2004 International Championship

3-7 August 2004 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

France's team, made with same players as in 2002 and 2003, represented the French Cycling Federation (F.F.C.) in the 7^th International Bicycle Polo Championship held in Vancouver by the Jericho Cycle Polo Association (British Columbia, Canada) from 3 to 7 August 2004.

 Six teams played in Vancouver : the Canadian Jericho Cycle Polo Association (winner in 2002 and 2003), India A & B (winner in 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2001), the American Bicycle Polo Association from Richland (runner-up in 2003), France (3^rd in 2002) and the Californian San Diego Bike Polo Club.

Each of the six teams had to play with each other in one match. A victory gave 2 points, a tie 1 point and a defeath 0 point. Forfeit wasn't forseen and, as such, gave 0 point too. Final result had been established counting number of points for each team.

Matches results Tuesday 3 August 2004 India A - Jericho: 13 - 8 Wednesday 4 August 2004 Richland - France: 7 - 4 India A - San Diego: 26 - 1 Thursday 5 August 2004 France - Jericho: 6 - 4 Richland - India A: India A forfeit by the umpires (12 - 8) Jericho - San Diego: 16 - 2 Friday 6 August 2004 Richland - San Diego: 16 - 2 France - San Diego: 19 - 0 India A - India B: 15 - 1 Saturday 7 August 2004 San Diego - India B: India B forfeit France - India A: 6 - 3 Richland - Jericho: 4 - 2 Richland - India B: 0 - 0 (non played match because of lake of time)

	Result of the International Bicycle Polo Championship 2004 1/ A.B.P.A. Richland (U.S.A.) (9 points) 2/ France (8 points) 3/ India A (6 points) 4/ Jericho C.P.A. (Canada) (4 points) 5/ San Diego B.P.C. (U.S.A.) (2 points) 6/ India B (1 point)

Press articles:

Express India (India), 31 July 2004
The Vancouver Sun (Canada), 6 August 2004 (p. 1)
The Times of India (India), 7 August 2004
The Hindu (India), 7 August 2004
The Times of India (India), 8 August 2004
L'Ile-de-France Cycliste n° 2226 (France), 8 October 2004 (p. 17)
La France Cycliste n° 2187 (France), December 2004 / January 2005 (p. 6)

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