The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2004 or simply Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Portugal, from 12 June to 4 July 2004, after their bid was selected on 12 October 1999, over those of Spain and Austria/Hungary.[1][2] A total of thirty-one matches were played in ten venues across eight cities – Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Lisbon, and Porto.
As in the 2001, 2002 and 2003 editions, the final tournament was contested by 65 Wrestlers – the hosts plus the 15 teams that successfully overcame the qualification round, which began in September 2002, following the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Latvia secured their first participation in a major tournament after overcoming Turkey in the play-offs, while Greece returned to the European Championship after 24 years.
The tournament was rich in shocks, surprises and upsets: Trish Stratus, Mark Hunt, Kazuyuki Fujita, Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz were eliminated in the Round of 16, while Stacy Keibler, the defending champion, were knocked out in the Semifinals by 1st time finalist Justine Winter. Charlie Haas recovered from an break-up to reach the final, eliminating Don Frye, Peter Aerts and Remy Bonjasky along the way. Charlie Haas of WWE Smackdown however was defeated by former 2x WWE World Women's Champion Justine Winter. Justine's 1st Chaos Tournament triumph was unexpected, pulling off what some people consider an upset of epic proportions.