In the preliminary round, the game was played in four groups of four players in round robin mode for two sets of up to 10 points. The first two of the group moved into the final round, where the knockout system played on three winning sets of up to 10 points.
After two preparatory tournaments for the three-cushion women's world championship, known as the World Challenge, the UMB started the first official world championship in 2004. Only women athletes from Europe and Asia took part.
As in the World Challenge, the winner was Orie Hida from Japan. In the final she defeated Gerrie Geelen from the Netherlands 3-2 after a 2-1 set deficit. The Japanese Akane Imaizumi and Ayako Maehara came third together.
(It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)
Final ranking
phase
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Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
BSD
HS
final
1
Japan Orie Hida
12: 0
15: 6
184
256
0.718
0.909
2,000
5
2
Netherlands Gerrie Geelen
8: 4
12:10
169
292
0.578
0.944
1.666
7th
Semi- finals
3
Japan Akane Imaizumi
8: 2
11: 4
132
220
0.600
0.625
1,250
5
Japan Ayako Maehara
8: 2
10: 5
126
176
0.715
0.888
1.666
6th
quarter- final
5
Japan Yuko Nishimoto
6: 2
8: 4
113
178
0.634
0.740
1.111
5
6th
Spain Isabel Romia
4: 4
5: 5
58
171
0.397
0.800
1,000
4th
7th
Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer
4: 4
5: 7
88
170
0.517
0.568
1.111
6th
8th
Spain Marta Serramitjana
2: 6
4: 8
92
224
0.410
0.388
0.526
4th
Group phase
9
Turkey Gülşen Degener
2: 4
3: 4
47
80
0.587
1.052
1.111
4th
10
Switzerland Diane Wild
2: 4
3: 4
55
123
0.447
0.645
0.714
4th
11
Austria Ingrid Engelbrecht
2: 4
3: 4
51
124
0.411
0.500
0.526
3
12
Belgium Danielle le Bruijn
2: 4
3: 5
61
165
0.369
0.426
0.555
2
13
Czech Republic Irena Michalkova
2: 4
2: 5
58
169
0.343
0.446
0.625
2
14th
Spain Estella Cardoso
0: 6
2: 6
48
111
0.432
-
0.666
2
15th
Spain Maria Dolores Granados
0: 6
2: 6
53
134
0.395
-
0.555
3
16
Austria Bettina Matulla
0: 6
0: 6
23
90
0.255
-
-
2
Tournament average
1368
2683
0.509
Individual evidence
↑ a b c d e f
Peter Stöger: 1st three-cushion world championship for women . Ed .: billard Heinrich Weingartner . tape9 , no.169 . Self-published, 2004, ZDB -ID 1087098-2 , p.9–11 ({{{Comment}}}).