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.
Denmark won the men's and women's competition, with Germany second in both cases. 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.
Men's team Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group K
Knockout stage
Final ranking
TeamFinal result 6 6 0 6 +24 − − Champions 6 5 1 5 +19 −−Runners-up 6 5 1 5 +17 −−Third place4 6 4 2 4 +12 −−Fourth place 5 4 3 1 3 +9 − −Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4 3 1 3 +9 − − 7 4 3 1 3 +7 − − 8 4 3 1 3 +6 − − 9 3 2 1 2 +6 − − Eliminated in second round 10 3 2 1 2 +9 − −Eliminated in group stage11 3212 +9−− 12 3 2 1 2 +7 − − 13 3 2 1 2 +3 − − 14 3 2 1 2 +1 − − 15 3 2 1 2 +1 − − 16 3 2 1 2 +1 − −173212 +1−−183212−3−−193212−5−−202111 +2−−212111−2−−223121−5−−233121−5−−243121−5−−253121−7−− 26 2 0 2 0 −6 − −273030−9−−283030−11−−292020−10−−303030−13−−313030−13−− 32 3 0 3 0 −15 − −333030−15−−343030−15−−
Qualified teams
(23rd appearance) (2nd appearance) (9th appearance)
Women's team Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage
Final ranking TeamFinal result 5 5 0 5 +17 − − Champions 6 5 1 5 +19 −−Runners-up 6 5 1 5 +19 −−Third place4 6 4 2 4 +10 −−Fourth place 5 4 3 1 3 +10 − −Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4 3 1 3 +10 − − 7 4 3 1 3 +6 − − 8 4 3 1 3 +6 − −93212 +7−−Eliminated in group stage103212 +7−− 11 3 2 1 2 +7 − −123212 +5−− 13 3 2 1 2 +5 − − 14 3 2 1 2 +5 − − 15 3 2 1 2 +3 − − 16 3 2 1 2 −1 − −173212−3−− 18 2 1 1 1 −4 − −193121−5−− 20 3 1 2 1 −7 − −213121−7−−223121−7−− 23 3 1 2 1 −9 − −242020−6−−253030−9−−263030−11−−273030−11−−283030−11−−293030−13−−303030−15−−313030−15−−
Qualified teams
(14th appearance) (2nd appearance) (6th appearance)
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