European fistball championship 2004

The 14th Men's Fistball European Championship took place from August 27 to 29, 2004 in Neuendorf ( Switzerland ). Switzerland hosted the men's European fistball championship for the fourth time . In addition to five European teams, the national team of Japan also took part, as there is no continental championship in Asia.

Preliminary round

Group A

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Austria	4-0	80:59	4-0
2	Germany	2: 3	90:89	2: 2
3	Switzerland	1: 4	73:95	0: 4

Game results

08/27/2004	Austria	-	Switzerland	2-0	(20:10, 20:14)
08/27/2004	Germany	-	Switzerland	2: 1	(20:18, 15:20, 20:11)
08/28/2004	Austria	-	Germany	2-0	(20:18, 20:17)

Group B

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Denmark	4-0	80:47	4-0
2	Italy	2: 2	63:49	2: 2
3	Japan	0: 4	33:80	0: 4

Game results

08/27/2004	Italy	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 6, 20: 3)
08/27/2004	Denmark	-	Japan	2-0	(20:14, 20:10)
08/28/2004	Italy	-	Denmark	0: 2	(13:20, 10:20)

Qualifiers for the semi-finals

The two group winners were directly qualified for the semi-finals, the runners-up played against the third-placed team in the other group for the semi-finals.

08/28/2004	Germany	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 5, 20: 8)
08/28/2004	Switzerland	-	Italy	2-0	(20: 9, 20:15)

Semifinals

08/28/2004	Austria	-	Denmark	2-0	(20: 7, 20: 6)
08/28/2004	Germany	-	Switzerland	2-0	(20:14, 20:15)

Finals

Play for 5th place
08/29/2004	Italy	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 6, 20:13)
3rd place match
08/29/2004	Denmark	-	Switzerland	0: 2	(10:20, 13:20)
final
08/29/2004	Austria	-	Germany	3-0	(20:17, 20:13, 20:15)

Placements

rank	country
1.	Austria
2.	Germany
3.	Switzerland
4th	Denmark
5.	Italy
6th	Japan

Web links

• Website of the DTB fistball for EM 2004 ( Memento from September 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive )