula 3 outfit.


2004 Formula BMW UK season
The 2004 Formula BMW UK season was the inaugural season of the British Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The series supported every BTCC round apart from round nine at Rockingham which supported the Days of Thunder championship. Tim Bridgman won the championship with his small family fun team after scoring in every round. Ayrton Senna's nephew Bruno Senna also took part in the championship towards the end of the season.


2004 Formula BMW UK season, Teams and drivers
All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Guest drivers in italics. All teams were British-registered.


2004 Formula BMW USA season
The 2004 Formula BMW USA season was the inaugural season of the American Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The Overall Championship was won by Andreas Wirth as the Rookie Cup was won by James Hinchcliffe.


2004 Formula BMW USA season, Teams and drivers
All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.


2004 Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series
The 2004 Formula Ford Zetec Cooper Tires Championship Series was the fourth the USF2000 Ford Zetec championship. Cape Motorsports driver Bobby Wilson took the title in a Van Diemen RF03. Jason Bowles won the rookie of the year title.


2004 Formula Nippon Championship
The 2004 Formula Nippon Championship was  contested over 9 rounds. 8 teams and 17 drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.


2004 Formula One World Championship
The 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 58th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It was the 55th FIA Formula One World Championship, and was contested over eighteen races from 7 March to 24 October 2004.


2004 Formula One World Championship
The championship was dominated by Michael Schumacher and Ferrari, with Schumacher winning the Drivers' Championship for the seventh and last time. Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello finished the championship in second with Jenson Button coming in third for BAR. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship for a record 14th time ahead of BAR and Renault.


2004 Formula One World Championship
In this championship, several records were broken. Michael Schumacher won 13 races, breaking his record of 11 race wins in one season from 2002. He also broke the record for most consecutive World Drivers' titles (5) and Ferrari broke the record for most consecutive Constructors' titles (6).


2004 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers
Four of the ten teams, Ferrari, Renault, Jaguar, and Toyota, were subsidiaries of major car companies. However, BAR was a division of British American Tobacco. Williams and McLaren, both privately-owned teams, had engine supply agreements with BMW and Mercedes-Benz respectively, and Honda produced engines for BAR.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers
The other three teams, Jordan, Sauber and Minardi, were also privately owned but received little substantial sponsorship and consequently tended to end up toward the back of the grid. Sauber received Ferrari engines badged under the Petronas name and received sponsorship from the Malaysian oil and gas company.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Rule changes
From the 2004 season onward, all the teams that did not finish in the top four in the previous year's Constructors' Championship were allowed to run a third car in the Friday practice session before each Grand Prix, for testing purposes. While other teams were permitted to have test drivers, they were not allowed to compete in the Friday practice. Sauber chose not to run its third driver in these sessions because of the added expense.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Rule changes
The 2004 season also saw a change in technical regulations, including the banning of two electronic driver aid systems, namely fully-automatic gearboxes and launch control,  both of which had been used for the past three seasons, marking the first time since the beginning of 2001 (pre-Spanish Grand Prix) that cars competed without using these systems. However, the use of traction control was still permitted by the FIA, and continued to be allowed for use over the next three seasons, until it was officially banned for the 2008 season.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar
The 2004 Formula One calendar featured two new events: the Bahrain Grand Prix and the Chinese Grand Prix, held at two newly built circuits in Sakhir and Shanghai. The season featured the most races outside Europe to that point; eight Grands Prix were held in the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. The Brazilian Grand Prix moved from its traditional early season slot to become the season finale, whereas the United States Grand Prix moved from its previous date in late September to late June as a back-to-back race with the Canadian Grand Prix.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar
The only exit was the Austrian Grand Prix, after seven years of racing at the A1-Ring, the modified circuit old Österreichring. The grandstands and pit buildings were demolished during the year, rendering the track unusable for any motorsport category. The circuit eventually reopened in 2011 as the Red Bull Ring and was later reinstated to the F1 calendar in 2014.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
Ferrari dominated the opening weekend at Albert Park in Australia, comfortably locking out the front row in qualifying and earning a 1–2 in the race. Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap of the race on his way to a lights-to-flag victory, with teammate Rubens Barrichello and Renault's Fernando Alonso joining him on the podium. Schumacher followed that up with another pole and victory at Sepang, finishing ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and Jenson Button, the British driver scoring his first career podium and the BAR Honda team's best result since the 2001 German Grand Prix. Mark Webber, who split the Ferraris in qualifying in his unfancied Jaguar, suffered a poor start before colliding with Ralf Schumacher and spinning out.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
Formula One's first visit to the Arab world since the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix took place at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Ferrari duo of Schumacher and Barrichello once again finished 1–2 in both qualifying and the race, with Button's second consecutive podium elevating him to third in the Drivers' Championship as the series headed for Europe.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European rounds
Jenson Button scored his and BAR's maiden pole at the San Marino Grand Prix, but Michael Schumacher overtook him on the eighth lap and finished nearly ten seconds ahead. Button and Juan Pablo Montoya completed the rostrum—the latter beating Fernando Alonso to the line by just two seconds—while Kimi Räikkönen recorded his first finish of the season in eighth, using a two-stop strategy to claim the final point from last on the grid. Despite suffering from a defective exhaust, Schumacher dominated the Spanish Grand Prix as well, as front-row starter Montoya retired with brake problems and early leader Jarno Trulli took third behind Rubens Barrichello.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European rounds
At the Monaco Grand Prix, Trulli scored his first career victory from pole after surviving intense pressure from Jenson Button. Rubens Barrichello in third was the only other driver on the lead lap, albeit more than a minute behind the leaders. Teammate Schumacher was one of several front-runners who retired, the championship leader's five-win streak ending after a collision with Juan Pablo Montoya under the safety car. That safety car period was necessitated by Fernando Alonso, who slammed the barrier on lap 42 while attempting to lap the Williams of Ralf Schumacher in the tunnel.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European rounds
Earlier in the race, a fast-starting Takuma Sato suffered a spectacular engine failure on the third lap at the Tabac corner; the smoke from the rear of his BAR machine blinded the queue behind him, causing Giancarlo Fisichella to mount the back of David Coulthard's McLaren and flip over. Olivier Panis stalled as the race was due to begin, shortening the race to 77 laps as the remaining drivers completed a second formation lap. Panis later recovered to eighth place as he and sixth-placed Cristiano da Matta scored Toyota's first points of the season.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European rounds
Michael Schumacher returned to his winning ways by leading the majority of the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, with Barrichello and Button following him home in second and third. Ralf Schumacher, meanwhile, collided with da Matta at the start, causing both cars to retire from the race. Front-row starter and one-time leader Sato joined the list of retirements with a late engine failure, as did the McLaren duo of Räikkönen and Coulthard, both of whose Mercedes engines expired at the manufacturer's home race.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
At the Canadian Grand Prix, Timo Glock replaced Giorgio Pantano at Jordan for financial reasons. Ralf Schumacher qualified on pole position, joined by Jenson Button on the front row, with Michael Schumacher only starting from sixth. After a series of lead changes, the elder Schumacher ultimately crossed the line first, followed by his brother and Rubens Barrichello.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
But the Williams of Ralf Schumacher—along with his fifth-placed teammate Juan Pablo Montoya and the Toyotas of Cristiano da Matta and Olivier Panis in eighth and tenth—would later be excluded from the results due to an irregularity in the brake ducts, promoting Barrichello to second and Button to third. The McLaren and Jordan teams were also beneficiaries of the four disqualifications, with Glock—in his Formula One début—and Nick Heidfeld both scoring points.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
Barrichello qualified on pole for the United States Grand Prix, with Michael Schumacher alongside him. Schumacher would go on to win once more as Barrichello and Takuma Sato—scoring his first and only Formula One podium—completed the top three. It was a race dominated by accidents, however, beginning with a first-lap incident that eliminated Gianmaria Bruni, Giorgio Pantano, Felipe Massa és Christian Klien. On the ninth lap, Fernando Alonso suffered a puncture and crashed at the end of the start-finish straight, with Ralf Schumacher crashing at the oval section for the same reason on the following lap.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
Schumacher suffered a concussion and fractured vertebrae in that final-corner accident, which kept him out of the following six races. Thanks to the high attrition rate, only eight cars crossed the line; the final finisher was Zsolt Baumgartner, who became Hungary's first points scorer and earned the Minardi team their first point since 2002.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
In France, Michael Schumacher beat Alonso with a clever four-stop strategy. Barrichello overtook the second Renault of Jarno Trulli on the final corner of the race to snatch third place, while Marc Gené, who replaced the injured Ralf Schumacher at Williams for the French and British Grands Prix, finished tenth. Michael Schumacher overpowered polesitter Kimi Räikkönen to take his tenth win of the season at Silverstone. Räikkönen, who finished second, bagged McLaren's first podium in 2004, ahead of Barrichello in third. The race was notable for Jarno Trulli's massive accident, the Italian losing control of his car at Bridge and hitting the tyre barrier before rolling in the gravel trap.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
Schumacher won from pole at the German Grand Prix, beating Jenson Button—who started thirteenth after a ten-place penalty for an engine change—and Fernando Alonso. Front-row starter Juan Pablo Montoya could only manage a fifth-place finish, while his new teammate Antônio Pizzonia finished seventh. After setting the fastest lap of the race, Kimi Räikkönen suffered a high-speed rear wing failure at the end of the start-finish straight on lap 14 and crashed into the tyre wall.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
A string of disappointing results from Toyota's Cristiano da Matta led to his replacement by test driver Ricardo Zonta from the Hungarian Grand Prix onward. There, Schumacher led another Ferrari 1–2 in both qualifying and the race to secure Ferrari the Constructors' trophy, with the race's 2003 winner Alonso completing the podium.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, North American doubleheader and return to Europe
The Belgian Grand Prix also included numerous accidents and safety car periods. A first-lap collision between Mark Webber and Takuma Sato eliminated both of them; Zsolt Baumgartner avoided the initial wreckage but knocked teammate Gianmaria Bruni's car into the wall, which then bounced back and collected Giorgio Pantano. On the thirtieth lap, Jenson Button suffered a right-rear puncture and lost control of his car, crashing into the Minardi of Zsolt Baumgartner that he was attempting to lap. Kimi Räikkönen eventually won the race, his first of the year, from a lowly 10th place on the grid. Michael Schumacher finished second and thus secured himself the world title, as his forty-point gap to Rubens Barrichello—who finished the race third—was by that point insurmountable.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Concluding rounds
At the Italian Grand Prix, Barrichello led a Ferrari 1–2 in front of the loyal Tifosi, although Schumacher, who started third, spun off on the first lap and had to rejoin the race at the back of the field. Following the race, Jarno Trulli parted ways with Renault, with 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve returning to Formula One as his replacement. Immediately before the Chinese Grand Prix, fellow Italian Giorgio Pantano was dropped by the Jordan team and replaced once more by Timo Glock for the last three races. That race was also won by Barrichello from pole, with Button and Räikkönen less than 2 seconds behind. Michael Schumacher started from the pit lane and could only make it to 12th place following several mistakes and a puncture, while a returning Ralf Schumacher retired with suspension damage.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Concluding rounds
The Japanese Grand Prix weekend was affected by Typhoon Ma-on, which caused widespread damage to parts of Japan and saw the postponement of qualifying to the morning of race day. With the rain dying down in time for the race, Michael Schumacher took his 13th win from pole, with his brother Ralf starting and finishing second and Jenson Button completing the podium. A collision between David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello—who set the fastest lap of the race—eliminated both of them from the Grand Prix. Following his acrimonious split from Renault, Jarno Trulli finished eleventh in his first race for Toyota, while his teammate Olivier Panis retired from the sport after the race.


2004 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Concluding rounds
The Brazilian Grand Prix was won by Juan Pablo Montoya—who also set the fastest lap—from second on the grid, with his soon-to-be McLaren teammate Kimi Räikkönen and polesitter Barrichello finishing behind him. It was Montoya's last outing for Williams and the team's last victory until the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. It was also the final race for Minardi duo Zsolt Baumgartner and Gianmaria Bruni and the Jaguar team's last entry before they were bought by Red Bull. David Coulthard finished his last season with McLaren (the team he had been with since 1996) without a podium finished during the season.


2004 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship
The 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 16th British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 11 April and ended on 26 September at Donington, after twenty rounds held in England, all apart from round 5 supporting the British Touring Car Championship.


2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
The 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the fourteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Monza on 27 March and finished at Oschersleben on 18 September, after seventeen races.


2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
American driver Scott Speed scored eight victories at Hockenheimring, Brno, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Imola and Oschersleben during the season. He took the championship with a round to spare at the wheel of his Motopark Academy-run car, giving team based at Oschersleben their first Eurocup championship after double win on fellow circuit. Second place was not resolved until the final round, as Graff Racing's Simon Pagenaud and Jenzer Motorsport's Colin Fleming battled over the placing. Despite that Fleming was ahead of Pagenaud in both races of final round and scored more points, the French driver became runner-up.


2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
JD Motorsport's Reinhard Kofler took fourth place with one victory at Valencia and took three further podium finishes to confirm fourth. Fleming's team-mate Pascal Kochem won race at Imola and completed the top-five. Cram Competition's Pastor Maldonado won both races in opening round at Monza on his way to eighth place. Other races were won by French drivers Patrick Pilet and Yann Clairay who completed the top-ten. Guest Formula Renault 2000 UK driver Mike Conway claimed win at Donington Park.


2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, Calendar
All races were part of LG Super Racing Weekends, that also included FIA GT Championship and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.


2004 Formula Renault 2000 Germany season
The 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Germany season was the thirteenth Formula Renault 2000 Germany season. The season began at Oschersleben on 8 May and finished on 9 October at the same venue, after fourteen races.


2004 Formula Renault 2000 Germany season
Motopark Oschersleben driver Scott Speed won four races on his way to championship title. His compatriot Colin Fleming of the Jenzer Motorsport won races at Salzburgring and Lausitz. Michael Ammermüller completed the top 3 without winning a race. The same number of wins as the champion had Pascal Kochem, who finished fourth. Other wins were shared between Frank Kechele, Reinhard Kofler and Pekka Saarinen, who finished sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.


2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
The 2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup season began on the weekend of 27 March at Monza. 2004 was the last season of this championship because Renault created World Series by Renault in 2005, merging Formula Renault V6 Eurocup and World Series by Nissan. The titles went to Swiss driver Giorgio Mondini and Italian team EuroInternational.


2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, Championship standings
Points are awarded in both races as follows: 30, 24, 20, 14, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 2 bonus points for fastest lap. Due to climatic conditions, the French sprint race had to be stopped. Half points were awarded.


2004 Formula Renault seasons
This page describe all the 2004 seasons of Formula Renault series.


2004 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2004 Formula Renault 2000 UK season
All races held in United Kingdom. Mike Conway won the championship title.


2004 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2004 Renault Speed Trophy F2000 season
Some venues include non Suisse drivers who not compete for the final standing. These drivers aren't included in the following result table.


2004 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil season
Galid Osman Didi, Jr. finish first in the Category B Championship with 60 points behind William Starostik (24pts).


2004 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, 2004 Championnat de France FFSA Formule Campus Renault Elf season
All drivers use the La Fillière car. The calendar include 7 venues in various French circuits.


2004 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, 2004 Formula TR 1600 Pro Series season
The Formula TR 1600 Pro Series is held with the Formula TR 2000 Pro Series. The same point system is used.


2004 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships
This section resume unofficial and/or renault engine supplier formula serie.


2004 Formula SCCA season
The 2004 Formula SCCA season was the first season of the Formula SCCA Pro series. Elivan Goulart won the inaugural championship. After this season the series went on a five-year hiatus to return in 2010. All drivers competed in Cooper Tire shod, Mazda powered Van Diemen chassis.


2004 Fort Worth Bowl
The 2004 edition to the Fort Worth Bowl, the second edition, featured the Marshall Thundering Herd, and the Cincinnati Bearcats. It had a title sponsor of PlainsCapital Bank. The game was particularly notable because it featured an incoming school (Marshall) to and outgoing school (Cincinnati) from Conference USA.


2004 Fort Worth Bowl
Cincinnati scored first, when Antauwn Gibbons recovered a blocked punt, and rushed it in 9 yards for a touchdown, giving Cincinnati an early 7–0 lead. Kevin Lovell added a 23-yard field goal to give Cincinnati a 10–0 lead. Marshall got on the scoreboard following a 14-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Stan Hill to wide receiver Josh Davis making it 10–7. They later took the lead when cornerback Willie Smith intercepted a pass, and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown, putting Marshall on top 14–10.


2004 Fort Worth Bowl
The second quarter belonged to Cincinnati. Quarterback Gino Guidugli fired a 15-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brent Celek to put Cincinnati back on top 17–14. He later threw another touchdown pass to Earnest Jackson increasing Cincinnati's lead to 24–14. That score stood up at halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, Cincinnati scored two field goals and recorded a safety to make the final margin 32–14.


2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing
The Forward Operating Base Marez bombing took place on December 21, 2004. Fourteen U.S. soldiers, four U.S. citizen Halliburton employees, and four Iraqi soldiers allied with the U.S. military were killed by a suicide bomber in a dining hall at the Forward Operating Base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul.


2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing, Pentagon report
The Pentagon reported that 72 other personnel were injured in the attack carried out by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest and the uniform of the Iraqi security services. The Islamist insurgent group Army of Ansar al-Sunna (partly evolved from Ansar al-Islam) released an internet message taking credit for the attack. The bomber entered the mess tent and approached a large group of U.S. soldiers, detonating himself and killing 22 people. It was the single deadliest suicide attack against the US military in Iraq.


2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing, After attack
Weeks before the attack, soldiers from the base intercepted a document that mentioned a proposal for a massive "Beirut"-type attack on U.S. forces. The reference was apparently to the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in which 241 U.S. service members were killed. Following the discovery of the papers, commanders at the base — which is about three miles south of Mosul and is used by both U.S. troops and the interim Iraqi National Guard forces — ratcheted up already tight security.


2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing, After attack
Ansar al-Sunnah said the suicide bomber was a 24-year-old man from Mosul who worked at the base for two months and had provided information about the base to the group.


2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing, After attack
The AP reported that the bomber was a twenty-year-old medical student from Saudi Arabia. A US Army report identified a different Saudi national as the suicide bomber and said he got help from Iraqi troops working at the base.


2004 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2003–04 season. It was held at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Canada on January 19–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka.


2004 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)
The 2004 Four Nations Tournament was the fourth edition of this invitational women's football tournament held in China with four national teams participating in a round robin format. It was held from January 30 to February 3, 2004, in the city of Shenzhen.


2004 France rugby union tour of North America
The 2004 France rugby union tour of North America was a series of matches played in July 2004 in Canada and in the United States by France national rugby union team.


2004 France rugby union tour of North America, Matches
United States: 15.Francois Viljoen, 14.Jovesa Naivalu, 13.Paul Emerick, 12.Salesi Sika, 11.David Fee, 10.Mike Hercus, 9.Mose Timoteo, 8.Shaun Paga, 7.Tony Petruzzella, 6.Kort Schubert (capt. ), 5.Matt Kane, 4.Dave Hodges, 3.Jacob Waasdorp, 2.Matt Wyatt, 1.Mike MacDonald,  – replacements: 16.Mark Griffin, 17.Dan Dorsey, 18.Brian Surgener, 19.Tasi Mo'unga, 20.David Williams, 22.Riaan van Zyl    –  No entry : 21.Kain CrossFrance: 15.Clément Poitrenaud, 14.Aurelien Rougerie, 13.Ludovic Valbon, 12.Brian Liebenberg, 11.Cedric Heymans, 10.Alexandre Peclier, 9.Mathieu Barrau, 8.Thomas Lievremont, 7.Patrick Tabacco, 6.Yannick Nyanga Kabasele, 5.David Couzinet, 4.Fabien Pelous (capt. ), 3.Pieter de Villiers, 2.William Servat, 1.Olivier Milloud,  – replacements: 18.Romain Froment, 19.Pierre Rabadan        –  No entry: 16.Dimitri Szarzewski, 17.David Attoub, 20.Ludovic Loustau, 21.Julien Peyrelongue


2004 France rugby union tour of North America, Matches
Canada: 15.Quentin Fyffe, 14.Marco di Girolamo, 13.Ryan Smith, 12.John Cannon, 11.Stirling Richmond, 10.Jared Barker, 9.Morgan Williams, 8.Stan McKeen, 7.Mike Webb, 6.Phil Murphy, 5.Jamie Cudmore, 4.Colin Yukes, 3.Forrest Gainer, 2.Aaron Abrams, 1.Kevin Tkachuk (capt. ),  – replacements: 16.Mark Lawson, 17.Jon Thiel, 18.Mike Burak, 19.Jim Douglas, 20.Ed Fairhurst, 21.Mike Danskin, 22.Derek Daypuck France: 15.Clément Poitrenaud, 14.Philippe Bidabe, 13.Tony Marsh, 12.Brian Liebenberg, 11.Aurelien Rougerie, 10.Alexandre Peclier, 9.Ludovic Loustau, 8.Thomas Lievremont, 7.Bernard Goutta, 6.Yannick Nyanga Kabasele, 5.Pascal Pape, 4.Fabien Pelous (capt. ), 3.Pieter de Villiers, 2.William Servat, 1.Arnaud Martinez,  – replacements: 16.Dimitri Szarzewski, 17.Olivier Milloud, 18.David Couzinet, 19.Pierre Rabadan, 20.Mathieu Barrau, 21.Julien Peyrelongue, 22.Cedric Heymans


2004 Franche-Comté regional election
A regional election took place in Franche-Comté, France on 21 and 28 March 2004, along with all other regions. Raymond Forni (PS) was elected President, defeating incumbent Jean-François Humbert (UMP).


2004 Frankfurt Galaxy season
The 2004 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the 12th season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Mike Jones in his first year, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XII, Frankfurt lost to the Berlin Thunder 30–24.


2004 Franklin Templeton Classic
The 2004 Franklin Templeton Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States that was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from March 1 through March 7, 2004. Fourth-seeded Vince Spadea won the singles title.


2004 Franklin Templeton Classic, Finals, Doubles
Rick Leach /  Brian MacPhie defeated  Jeff Coetzee /  Chris Haggard 6–3, 6–1


2004 Franklin Templeton Classic – Doubles
James Blake and Mark Merklein were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Jeff Coetzee and Chris Haggard.


2004 Franklin Templeton Classic – Doubles
Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Coetzee and Haggard.


2004 Franklin Templeton Classic – Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2004 Franklin Templeton Classic – Singles
Vince Spadea won in the final 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 against Nicolas Kiefer.


2004 French Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 French Figure Skating Championships (French: Championnat de France Elite) took place between December 20th and 21st, 2003 in Briançon. Skaters competed at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. The event was used to help determine the French team to the 2004 World Championships and the 2004 European Championships.


2004 French Grand Prix
The 2004 French Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2004) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 July 2004 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. It was Race 10 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. This race has become famous for a 4 stop strategy used by Michael Schumacher to beat Fernando Alonso's Renault. Rubens Barrichello finished third in his Ferrari, having overtaken Jarno Trulli in the last corners of the last lap.


2004 French 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 French Open
The 2004 French Open was the 108th edition of the tournament. Gastón Gaudio became the first men's Open Era Grand Slam title winner to save two match points in the final; the last time that had happened was 70 years earlier. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since Guillermo Vilas to win a grand slam, in 1979.


2004 French Open
Fellow Argentine Guillermo Coria, widely regarded as the favourite and best clay court player in the world coming into the tournament, was seeded 3rd for the event, whereas Gaudio was unseeded (ranked 44th) and with only two titles to his name, both of which he had won over two years before. After winning the first two sets convincingly, Coria began suffering from leg cramps. Gaudio won the next two sets; however, Coria came back and was up two breaks of serve in the final set. Coria had two match points at 6–5 before Gaudio prevailed 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6.


2004 French Open
Gaudio also became the first man to win a Grand Slam tournament final after being bagelled in the first set. The tournament was noted for the excellent performance of the Argentine players – in addition to the two finalists, there were a semifinalist (David Nalbandian) and a quarterfinalist (Juan Ignacio Chela).


2004 French Open
It was also highlighted by a first round match between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément, lasting 6 hours and 33 minutes and ending in Clement's defeat 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14, setting a new record for the longest singles match in the open era, which would stand until Wimbledon 2010. It was also the last Grand Slam tournament to feature neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals until the 2012 US Open.


2004 French Open
In the women's draw, Anastasia Myskina became first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam title. The next two Grand Slams were also won by Russian women (Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon and Svetlana Kuznetsova at the US Open). She also became the first French Open women's title winner after having saved a match point en route to the title (against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 4th round).


2004 French Open
In the mixed doubles, French players Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet (aged 16 and 17 respectively) won the tournament after entering as wildcards. France also saw success in the boys' singles, where Gaël Monfils won.


2004 French Open
Juan Carlos Ferrero and Justine Henin-Hardenne were both unsuccessful in defending their 2003 titles; both being eliminated in the second round. It would be the last time until the 2009 French Open that both defending champions were defeated in the same round. In Henin's case, her early exit would be the last time a top seed lost within the first two rounds of any Grand Slam until Ana Ivanovic lost in the second round of the 2008 US Open. Henin's loss to Tathiana Garbin in the second round was her only defeat at the tournament between 2003 and 2009 (she did not play in 2008 and 2009).


2004 French Open
This was the last Grand Slam where two first time singles players (both men's and women's) won in the first major titles.


2004 French Open, Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.


2004 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Gastón Gaudio defeated  Guillermo Coria, 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6


2004 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Xavier Malisse /  Olivier Rochus defeated  Michaël Llodra /  Fabrice Santoro, 7–5, 7–5


2004 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez defeated  Svetlana Kuznetsova /  Elena Likhovtseva, 6–0, 6–3


2004 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Tatiana Golovin /  Richard Gasquet defeated  Cara Black /  Wayne Black, 6–3, 6–4


2004 French Open, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Pablo Andújar /  Marcel Granollers defeated  Alex Kuznetsov /  Mischa Zverev, 6–3, 6–2


2004 French Open, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Kateřina Böhmová /  Michaëlla Krajicek defeated  Irina Kotkina /  Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 6–2


2004 French Open, Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.


2004 French Open – Boys' Doubles
György Balázs and Dudi Sela were the defending champions, but did not compete in the Juniors in this year.


2004 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Pablo Andújar and Marcel Granollers won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Alex Kuznetsov and Mischa Zverev.


2004 French Open – Boys' Singles
The 2004 French Open – Boys' Singles tournament was an event during the 2004 French Open tennis tournament. Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors in this year.


2004 French Open – Boys' Singles
Gaël Monfils won in the final 6–2, 6-2, against Alex Kuznetsov.


2004 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Marta Fraga and Adriana González-Peñas were the defending champions, but did not compete in the Juniors that year.


2004 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Kateřina Böhmová and Michaëlla Krajicek won the title, defeating Irina Kotkina and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2004 French Open – Girls' Singles
The 2004 French Open – Girls' Singles tournament was an event during the 2004 French Open tennis tournament. Anna-Lena Grönefeld was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors in this year.


2004 French Open – Girls' Singles
Sesil Karatantcheva won in the final 6–4, 6–0, against Mădălina Gojnea.


2004 French Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, they lost to sixth-seeded Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro in the semifinals.


2004 French Open – Men's Doubles
Unseeded Belgian pair Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus defeated Llodra and Santoro, 7–5, 7–5 to win the Men's Doubles title.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles
Gastón Gaudio (ranked 44th) won in the final 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6 against Guillermo Coria to capture the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2004 French Open. Gaudio became the first Argentine player to win a major since Guillermo Vilas in the 1979 Australian Open. Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Igor Andreev, his first loss at the event prior to the semifinals.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles
This was the first Grand Slam tournament in which Roger Federer competed as No. 1. He lost in the third round to former No. 1 and three-time champion Gustavo Kuerten in what would be Federer’s last pre-quarterfinal exit from a major until his second round loss to Sergiy Stakhovsky in the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, a run of 36 quarterfinals (or better) in a row. Until the 2020 US Open, this was the last Grand Slam without any of the Big Three players in the quarterfinals. This was also the most recent French Open tournament not to feature future thirteen-time champion Rafael Nadal, who withdrew prior to the tournament due to an ankle injury sustained in Estoril tournament in mid-April.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles
This was the first Grand Slam in the Open Era to feature 4 Argentinean men in the quarterfinals, that being Gaudio and Coria, David Nalbandian and Juan Ignacio Chela.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles
Until the 2017 Australian Open, this would be the last Grand Slam event where the top two seeds would fail to reach the quarterfinals of a major. With Federer's loss to Kuerten, number two seed Andy Roddick also lost in the second round to Olivier Mutis.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles
The first round match between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément was the longest match of the Open Era in 6 hours and 33 minutes under two days. John Isner and Nicolas Mahut would break this record at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles
Until the 2020 US Open, this was both the last Grand Slam in which none of the semi-finalists had previously won a Grand Slam singles tournament, and the last Grand Slam final in which the winner came back from trailing two sets to love; until 2021, this was also the most recent French Open final to be decided in five sets; on that occasion, Novak Djokovic came from two sets down to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his 19th Major title.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles
This was also the last time until the 2019 Wimbledon Championships that the winner had to save a match point in a championship final.


2004 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Men's Singles at the 2004 French Open.


2004 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Defending champions Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan lost in the first round to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Daniel Nestor.


2004 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet won the title, defeating Cara Black and Wayne Black in the final.


2004 French Open – Women's Doubles
Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Clijsters chose not to participate. Sugiyama played alongside Liezel Huber, but they lost in the first round to Shinobu Asagoe and Rika Fujiwara.


2004 French Open – Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva in the final 6–0, 6–3.


2004 French Open – Women's Singles
Anastasia Myskina won her only Grand Slam title and defeated Elena Dementieva in the final 6–1, 6–2, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2004 French Open. Myskina had previously never passed the second round. She became the first Russian woman to win a Major. Myskina became the first woman in the Open Era to win the French Open after saving a match point in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova. This was the first time two new Grand Slam finalists competed each other in the final since the 1979 Australian Open.


2004 French Open – Women's Singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Tathiana Garbin. This was Henin-Hardenne's only loss at the French Open between 2003 and 2007. Martina Navratilova played in her first Grand Slam since 1994 Wimbledon Championships, having been unseeded for the first time since the 1973 US Open and was being awarded a wild card, it was her final French Open singles appearance. She lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko.


2004 French Open – Women's Singles
This was also the first Grand Slam tournament in which future two-time champion Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals.


2004 French Open – Women's Singles
The final between Myskina and Dementieva made Russia the fourth country (the other ones are Australia, the United States and Belgium) to have had two countrywomen play in a Grand Slam final in the Open Era.


2004 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2004 French Open.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election
Elections for the Assembly of French Polynesia, the Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia, were held on May 23, 2004.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election
In a surprise result Oscar Temaru's pro-independence progressive coalition formed Government with a one-seat majority in the 57 seat parliament, defeating the conservative party led by Gaston Flosse (see also List of political parties in French Polynesia). On October 8, 2004, the Gaston Flosse led opposition party succeeded in passing a censure motion against the Government. This provoked a political crisis, and controversy about whether the national government of France should use its exceptional power to call for new elections in a local government, in case of a grave political crisis.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
23 May 2004: Elections for the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française), the territorial assembly of French Polynesia, held. A progressive coalition led by pro-independence Oscar Temaru wins 26 (27 respectively) seats and forms a coalition with 3 (2 respectively) autonomist members to form a Government with a majority of one (see also List of political parties in French Polynesia). The conservative party led by Gaston Flosse has 28 seats.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
10 June 2004:  Former President, Gaston Flosse, and his conservative party, Tahoeraa Huiraatira, stayed away from the presidential (Le président de la Polynésie française) election, thus invalidating it, as a three-fifths quorum was required. He subsequently lost one defector to Oscar Temaru.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
14 June 2004: Oscar Temaru elected President (Le président de la Polynésie française) (when a simple majority quorum was required), gaining 30 out of 57 votes.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
5 October 2004: Two motions of censure tabled in the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française). One from Gaston Flosse's Tahoeraa Huiraatira party, and one from a new group, Te Ara, that includes three former members of Flosse’s party.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
9 October 2004: A motion of censure tabled by the conservative Tahoeraa Huiraatira, was adopted by 29 votes out of 57. The motion was proposed by opposition leader Gaston Flosse after Oscar Temaru ordered an audit of the previous government, which was led by Gaston Flosse. A second censure motion was not voted upon.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
12 October 2004: Tahoeraa Huiraatira, endorses its President, Gaston Flosse, as its official candidate for the Presidency in the French administered territory of French Polynesia (Le président de la Polynésie française).


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
The President of the Assembly of French Polynesia (Le président de l'Assemblée de la Polynésie française), Antony Géros, from Oscar Temaru's coalition government, insisted that the parliament should meet on October 25 to elect a new government president (Le président de la Polynésie française).


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
However, this date was against the advice of the French High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia (Le Haut-Commissaire de la République en Polynésie française) Michel Mathieu who stated in written letters that the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française) is required to vote on a new government president (Le président de la Polynésie française) within 15 days of the passage of a censure motion. The third Vice president of the Assembly of French Polynesia, Lana Tetuanui from Gaston Flosse’s party, called for the Assembly to sit on October 20, 2004.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
15 October 2004: Second request by Oscar Temaru for fresh elections denied by French minister for overseas Territories (la Ministre de l’Outre-mer) Brigitte Girardin.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
16 October 2004: More than 20,000 people march through Papeete on Tahiti, the main island of French Polynesia, in support of Oscar Temaru demanding new elections. Demonstrations also occur across French Polynesia.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
19 October 2004: French Polynesia’s caretaker government president, Oscar Temaru, has asked the Papeete administrative court (Le Tribunal administratif de la Polynésie française) to suspend, then cancel the October 9 adopted censure motion.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
20 October 2004: The Assembly of French Polynesia meets, but is unable to elect a new president (Le président de la Polynésie française) as there is not a required quorum in attendance due to a boycott of members supporting Oscar Temaru.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
22 October 2004: The Assembly of French Polynesia meets to elect President (Le président de la Polynésie française). Simple Majority required. Gaston Flosse was re-elected (Le président de la Polynésie française) by a one-vote majority and sworn in immediately during a parliamentary session boycotted by caretaker President Oscar Temaru. The parliament elected Flosse with 29 of 57 votes; the 28 pro-independence members boycotted the vote.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
Antony Géros, the president of the Assembly of French Polynesia (Le président de l'Assemblée de la Polynésie française), did not participate in Friday’s session, and also described Flosse’s election Friday as an "election of the president of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira", which is a reference to Flosse’s pro-autonomy and anti-independence party. Geros said that Monday, October 25, is the only legitimate date for the parliament to elect a government president following the censure motion.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
23 October 2004: a Council of State (French national supreme administrative court) judge rejected two petitions from Tahiti to suspend the October 9 censure motion that toppled French Polynesia President (Le président de la Polynésie française) Oscar Temaru’s majority coalition government.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
26 October 2004: Tensions remain high in French Polynesia as the Leadership remains in doubt. The Legislative Assembly failed to sit on Monday, October 25. Assembly Speaker (Le président de l'Assemblée de la Polynésie française), Antony Géros, failed to turn up and chair the sitting he himself had scheduled. Gaston Flosse, who was elected President (Le président de la Polynésie française) by an assembly sitting on October 22, attempted to enter the Presidential palace on the weekend but was met by closed gates.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
15 November 2004: The Council of State, judging on a request from Gaston Flosse, cancels the May elections in the Windward Islands-circonscription (French: la circonscription des Îles du Vent). (,, in French language), for the reason that the neutrality of election officials was not observed in one of the communes, which, given the small difference of vote counts, may have altered the electoral results.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
13 February 2005: By-elections for the Assembly of French Polynesia are held in the Windward Islands-circumscription (French: la circonscription des Îles du Vent). . The pro-independence-coalition wins 30 seats: Part of the pro-independence-coalition is the Union for the Democracy (Union pour la Démocratie) with Oscar Temaru's Tavini Huiraatira (People's servant) which wins 27 seats and the Alliance for a New Democracy (Alliance pour une Démocratie Nouvelle) which wins 3 seats. The Conservative coalition (consisting of one party only), the pro-autonomy, anti-independence Tahoera'a Huiraatira (Popular Rally), wins only 27 seats.


2004 French Polynesian legislative election, Timeline
3 March 2005: Oscar Temaru elected President of French Polynesia (Le président de la Polynésie française) for the second time.


2004 French Senate election
Following the end of the 9-year terms of 127 "series C" senators, indirect senatorial elections were held in France on September 26, 2004.


2004 French Senate election
This was the last renewal of serie C senators- following the electoral reform, senators are not elected by thirds to nine-year terms but by halves to six-year terms.


2004 French Senate election
Since 2001, 10 seats had been added to Senate. This election elected Senators from 28 departments on the mainland (115 seats including 107 incumbents and 8 new seats), 2 from Guadeloupe and Martinique (5 seats including 4 incumbents and one new seat), 2 from overseas territories, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (3 seats including 2 incumbents and one new seat), and 4 senators representing French citizens abroad.


2004 French cantonal elections
Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100  departments were held on 21 and 28 March 2004. These elections coincided with the left's landslide in the regional elections held at the same time and also resulted in strong performances by the Socialist Party (PS) and its allies on the left, leaving the Socialists in control of a majority of departments.


2004 French cantonal elections, Electoral system
The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections.


2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 May 2004 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.


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


2004 French regional elections
Regional elections in were held in France on 21 and 28 March 2004. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 regions which, although they do not have legislative powers, manage sizeable budgets. The results were a triumph for the parties of the left, led by the French Socialist Party (PS) in alliance with minor parties including the French Communist Party (PCF), the Left Radical Party (PRG) and The Greens (Les Verts). The left has usually fared moderately well in regional elections, but this was their best result since the regional system was introduced.


2004 French regional elections
The left won control of twenty of the twenty-two regions of metropolitan France, defeating the parties of the mainstream right, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and the Union for French Democracy (UDF), and the extreme right National Front (FN). The results were seen as a major setback for the then President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region
The first round was held on 21 March. Since no candidate gained a majority in any region, a second round was held on 28 March, in which only candidates who polled more than 10% in the first round were eligible to run (except in Corsica, where the threshold is 5%). The UMP seat numbers are compared to those of the RPR and RPR dissidents together in 1998, the UDF seat numbers are compared to those of the UDF and UDF dissidents together in 1998.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Alsace, Regional Council
Conservative Alsace is one of only two regions retained by the right.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Auvergne, Regional Council
The former President of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, was seeking a fourth term as President of Auvergne.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Burgundy, Regional Council
Burgundy returned to its usual left-wing loyalty. It is suspected that the incumbent Jean-Pierre Soisson was punished for his coalition with the National Front.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Centre, Regional Council
The left retains control of this region. Sapin replaces the retiring incumbent Alain Rafesthain.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Corsica, Regional Council
Conservative Corsica is the right's only success apart from Alsace.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Île-de-France, Regional Council
The left retains control of Île-de-France, the region surrounding Paris and gets a comfortable majority. Huchon previously could not rely on a majority.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Limousin, Regional Council
The left retains control of Limousin, with Denanot succeeding the retiring incumbent Robert Savy.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Lower Normandy, Regional Council
The left had never before won control of Lower Normandy.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Pays de la Loire, Regional Council
The right loses the normally conservative Pays de la Loire region. Fillon was the candidate of the right in succession to the retiring Jean-Luc Harousseau.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Picardy, Regional Council
The left captured the Picardy region, following the retirement of the incumbent, Charles Baur.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Poitou-Charentes, Regional Council
Poitou-Charentes, a region where right and left are traditionally equal, falls to the left. It is the home region of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.


2004 French regional elections, Results by region, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Regional Council
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who intended to run in this region, was disqualified because he did not fulfill the legal conditions: he neither lived there, nor was registered as a taxpayer there.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes
In 2004, an armed conflict took place between France and Côte d'Ivoire. On 6 November 2004, Ivorians launched an air attack on French peacekeepers in the northern part of Côte d'Ivoire who were stationed there as part of Opération Licorne (Unicorn), the French military operation in support of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). French military forces subsequently clashed with Ivorian troops and government-loyal mobs, destroying the entire Ivorian Air Force. Those incidents were followed by massive anti-French protests in Côte d'Ivoire.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Background
In 2002, a civil war broke out in Côte d'Ivoire between Ivorian military and other forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivorian president since 2000, and rebel forces identified with the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire. Although most of the fighting ended by late 2004, the country remained split in two, with a rebel-held north and a government-held south.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Ivorian attack on French forces
On 4 November 2004, Gbagbo ordered the counter-offensive to the rebel town of Bouaké to be backed by air strikes. France did not directly react, but on 5 November put three Dassault Mirage F.1 jet fighters based in nearby Gabon on standby.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Ivorian attack on French forces
On 6 November, two Ivorian Sukhoi Su-25 bombers, crewed by two Belarusian mercenaries and two Ivorian pilots, fired on the Ivorian rebels led by Issiaka Ouattara. One of the bombers attacked the French peacekeeping position in the town at 1 pm, killing nine French soldiers and wounding 31. An American development worker, reported to have been a missionary, was also killed. The Ivorian government claimed the attack on the French was unintentional, but the French insisted that the attack had been deliberate.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Retaliation by the French and subsequent riots
President Jacques Chirac ordered the destruction of the two Ivorian jets. At 2:20 pm, the Su-25s landed at Abidjan airport and were destroyed by MILAN missiles fired by soldiers of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment, garrisoned at the airport. The French were then attacked by an Ivorian Mil Mi-24 helicopter gunship, but repelled it with machine gun fire.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Retaliation by the French and subsequent riots
At 3 pm, armed mobs of Ivorians loyal to the government took to the streets of Abidjan to protest against France and began to mass near the airport and near the 43rd Marine Infantry Batalion base. At Abidjan's airport, French and Ivorian troops exchanged fire, and a French Transall C-160 military transport plane was damaged by RPGs at 4 pm. The remaining aircraft of the Ivorian air force (two other Su-25s, two Mi-24s and one BAC Strikemaster) were destroyed on direct orders from General Henri Poncet, before Ivorian protesters entered the terminal. Meanwhile, two Mi-24s and one Mil Mi-8 were "annihilated" in Yamoussoukro presidential palace.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Retaliation by the French and subsequent riots
On 7 November, thousands of Ivorian loyalists attacked a French school and army base. Crowds of young Ivorians attacked a residential district made up of French citizens, which had to be evacuated by airlift as mobs burst into their apartment buildings. Armored cars carried armed protesters to join the fight, and French helicopters flew over Abidjan and dropped concussion grenades, while French armored vehicles carried troops to put down the riots. Protesters erected burning roadblocks, and French gunboats were positioned beneath the bridges. Fighting continued, and, by Sunday, French forces were still not in control of the city.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Retaliation by the French and subsequent riots
As the riots in the streets continued, French soldiers opened fire on Ivorian rioters; the French government stated that 20 were killed while Ivorian authorities placed the death toll at 60. At Duékoué and in the northern suburbs of Abidjan, French reinforcements and Ivorian troops exchanged fire, and Ivorian soldiers and civilians were killed.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Retaliation by the French and subsequent riots
French forces evacuated nearly 5,000 foreign nationals from Ivory Coast in the first half of November. The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed an arms embargo on the country on 15 November 2004.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Retaliation by the French and subsequent riots
French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier stated President Gbagbo was "personally responsible for what has happened", and declared that the violence was "unexplainable, unjustifiable". Ivorian National Assembly President Mamadou Koulibaly told state television: "Ivory Coast has become an overseas territory in Jacques Chirac’s head".


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Aftermath
France reportedly let the two foreign pilots leave the country in a group consisting of fifteen Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian mercenaries. Questions were subsequently raised about possible French manipulation and a judiciary inquiry is still ongoing as of 2020 in France.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Aftermath
Côte d'Ivoire had begun rebuilding its air force with help from Belarus and Ukraine a year after the French attack. A 2014 publication shows that two Sukhoi Su-25s were almost completely repaired at Abidjan Airport but not put back into service. This was due to an arms embargo, which left all four aircraft in storage, along with two Mil Mi-24 helicopters. The assorted equipment of the aircraft were discovered at the former residence of Félix Houphouët-Boigny by Alassane Ouattara in April 2011, at the end of the post-electoral conflict which saw Gbagbo ousted.


2004 French–Ivorian clashes, Aftermath
French judge Brigitte Raynaud issued an international arrest warrant for the two pilots suspected of the bombing, Patrice Ouei and Ange-Magloire Gnanduillet, in January 2006. An Ivorian military court was also seeking to find former defence minister Rene Amani and the former head of the loyalist army, Mathias Doué, over the bombing. By 2008, relations between Côte d'Ivoire and France had returned to normal, with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner being the first French foreign minister to visit since 2004.


2004 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 2004 Fresno State football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California and were coached by Pat Hill.


2004 Fresno mayoral election
The 2004 Fresno mayoral election was held on March 2, 2004 to elect the mayor of Fresno, California. It saw the reelection of Alan Autry.


2004 Fresno mayoral election
Since Autry won a majority in the first round, no runoff was required.


2004 Furman Paladins football team
The 2004 Furman Paladins football team represented the Furman Paladins of Furman University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


2004 Futrono mudflows
On August 28, 2004, following heavy rainfall, mudflows overran several houses in near Futrono, southern Chile. Chile Route T-55 between Futrono and Llifén was cut off by the landslide. At least three separate mudflows occurred in the event.


2004 Futrono mudflows
Three people were injured by the mudflows and about five thousand became temporarily isolated as roads were blocked.


2004 Fórmula Truck season
The 2004 Fórmula Truck season was the 9th Fórmula Truck season. It began on March 14 at Caruaru and ended on December 5 at Brasília.


2004 GMAC Bowl
The 2004 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the 7th edition. It was played in December 2004, and featured the Memphis Tigers, and the Bowling Green Falcons.


2004 GMAC Bowl, Game recap
Before the game, heavy rains soaked the field and continued through almost the whole game. Running back PJ Pope scored on a 1-yard touchdown run, to give Bowling Green an early 7–0 lead. Quarterback Omar Jacobs threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Charles Sharon, stretching the lead out to 14–0. Memphis's quarterback Danny Wimprine threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to John Doucette to cut the lead to 14–7. Omar Jacobs again hooked up with Charlie Sharon, this time on a 36-yard touchdown pass to gain a 21–7 lead after the 1st quarter.


2004 GMAC Bowl, Game recap
In the second quarter, Danny Wimprine found wide receiver Chris Kelly for a 61-yard touchdown pass, to get within 21–14. Omar Jacobs found Steve Sanders for a 31-yard touchdown pass to extend the lead to 28–14. Danny Wimprine found Maurice Avery for a 38-yard touchdown pass, and the lead was 28–21. DeAngelo Williams later scored on a 31-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 28.


2004 GMAC Bowl, Game recap
Before halftime, Omar Jacobs found Steve Sanders again, this time for a 17-yard touchdown pass to regain the lead at 35–28. In the third quarter, he threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to PJ Pope, to extend the lead to 42–28. A Shaun Suisham field goal increased the lead to 45–28. A PJ Pope touchdown run in the fourth quarter increased the lead to 52–28. John Doucette scored on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Danny Wimprine, to make the final score 52–35.


2004 GP Miguel Induráin
The 2004 GP Miguel Induráin was the 51st edition of the GP Miguel Induráin cycle race and was held on 3 April 2004. The race was won by Matthias Kessler.


2004 GP Ouest–France
The 2004 GP Ouest-France was the 68th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 29 August 2004. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Didier Rous of the Brioches La Boulangère team.


2004 Galway City Council election
An election to Galway City Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Galway County Council election
An election to Galway County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Gamba Osaka season
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2004 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2004 Gateshead Council election was held on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
The boundary changes kept the number of wards and seats on the council unchanged while changing many of the wards. In total 216 candidates stood in the election, with the Labour and Conservative parties standing for all of the seats. The Liberal Democrats stood in all but two wards where the Liberal Party stood instead. There were also 17 British National Party candidates and one independent.


2004 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
The council was expected to remain under Labour control as it had been for the previous 30 years but the Liberal Democrats hoped to make gains. Labour called on voters to re-elect them in order to keep the services provided by the council improving. The Liberal Democrats claimed that a local maternity unit and library were under threat of being closed but Labour accused them of scaremongering. Local businessman Sir John Hall called on voters to re-elect the Labour council in order that a partnership with Newcastle council could continue.


2004 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
Printing problems meant that ballot papers for the election, which was held with all postal voting, were about a week late in being sent out with 150,000 ballots having to be reprinted. As a result, extra printers were used and ballot boxes were placed in local libraries.


2004 Gator Bowl
The 2004 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Maryland Terrapins and the West Virginia Mountaineers. The 59th edition of the Gator Bowl, it was played at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 1, 2004. The game was the final contest of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 41–7 victory for Maryland.


2004 Gator Bowl
The Maryland Terrapins (more often, simply 'Terps') earned a bid to the Gator Bowl following a 9–3 record during the 2003 regular season. It was Ralph Friedgen's third season as Maryland head coach and third consecutive bowl game, making him just the second Maryland head coach to do so in his first three seasons—the other being Bobby Ross. At the conclusion of this game, Friedgen also became the first Atlantic Coast Conference coach to ever win at least ten games in his first three seasons. Going into the game, Maryland's 30-win three seasons was the best three-year total in school history.


2004 Gator Bowl
The West Virginia Mountaineers had finished the regular season with a record of 8–4, which already included a defeat at the hands of Maryland. Like Friedgen, it was Rich Rodriguez's third year as head coach of his program. West Virginia entered the game on a seven-game winning streak, as co-champions of the Big East conference.


2004 Gator Bowl
The game took place in front of a crowd of 78,892 fans. The Terps got off to a quick lead, and never relented. Early in the third quarter, Maryland led 31-0 before West Virginia scored its only points. Oddly enough, the game was a bowl rematch of a regular season game which had similarly lop-sided results: Maryland had won that contest too, 34-7. It marked the fourth Terps' win over the Mountaineers in three years, by an average score of 35-13.


2004 Gator Bowl, Team selection, Maryland
The 2003 season was Ralph Friedgen's third as head coach at Maryland. He had already compiled an impressive record in his first two years, elevating Terrapins football back to the national stage for the first time since Bobby Ross left the program in the wake of the Len Bias tragedy. His first year as head coach in 2001, Friedgen had led the Terrapins to a 10-2 record and the BCS Orange Bowl, for the team's first winning season in five years and the first bowl game in eleven years.


2004 Gator Bowl, Team selection, West Virginia
West Virginia's 2003 season started off badly, with a 1-4 record including losses to Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Maryland, and fellow Big East foe Miami. However, the Mountaineers recovered to win their next seven games and secure a conference co-championship with Miami. With it they also received a bowl bid to travel to Jacksonville to face the Terps in a post-season rematch.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The game started with a West Virginia kick off into the Maryland endzone where Steve Suter returned it for 23 yards. Quarterback Scott McBrien led the Terps on a drive with Bruce Perry carrying 22 yards and a pass to Steve Suter for 16 and Jo Jo Walker for 29 yards. The Mountaineers held fast at their own 10-yard line and forced a field goal attempt. Nick Novak made good a 27-yard kick for the first points in the game.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
In the next two series, West Virginia and Maryland exchanged punts. Mountaineer running back Kay-Jay Harris then fumbled the ball which was recovered by Shawne Merriman for the Terps. Maryland suffered two fumbles, by running back Bruce Perry and Scott McBrien, but recovered both. They again tried for a field goal, but Nick Novak missed the 51-yard attempt.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
West Virginia took over on downs on their 34-yard line and rushed three times for 16 yards before quarterback Rasheed Marshall fumbled and Maryland linebacker Andrew Henley recovered it at midfield.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
On their next possession, the Terps pushed to the Mountaineer 31-yard line before Scott McBrien completed a pass to Jafar Williams for a 31-yard touchdown.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
The Terps kicked off to start to 2nd quarter, and with a touchback, West Virginia took over on their 20-yard line. After a three-and-out series, they brought on their special teams unit. Steve Suter received the punt on the Maryland 24 and ran it 76 yards for a touchdown.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
West Virginia took over and made a first-down, but was forced to punt again. Scott McBrien then led the Terps on an 81-yard drive capped by a 22-yard touchdown pass again to Jafar Williams.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
The Mountaineers were forced three-and-out and punted once more. Maryland drove down to the West Virginia 18, but a 35-yard field goal attempt by Nick Novak was again missed. Likewise, West Virginia pushed to the Maryland 24, before missing a 41-yard field goal of their own to end the half.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
After Grant Wiley returned the kick 28 yards for the Mountaineers, they were once again held three-and-out and forced to punt. After driving to mid-field, Scott McBrien launched a 43-yard pass to Steve Suter. Despite good coverage from cornerback Lance Frazier, Suter was able to tip the ball with one hand and catch it in mid-air as he was diving to the ground in a tangle with Frazier. This set up a two-yard rush by McBrien for a touchdown, and Maryland expanded its lead to 31-0.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
West Virginia received the kick and Adam Jones made a short return for six yards. Rasheed Marshall held onto the ball and rushed for another six yards. Kay-Jay Harris then broke free for a 29-yard run. The Mountaineers picked up another eight yards with a pass to Chris Henry. This set up a 15-yard run up the middle by quarterback Marshall for what would be West Virginia's only points of the game.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Maryland responded with another drive, including a 28-yard pass to the right to Josh Allen and a 43-yard pass up the middle to Dan Melendez. After another short run and short pass, Maryland settle for a 24-yard field goal by Novak.


2004 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
The teams traded punts, and then the Mountaineers punted once more. A 73-yard drive was then capped with a 14-yard pass to Jo Jo Walker for another touchdown, and the final points of the game. The next Mountaineers' possession was ended with a sack of second-string quarterback Charles Hales and a turnover on downs. Maryland took over on the West Virginia 38, and pushed to the 6-yard line before the game ended on 4th and 1.


2004 Gator Bowl, Postgame effects
The New York Times computer ranking system rated the Maryland Terrapins as the number-three team in the nation, after split-national champions USC and LSU. The rating put the Terps considerably ahead of number-four Ohio State, number-five Miami, and number-six Georgia.


2004 Gator Bowl, Postgame effects
The Associated Press poll placed Maryland as #17 and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll ranked them as #20 in the nation.


2004 Gator Bowl, Postgame effects
Terps' head coach Ralph Friedgen was picked as a coach of the Kai team for the Hula Bowl opposite Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel. Maryland players Lamar Bryant (OG), Eric Dumas (OL), Dennard Wilson (S), and Jeff Dugan (TE) were selected to play for the Kai squad. Scott Smith (DE) was selected for the Las Vegas All-American Classic, while Madieu Williams (FS) played in the Senior Bowl. Bruce Perry (TB), Scott McBrien (QB), and Leon Joe (LB) played in the Gridiron Classic.


2004 Gaz de France Stars
The 2004 Gaz de France Stars was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the Gaz de France Stars, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2004 WTA Tour. It took place in Hasselt, Belgium, in late September to early October, 2004.


2004 Gaz de France Stars, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2004 Gaz de France Stars, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a Glossary of tennis terms#Lucky Loser:


2004 Gaz de France Stars, Champions, Doubles
Émilie Loit /  Katarina Srebotnik def. Michaëlla Krajicek /  Ágnes Szávay, 6–3, 6–4


2004 Gaz de France Stars – Doubles
The Doubles Tournament at the 2004 Gaz de France Stars took place in late September to early October, 2004, on indoor hard courts in Hasselt, Belgium.


2004 Gaz de France Stars – Doubles, Seeds
The top two seeds get a bye into round two.


2004 Gaz de France Stars – Singles
The Singles Tournament at the 2004 Gaz de France Stars took place in late September to early October, 2004, on indoor hard courts in Hasselt, Belgium.


2004 Gaz de France Stars – Singles
Elena Dementieva won the title with a bizarre scoreline in the final, becoming the first winner of this tournament in an all-Russian final.


2004 Gaz de France Stars – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds get a bye into round two.


2004 General Cup International
The 2004 General Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11–16 September 2004 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz
The 2004 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2004 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–30, 2004 at the TipsArena Linz. Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2004 Generali Ladies Linz, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2004 Generali Ladies Linz, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received entry into the main draw via a protected ranking:


2004 Generali Ladies Linz, Champions, Singles
It was Mauresmo's 14th WTA singles title, and fourth title of the year.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz, Champions, Doubles
It was Husárová's 18th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. It was Likhovtseva's 20th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. This was the first of two doubles titles they won together as a pair.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles
Liezel Huber and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the quarterfinals by Nathalie Dechy and Patty Schnyder.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles
Janette Husárová and Elena Likhovtseva won the title, defeating Dechy and Schnyder in the final 6–2, 7–5.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles
Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Amélie Mauresmo.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles
Mauresmo went on to win the title, defeating Elena Bovina in the final 6–2, 6–0. This is, to date, Bovina's final WTA tour final.


2004 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds who played received a bye into the second round.


2004 Generali Open
The 2004 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel, Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2004 ATP Tour. It was the 49th edition of the tournament and ran from 19 July until 25 July 2004. Third-seeded Nicolás Massú won the singles title.