It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.

[1] Filipino Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei .

Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.

[2] The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other.

[3] The following players exited the competition in the group stage:[4][5] [4][6][7]