2004 European Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries

The 2004 European Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries were the European qualifiers for the 2004 Thomas & Uber Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. The tournament was held at the Mestská Hala (now City Hall Prešov) in Prešov, Slovakia. A total of 65 teams, including 34 men's teams and 31 women's teams took part in the qualifiers.[1][2][3][4]

2004 European Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries
Tournament details
Dates10–15 February 2004
VenueMestská Hala
LocationPrešov, Slovakia
2006

Denmark and Germany both qualified for the 2004 Thomas Cup as finalists of the European preliminaries. England qualified for the 2004 Thomas Cup as the team placed third after defeating Poland 3–1 in the third place match.[5]

Men's team

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Knockout stage

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Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
A1   Denmark 3
K1   Netherlands 0
K1   Netherlands 3
F1   Sweden 1
A1   Denmark 3
G1   Poland 0
G1   Poland 3
D1   Ukraine 1
A1   Denmark 3
B1   Germany 0
C1   England 3
H1   Russia 1
C1   England 2
B1   Germany 3
Third place
B1   Germany 3 G1   Poland 1
E1   France 0 C1   England 3

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result
    Denmark 6 6 0 6 +24 Champions
    Germany 6 5 1 5 +19 Runners-up
    England 6 5 1 5 +17 Third place
4   Poland 6 4 2 4 +12 Fourth place
5   Russia 4 3 1 3 +9 Eliminated in quarter-finals
6   Ukraine 4 3 1 3 +9
7   Netherlands 4 3 1 3 +7
8   France 4 3 1 3 +6
9   Sweden 3 2 1 2 +6 Eliminated in second round
10   Spain 3 2 1 2 +9 Eliminated in group stage
11   Belgium 3 2 1 2 +9
12   Finland 3 2 1 2 +7
13   Scotland 3 2 1 2 +3
14   Bulgaria 3 2 1 2 +1
15   Portugal 3 2 1 2 +1
16   Iceland 3 2 1 2 +1
17   Czech Republic 3 2 1 2 +1
18   Slovenia 3 2 1 2 −3
19   Estonia 3 2 1 2 −5
20   Norway 2 1 1 1 +2
21   Wales 2 1 1 1 −2
22   Slovakia (H) 3 1 2 1 −5
23   Hungary 3 1 2 1 −5
24   Greece 3 1 2 1 −5
25   Ireland 3 1 2 1 −7
26   Austria 2 0 2 0 −6
27   Belarus 3 0 3 0 −9
28   Cyprus 3 0 3 0 −11
29   Lithuania 2 0 2 0 −10
30    Switzerland 3 0 3 0 −13
31   Latvia 3 0 3 0 −13
32   Turkey 3 0 3 0 −15
33   Israel 3 0 3 0 −15
34   Moldova 3 0 3 0 −15

Qualified teams

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Women's team

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
B1   Denmark 3
H1   Bulgaria 0
B1   Denmark 3
D1   England 0
D1   England 3
F1   Sweden 0
B1   Denmark 3
C1   Germany 2
A1   Netherlands 3
G1   Russia 0
A1   Netherlands 1 Third place
C1   Germany 3
C1   Germany 3 D1   England 0
E1   France 0 A1   Netherlands 3

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result
    Denmark 5 5 0 5 +17 Champions
    Germany 6 5 1 5 +19 Runners-up
    Netherlands 6 5 1 5 +19 Third place
4   England 6 4 2 4 +10 Fourth place
5   Russia 4 3 1 3 +10 Eliminated in quarter-finals
6   Bulgaria 4 3 1 3 +10
7   Sweden 4 3 1 3 +6
8   France 4 3 1 3 +6
9    Switzerland 3 2 1 2 +7 Eliminated in group stage
10   Wales 3 2 1 2 +7
11   Ukraine 3 2 1 2 +7
12   Slovenia 3 2 1 2 +5
13   Finland 3 2 1 2 +5
14   Iceland 3 2 1 2 +5
15   Scotland 3 2 1 2 +3
16   Spain 3 2 1 2 −1
17   Czech Republic 3 2 1 2 −3
18   Austria 2 1 1 1 −4
19   Estonia 3 1 2 1 −5
20   Turkey 3 1 2 1 −7
21   Norway 3 1 2 1 −7
22   Latvia 3 1 2 1 −7
23   Portugal 3 1 2 1 −9
24   Hungary 2 0 2 0 −6
25   Slovakia (H) 3 0 3 0 −9
26   Ireland 3 0 3 0 −11
27   Cyprus 3 0 3 0 −11
28   Romania 3 0 3 0 −11
29   Greece 3 0 3 0 −13
30   Lithuania 3 0 3 0 −15
31   Armenia 3 0 3 0 −15

Qualified teams

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References

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  1. ^ "V prešovskej Mestskej hale dnes štartuje Thomas Cup a Uber Cup". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  2. ^ Online, Österreichischer Badminton Verband. "Thomas-Cup: Österreich - Wales 2:3". badminton.at - ÖBV Online (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  3. ^ "Archiv Thomas Cup". Mike's Badminton Populorum. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ^ "2004 Kvalifikácia Thomas and Uber Cup, Prešov, Slovensko".[dead link]
  5. ^ "Archer goes through to final". Worcester News. 2004-02-16. Retrieved 2023-08-31.