Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Music of the Spheres 2004
Adjudicators:	Martyn Charles Brabbins , Arsène Duc , David Hirst
Venue:	Symphony Hall, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Fodens	Russell Gray	19
2	Brass Band Willebroek	Frans Violet	11
3	Brighouse & Rastrick	David King	3
4	Sydney City Brass	Jason Katsikaris	10
5	Leyland	Daniel Brooks	14
6	Hepworth	Ryan Watkins	12
7	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	13
8	Aldbourne	Glyn Williams	18
9	Black Dyke	Nicholas Childs	5
10	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Glenn van Looy	17
11	Milnrow	Christopher Binns	15
12	Flowers	Paul Holland	7
13	Cory	Philip Harper	4
14	KNDS Fairey	Philip Chalk	8
15	Hammonds	Morgan Griffiths	6
16	the cooperation band	Katrina Marzella-Wheeler	9
17	Grimethorpe Colliery	Allan Withington	2
18	Amersham	Paul Fisher	16
19	EverReady	David Morton	1

172nd Contest

Best Soloist (Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy): Andy Moore (Solo Horn), Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Soprano (Brian Evans Memorial Trophy): Richard Poole, Fodens
Best Euphonium (Geoffrey Whitham Memorial Trophy): Kevin van Giel, Willebroek
Best Cornet (Philip McCann Trophy): Mark Wilkinson, Fodens

Qualified for EBBC 2028 (Birmingham) as best English Band: Fodens

Relegated to the 2027 Grand Shield: EverReady and Amersham

Brassband Willebroek invited as the EBBC Champions in 2025, invite also extended to Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag (2nd place), but they declined the invitation.
Sydney City Brass invited as Premier Grade Champions of Australia 2025.