| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 16–24 April 2004 | ||
| Edition | 19 | ||
| Venue | Queue d’Arve Sport Center [1] | ||
| Location | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| Champions | |||
| Men's singles |  Peter Gade | ||
| Women's singles |  Mia Audina | ||
| Men's doubles | Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen | ||
| Women's doubles | Lotte Bruil Mia Audina | ||
| Mixed doubles |  Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | ||
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The 19th European Badminton Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland, between 16 and 24 April 2004.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Peter Gade | Kenneth Jonassen |  Björn Joppien |
| Anders Boesen | |||
| Women's singles | Mia Audina |  Pi Hongyan | Camilla Martin |
| Yao Jie | |||
| Men's doubles | Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen | Anthony Clark and Nathan Robertson | Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen |
 Michal Logosz and Robert Mateusiak | |||
| Women's doubles | Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina | Rikke Olsen and Ann-Lou Jørgensen | Mette Schjoldager and Pernille Harder |
| Juliane Schenk and Nicole Grether | |||
| Mixed doubles | Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms | Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen | Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager |
 Fredrik Bergström and Johanna Persson | |||
| Teams | Denmark | Netherlands | Germany |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Jonassen | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dicky Palyama | 15 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Jonassen | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Björn Joppien | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Niels Christian Kaldau | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Björn Joppien | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Jonassen | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Gade | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Przemysław Wacha | 13 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anders Boesen | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anders Boesen | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Gade | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Jim Ronny Andersen | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Gade | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mia Audina | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracey Hallam | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mia Audina | 11 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Camilla Martin | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Juliane Schenk | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pi Hongyan | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marina Andrievskaya | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yao Jie | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yao Jie | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pi Hongyan | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xu Huaiwen | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pi Hongyan | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen | 15 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson | 11 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jens Eriksen M. Lundgaard Hansen | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mateusiak Michal Logosz | 9 | 15 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jens Eriksen M. Lundgaard Hansen | 15 | 12 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Ann-Lou Jorgensen Rikke Olsen | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ann-Lou Jorgensen Rikke Olsen | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mia Audina Lotte Bruil | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Pernille Harder Mette Schjoldager | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Mia Audina Lotte Bruil | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager | 16 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | 15 | 8 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jonas Rasmussen Rikke Olsen | 3 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jonas Rasmussen Rikke Olsen | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Pos | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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