The 2004 Asia Pacific Regional Rounds had 21 teams from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. There was an Indian National Funding Rounds for the first time in Bangalore, India. The Regional Round was held from 30 March to 3 April 2004 in Sydney.
The preliminary rounds were held in the offices of Blake Dawson Waldron and Ebsworth & Ebsworth. In the first set of quarter-finals, held at Blake Dawson Waldron, the National University of Juridical Sciences (1) defeated the University of Sydney (8) and the National University of Singapore (2) defeated the University of New South Wales (7). The upsets were in the other two quarter-finals, with the National Law School of India University (5) defeating the University of Western Sydney (4) and the University of Queensland (6) defeating Tsinghua University (3).
In the semi-finals, the University of Queensland was defeated by the National University of Singapore. In the other, all-Indian, semi-final, the National Law School of India University narrowly defeated the National University of Juridical Sciences.
The 2004 regional final was held in the Banco Court of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The National Law School of India University defeated the National University of Singapore and went on to be a semi-finalist in the world finals held in Vancouver, Canada, later that year.
Winner:
National Law School of India University
Mr. Shadan Farasat, Mr. Aditya Sudarshan and Mr. Surabhi Ranganathan
Runner-Up:
National University of Singapore
Mr. Daniel Chia, Ms. Germaine Chia and Mr. Woo Shu Yan
Best Memorials:
National University of Singapore
Best Oralist (Final Rounds):
Mr. Shadan Farasat
National Law School of India University
Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds):
Ms. Shanna Riddle
University of Western Sydney (Australia)
Final Judges:
The Hon. Dennis Mahoney AO QC
Prof. David Flint AM
Mr. Ian Awford
Sponsors:
National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
China Institute of Space Law (CISL)
Blake Dawson Waldron
Ebsworth & Ebsworth
Australian Communications Authority
Australian Broadcasting Authority
University of Western Sydney
Hunt & Hunt
Ricky J. Lee & Associates
Fuji Xerox Australia
International Law Association (Australian Branch)
Participating Teams:
Amity Law School (Delhi, India)
Bangalore University Law College (Bangalore, India)
Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College (Chennai, India)
Dr. Ambedkar Law College (Nagpur, India)
Government Law College, Mumbai (India)
National Law School of India University (Bangalore, India)
National Law University (Jodphur, India)
National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata, India)
National University of Singapore
Parahyangan Catholic University (Indonesia)
Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Law College (India)
Tsinghua University (China)
University Law College (Bhubaneshwar, India)
University of Malaya (Malaysia)
University of New South Wales (Australia)
University of Queensland (Australia)
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)
University of Tokyo (Japan)
University of Western Sydney (Australia)