The 2004 Women's College World Series was held from May 27 until May 31, 2004, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This was Oklahoma City's 14th time to host the WCWS since first hosting the tournament in 1990.
Having advanced through a 32-team bracket, eight NCAA Division I college softball teams met at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium to decide the 2004 Softball National Championship:
Of these eight teams, half of them had to win their respective regional tournaments on the road in order to advance to Oklahoma City: California, LSU, Oklahoma, and Washington. Starting in 2005, the NCAA doubled the field from 32 teams to 64 and added a "Super Regional" round in addition to the standard regional round.
The Championship Game featured UCLA and California. This would be their 2nd meeting in a Championship game in as many years and would end with UCLA claiming their 10th National Title (Not counting their vacated 1995 National Title or any titles won prior to 1982). This would also be the last year a National Champion would be crowned using the single Championship Game format.
LSU pitcher Kristin Schmidt was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
*: Excludes UCLA's vacated 1995 WCWS participation.
†: Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.
*: Denotes extra inning or run-ruled games (See Game Results below)
†: The Championship Series wasn't implemented until the 2005 WCWS
Stanford eliminated
If Necessary Game (Game 13) not necessary
If Necessary game (Game 13) not necessary
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team: